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[MrAngryFace]

RPG: SKIES OF ARCADIA (runner up FFVIII)
Fighter: Tech Romancer (runner up Street Fighter III Third Strike)
Racing Game: Wipeout Fusion (runner up Rallisport Challenge 2)
First Person Shooter: No One Lives Forever (runner up: No One Lives Forever 2)
Adventure: Siberia (Runner Up: Fox Hunt)
Strategy: Kohan - Ahriman's Gift (Runner Up: Starcraft Brood War)
Shooter: 1943 (Runner Up: In the Hunt)
Action/Platformer: Yoshi's Story (Runner Up: Sly Cooper)

 

[Hooker]

RPG: Chrono Trigger
Fighter: *
Racing Game: *
First Person Shooter: Half-Life
Adventure: Curse Of Monkey Island
Strategy: Total Annihilation
Shooter: Metal Slug 2
Action/Platformer: Super Metroid

 

[AeroGod]

Hmmm...

RPG: Grandia 2 (runner up Skies of Arcadia)
Fighter: Soul Calibur (runner up Killer Instinct)
Racing: Gran Turismo 3 (runner up Mario Kart SNES)
FPS: Deus Ex (runner up NOLF and FarCry tied)
Adventure: Longest Journey (Runner Up Syberia)
Strategy: Warcraft 3 (runner up C&C Red Alert 2)
Shooter: Contra (Runner up Metal Slug 2)
Action/Platformer: Ratchet and Clank 2 (runner up Yoshi Story)

 

[AniHawk]

RPG: Skies of Arcadia Legends
runner-up: Final Fantasy IX

Action RPG: Terranigma
runner-up: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

Racing Game: Mario Kart 64
runner-up: Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

First Person Shooter: Perfect Dark
runner-up: GoldenEye 007

Strategy RPG: Fire Emblem (VII)
runner-up: Final Fantasy Tactics

Action Platformer: Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
runner-up: Metroid Zero Mission

Platformer: Super Mario 64
runner-up: Super Mario Bros. 3

Action Adventure: Ocarina of Time
runner-up: Link's Awakening

 

[Diomedeskun]

RPG: Xenogears (followed by Final Fantasy X,VIII, and VI in no order)
Platformer: Super Mario bros 3 (next is Yoshi's Island)
2D Platform Action/Adventure: Castlevania SOTN (Super Metroid)
3D Platform Action Adventure: Prince of Persia Sands of Time (Metroid Prime)
PC Strategy: Age of Wonders Shadow Magic (was Master of Magic before that)
Adventure: Curse of Monkey Island
Platform Adventure: Ico
Racing: Mario Kart Double Dash
Fighting (dueling might be a better term): Bushido Blade 2
Traditional Fighter: Soul Calibur 2
Strategy RPG: Fire Emblem (Final Fantasy Tactics)
Dungeon Crawl: Record of Lodoss War
Puzzle: The Adventures of Lolo
Action RPG: Secret of Mana
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest
Favorite Series: Suikoden
Other: Tenchu, Beyond Good and Evil, Astro Boy (GBA), Viewtiful Joe, Mario and Luigi
Awesome Original Nontraditional RPG Glory: Valkyrie Profile


Those are basically all the genres I play. I had to get somewhat creative with some categories.

 

[bjork]

RPG: Phantasy Star II
Platformer: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Platform Action/Adventure: SotN
Adventure: Full Throttle
Racing: Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3
Fighter: Street Fighter Alpha 2
Puzzle: IQ
Action RPG: Alundra/BFM (tie)
Music: DDR Extra Mix
WTF: vib-ribbon

 

[jedimike]

RPG: KoTOR
Fighter: Killer Instinct
Racing Game: RSC2
First Person Shooter: Half-Life
Adventure: Quest for Glory III (so you want to be a hero?)
Strategy: AoE (runner-up Magic: Battlegrounds)
Shooter: Panzer Dragoon Orta
Action/Platformer: Mario 64
Action/Adventure: Zelda OoT
Card Game: Magic Online
Extreme Sports: Amped 2
Puzzle: Zuma

 

[Mooreberg]

