Side Scroller
I just finished playing Mega Man X all the way through for like the 5th time this year. This is my favorite ss ever. The game is so simple, and yet there are cool weapons, neat abilities (wall jump, power up), and even a plot. I love the in-game cut scenes with Zero. I haven't played TI Mega Man... is it any good?
Graphic Adventure Game
The Secret of Monkey Island. Funny, challenging, good game play. I play this game about once a year, and it's still almost a fun as the first time. I'm making an adventure game for the TI right now. Also, Stranded is a good TI graphic adventure.
Action/Adventure Game
Any of the Gameboy Zelda's. I love Zelda in 2d (although the N64 ones were quite good too). I also love the simple, yet very expressive sprites. Looks like the best TI Zelda ever is in the works right now.
Flight Simulator
The original X-Wing for DOS. It had awesome graphics for its time. I loved it because it was a flight simulator with a plot... and by that I mean you didn't just fly around and shoot stuff. You actually had to disable ships, or capture them, or escord them, or a combination of the above, all in the same mission. I don't know of any good flight sims for calculators... do you?
RPG
Pokemon. Say what you want, but I love that game! By 'that game' I mean red and blue... and gold and silver weren't bad either. It just never got old. I always though it would make a really good MMORPG... wish I could just plug my Gameboy right into the internet and play it online. I loved the strategy and the simple, yet addictive battle mode. This is probably the game I've poured the most hours into.
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if I set lighting to medium ... watch it lag.
'Tis very hard on the processor. 2.0 GHz at least.
Now, it the maps are small part is what tipped me off. Battlefield two is a game that pretty much requires a broadband internet connection because the single player is teh suxorz. 
The maps are ginormous, but they scale depending on the # of players. (the combat zone expands and more checkpoints are added) The single player mode seems to me to be made solely for practice for the actual game so you don't embaress yourself in front of other players when you first try to fly a helicoptor and so you don't decimate your score. Only the 16 player size maps are available for single player. 
I have only played the single player once, for about 10 minutes, until it bored me. 
The multiplayer is AWESOME though! 64 player battles on humongous maps with tank shells flying every which way, artillery strikes raining death upon bases, and lots of fps goodness! And don't forget the rts (when playing as commander) and mmorpg aspects of the game too. Right now, I am 90% of the way towards getting the next rank (sergeant) and a new weapon unlock. Pretty much, anyone who doesn't like BF2 doesn't like HL2 either 'cause of that damned steam thing.
