I was thinking, probably too much, about the games that got me to buy a particular system and that one game I would have if I could only have one. Here's what I came up with across all the systems I've played
Atari 2600:
Bought System For: NA (my dad bought the system)
If Only One: Stampede
Intellivision:
Bought System For: NA (a friend bought it)
If Only One: Sea Battle
Arcade:
Bought System For: NA (never owned an arcade machine)
If Only One: Xevious
80s PC:
Bought System For: NA (parents bought it)
If Only One: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
NES:
Bought System For: NA (got it on the cheap at a flea market)
If Only One:Dragon Quest (truth be told, I played more of the Wizardry port)
SMS:
Bought System For: NA (never owned one)
If Only One: Phantasy Star (really PS IV but I'll go with the first one)
Genesis:
Bought System For: NA (another flea market buy)
If Only One: Golden Axe (all three actually)
SNES:
Bought System For: NA (another flea market buy, ie. curiosity)
If Only One: Donkey Kong Country
90s PC:
Bought System For: Doom
If Only One: Warcraft II
N64:
Bought System For: Star Wars Rogue Squadron
If Only One: Hexen
PS:
Bought System For: Doom port
If Only One: Road Rash
Dreamcast:
Bought System For: NA (bought cheap at Gamestop)
If Only One: Skies of Arcadia
PS2:
Bought System For: Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance
If Only One: Dark Cloud 2
Xbox:
Bought System For: Halo: Combat Evolved
If Only One: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
GameCube:
Bought System For: Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II
If Only One: Paper Mario Thousand Year Door
GBA:
Bought System For: NA (curiosity purchase on the cheap)
If Only One: Advance Wars (and Advance Wars II)
PS3:
Bought System For: Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
If Only One: Valkyria Chronicles
PSP:
Bought System For: Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
If Only One: Patapon (also Patapon 2 and 3)
X360:
Bought System For: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
If Only One: Culdcept Saga
Wii:
Bought System For: Virtual Console (not a game, but whatever)
If Only One: Muramasa: Demon Blade
DS:
Bought System For: Advance Wars: Dual Strike
If Only One: Mario & Luigi Partners in Time
PS Vita:
Bought System For: Dragon's Crown
If Only One: Persona 4 Golden
Wii-U:
Bought System for: Pikmin 3
If Only One: Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD
3DS:
Bought System For: Fire Emblem Awakening
If Only One: Etrian Odyssey V
PS4:
Bought System For: Killzone Shadowfall
If Only One: Earth Defense Force 5
XBO:
Bought System For: Wolfenstein: New Order
If Only One: Diablo III
Switch:
Bought System For: NA (but it's going to be for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle)
If Only One: NA (maybe Breath of the Wild. I'm going to rent it for Wii-U soon)
Good list. I've been thinking about Skies of Arcadia lately. I might blog about it.
I'd like to read about that. I never beaten the game. I got stuck somewhere in it, probably with one of those ship to ship battles.
Yeah, I had the same problem. Really liked the game though.
Most of the consoles I've bought weren't for one game, but for the promise of more chances to review games for it in the future. Either that or I got the system as a present. So I'll just list my favorite game for each console I've owned.
Atari 5200: Pengo
Apple ][+: Spare Change
Arcade: Pac-Man (duh) I own one.
80s PC: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
NES: The Legend of Zelda
SNES: Final Fantasy 6
90s PC: Lemmings and Jazz Jackrabbit
N64: Banjo-Kazooie & Tooie
Game Boy: Link's Awakening
Game Boy Color: Link's Awakening DX and Wario Land 2
NEO GEO Pocket Color: SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash
PSOne: Namco Museum vol. 1 to 5
PS2: Ratchet and Clank series
GameCube: Animal Crossing (but Smash Melee, Metroid Prime, and Kirby Air Ride are so good)
Dreamcast: Marvel vs. Capcom 2
GBA: Astro Boy: Omega Factor
DS: Phoenix Wright series
3DS: Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Wii: Wii Sports
PS3: DuckTales Remastered
Xbox 360: Soul Calibur 4 and 5 and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts N Bolts
PSP: Loco Roco
Vita: Gravity Rush
Wii U: Splatoon
PS4: Ys 8
Switch: Nintendo Labo
iPad: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
I remember getting my nes and the first moment the Zelda title screen came on. I knew I was in store for something special. Have some great memories of that game.
My best friend got a NES and Super Mario Bros. about a year before I did. Mario was neat, but it wasn't enough to get me to buy a NES, and I was perfectly happy playing Pengo on my Atari 5200. But the next year he got Zelda and that's when I wanted a NES. You know what impressed me the most about Zelda back then? That you could actually save your game!
This is such a cool list, also reading Patapon got their little chant in my head Pata-Pata-Patapon. I think Patapon 3 might have been my first digital game I bought on the PSP.
I still need to play 2 and 3 but I remember getting them on a sale at Walmart. I knew I had to have them because I love everything about the series. I'm not particularly good at it yet though.