RPG: N/A
Platformer 2D: Super Mario Bros. 3
Platformer 3D: R&C2 Going Commando
Platform Action/Adventure: Castlevania SOTN
PC Strategy: N/A
Adventure: Shenmue II
Platform Adventure: Ico
Racing: Ridge Racer Type 4 / Gran Turismo 3
Fighting 2D: Street Fighter III Third Strike
Fighting 3D: VF4 Evolution
First Person Shooter: Half-Life
Traditional Sports: NBA 2K2
Alternative Sports: SSX3
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid/Tenchu/Thief II
Survival Horror: Resident Evil 2 / Silent Hill 2
Music/rhythm: Rez
on-rails shooter: Panzer Dragoon II Zwei

 

[Speevy]

RPG: Animal Crossing
Platformer: Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Fighter: Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers
Racing: F-Zero GX
Action/Adventure: Zelda OoT
Action: Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
Strategy: Advance Wars (I've never played a PC strategy game)
Sports: Tennis/Top Spin


Honorable Mention: Star Wars KOTOR

 

[BojTrek]

Arcade: Robotron
Sports: NFL2K5 - X-Box
Adventure: Ninja Gaiden - X-Box
RPG: Y's Books I & II - Turbo Grafx 16 CDROM
Racing: Daytona - Sega Saturn
Fighting: Mortal Kombat 3 - Loved the robots, Midway Goofy Boxing on Dreamcast ??
PC Games: Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
Pinball: Star Trek: The Next Generation - Williams
Shooter: R-Type

2-D Platformer: JJ & Jeff - Turbo Grafx, Sonic - Genesis, Bonks Adventure, Super Star Wars

 

[Gilatif]

Flight Sim- Tie Fighter
RPG- Final Fantasy 4
SRPG- Shining Force 3
Racing- Sega Rally 2 (haters be damned!)
Fighter- Street Fighter 2 Turbo
RTS- Command and Conquer Generals
8-bit shooter- Jackal

 

[Drinky Crow]

RPG: Persona 2 (runner up Valkyrie Profile and PS Torment)
SRPG: Disgaea (runner up: Tactics Ogre LUCT)
ARPG: Oracle of Seasons/Ages (runner up tie: Alundra, Majora's Mask)
Fighter: SF3 Third Strike (runner up: VF4 Evo)
Racing Game: Burnout 3 (runner up: Wipeout XL)
First Person Shooter: No One Lives Forever (runner up: Halo
Adventure: I don't play this genre
TB Strategy: AoW Shadow Magic (runner up: Disciples 2: RotE)
RT Strategy: Kohan: Ahriman's Gift (runner up: Warlords Battlecry 2)
Shooter: R-Type Delta (runner up: R-Type)
Action/Platformer: Yoshi's Story (runner up: Gunstar Heroes)
Shit Gets Killed: Diablo 2 (runner up: Dynasty Warriors 4 + Empires)

 

[Prine]

RPG: KOTOR
Fighter: Super Street Fighter 2
Racing Game: Rallisport Challenge 2
First Person Shooter: Halo
Adventure: Shenmue 2
Strategy: N/A
Shooter: UN Squadron
Action: Metal Gear Solid
Platformer: Mario 64
Sports: Pro Evolution Soccer 3

 

[P90]

RPG: Skies of Arcadia Legends
runners-up, in no particular order: Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Trigger, Pokemon Red

Racing Game: Pole Position

First Person Shooter: GoldenEye 007
lagging far behind runner-up: Halo

Strategy: Chess

Action Platformer: Metroid Prime

Platformer: Sonic the Hedgehog

Action Adventure: Ocarina of Time (Favorite game of all time)
lagging VERY VERY far behind runner-up: Devil May Cry

Fighter: Soul Calibur2
Very close runner up: SSB:M

Sports: Pong

Stealth: None

Survival Horror: RE: Remake

 

[Pimpbaa]

RPG: Morrowind
Fighter: Street Fighter 2
Racing Game: GT3 (soon to be GT4)
First Person Shooter: Doom 1 and 2
Adventure: Monkey Island 1 and 2
Strategy: Starcraft (last one I enjoyed, don't like the genre anymore)
Shooter: Gradius 3
Action: GTA3 (which is the correct genre for this game?)
Platformer: Mario 64 (last one i enjoyed, don't like the genre anymore)

 

[golem]

RPG: Wasteland
RTS: Starcraft
Strategy: Master of Magic
MMORPG: i know it will be WOW
FPS: Doom 2
Racing: Daytona or Rally.. dead heat
Fighting: VF2
Light Gun: Virtua Cop 2
Action: Panzer Dragoon 2
Adventure: Quest for Glory 2
Steath: Thief 2
Sports: Virtua Tennis

 

[NLB2]

