I can't really do a top 5, so I'll just link to my top 10 from the thread we had earlier:
http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... es#p576825
The Top 5 games that defined your childhood
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Re: The Top 5 games that defined your childhood
Super Mario Bros. - Many people's first love, & I can't think of a more worthy title. Perfection.
Air Fortress - This game holds a special place in my heart. I remember vividly my parents buying me this game at Ames after picking me up from the babysitter and my telling them none of the "big kids" gave me a turn. I guess this (and 1942) were my introduction to shoot 'em ups. The end credits fanfare is one of the most triumphant pieces of NES music ever. But don't just look it up on youtube - earn it.
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II - Fabio. The elements. Hidden rooms. Hopping constantly. This game really doesn't deserve all the hate it generates. As a child I had only a handful of games, so I played the fuck out of this. Such a weird atmosphere to this game. Fond, but frustrating memories of this one.
Streets of Rage 2 - I actually got to thank Yuzo Koshiro and tell him this was the soundtrack to my childhood. Might be my favourite game of all time...
Mortal Kombat - ABACABB "Get over here!" I remember not comprehending how this game could have a sequel. "Mortal Kombat... two?" It just hit my ears wrong.
Then I finally saw it in the arcades for the first time and the dude pulled off Liu Kang's dragon fatality. Quite the excellent introduction. The first game is still my favourite in the series, however. I can remember the first time I finally pulled off Raiden's fatality. So awesome.
Air Fortress - This game holds a special place in my heart. I remember vividly my parents buying me this game at Ames after picking me up from the babysitter and my telling them none of the "big kids" gave me a turn. I guess this (and 1942) were my introduction to shoot 'em ups. The end credits fanfare is one of the most triumphant pieces of NES music ever. But don't just look it up on youtube - earn it.
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II - Fabio. The elements. Hidden rooms. Hopping constantly. This game really doesn't deserve all the hate it generates. As a child I had only a handful of games, so I played the fuck out of this. Such a weird atmosphere to this game. Fond, but frustrating memories of this one.
Streets of Rage 2 - I actually got to thank Yuzo Koshiro and tell him this was the soundtrack to my childhood. Might be my favourite game of all time...
Mortal Kombat - ABACABB "Get over here!" I remember not comprehending how this game could have a sequel. "Mortal Kombat... two?" It just hit my ears wrong.
Then I finally saw it in the arcades for the first time and the dude pulled off Liu Kang's dragon fatality. Quite the excellent introduction. The first game is still my favourite in the series, however. I can remember the first time I finally pulled off Raiden's fatality. So awesome.
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Re: The Top 5 games that defined your childhood
And here's mine. Just take the first five and forget about the others.o.pwuaioc wrote:I can't really do a top 5, so I'll just link to my top 10 from the thread we had earlier:
http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... es#p576825
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
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The Sega Master System 2 was my first console. This will be pretty easy...
1. Alex Kidd in Miracle World - My entire family still has the music for this haunting their dreams since we went on holidays with the new console. It must have been a christmas present and the music played all week. The first time you got to that second level and jumped on that bike... that brutal frog with the deadly bubbles at the end of the first level... the joy of munching down that hamburger... Once we went out, leaving the game paused, and I must have accidently selected the ring that allows you to shoot waves across the screen with your fist. I hadn't realised that you could select items in the pause screen, and it blew me away, opening up a whole new world of possibilities. Even now, the scope of this game feels so impressive; embarrasingly, I've still only finished it on the emulator, never with the real hardware... one day...
I remember wondering how you were supposed to play other games with the master system, imagining having to buy a whole new unit. I worked it out with my second game...
2. Sonic the Hedgehog (MS) - Just brilliant, so fast, so much more attitude and appeal then that dumb mario. I played the hell out of this, and one day home sick from school finished it with all the chaos emeralds. Simply awesome.
3. Teddy Boy / The Ninja - I received as a present once a set of three water pistols. They were super dodgy and leaked water. I hated them. My parents took them back for a refund ($40) and I remember standing in the game section tossing up between 'The twilight zone' ($40) and 'Teddy Boy' and 'The Ninja' ($20 each). So glad with my choice. These two were brilliant. Brutally difficult, they were certainly no sonic, but I played the hell outta them.
For some reason I never owned any Mega Drive games, despite moving on to the Mega Drive. It was the hire shop only for this gen. One game that was hired more than all others was...
