Your favourite game ever on any platform? ..

[fishy_fiz]

Hard question to answer after 30 years of playing computer games, but if I absolutely *had* to make a decision I might be inclined to say Deus Ex. I dont recall a game I got so completely absorbed in. Huge game too, so it takes quite some time to complete.

Other mentions must got to both Rtype and the Street Fighter series, both of which I spent a fortune on at my local arcades rather than going to school :-) Unlike a lot of people I enjoyed Street Fighter 1 when it was 1st released. I became fairly decent at it, and would usually end up with an audience, but the real addiction started with SF2 and while I no longer play it daily the series still gets a bit of attention from me.

[fishy_fiz]

I'm sucker for anything with great storytelling...

These days Im the same. While I favored arcade style games when I was younger these days a story I can get into will probably make me delve into a game than any other trait. This worked out pretty well for me actually as I never played many ScummVM games when they were new, so there was plenty of "new" commercial games for me to play on Amiga OS (and later AROS) for me to play as my tastes changed.

 This isnt to say point n click adventures are what I exclusively define as a game with a storyline, but they do fit into that category. Although not really known for it's story the original Max Payne started me on this taste for a story, and Deus Ex more or less cemented (as much as my age) a change in direction for my taste in games. Speaking of which I'll have to play it again with the hi res texture packs, gives me an opportunity to play the story out differently this time (there's multiple endings depending on your decisions in the game).

[fishy_fiz]

How about on "each" platform?

Commodore Amiga - "James Pond 2: Robocod"
Commodore 64 - "Ghostbusters"
PC - "Carmageddon" (with "Stunts: 4D Sports Racing" a close second)
Mac - "Photoshop"

Atari 2600 - "Yar's Revenge"
Atari Jaguar - "Tempest 2000"
Sega Genesis - "Toejam & Earl"
Sega Saturn - "Baku Baku Animal"
Sega Dreamcast - "Chu Chu Rocket"
Playstation 1 - "Wipeout XL" or "Micro Maniacs" (tie)
Playstation 2 - "Katamari Damacy"
Playstation 3, XBox, XBox 360 - buy me one and I'll tell you.
Nintendo Entertainment System - "Duck Hunt"
Nintendo Wii - "Epic Mickey" (soon.)

Atari Lynx - "Chips Challenge"
Nintendo Gameboy/GBC - "Tetris"
Nintendo GBA - "Tron 2.0" (for the minigames)
Nintendo DS - "Space Invaders Extreme"
Sony PSP - "Echochrome"

but overall? I'd say #1:Tempest 2000, #2:Katamari Damacy, #3:Carmageddon

hehe,... stunts 4d racing, damn that brings back some memories    I had a pc owning friend who used to rub that game on his high end 286/low end 386 (cant recall which, bu it was an ok-ish but not great pc for the time). It was only a few years ago that I discovered there's also an amiga version. I'll have to check it out one day to see how it runs on something faster than an a500