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List of console role-playing games, listed alphabetically with photos of the game's cover art when available. Spanning the entire history of the genre, these console role-playing games have been enjoyed by millions. This list includes all console role-playing games that have ever hit the shelves, so it doesn't necessarily have all the more obscure, future or new console role-playing games. Various bits of information are available for these top console role-playing games, such as when the game was released and who developed the game. In some instances you can click on the names of the games to get an even more in-depth description of them. These aren't necessarily the best console role-playing games, but there are a lot of popular console role-playing games listed here. The list you're viewing is made up of games like Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VI.This list answers the questions, "What are the best console role-playing games?" and "What are the most popular console role-playing games?"

List of All Console Role-playing Games

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Final Fantasy IV

Final Fantasy IV is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1991 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game was originally released for the Super Famicom in Japan and has since been rereleased for many other platforms with varying modifications. The game was re-titled Final Fantasy II during its initial release outside of Japan as the original Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III had not been released outside of Japan at the time. However, later localizations used the original title.
The game's story follows Cecil, a dark knight, as he tries to prevent the sorcerer Golbez from seizing powerful crystals and destroying the world. He is joined on this quest by a frequently changing group of allies. Final Fantasy IV introduced innovations that became staples of the Final Fantasy series and role-playing games in general. Its "Active Time Battle" system was used in five subsequent Final Fantasy games, and unlike prior games in the series, IV gave each character their own unchangeable character class.

Best Games for Super Nintendo

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List of the best games ever released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The 16-bit Super Nintendo (or SNES) video game console was available beginning in 1990 in Japan (where it was known as the Super Famicom) and the following year in North America, and was not discontinued until 2003 and 1999, respectively. During the 16-bit era (which primarily featured SNES competition from the Sega Genesis console), Super Nintendo was the world&#39;s best-selling video game system. Over 39 million SNES units were sold around the world (still shy of the incredible 61.91 million original Nintendo systems sold.) Even into the 32-bit era, Super Nintendo systems remained commonplace in homes around the world.

794 total games <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-snes-games-nintendo-switch/kyle-townsend" target="_blank">were officially released</a> for the Super Nintendo system. The first games available for the new system were &quot;Super Mario World,&quot; &quot;F-Zero,&quot; &quot;Pilotwings,&quot; &quot;SimCity&quot; and &quot;Gradius III.&quot; &quot;Super Mario World&quot; - which was often bundled and sold with the system in its early days - remained the best-selling SNES game of all time, with over 20 million units sold. Many Super Nintendo titles <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-snes-games/kyle-townsend" target="_blank">have remained popular</a> through the use of emulators, which can currently recreate the SNES experience on computers.

Check out more lists like a <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-super-nintendo-games-list-of-snes-console-games/video-games-by-console">collection of all Super Nintendo games made</a>, the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/favorite-super-smash-bros-melee-characters/curtisbrown">most loved Super Smash Bros characters</a>, and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-nintendo-systems/cerberus">which Nintendo system was the best</a>.

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Asking a group of gamers what the best video game soundtrack of all time is is like asking baseball fans who <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-pitchers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best pitcher</a> of all time is - there are sure to be very strong opinions and definitely a few heated arguments. For this list we&#39;ve compiled some of the greatest video game music of all time, and we&#39;re leaving it up to you to decide which is best. In recent years games like Braid and Bastion have been praised for their beautiful songs, while older favorites seem to be Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and Final Fantasy 7.&nbsp;

Video game music can be good for different reasons. Some songs are epic, some sweet, some scary, intense, catchy, sad, etc... Whatever the reason, vote for the best video game <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-soundtracks-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword" target="_blank">soundtracks of all time</a>.

If one of your favorite games with great music is missing, feel free to add it to the list so it has a chance for other people to vote on it too. You can add a game from any console, whether it&#39;s an older platform like SNES or it&#39;s a newer game for PC. Just make sure it has <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-video-game-soundtracks/alexander-oreilly" target="_blank">an amazing soundtrack</a> before throwing it with these other greats!

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

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One of the largest video game companies in the world, Nintendo has brought you everything from Donkey Kong and Zelda to Animal Crossing and Wii. 

