My list would resemble this. I would add MK III because I was a beast with Kabal and later with Nightwolf. I also would ad Super Sprint. A simple race car game but that game kept me busy while my pops would bet on the ponies at the local quarter horse track.
Mine would go:
1. Shinobi
2. Street Fighter II (Turbo out of the variations)
3. Mortal Kombat II - My Kung Lao was pretty hard to beat.
4. The Simpsons - This one was a must-play for me in its heyday.
5. Galaga/Centipede - I loved both classic games. The only thing is the Galaga was always broken at the local donut shop we'd play SF II after they removed the Galaga/Centipede.
6. The Ninja Turtles- At this point, I played the Simpsons more so, but this game was so fun as well. April O'Neil always getting caught. Donatello was my go-to choice.
7. Super Sprint. I liked the simple format of this Atari-designed race game. Especially when you got 4 drivers to battle it out.
8. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - I got really good at this game. It was the sunset of my video game playing days. I wax nostalgic on the others because this game was later and I didn't play it as much. But get me on the DMC combo and I could hold serve for hours.
9. Ghost N' Goblins - This one had a console love to it and so it was aslo fun to play as it was my go-to later at night when at the local bowling alley and as corny as the creepy factor, it was fun.
10. Virtua Fighter - Not one of the more smoother fighting franchises, but I played this more than the Art of Fighting 2 (Another widely played fighter), but it was supposed to be the "future" of video games, but it was the final game they switched out after SFII at the local doughnut spot by my childhood home. So it got tons of play from me and my crew.