I know Doom’s already been mentioned so I won’t bother.
Crash 1-3
Spyro 1-3. This is funny. I killed these games as a kid, and had no problems with it. I play it now, and the camera in these games were horrible. I actually got dizzy and motion sickness from turning different directions. Still managed to beat it again tho lol.
Power Stone 1-2
Shenmue. Definitely a must.
Sonic 1-3&K. I’d say Advance as well.
Panel de Pon
Puyo Puyo or Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Columns 1 and 3. This is definitely a timeless classic which greatly rivaled Tetris back then.
SF2
SF Alpha
Tekken 1-Tag
Virtua Fighter 2
SMB3 on the GBA
I scrolled through this thread and saw someone already mentioned Dungeon Keeper, so my work here is done, Dungeon Keeper is a classic. It’s probably the one reason I will never be able to get mad at Peter Molyneux. Not so sure about Dungeon Keeper 2 though, I tried playing a bit of it but I found some of the differences really bothersome. I might give it another go someday.
Also, I didn’t notice anyone mention Super Mario Land. That’s one of the few games where I can pick it up, play it, then when I’m done I play it again straight away. I think the only other game I can say the same thing about is Metroid Fusion. Metroid Fusion is awesome. Wario Land is a great game too. I have a thing for handheld games in general, I guess. Also, the main Final Fantasy games on the SNES/Super Famicom are all great. Out of 4, 5 and 6, my personal favourite is 5 with 6 following closely behind or maybe even matching it.