Five pages of replies and not a single shout out for the Nintendo games? I mean, yeah, the Atari consoles came first, but they were just so limited, it wasn't until Star Wars and Empire that you could really get back into the world of SW, and live the adventures through gaming. For that alone they deserve some respect I think. The NES version of Star Wars was incredibly difficult, and Empire was a close second. 'Course these are in the days where you had to rent games, and it was sure not easy to advance far (*no saving features) in the 1-2 nights you had them. The lack of a sequel caused me no end of sadness. And boy was I waiting every year.
In terms of overall love, the SNES trilogy takes a major part for me. Empire, Star Wars, and then Jedi. I can't even tell you how many hours I lost in those games, and while they may be a bit easy to some folks, playing them through and enjoying every minute of it is something that very few other platform games offered. No matter how many times I played them, I kept (and still keep) coming back.
I guess I am a bit out of the times with the average people commenting here. Being a SW nut my whole like, I bought up copies of X-Wing and Tie Fighter like they were gold in the 90s, even though I could not play them and wasn't a gamer. Just to be able to touch the world of Star Wars in such a crazy period (people can't even relate today) was something golden. I never was into the simulation style games, and sadly the disappearance of scrolling platformers was nigh on the horizon.
While I was able [reluctantly, occasionally] to play DF on my brother's Apple, it was with DF II that I became engrossed in the gameplay. It really was such a huge game, and I feel successfully added a lot of the OT appeal to the franchise. As mentioned, the dedication to levels, perspective, and the new force abilities, couple with the cusp of FPS development, really set this one ahead. I subsequently played JK II on the Xbox, and while good, it definitely wasn't quite there compared to its predecessors.
I also have to give an honourable mention to Yoda Stories, a small windows adventure game that entertained me incredibly in spite of its simplicity. As a quick game the randomly generated new 'quests' each time, its rudimentary graphics and fun were like an amazing app of its time. Plus I could play it on my home computer, which, no matter what decade, always seems to be several generations behind the technology.