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The best Nintendo games of all time include classic NES titles, N64 gems, high tech Wii titles, and the newest Nintendo Switch games. These fan favorite Nintendo games include classic titles like Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, a couple of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-games-of-all-time">greatest video games of all time</a>. There are also perennial favorites like Tetris, Donkey Kong, and Metroid (some of which you&#39;ll find among the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-classic-arcade-games">best classic arcade games</a>) on this list of the top Nintendo games.

What are the best Nintendo games ever? Many will agree the best games were the pioneering ones that came out in the time of the NES system, while others see advances in technology as making video games better. Whatever your stance, this greatest <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/nintendo-entertainment-system-games-list-of-nes-games/video-games-by-console?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Nintendo games list</a> is a chance for you to vote on what you consider to be the best video games from Nintendo.

What are the best Nintendo Wii games? What are the top classic Nintendo games? Are Switch games better than old Nintendo games? Vote on this list of top Nintendo video games so you and other gamers can settle this video game debate. If your favorite Nintendo game isn&#39;t on the Nintendo game list, make sure to add it so other players can become consumed in that video game universe the same way you did.

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The Best Nintendo Games, Ranked

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A list of classic video game songs. RULE: Everything on this list must be pre-Playstation. This is a list that anyone can add to by clicking &quot;Add Items&quot; at the bottom of the page. I&#39;ll get us started. Video game themes used to mean something. You&#39;d have to live with them through an entire level that you&#39;d have to play through at least five times, so they used to write them a lot catchier than they do now.

What are the best classic video game songs? These themes, and top video game songs, at least during the early days, were simple and classic. Add your favorites and vote up the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-games-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best video games of all time</a>. Vote down the worst. Which classic <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rpg-soundtracks/ranker-games" target="_blank">video game theme</a> songs are your favorite?

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The Greatest Classic Video Game Theme Songs Ever

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<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/classic-video-games-that-suck/steven-petite?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Video game</a> stories range from the extremely simplistic to the staggeringly complex. While early games - and many contemporary ones focused on gameplay - treat the plot as a loose outline filled in by action or puzzles, some games have tried to push the boundaries and tell emotionally gripping, cinematic stories with elements of interactive control and player choices that forward the storyline.

The advent of so-called &quot;sandbox&quot; games, which give players more freedom in choosing <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/how-to?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">how to</a> explore the environment, which missions to embark upon and what order to progress in has also served to make games more character-driven and involving. (&quot;Fallout 3,&quot; for example, builds up a karmic profile of the player based on decisions in how to advance through missions.) These best storyline games build on the gameplay and graphics with genuinely good stories.&nbsp;

Currently at the top of the list of the best video game storylines are the Mass Effect games with BioShock, The Last of Us, and Half-Life 2 all in contention for the number one spot. Gamers will also recognize other popular video game franchises, like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kingdom-hearts-worlds/ranker-games" target="_blank">the worlds of </a><a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kingdom-hearts-worlds/ranker-games" target="_blank">Kingdom Hearts</a>, or Metal Gear Solid and Assassin&#39;s Creed, which feature twists and surprises in their storylines.&nbsp;

This list collects the games with the most entertaining and involving storylines. Vote for your favorite games on the list, and build your own version to add more suggestions that aren&#39;t already ranked! There is no shortage of games with amazing stories.

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The Most Compelling Video Game Storylines Ever

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Lists that rank the best, most addictive, most compelling, most punishing games in all genres for players at every level of experience.

The Best and Worst of Gaming

The most addictive games of all time, ranked by the wisdom of the crowd. Anyone can add their video game addictions to this list, making it an accurate, real-time ranking of the addicting video games that gamers just can&#39;t put down. Voting on this list is easier than figuring out the Konami code, so add your two cents and see how your gaming obsessions stack up against everyone else&#39;s.

Of the most addicting games, there are some from every era. From addicting PC games to the most addicting video games, there&#39;s something for everyone on this list, no matter what kinds of video games you like. Gamers the world over know that with some games, you just can&#39;t stop playing. Going beyond just the top 10 addicting games, this list has over 400 games that are sure to have you hooked! Vote up all your picks for the best&nbsp;addictive&nbsp;games.

