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[Baneling]

I've been having difficulty with this - trying to find games for handheld(not PSP or variants thereof) or earlier consoles to play. Would anybody happen to have any suggestions? I'm not a great fan of puzzle games or fighting games, but apart from that I'm open for pretty much anything.

[majikero]

What handheld do you even have for starters?

[Baneling]

Assume I have access to anything except PSP and variants thereof. Also, not just handhelds - older consoles like S/NES and N64 are open too.

[BigD145]

Pick a console. Look for top ten lists anywhere but at major reviewing sites. You're probably good to go.

[Frumple]

A great deal of the stuff on this list is pretty solid. Generally, if someone's bothered to invest the time into translating a game, the game has some sort of redeeming quality. Exceptions usually being either lulz or practice.

[Baneling]

I'd be good to go if all I wanted to play was 10 different versions of pokemon...

I'm not even joking. First couple of examples for "DS top ten list" include things like gamefaqs, which has a DS top ten of /seven/ pokemon games. I have played enough pokemon.

Other examples are full of puzzle games because that's a lot of what DS games are.

NINJAEDIT: Thanks, Frumple.

[Girlinhat]

Actually, grabbing the most recent 'combo' pokemon isn't a terrible idea.  IE, Red and Blue, then they combined with Yellow, so get Yellow.  Or whatever is most recent.

Also, Fire Emblem.  There's... three games on Gameboy Advanced (DS will play them) and they're all incredibly decent.

N64?  If you can find it, Robotron64.  God damn is that an awesome one...

I can't say much for RPG, but I own Skies of Arcadia (Gamecube/Dreamcast), Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube) and Legend of Legia (PS1) and they're all very good.  Of course finding a PS1 game is nigh impossible, so there's always emulators, but that kinda defeats the point.

I keep wanting to get Shadow of the Colossus for PS2, but never get around to it.  It's also for PS3 in an Iko bundle.

[BigD145]

Of course finding a PS1 game is nigh impossible, so there's always emulators, but that kinda defeats the point.

Not portable except on the PSP. Also common on amazon.

First couple of examples for "DS top ten list" include things like gamefaqs, which has a DS top ten of /seven/ pokemon games. I have played enough pokemon.

Gamefaqs is a review site of sorts and a pretty major one in the form of Gamespot. Rom sites often have top downloaded lists.

FF Tactics is pretty good for turn based. Ogre Battle is often at the forefront of that genre. Zelda for RPG/Adventure. Harvest Moon and its offshoot. Conkers Bad Fur Day, Super Mario, Paper Mario, Star Fox, Golden Sun.

[Virtz]

Metroid Fusion
Metroid Zero Mission
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Ninja Cop

[itisnotlogical]

Perfect Dark and Star Fox 64, both on N64. Probably my two favorite games on the entire system. Massive amount of content in both of them, plenty of reasons to keep you playing after you're done (not even counting multiplayer, which is excellent in both cases). If you can take five minutes to get over PD's dated controls, you'll have tons of fun.

I also have a strong belief that everybody who owns an NES should play Shatterhand. I have found nothing bad to say that game since I found it a year ago.

[Baneling]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys - I'll be sure to look them up. This should keep me going for quite a while.

[Levi]

All the Castlevania's for handhelds are fun.  Even the bad ones are fun.  I also really enjoyed "Ghost Trick", although I guess that would be classed as a puzzle game.

[martinuzz]

want a pretty darn hard 3d space shooter with loads of different weapons and ships, look at R-Type Final for PS2

[Lectorog]

Kirby games are fun. GameBoy series.

Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast) and Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox); the former is available now on other systems, including PC.

[Darkmere]

I have to plug the Golden Sun games for game boy advance and DS. They're Jrpg's with a tiny bit of pokemon hunting and zelda-like puzzles. The class system is fun and there's room for a decent variety of combat tactics. Golden Sun and The Lost Age were the best, but they're basically two halves of the same game, so be warned going in. Dark Dawn was good, but a bit on the easy side and not AS good as the first two. Still worth a play, I thought.