Ah , the good ol' days? I still go back to them . In many ways, these games were far superior to the **** you get today. Thumbs up if you agree.
Here's my list :
PC Games
Vette!
Outrun
Test Drive 1 and 2
Double Dragon
Starflight and Starflight 2 : Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula
Star Control and Star Control 2 : The Ur-quan masters (you absolutely have to try SC2 , there's a modern remake called "The Ur-Quan Masters")
Frontier / Frontier : First Encounters
Defender of the Crown (I didn't have an Amiga , crappy PC version for me )
Prince of Persia 1 & 2
Hostages
One Must Fall 2097
Quarantine 1 & Quarantine 2 : Road Warrior
Privateer
Wing Commander series
Resident Evil 1 (best resident evil in my opinion and also the hardest I found)
Millennia : Altered Destinies
Syndicate / Syndicate Wars
Theme Hospital / Theme Park
Dungeon Keeper 1
Hi-Octane
Destruction Derby
Death Rally
DUKE NUKEM 3D
Crusader : No Regret
Rollcage
B-17 Flying Fortress
Monkey Island series (Best adventure game series imo)
NES games:
Mario (of course!)
Contra (no brainer , best side-scroller in my opinion)
Popeye
Lode Runner
B-Wings
Formation-Z (or was it X)
Sega Genesis (also called Megadrive 2)
Sonic 1 and 3
WWF Raw (quite unique, all wrestlers had strange special moves that could send opponents flying)
Micro Machines
Aladdin
Aero Blasters
Strider
Lion King
Zero Wing (LOL , I know this is silly...but All your Base are belong to us was too hard to ignore)
Comix Zone
Phantasy Star IV : End of the Millennium (spent hours on what was arguably Sega's best RPG)