4. Mortal Kombat 2 - This was just awesome. The AI was just awful, so cheap, forcing you to play cheaply too. Sitting down with this and the move/fatality lists from the magazines (Megazone usually) was brilliant, oh and babality, friendship etc... so weird.
5. Streets of Rage - My cousin and I christened the move where you flip the enemy over behind you onto their head the "Slam Head Dunk". Smashing the bottle on some punk and then using the jagged broken end to tear up his friends was so much fun. The music, the beach level with the cans rolling along in the the wind, the boat level, those annoying women with the whips crouching down and becoming invincible, the fat fire breathers who you couldn't throw... so many memories; and still holds up today as most of you know....
1. Alex Kidd in Miracle World - My entire family still has the music for this haunting their dreams since we went on holidays with the new console. It must have been a christmas present and the music played all week. The first time you got to that second level and jumped on that bike... that brutal frog with the deadly bubbles at the end of the first level... the joy of munching down that hamburger... Once we went out, leaving the game paused, and I must have accidently selected the ring that allows you to shoot waves across the screen with your fist. I hadn't realised that you could select items in the pause screen, and it blew me away, opening up a whole new world of possibilities. Even now, the scope of this game feels so impressive; embarrasingly, I've still only finished it on the emulator, never with the real hardware... one day...
I remember wondering how you were supposed to play other games with the master system, imagining having to buy a whole new unit. I worked it out with my second game...
2. Sonic the Hedgehog (MS) - Just brilliant, so fast, so much more attitude and appeal then that dumb mario. I played the hell out of this, and one day home sick from school finished it with all the chaos emeralds. Simply awesome.
3. Teddy Boy / The Ninja - I received as a present once a set of three water pistols. They were super dodgy and leaked water. I hated them. My parents took them back for a refund ($40) and I remember standing in the game section tossing up between 'The twilight zone' ($40) and 'Teddy Boy' and 'The Ninja' ($20 each). So glad with my choice. These two were brilliant. Brutally difficult, they were certainly no sonic, but I played the hell outta them.
For some reason I never owned any Mega Drive games, despite moving on to the Mega Drive. It was the hire shop only for this gen. One game that was hired more than all others was...
4. Mortal Kombat 2 - This was just awesome. The AI was just awful, so cheap, forcing you to play cheaply too. Sitting down with this and the move/fatality lists from the magazines (Megazone usually) was brilliant, oh and babality, friendship etc... so weird.
5. Streets of Rage - My cousin and I christened the move where you flip the enemy over behind you onto their head the "Slam Head Dunk". Smashing the bottle on some punk and then using the jagged broken end to tear up his friends was so much fun. The music, the beach level with the cans rolling along in the the wind, the boat level, those annoying women with the whips crouching down and becoming invincible, the fat fire breathers who you couldn't throw... so many memories; and still holds up today as most of you know....
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Super Mario Bros.
Everyone's first love I am sure, I loved talking to people about the secrets and all the bullshit kids would say on the playground about this game.
Mario Kart 64
My older brother and his 3 mates use to play this all the time, like daily after school. If one of his buddies could not make it I got to fill in, when I was 12 there was nothing better than rocking Mario Kart with my brother and his buddies. He was five years older than me and quite a jock playing football for his school and later paid to play in what would be the minors in the states, we did not get a long a whole bunch but we both loved video games and it was one of the few things I could compete with him at.
The Secret of Monkey Island
This game turned me off arcade games and put me more intro problem solving and story driven games. Loved every bit of it, every time i played it.
Sam and Max: Hit The Road
It took everything I loved about Monkey Island and smashed it out of the park, it was so funny and random, it really showed me that anything can be done in a game, nothing has to be logical.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
This is the first game I become completely and utterly addicted to. I use to try to beat my high scores on every level most nights, I played it through as every character. I put so many hours into this game, it was the first game that I could beat my older brother and his friends in time and time again, I loved the Pro Skater series and 100% each game in it, it is a shame they went to the shit. The recent HD game was awesome and I enjoyed it (got all achievements on it as well).
Pretty much every game in the Lucasarts library. Heaps of Sierra games I use to play with my dad, sitting on his lap or next to him when I got older.
Everyone's first love I am sure, I loved talking to people about the secrets and all the bullshit kids would say on the playground about this game.
Mario Kart 64
My older brother and his 3 mates use to play this all the time, like daily after school. If one of his buddies could not make it I got to fill in, when I was 12 there was nothing better than rocking Mario Kart with my brother and his buddies. He was five years older than me and quite a jock playing football for his school and later paid to play in what would be the minors in the states, we did not get a long a whole bunch but we both loved video games and it was one of the few things I could compete with him at.
