The top 5 games that defined your childhood

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dondetti:

--- Quote from: matimo on August 14, 2015, 02:19:29 pm ---Super Mario Sunshine

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Personally I still rank it above Galaxy (and that one was also a masterpiece). I'd love a second Sunshine so much, imagine what they could pull off today with this idea...but this will never happen I guess.

pizzasafari:
Final Fantasy VIII - One of the first games I played, and the first story-driven game I'd played. From a young age until very recently it was my favourite game of all time, it only recently got dethroned by Persona 3, but it still holds a special place in my heart no other game can ever replace.

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus - The first game I ever owned. To this day it's my favourite platformer of all time. I always took really poor care of my PS1 discs when I was little, and I could hardly ever get this game to play, but on the few occasions I did it was such a great feeling.

Croc 2 - Not the best game ever, but I played the living shit out of this as a kid, and it's nostalgic. Though I don't remember if I ever finished it. I lost the game when I was quite young, only managed to get a new copy of it several months ago.

Monkey Hero - Okay, I have seriously conflicting thoughts about this game nowadays. I loved this game so much as a kid, it probably took up more of my time as a kid than any game other than FF8, but a couple of years ago I played Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the first time.. and.. just wow... it can't even be exaggerated how much of a ripoff of LttP Monkey Hero was. Like, holy shit. Everything from the gameplay, the structure, the items, even the goddamn UI and inventory screens were copypasted straight from LttP. The UI and inventory screens just had a slight recolour and the items were different, but had the exact same functions as LttP's. Just about the only things it didn't steal were the world and story. But there's definitely elements of LttP's story in Monkey Hero. Goddamn. It is a good game, but that's mainly just because LttP was too. I can't even play and enjoy LttP because it just feels like I'm playing an older version of Monkey Hero.

Those are really my main four, but if I had to choose a fifth:

Digimon World - This is quite a late one, and may not really count, as I didn't play it until I was about 10 years old. The other four were all games I'd played starting from a younger age, but I'm slightly strapped for ideas, so hey. When I first befriended my now best friend one of our main mutual loves was Digimon. I don't remember exactly how I first came to play it at all, but one day when I went to his house I guess he showed me that he had the game and we played it, and soon it became our game. This game took a LONG-ass time to beat. At least a year. Digimon World is one of those games that requires a mountainload of exploration and experimentation and a LOT of trial and error to beat (kind of hard to explain exactly what I mean, but basically beating the game isn't easy), and these were the days when the internet wasn't as available to check for walkthroughs, so we had to figure everything out ourselves. My hand still stings from the high-five when we finally beat the final boss. Good times.

retroone:
5. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare/ World at War
3. Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock
2. Sonic Adventure DX
1. Pac-Man World 2

HM: Kung Fu Chaos, Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Galaxy, and Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers

csauce:
Really tough one for me since there were so many. My top 5 are standard-fare but I mean I'm being honest! lol

1. Goldeneye 007
Played this one to death both SP (getting those single-player cheats!) and MP (huge hit in my neighborhood). Got to the point where I was so good at MP that no-one wanted to play against me lol.

2. Final Fantasy 7
I remember being absolutely mind blown by the demo disc of the first mission in the game. To this day it's in my top 5 favorite experiences. And dat soundtrack doe!

3. Super Metroid
My favorite game of all time and one I played to death. The amount of clever ways that you can sequence break this game is just incredible. A perfect game.

4. Half-Life
Best PC Game I played until the second, and it got me into the whole modding community (I made mods as well).

5. Super Mario 64
I remember playing the demo for this (my first 3D game) at the local Toys R Us and being ABSOLUTELY mind-blown. I didn't play anything else until I 100%ed the game.

Runner-Ups -

Resident Evil
The first game I played that showed me that a game could scare the crap out of me. RE1 was THE reason why I bought a PS1.

Secret of Mana
The only multi-player RPG I've ever played and beating this with my brother and our neighborhood friend when it came out is just an amazing memory for me. Such a well-made game...

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Still my favorite fighting game and Smash Bros. game in the series. Everything about this game feels perfect to me, and the controls are especially fun compared to other SM titles. Played this game to death for years!

thewelshman:
Phantasy Star III - Was probably the worst of the series as far as storyline, and character growth, but was the first RPG I really got into and played to the end. My mother bought this for me at a place called Software Etc during a random visit to our local Mall. It was in the bargain bin for $14.99. I had to agree to not ask for anything else for awhile, and not gripe when it came to chores. As straight forward as any RPG of its time. You'd recruit people for a common goal to kill some boss terrorizing the land, and then would have a choice of two women to marry at the end of each generation. Depending on who you chose, you'd get any number of characters and storylines. Two faithful cyborgs were by your side the entire trip. I can't say I'll ever go back and play this again, but my heart holds a fond place for this game as it introduced me to RPGs, and it kept me busy while I saved up money for FF6, and a SNES.

Final Fantasy VI - I can't say enough about this game. I'm one of those old guys who rants and raves about this one. If PSIII was the first RPG I played start to finish, FFVI was the first I completed. My first glance into this game was at my friend's house for a sleepover. He had just gotten it and was only a few hours into the initial scenario split from the Returner's meeting. I was immediately hooked. I guess you can say this was the reason I purchased PSIII. My first play through was 60+ hours. There wasn't a part of the map I didn't investigate. I bought gaming magazines that had tips & tricks, game art, whatever I could fine. Every year I still play this game at least once.

Chrono Trigger - This was the first game I had ever anticipated. I never really was an avid gamer until I bought a SNES. I started seeing advertisements in magazines for this new "Squaresoft" game coming out. Much like PSIII, I found this game and begged my mom to buy it for me as a Christmas gift. If she bought me that game, I wouldn't ask for anyone else. I meant it, too. She reluctantly agreed, and sure enough, it was my main gift, though, I did get other things. Sadly, I wasn't the perfect son as I located where she hid the game and put about 4 hours into it before feeling guilty and putting it back...after deleting my save. I don't go back and play CT as much as FFVI, but I do revisit it often. Most recently last year. I've seen every ending, and all of the extra cutscenes you can setup. SEE: Saving Lucca's mom. This will forever be in my top 2 games of all time. Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy VI helped me through some dark middle school times of my life. I wasn't a tragically bullied kid, and had a wonderful home life, but these games allowed for me an escape.

The Legend of Zelda - I never have beaten this game, and to be honest, I watched my brother play this far more than I ever will. My first gaming system was a NES. I couldn't tell you how excited my 8-year old self was whenever I saw this unwrapped. I had my very own NES...I just didn't have a TV. So I either played this on the livingroom tv, which was normally kicked off by my sister, or my brother's tv, which was normally him playing. I watched him play this from start to finish. Witnessing every battle, every boss, and seeing Ganon vanquished. The final dungeons music still creeps me out. I can't think back on my childhood and not think of my brother playing this.

Sonic the Hedgehog - If I could go back, I would have asked for an SNES rather than a Genesis. Of course, I can't say I didn't enjoy the crap out of Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic was the first side-scroller I had ever beaten. And beaten. And beaten. I only had about six games for Genesis and they were mostly sports games. So Sonic was something I could zone out into and play for hours. He was the mascot for Sega, and went head to head with Mario for a time.

Honorable Mentions - Joe Montana's Sports Talk Football, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 8, Xenogears.

FF7, FF8, and Xenogears could have easily been on my list, but the ones listed were responsible for directing me to these games.

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