RPG: Skies of Arcadia (runner up Final Fantasy VII)
Fighter: SSB:M (runner up Soul Calibur II)
FPS: Halo (runner up Metroid Prime)
Beat 'em up: Viewtiful Joe (runner up River City Rampage)
Action: Narc (original) (runner up Goemon's Great Adventure)
SRPG: Fire Emblem (runner up Final Fantasy Tactics)
ARPG: Baldur's Gate series (runner up Tales of Phantasia)
Platformer: Super Mario 64 (runner up Super Mario World)
Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (runner up The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)

 

[Baron Aloha]

RPG: Final Fantasy X (runner up Secret of Mana)
Fighter: Super Street Fighter II Turbo (runner up Street Fighter III Third Strike)
Racing Game: R4-Ridge Racer Type 4 (runner up Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)
First Person Shooter: UT2004 (runner up: None)
Adventure: Zelda:ALTTP (Runner Up: Battle of Olympus)
Shooter: Metal Slug X (Runner Up: Contra III-The Alien Wars)
Action/Platformer: Megaman 2 (Runner Up: Super Mario Bros 3)

Beat'em up: Viewtiful Joe (Runner Up: TMNT Turtles in Time)

 

[Doom_Bringer]

RPG: Xenogears (runner up All FF's, Vagrant Story, FF Tactics)
Fighter: Tekken III (runner up Tekken Tag Tournament)
Racing Game: Need For Speed High Stakes (runner up Burnout 2)
First Person Shooter: Battlefield 1942
Adventure: Beyond Good & Evil (Runner Up: ICO)
Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics (Runner Up: Ages of Mythology)
Shooter: Ace Combat IV (Runner Up: Einhander)
Action/Platformer: Ape Escape (Runner Up: Sly Cooper)
Stealth: Hitman Contracts (runner up: Hitman Silent Assasin)

 

[cubicle47b]

Strategy: Tie - Nectaris/Military Madness (TG-16 version), Advance Wars 2
RPG: Dragon Warrior 3
FPS: Halo (single-player), Quake 3 Arena (multiplayer)
Racing: Gran Turismo 3
Action/RPG: Alundra

 

[Chony]

RPG: Chrono Trigger
Fighter: Super Smash Brothers: Mellee
Racing Game: Mario Kart 64
First Person Shooter: Half-Life or Perfect Dark
Adventure: Curse of Monkey Island
Strategy: Starcraft
Shooter: Contra 3
Action/Platformer: Super Mario World
Action RPG: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Western RPG: Diablo 2

 

[keeblerdrow]

RPG: Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (Chrono Trigger)
SRPG: Final Fantasy Tactics (Disgaea)
Action RPG: Secret of Mana (Diablo II)
Fighter: 3rd Strike (Guilty Gear XX)
Strategy: Pikmin 2 (Starcraft: Brood War)
FPS: Halo (Half-Life)
Side-scroller (backtracker): Super Metroid (Symphony of the Night)
Side-scroller (level bullet): Viewtiful Joe (Astro Boy: Omega Factor)
Adventure: Metroid Prime (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)

 

[DDayton]

These are always fun, aren't they?

FPS: Goldeneye
Platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3
"Adventure": LoZ: Link's Awakening
Fighter: Super Smash Bros. Melee
RPG: Final Fantasy VI [I played it twice... once more than any other RPG I own]
Puzzle: Bookworm [it just dethroned Tetris]
Arcade Shooter: Galaga
Four Player Game: Warlords (Atari)
Music/Rhythm: Samba de Amigo
Typing: Typing of the Dead

 

[Bigfoot]

RPG: Mario and Luigi (runner up FF7)*
Fighter: SSB:M (runner up Mortal Kombat II)
Racing Game: Burnout 2 (runner up SSX3)
First Person Shooter: Half-Life (runner up: Jedi Knight)
Adventure: Metroid Prime (Runner Up: Zelda (any of them))
Strategy: Starcraft Brood War (Runner Up: Advance Wars)
Shooter: Rogue Leader (Runner Up: 1943)
Action/Platformer: Super Mario World (Runner Up: Super Mario Sunshine)
Puzzle: Super Monkey Ball (Runner Up: Bust a Move )
Sports: NBA Street Vol 2 (Runner Up: NFL Blitz)
*I've only ever played 3 RPGs, the third being the original Dragon Warrior.