The Secret of Monkey Island
This game turned me off arcade games and put me more intro problem solving and story driven games. Loved every bit of it, every time i played it.
Sam and Max: Hit The Road
It took everything I loved about Monkey Island and smashed it out of the park, it was so funny and random, it really showed me that anything can be done in a game, nothing has to be logical.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
This is the first game I become completely and utterly addicted to. I use to try to beat my high scores on every level most nights, I played it through as every character. I put so many hours into this game, it was the first game that I could beat my older brother and his friends in time and time again, I loved the Pro Skater series and 100% each game in it, it is a shame they went to the shit. The recent HD game was awesome and I enjoyed it (got all achievements on it as well).
Pretty much every game in the Lucasarts library. Heaps of Sierra games I use to play with my dad, sitting on his lap or next to him when I got older.
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I can't think of five off the top of my head, but here are three that really, really matter to me.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Apple IIe)
This is the game that got me into RPGs. My first exposure was seeing my dad play it, and asking him what he was doing. He said he was on an adventure, and I didn't really understand because most of the screen was filled with text and numbers, with a tiny picture toward the top left of the screen. He told me that I had to use my imagination shortly before getting jumped by a pack of kobolds, orcs, or some such. I was a little confused, but curious enough to keep watching.
Over time he invited me to help him, so we went on adventures together, and I even made a few of my own characters that would tag along (Popoe the priest and Mag Mage the Mage - I was really imaginative, wasn't I? - ). We'd take turns with one of us at the keyboard controlling the party while the other made a map of where we were going on some grid paper. When we got into a fight with some monsters we'd discuss what to do. I was pretty trigger happy with Tiltowait at the time. :p
The strongest memory that I have of playing this game was when I was exploring the dungeon by myself. While in there the power in my house went all weird, and the computer reset. This was bad because as far as the game was concerned, my party was still in the dungeon. Being only five or six at the time, I didn't know what to do, and went running downstairs crying my eyes out, and told my dad what happened. He was doing some work on the family car, but stopped immediately, washed his hands, and came upstairs. Then he fired up the game, made a search party of his best characters (who were far stronger than mine), and proceeded go through the dungeon and rescue each of my guys that was stuck down there. I just thought, "Best dad ever!" after that. =)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
This is just the game that everyone had (what with it being a pack-in game and all). Whenever we went to someone's house that had a NES this game inevitably got played. It didn't matter if everyone had it, we still really liked it, and it was a game we were all familiar with, and could play together to some extent instead of some other games which were single-player where we'd mostly just sit there and watch someone else play.
Even when I knew the game backwards and forward, I still played the hell out of this game. It was fun to see how many times I could play through the game on one life, or before running out of lives. Even when Super Mario Bros. 2 came out, I still preferred this one.
Final Fantasy (NES)
Sometimes it makes me feel old when I think back and remember a time where I'd be looking at brochures and magazines, eagerly anticipating this game. It sure looked like Dragon Warrior! Would it be any good? Who knows, but the people in the magazine seem pretty keen on it.
When I finally got it I was blown away. The game came with a map, a beastiary, a list of weapons and armor. Amazing! I could even make a small party of characters sort of like when I used to play Wizardry. Take that, Dragon Warrior!
My very first party was two warriors, a red mage, and a black mage. It worked out pretty well as we marched around beating up elemental baddies, and making the world a better place. The world seemed so big too. I didn't just go everywhere on foot. I needed a boat, and eventually even an airship. An airship!
The story was decent as well, and certainly better than anything that I'd experienced in a game up to that point, though I guess that isn't saying very much given how rudimentary game narrative was at the time. Nonetheless, I was hooked. Then the ending came, and my mind was blown.
If Wizardry opened the door and peaked my curiosity in RPGs, Final Fantasy cemented my interest in the genre, and it's been my favorite type of game to play ever since.
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (Apple IIe)
This is the game that got me into RPGs. My first exposure was seeing my dad play it, and asking him what he was doing. He said he was on an adventure, and I didn't really understand because most of the screen was filled with text and numbers, with a tiny picture toward the top left of the screen. He told me that I had to use my imagination shortly before getting jumped by a pack of kobolds, orcs, or some such. I was a little confused, but curious enough to keep watching.
