retro arcade games of the 80's and 90's are my favorites, along with a some exceptions on old computers and consoles.. I'll try to list 50 all time favorites off the top of my head but it's very random.. If I do another list it might look completely different lol.

1. Metal Black / arcade
2. Xexex / arcade
3. R-Type / arcade
4. Gradius/Nemesis 2 / arcade
5. Forgotten Worlds / arcade
6. Providence / PC8801
7. Rusty / PC9801
8. Aquales / X68000
9. Outrunners / arcade
10. Galaxy Force 2 / arcade
11. Stun Runner / arcade
12. Section Z / arcade
13. Sidearms Hyperdyne / arcade
14. Chelnov / arcade
15. Bastard / PC8801 and X1
16. Valis 2 / X68000
17. Pang! / arcade
18. Bubble Bobble / arcade
19. VS Ice Climbers / arcade
20. I Robot / arcade
21. Blaster / arcade
22. Aleste 2 / MSX2
23. Ninja Kid 2 / arcade
24. Mutant Night / arcade
25. Pac-Land / arcade
26. In The Hunt / arcade
27. Cotton / arcade
28. Air Buster / arcade
29. Shadow Dancer / arcade
30. Rygar / arcade
31. Rastan / arcade
32. Rainbow Islands / arcade
33. Shockman / Turbografx
34. Magical Chase / Turbografx
35. Legendary Axe / Turbografx
36. Tsuka Taisen / arcade
37. Kenseiden / Master System
38. Raiden / arcade
39. Raiden 2 / arcade
40. Tatsujin/Truxton / arcade
41. Fire Shark / arcade
42. Gradius/Nemesis 3 / arcade
43. Gradius/Nemesis / arcade
44. Thundercross / arcade
45. Thundercross 2 / arcade
46. EcoFighters / arcade
47. Hydra / arcade
48. Uootoy / PC8801
49. Robotron / arcade
50. King Of Fighters '97 / arcade

1. Knights of the Old Republic

my top games list (in no particular order):

Mass Effect Trilogy
Borderlands 2
Monster Hunter World/Iceborne
Ghostbusters: the Video Game
Horizon Zero Dawn
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
Saints Row 2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Final Fantasy VII (Original and Remake)
Final Fantasy VIII
Fallout 4
Scarlet Nexus
Assassin Creed Odyssey
God of War (2018)
Persona 4: Golden
Muramasa: the Demon Blade
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii version)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Quadrilogy
Stardew Valley
Grandia
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
a Hat in Time
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Super Mario Maker 2
Genshin Impact
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Star Warts Jedi: Fallen Order
Ghost of Tsushima
Life is Strange/Before the Storm
Nier: Automata
Uncharted Quadrilogy
Bravely Default/Bravely Default II
Oxenfree
Afterparty
SmackDown VS. Raw 2006
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Trilogy
Quantum Break
Halo 4
Gears of War (all 5 numbered games)
Sonic Advance Trilogy
The Alliance Alive HD
Sonic 3
World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow

Donkey Kong Country
Link's Awakening
Halo 2
Undertale
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
Arkham Asylum
Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Banjo Tooie
Crash Twinsanity
Fallout New Vegas
I Ninja
Marathon 2 Durandal
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Minecraft
Pac Man World 3
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Old Door
A Link to the Past
Warioland 4

Really had to rack my brain for this, need to revisit a lot of these

oh oh and Super Mario RPG

The new Paper Mario games suck donkey dick.

Half the time, when Nintendo has a successful formula, they'll just regurgitate it over and over (2D Mario, Pokemon, etc.) to the point of tedium. The other half of the time, they'll take a successful formula, strip out everything that made it fun, and be content with it sucking an unquantifiable amount of ass (Paper Mario, Mario Party, etc.).

personally, i never saw the appeal of Super Mario RPG.

though, this might be because it never received a Super Nintendo release over here in the UK.

we didn't get it until the Wii's Virtual Console.

same goes for Chrono Trigger. no idea why America raves about how amazing it supposedly is.