 

[Tsubaki]

Action - Sin & Punishment
(Dramatic) Adventure - Sakura Taisen 3
Fighter - Street Fighter II series arcade
FPS - Golden Eye 007
Lovely Action Pop RPG - Napple Tale
Platform - Megaman 2
Rhythm - Space Channel 5 Part 2
RPG - Grandia
Shooter - Axelay
SRPG - Growlanser? If not, then maybe Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

 

[TheGreenGiant]

seeing how this is a MAF thread; I expected hate but found non. Odd.

RPG: Chrono Trigger
Fighter: Tekken 2
Racing Game: Beetle Adventure Racing
First Person Shooter: Non
Adventure: Kings Quest Series
Strategy: Civilization
Shooter: Gradiius Seris + 1942 + Parodius
Action/Platformer: Mario Series
Action RPG: Zelda Series re: MM
Western RPG: FALLOUT

 

[Big Shirtless Ron]

RPG: Final Fantasy VIII (runner up Valkyrie Profile)
Fighter: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (runner up Capcom vs. Snk 2)
Racing Game: Gran Turismo 3 (runner up Rallisport Challenge)
First Person Shooter: Call of Duty
Strategy: Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings (Runner Up: Age of Mythology)
Shooter: Dangun Feveron

 

[jiggle]

RPG: Final Fantasy VIII
SRPG: Final Fantasy Tactics
ARPG: Secret of Mana

 

[Crispy]

RPG: Xenogears
Racing Game: wipeout 3
First Person Shooter: Goldeneye
Adventure: Little Big Adventure
Strategy: FF Tactics
Shooter: Probotector
Action/Platformer: Devil May Cry

 

[firex]

RPG: System Shock 2
Fighting: Soul Calibur
Racing: F-Zero GX
FPS: Half-Life
Action-adventure: The Legend of Zelda
Text adventure: Deja Vu
Strategy: Advance Wars 2
Shooter: Gradius III
Platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3
Survival Horror: System Shock 2
Stealth: Thief 2

 

[Solid]

RPG: Final Fantasy VIII
Fighting: Soul Calibur
Racing: Gran Turismo 3
FPS: Counter-Strike
Action-adventure: Eternal Darkness
Platformer: Super Mario 64
Survival Horror: Silent Hill 3
Stealth: Metal Gear Solid 2

 

[Blinky]

Fighter: Street Fighter II: I grew up with it. And I still play it occasionaly.

First Person Shooter: Red Faction: The second one sucked, but this one was amazing when it came out.

Adventure/RPG: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: I wasn't sure where to put this, because I'm not sure what it'd be classified in exactly, but it's my favorite game of all time.

Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics: Assuming that counts. If not I'd go with BroodWar

Shooter: Ikaruga: Woo!

Platformer: Super Mario Bros. 3: Mario > Others, and this just happens to be the best Mario game.

 

[Mama Smurf]

Is there some sort of running Yoshi's Story joke going on here? Or are you guys forgetting it's called Yoshi's Island?

 

[Chony]

What I am asking is anyone reading any of these?

 

[SpoonyBard]

RPG: Final Fantasy 8 (runner up: Chrono Trigger)
Fighter: Virta Fighter 4 EVO (runner up: Soul Calibur 2)
Racing: Mario Kart Double Dash (runner up: Gran Turismo 3)
Shooter: Half-Life
Adventure (non-action): The Secret of Monkey Island 2 (runner up: Gabriel Knigh)
Action-adventure: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (runner up: Shenmue)
Strategy: Civilization 3 (runner up: Civilization 2)
3D-Platformer: Super Mario Sunshine
2D-Platformer: Sonic The Hedgehog
Sports: Tony Hawk 3

 

[XS+]

RPG: Grandia 2 (love the combat system); runner-up: Phantasy Star IV
Fighter: X-Men vs Street Fighter; runner up: Soul Calibur I + II
Racing Game: SCUD RACE; runner up: F355
First Person Shooter: *
Adventure: Shenmue II
Strategy: Only strat games I played are Herzog Zwei and Advance Wars, soo.. Herzog Zwei
Shooter: MUSHA; runner up: Border Down
Action/Platformer: Jet Set Radio; runner-up: either Target Earth or Cybernator
Beatemup: Alien vs Predator; runner-up: Guardian Heroes
Gun game: LA Machine Guns; runner-up: HotD1

 

[SpoonyBard]

What I am asking is anyone reading any of these?

Nope.

 

[Drinky Crow]

I read 'em, mostly to get a sense of who has taste and who doesn't.

