I've never bothered to buy a console and I never had one as a kid - instead I've just stuck with PC gaming. Unfortunately, this does mean I've missed out on all the games that were only available on console, and there have been some cracking ones over the years.
I don't really hold out hope that these will ever be properly ported - perhaps one or two of the newer ones have a chance, but that's it. This is closer to a dream wishlist if, for instance, a mysterious uncle dies and I inherit his enormous videogame collection.
I'm not going back further than around the N64 era. And I've tried to keep it free of games that seem to need nostalgia to still be entertaining (Perfect Dark versus some generic James Bond shooter... exaggerating, but the latter isn't on here).
This list will probably grow over time as I discover games. Position is meaningless.
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The Wii has a few other cute games, like that Kirby quilted one, which could easily belong here too. No Marios though! Update: This one came out!
Great use of the WiiU screen makes this hard to translate - the PC seems like the second-best option, with numerous keyboard buttons and accurate pointing devices, but I doubt it would do it justice.
To be honest, I'd probably rather play Forza, and there's no shortage of racing games on the PC - but I'd still like to see what it's all about and gameplay videos miss the point.
Something about orbs? Also, the latest one has incredible levels of destruction.
I watched the Quick Look of this and it looked pretty entertaining. I don't really know anything else about it, or the earlier games. Maybe it doesn't belong?
Depending on how this list is arranged, you may have noticed a theme of 'disaster' games - what can I say, things getting destroyed with no actual risk is fun. (Red Faction: Guerrilla is one of my favourite games of all time.)
I wouldn't even know of Tokyo Jungle if it wasn't for this website, but I sure wish I could play it.
I loved the series and it's always annoyed me that I couldn't play the third. Maaaybe there's a bit of nostalgia on this entry.
I don't speak Japanese, but it's not like I was going to get a chance to play it anyway, so it can stay here.
The lack of a PC port has never bothered me, and I'd probably rather play the modern-day GTA games, but there has to be some reason people who have played it are so enthusiastic about it.