Over time he invited me to help him, so we went on adventures together, and I even made a few of my own characters that would tag along (Popoe the priest and Mag Mage the Mage - I was really imaginative, wasn't I? - ). We'd take turns with one of us at the keyboard controlling the party while the other made a map of where we were going on some grid paper. When we got into a fight with some monsters we'd discuss what to do. I was pretty trigger happy with Tiltowait at the time. :p
The strongest memory that I have of playing this game was when I was exploring the dungeon by myself. While in there the power in my house went all weird, and the computer reset. This was bad because as far as the game was concerned, my party was still in the dungeon. Being only five or six at the time, I didn't know what to do, and went running downstairs crying my eyes out, and told my dad what happened. He was doing some work on the family car, but stopped immediately, washed his hands, and came upstairs. Then he fired up the game, made a search party of his best characters (who were far stronger than mine), and proceeded go through the dungeon and rescue each of my guys that was stuck down there. I just thought, "Best dad ever!" after that. =)
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
This is just the game that everyone had (what with it being a pack-in game and all). Whenever we went to someone's house that had a NES this game inevitably got played. It didn't matter if everyone had it, we still really liked it, and it was a game we were all familiar with, and could play together to some extent instead of some other games which were single-player where we'd mostly just sit there and watch someone else play.
Even when I knew the game backwards and forward, I still played the hell out of this game. It was fun to see how many times I could play through the game on one life, or before running out of lives. Even when Super Mario Bros. 2 came out, I still preferred this one.
Final Fantasy (NES)
Sometimes it makes me feel old when I think back and remember a time where I'd be looking at brochures and magazines, eagerly anticipating this game. It sure looked like Dragon Warrior! Would it be any good? Who knows, but the people in the magazine seem pretty keen on it.
When I finally got it I was blown away. The game came with a map, a beastiary, a list of weapons and armor. Amazing! I could even make a small party of characters sort of like when I used to play Wizardry. Take that, Dragon Warrior!
My very first party was two warriors, a red mage, and a black mage. It worked out pretty well as we marched around beating up elemental baddies, and making the world a better place. The world seemed so big too. I didn't just go everywhere on foot. I needed a boat, and eventually even an airship. An airship!
The story was decent as well, and certainly better than anything that I'd experienced in a game up to that point, though I guess that isn't saying very much given how rudimentary game narrative was at the time. Nonetheless, I was hooked. Then the ending came, and my mind was blown.
If Wizardry opened the door and peaked my curiosity in RPGs, Final Fantasy cemented my interest in the genre, and it's been my favorite type of game to play ever since.
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Tetris - Gameboy 
Super Mario Bros 3 - NES
Mario Kart - SNES
Street Fighter 2 - Arcade
Super Mario 64 - N64
Super Mario Bros 3 - NES
Mario Kart - SNES
Street Fighter 2 - Arcade
Super Mario 64 - N64
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Re: The Top 5 games that defined your childhood
Yeah there's no way I could just do a top 5. I could fill up a page writing about the N64 games me and my cousins played together all the time alone.
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1. Halo Combat Evolved PC
Was the first competitive online game I ever played. Ended up getting pretty involved in a gaming clan through it and met alot of people who I still talk to regularly. I was never really interested in games till it came along and dragged me into the online community.
Had a hard time figuring out some others there are so many games I have played so far and alot of them hold special places in my heart. Here are a few that come to mind though.
2. The Legend of Zelda
Earliest game I can ever remember playing. Still kind of pissed that I sold the NES and all the games I grew up with just so my parents would buy me a PS2
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3. Final Fantasy 7
Spent so many hours on that game still haven't beaten it. Started a few replays but I always get distracted. Actually made it all the way to the final battle before I got side tracked actually in the same state with FF7, FF8, FF10 and Tactics Advanced I feel kind of pathetic saying the only FF game I have completed is 13 :X.
4. Mario World
Probably my most played game prior to me getting a PS2.
5. Prince of Persia SoT trilogy
I have played Warrior Within and Sands of Time probably 8+ times a piece. Didn't care much for the final one but still played it through it twice. Actually have the urge to play through the whole series again right now.
Was the first competitive online game I ever played. Ended up getting pretty involved in a gaming clan through it and met alot of people who I still talk to regularly. I was never really interested in games till it came along and dragged me into the online community.
Had a hard time figuring out some others there are so many games I have played so far and alot of them hold special places in my heart. Here are a few that come to mind though.