 

[XS+]

Drinky do I have 'taste?' I must know.

 

[Drinky Crow]

XS, I'd give you a resounding "eh" in the taste department. Picking Shenmue II really drops my estimation of your videogame taste, putting you square in the fanboy camp, and picking Grandia II over Xtreme when Xtreme has a vastly better implementation of the combat system (and you indicated your preference for the combat) makes me a bit suspicious of your overall gaming experience, especially when it comes to any content on Sony consoles.

On the other hand, you did pick MUSHA and Border Down over fan favorite chum like Axelay and Einhander, so seriously props there. Overall, I take you as a Dreamcast/Sega fanboy, and I probably won't take your impressions of games too seriously relative to mine, unless it's about shooters.

Happy? Of course not -- I'm a jerk!

 

[T-1000_Model3]

By far-beatemups. I'll play them all-the good and the bad,doesn't matter,I will play them all the way through. From the lows such as Soul Fighter-to the highs like Streets of Rage and Buffy the vampire slayer,this genre owns me.

So much so that I'm currently playing Hunter Redeemer,Streetfighter of Rage,and unfortuntately-Chaos Bleeds. Damn you Eurocom,The Collective would skin you alive for this last one.

Fighing: VF3 TB

2D Beatemup:Streets of Rage

3D BeatemUp:Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. Somebody should start watching the Collective abit more,they truely have mastered this genre,in 3D anyway.

RPG: Panzer Dragoon Saga

Racing: Daytona Online DreamCast Edition

3D Adventure: Blood Omen/Legacy of Kaine series

2D Adventure: Super Castlevania 4 (SNES)

3D/FPS Shooter: Tie between PowerSlave,DOOM,Halo,Panzer

Dragoon series

2D Shooters: Contra 3 Alien War

2D platformer Sonic 2

3D platformer..its rough but I would give the edge to Mario
64,followed by Sonic Adventure. Both rock.

Sports:World Series Baseball 2K1,no fielding,sure ok,I moved on past that though. Cause the game had one of the best hitting and pitching engines around,still does actually.

 

[White Man]

RPG: Planescape Torment, runners up ValkProfile and DQ7
SRPG: X-Com, runners up FFT (PSX) and TO (SNES/PSX)
First Person Shooter: System Shock II, runner up Quake II
Shooter: Radiant Silvergun, runners up Salamander Collection and Mars Matrix
2d Platformer/Action - Gunstar Heroes, runner up Super Mario 3 and Yoshi's Island
3d Platformer/Action - Ratchet and Clank 2, runner up Metal Arms
Music: Umjammer Lammy, runner up Parappa
Survival Horror - REmake or Silent Hill 3
Beat em up (included just to cram another Treasure game) - Guardian Heroes

Personallly disliked 'Sacred Cows' in my favorite genres:

RPG: FF8
SRPG: None really, but I have to say FFTA didn't really impress me much
FPS: I never understood the love single player Half-Life got. I understood the multiplayer love, though.
Shooter: R-Type, although I love R-Type Delta and Final
2d Platformer/Action: Anything Gamefan hyped in the past. Randomly, let's just say, oh, Herme Hopperhead. I also never met a Sonic game that impressed me.
3d Platformer/Action - Jak 2? Banjo Kazooie? Yeah, Banjo Kazooie. I just knew collectathon games would become a problem after first playing that.
Music - None really. For me at least. I'm sure if I were living in Japan I'd be surrounded by insipid examples.
Survival Horror - The Resident Evil series 'got old' for me sometime between RE3 and REZero (exception: REmake). I can't pinpoint the exact game. I played them all but finihed none.
Beat em up - There's a lot of awful ones (see anything released in the 16 bit era with the word 'Jaleco' on the box) but not really any bad 'sacred cows.'


EDIT: OH BOY! Drinky Crow is playing Video Psychoanalyst! Me next! Me next!

 

[XS+]

...

Well I'm not as much of a Sega fan as I was a Sega console fanboy, if that makes sense. I can't think of many current Sega titles I'm interested in playing. But I did pick Shenmue II after playing through PS2 adventure faves like Ico and Onimusha 1+2, so there.

