re: Your path of game consoles..

SNES: I still remember my brother bringing down an already wrapped Christmas present from upstairs while holding a comb in his other hand. That was the first day that I learned
A: we were getting Mortal Combat for Christmas
B: how to open a gift without anyone ever knowing

Also loved Mario Kart(I never got to be Yoshi ), Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros(still the one and only game on any console that we had to fight mom for playing time) and Super Baseball 2020. My brother loved beating my arse in Techmo Superbowl, but that's only because at the time, I didn't even know what a first/second/third down even was.

N64: Goldeneye. Everything else is off in a distant 2nd. My brother always beat my arse, but I loved this game. I still get a smile when thinking of shooting that commie bastard hanging out in the stall.
Obviously loved Mario Party # and NFL Blitz.

GameCube: LOL

XBOX: Halo. All day every day.

360: Halos, all day every day. Then when State of Decay came along: all day every day

tONE: CoD and Forza are my current go to, but that should be replaced by Halo/Titanfall in the near future.