Video Game: the series

I've stayed away from most games that have endless sequels.   Since most people have played the older games, they're a lot cheaper in stores.  Would it be worth it to play through an entire series of single player games, from oldest to latest?  For example:

-Medal of Honor
-Call of Duty
-Armored Core
-Tenchu
-Kessen
-Dynasty Warriors
-Romance of the Three Kingdoms
-Resident Evil
-Silent Hill
-Age of Empires and assorted knockoffs containing the word "Age"
-Tom Clancy
-Various PS2 mascots (Ratchet & Clank, Jak, etc)

I was also thinking of going through every King of Fighters just for the hell of it.

Finger Gun with two ammo packs wastes Phantasma in seconds. It's like some Crissaegrim with bullets the size of fire hydrants.