I just bought a used PS2, so I'll need time to get familiar with what I missed on that platform. Only games I have right now are Castlevania LoI and.. Enter the Matrix (part of the used package)

 

[bionic77]

RPG: Chrono Trigger (runner up: Xenogears, FF2,3, PS2)
Fighter: Street Fighter 2
Racing Game: Super Mario Kart
First Person Shooter: Halo
Adventure: Zelda 64 (runner up Wind Waker)
Strategy: Civilization 2
Shooter: Metal Slug 3
Platformer: Tie between Mario3/SMW/Yoshi's Island (runner up: Mario Sunshine and most other Mario games)
Action: Super Metroid (runner up: SOTN)
SRPG: Fire Emblem (runner up: FFT)
Puzzle: Tetris Attack (runner up: Tetris)

 

[drohne]

action: ghouls n' ghosts
platform: chippoke ralph no daibouken
platform shooter: metal slug 3
top-down shooter: shock troopers
horizontal shooter: border down
vertical shooter: battle garegga
rail shooter: panzer dragoon orta
rpg: vagrant story
srpg: tactics ogre
arpg: alundra
2d fighter: samurai shodown 2
3d fighter: vf4 evo
beat em up: guardian heroes
fps: halo
racing: outrun
music: gitaroo man

 

[Tsubaki]

picking Grandia II over Xtreme when Xtreme has a vastly better implementation of the combat system (and you indicated your preference for the combat) makes me a bit suspicious of your overall gaming experience, especially when it comes to any content on Sony consoles.

Eh, and picking Grandia II over Grandia is a travesty to me. I can't think of a single thing II, or Xtreme for that matter... did better than the original. And Xtreme was broken IMO. Sure it has a little more bells and whistles for the combat (double/triple specials were kinda neat), but the basics are still pretty much present from the original. Plus, although the battle system is what makes the Grandia series superior from 99.99% of other RPGs out there, Xtreme kinda took away everything else that made Grandia more than just a combat game.

On the other hand, you did pick MUSHA and Border Down over fan favorite chum like Axelay and Einhander, so seriously props there.

Hey, I'm the only poster in this entire thread who thought Axelay was the best of the genre. I'm not ashamed of it, really. But I admit I still have Border Down, Psyvariar 2 and Shikigami no Shiro 2 right next to me, all sealed. Oh, and MUSHA was just... alright.

 

[NLB2]

Forgot this.
RPG: nethack

 

[Ranger X]

Aventure: Zelda A Link To The Past
runner up: Zelda Ocarina of Time

RPG Action: Dark Alliance 2
runner up: Diablo 2

RPG Strategie: Fire Emblem
runner up: Advance War

Traditionnal RPG: Suikoden
runner up: Final Fantasy 6

MMORPG: Final Fantasy 11

Arcade Racer: Cruisn' USA (arcade)
runner up: Turbo Outrun

Racer: Grand Turismo 2
runner up: TOCA Race Driver 2

2D platforme: Yoshi's Island
runner up: Donkey Kong Country 2

3D platforme: Jak 2
runner up: Rachet and Clank Going Commando

2D Adventure: Super Metroid
runner up: Castlevania Symphony Of The Night

3D Adventure: Soul Reaver
runner up: Beyond Good and Evil

Action: Grand Theft Auto Vice City
runner up: Grand Theft Auto 3

Puzzler: Dr. Mario
runner up: Kirby's Avalanche

Action Puzzler: Lolo 3
runner up: Lolo 2

2D action-shoot: Contra Hard Corps
runner up: Contra Shaterred Soldiers

2D shooter: Einhander
runner up: R-Type 3

FPS: Metroid Prime
runner up: Half-Life

God Game: Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
runner up: Theme Hospital

Action Espionnage: Metal Gear Solid
runner up: Splinter Cell

Action horror: Resident Evil (GC version)
runner up: Silent Hill 2

2D Beat 'em up: Streets Of Rage 2
runner up: Streets of Rage 3

2D fighter: Street Fighter Alpha 2
runner up: Killer Instinct 2

3D fighter: Tekken 4
runner up: Virtua Fighter 4 Evo

Learn By Death: Oddworld's Odyssey
runner up: Flashback

War strategie: Star Craft 2
runner up: Ages of Empire 2

Verb game: Maniac Mansion
runner up: Secret of Monkey's Island

2D War: Worms World Party
runner up: Soldiers

Karts: Super Mario Karts

 

[White Man]

Yeah, I forgot to list my favorite rogue-like. It's zAngband(TK).

 

[XS+]

Oh, and MUSHA was just... alright.

MUSHA isn't merely "alright," it's my all-time favorite shooter! (ie the thread topic) But you're right, the game doesn't ramp up in difficulty until Level 6 or 7.