Mortal Kombat

The Most Addictive Video Games of All Time

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Arcade Games

Top classic video games from the early years of gaming. This list contains the best games released on any system (arcade, home consoles, portable devices) from the 1960s through the year 2000 (which for this list would be considered the start of the &quot;modern era&quot; of gaming.) This includes all the essential games from the era of the arcade, as well as the original 8-bit consoles and their 16-bit follow-ups.Many of the retro games on this list have remained extremely popular to this present day, and are often still played by passionate fans on preserved consoles or on computers via emulator software. Some of these games are part of ongoing franchises that have remained vital to this day, such as the classic &quot;Mario Bros.&quot; games, &quot;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/a-timeline-of-the-legend-of-zelda-chronology/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Legend of Zelda</a>&quot; titles and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/all-fighting-games-list/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">fighting games</a> like &quot;Mortal Kombat.&quot;Experimental video games have been around since the 1950s, but it was two game breakthroughs in the early 1970s that really brought games more mainstream attention. &quot;Spacewar!,&quot; released in 1961, became popular enough to generate about 1500 individual arcade machines, but was so complicated to learn that it failed to really develop mass appeal. The same was not true of 1972's &quot;Pong,&quot; from the same creators, that recreated table tennis for arcades and eventually sold nearly 20,000 machines. By the late 1970s, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/failed-video-game-consoles/nathan-gibson?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">video game consoles</a> for the home were becoming more commonplace, with both the Intellivision and ColecoVision competing in toy stores and introducing many of the titles we're still familiar with today (including the original &quot;Donkey Kong&quot; and &quot;Space Invaders.&quot;)1978 is traditionally considered the start of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-popular-golden-age-arcade-games/video-games-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Golden Age of video games</a>, particularly in terms of arcade games, with the introduction of numerous beloved retro titles (including &quot;Frogger&quot; and &quot;Galaxian.&quot;) Finally, in 1985, Nintendo introduced the first Nintendo Entertainment System to stores, bundled with the game &quot;Super Mario Bros.,&quot; a landmark release in console history.

The Legend of Zelda

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These are the all-time best RPG games, including both tactical and action role-playing games across multiple platforms and franchises. 

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This comprehensive list ranks the&nbsp;best pure role-playing games, action-RPG hybrids and MMORPG&#39;s of all time, as voted on by the Ranker Community. The popularity of role-playing games far predates <a href="/list/best-old-school-rpgs/kyle-townsend" target="_blank">video game technology</a> entirely, and many of the genre&#39;s standards, settings and concepts continue to draw strong influence from the <a href="/list/top-five-tabletop-rpg_s/dragolite">pen-and-paper games</a> of the past (particularly the granddaddy of them all, Dungeons &amp; Dragons, or D&amp;D.)

In <a href="/list/most-underrated-rpgs/kyle-townsend" target="_blank">traditional role-playing games</a>, the player controls a character in a fictional world or setting and takes a strong hand in determining how that character chooses to progress through the environment. They tend to be more character and <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-most-compelling-video-game-storylines">plot-driven games</a> in many ways, as opposed to games that put more emphasis on stealth, puzzle-solving or combat. In some ways, new technology has simply made RPG&#39;s easier to organize and faster to play through, removing the need for a &quot;gamemaster&quot; and reliance on dice or other physical means of determining game outcomes. What are your all-time favorite RPGs?

Many of the most popular RPGs are part of a larger franchise, set in <a href="/list/best-rpg-soundtracks/ranker-games" target="_blank">a familiar world </a>that has been established over the course of numerous games (and sometimes tie-in novels, short films, or other media.) The Final Fantasy&nbsp;franchise is perhaps the most significant and long-standing in video game history, and in fact at this point has branched out beyond traditional role-playing games to include entires focused on tactical role-playing, action role-playing, MMORPG&#39;s, racing games, third-person shooters, and even rhythm and fighting games. It has also inspired numerous animated films, tie in novels and comic books. (Unlike many other RPG series that are all based in a single setting or universe - such as the Elder Scrolls&nbsp;series Tamriel or Azeroth from Blizzard&#39;s Warcraft&nbsp;games - Final Fantasy&nbsp;entries tend to take place in different settings and have sharply distinguished plotlines.)