2. The Legend of Zelda
Earliest game I can ever remember playing. Still kind of pissed that I sold the NES and all the games I grew up with just so my parents would buy me a PS2
.3. Final Fantasy 7
Spent so many hours on that game
still haven't beaten it. Started a few replays but I always get distracted. Actually made it all the way to the final battle before I got side tracked actually in the same state with FF7, FF8, FF10 and Tactics Advanced I feel kind of pathetic saying the only FF game I have completed is 13 :X.4. Mario World
Probably my most played game prior to me getting a PS2.
5. Prince of Persia SoT trilogy
I have played Warrior Within and Sands of Time probably 8+ times a piece. Didn't care much for the final one but still played it through it twice. Actually have the urge to play through the whole series again right now
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Streets Of Rage 2 - First game I ever had. Still remember my dad busting in my room with a giant Sega Genesis box. A little strange that the first game he gave me at the age of 5 was a game revolving around beating up thugs with giant pipes. Used to beat this game nearly every day. Replayed it on different occasions in recent years and still holds up. Best beat em up I've played so far.
Super Mario Bros Delux - Super Mario Bros is my favorite game of all time, playing it on handheld was a real delight for me. I really got a chance to actually get decent at the game and beat it over and over again. Even though I bought a Game Boy Color for Pokemon, Mario Bros is what kept me glued, while I never really played Pokemon after beating the Elite 4. I remember I got a monstrously high score once, and I named it after my crush. Realizing that someone could read that, I tried desperately to beat my high score like 15 times. Needless to say, that didn't work.
AKI Wrestling Games - If I had to choose one it'd probably be WCW/nWo Revenge, but I had all four (WCW vs nWo World Tour, Revenge, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, WWF No Mercy). I'm a huge wrestling fan, and when I first saw World Tour my mind was blown. I had to get all of them, and I loved everyone. The gameplay was awesome, still kind of mad that there hasn't been a true sequel to these games.
Goldeneye -This game has aged terribly, but I used to find it so fun back in the day. Reminds me of the days when kids used to just walk around the neighborhood ringing peoples doorbells unexpectedly and ask them to hang out. Hanging out consisted of three things, going to the park, playing Goldeneye, or going to someone elses house to play Goldeneye.
Team Fortress Classic - Really got into this game during my middle school years. This is the first video game that taught me the competitive side of gaming. Before I used to join really bad clans, or just go around and kill things randomly in pubs when it came to FPS. One day, I tried out for a clan in TFC, and I was somewhat embarrassed that weren't just better than me, but were in another world in terms of technique and tactics. It amazes me that I played TFC as long as I did with out actually knowing any of the cool moves you can do. Once I learned how to conc and hop around, it became such a good experience. Taught me a lot about how much practice can make, and learned a lot about team work.
Super Mario Bros Delux - Super Mario Bros is my favorite game of all time, playing it on handheld was a real delight for me. I really got a chance to actually get decent at the game and beat it over and over again. Even though I bought a Game Boy Color for Pokemon, Mario Bros is what kept me glued, while I never really played Pokemon after beating the Elite 4. I remember I got a monstrously high score once, and I named it after my crush. Realizing that someone could read that, I tried desperately to beat my high score like 15 times. Needless to say, that didn't work.
AKI Wrestling Games - If I had to choose one it'd probably be WCW/nWo Revenge, but I had all four (WCW vs nWo World Tour, Revenge, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, WWF No Mercy). I'm a huge wrestling fan, and when I first saw World Tour my mind was blown. I had to get all of them, and I loved everyone. The gameplay was awesome, still kind of mad that there hasn't been a true sequel to these games.
Goldeneye -This game has aged terribly, but I used to find it so fun back in the day. Reminds me of the days when kids used to just walk around the neighborhood ringing peoples doorbells unexpectedly and ask them to hang out. Hanging out consisted of three things, going to the park, playing Goldeneye, or going to someone elses house to play Goldeneye.
Team Fortress Classic - Really got into this game during my middle school years. This is the first video game that taught me the competitive side of gaming. Before I used to join really bad clans, or just go around and kill things randomly in pubs when it came to FPS. One day, I tried out for a clan in TFC, and I was somewhat embarrassed that weren't just better than me, but were in another world in terms of technique and tactics. It amazes me that I played TFC as long as I did with out actually knowing any of the cool moves you can do. Once I learned how to conc and hop around, it became such a good experience. Taught me a lot about how much practice can make, and learned a lot about team work.