oh fug thats a tough call.
"favorite" is pretty broad.
i cant put them in any particular order but i'll have to go on how much i've replayed it, how well it still holds up, how much fun it is, and how much of a personal attachment i have to the game.
i know these games are not the best; theyre just favorite games of mine.

1. Panel de Pon / Tetris attack (SNES)
2. MGS2 (PS2)
3. Harvest moon back to nature (PSX)
4. Sim City (SNES)
5. Sim Ant (SNES)

Theyre not all paticularly the best games, but they're games i love and i've played endlessly, and would still play, and i would defend them and all of their flaws endlessly in a biased and autistic manner.

>>12017
please elaborate.
i stayed away from harvest moon 64 because of how awful it looked (on original hardware atleast) i also think the psx game looks better through emulation but i know nothing of the development of either. i simply liked back to nature because it's the one i know and am familiar with. if harvest moon was a game i played on n64 while growing up instead of PSX im sure that would be my favorite, but it wasnt.

however, from an objective standpoint what does 64 do better? the graphics are certainly worse. the controls are similarly responsive but the ergonomics are worse because of the retarded n64 controller.

>>12019
>controls
you mean the controls that dont let you quickly cycle through and take things out from your inventory? making feeding animals a pain in the ass? or how you cant jump over rocks or plants?
>pacing
goal pacing is faster in n64.. not sure if thats better given the type of game.
>characters
it has the same characters but back to nature has more interactions like birthdays with each character (not just girls) and tons of hidden scenes and extra events based on relationships and gifts. theres also house permission based on relationship that lets you find out more about the side characters. theres also more shops and things to do in town.

on top of that btn has cooking and a fully stocked kitchen, wool/cheese/mayo, sprites that help you farm/take care of animals for a price* so you can prep for storms/events/lengthy errands, a better mine, better performance and less buggy, jew salesman replaced with sketchy chinaman,and more capacity for animals

im not sure what you meant by stealth developer though. hm64 was developed by toybox and victor interactive (now marvelous), while btn was developed only by victor interactive. was there another developer im not aware of?