Mango, Fox, . .Get yourselves a copy of Empire Earth. . .I too was a big fan of C&C then AOE but Empire Earth is the penultimate strategy challenge. . .Absolutely brilliant, my only complaint, too hard!. .You won't be dissapointed.. .As for all time, well, here goes:
Platform: Sonic The Hedgehog (a revolution in its field). .Beat em up: Street fighter II (no arguements surely). .Shoot em up: Quake (a great concept made better, Haven't got into the new wolfenstein though!). .Sports: Madden Football (hard to believe American footy could be enjoyable on console). .Strategy: see above, this game is awesome.
Honourable mentions: Goldeneye, Galaga, Road Rash, Mario Cart, MS Combat sim, Grand Theft Auto III.. .Did I forget any?
Dokey
PS:Mango, have you tried the scotches at the same time