I think one genre you left out were 2D RPGs. Games like Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy were simple and yet challenging and in depth at the same time. To this day I would still pop these games in and expect to get hours of fun from them.

When friends were over hanging out we also like to play Madden and racing games. As much as I love the new games that are coming out there is always a piece of me that missing the old NES,Sega, SNES days.

Either way with technology things are going to become even more in-depth and I still think that is good!