Vote up all your favorite titles so gamers can see which releases rank among the&nbsp;greatest RPGs ever made.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The Greatest RPG Video Games Ever Made

The Greatest RPG Video Games Ever Made, Ranked by Fans

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The best Super Nintendo RPG games introduced a generation of gamers to the term RPG.&nbsp;There&#39;s something about role-playing games that really capture your imagination and make you feel like you&#39;re part of another world. Your party always has colorful characters, the abilities you gain along the way are amazing, and boss battles are usually <a href="/list/hardest-snes-games/kyle-townsend" target="_blank">nothing short of epic</a>. With so many great options to choose from, there was never a shortage of games to play for fans of the genre. Since some games were much better than others, we&#39;ve decided to rank the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-super-nintendo-_snes_-games?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword" target="_blank">top SNES</a> RPGs of all time.

This list features the most popular and best-selling RPGs that were released for Super Nintendo. While many of these games were console exclusive, we&#39;re allowing non-exclusives to be a part of the list as well. Popular games featured on this list include everything from&nbsp;SNES&nbsp;classics like&nbsp;Chrono Trigger to Lufia &amp; the Fortress of Doom, and more. Vote up all your favorite <a href="/crowdranked-list/video-games-that-should-be-movies?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">video games</a> below.

Bahamut Lagoon

The Best Super Nintendo RPGs Ever Made

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Best Games for Nintendo DS

If you owned a Nintendo DS at any time during your life, then it&#39;s safe to say there were <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-game-boy-advance-rpgs/ranker-games" target="_blank">probably a few RPGs</a> in your collection. There&#39;s something about role-playing games that really capture your imagination and make you feel like you&#39;re part of another world. Your party always has colorful characters, the abilities you gain along the way are amazing, and boss battles are usually nothing short of epic.

With so many great options to choose from, there was never a shortage of games to play for fans of the genre. Since some games were much better than others, we&#39;ve decided to rank the best DS RPGs of all time.&nbsp;

This list will feature the most popular and best-selling RPGs that were released for Nintendo DS. While many of these games were console exclusive, we&#39;re allowing non-exclusives to be a part of the list as well. Examples of items on this list include Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and Dragon Quest IX.

Vote for your favorite video games below.

The Best Nintendo DS RPGs

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Looking for good PC JRPG games on Steam? Look no further, as we're ranking the best Steam JRPG games that you'll definitely find worth your time. The Steam Store can be frustrating to browse, as they often are too gratuitous with their tagging system. To ensure that you find exactly what you're looking for, browse this list of the best JRPG PC games on Steam.Developed by Holy Priest, the action PC JPRG Eternal Senia follows the story of Senia and her quest to bring the priestess Magaleta&nbsp;(her adopted sister) back from the Tower of Eternity. Eternal Senia is a free-to-play JPRG game on Steam. Also set in a world of fantasy is Epic Battle Fantasy 4, a clear nod to classics like Final Fantasy. In this JPRG, players battle against pretty adorable enemies and other obstacles as they explore a diverse world that needs saving.&nbsp;Vote up the JRPG games on Steam that you would recommend to other gamers, and vote down&nbsp;anything you played but didn't enjoy.

The 20+ Best PC JRPG Games On Steam

The 20+ Best PC JRPG Games To Play on Steam

List of the best Square Enix games with images, including any well-known Square Enix made games for any platform and console. This list may not contain every game made by Square Enix but definitely features the best ones. This greatest Square Enix games list features box covers and additional information such as the game's publisher and release date. The most popular Square Enix video games are listed by how many votes they received, so the best ones are at the top. If you're looking to find a list of best games developed by Square Enix then you're in the right place. Think the top game developed by Square Enix isn't as high as it should be? If yes then be sure to vote it up so that your opinion counts, since this is a community-based opinion list. This list answers the questions "What are the best games made by Square Enix?" and "Which games were developed by Square Enix?" A factual list, featuring games like Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy III. You can use this fact-based list to create a new list, re-rank it to fit your opinion, then share it with your Facebook friends, Twitter followers or with any other social networks you use regularly. This list is the perfect resource for those looking to find out the names of acclaimed games made by Square Enix. Ranker has a similar list for every other significant video game developer so don't forget to check those out as well. {#nodes}

Final Fantasy IV

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