Discussion What were some memorable video games you played as a kid?

[fluffysuicidalbear]

Minecraft and Super Mario Bros

 

[BitterlyAlive]

Lmao I was awful at Mortal Kombat. I played simple games like Mario, Pokemon, Animal Crossing.

Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon were probably my favorites. My friends and I would play Super Smash Bros occassionally and take stupid pictures (like Yoshi coming out of Donkey Kong's butt or something).

 

[Leech]

Okami, Mario Kart, Melee, Pokemon

 

[OfThePraxicOrder]

Metal Slug 3

I remember every time we had summer break when i was in school our family would go to our parents hometown in Mexico, i would hate going because i knew i wouldn't be able to play my regular video games because we didn't really had those same luxuries, parents come from a poor are. The only thing that would keep me entertained was this one arcade cabinet that was at small store at the end of the street, i would spend hours playing Metal Slug 3 non stop, i would be there every day.

 

[Sinai Silence]

Ratchet and Clank, Halo Combat Evolved, like every Mario game, Dawn of War, Fallout, Shadow of Colossus and Sonic Adventure Battle 2 are the games I can remember most vividly from my childhood.

What I remember more than anything though is the pink boxes of death when my PS2 crapped out

 

[LenkaX]

The adventure game Gabriel Knight 2 is the most memorable from what I have ever played.

 

[SuicidalAgain]

I really liked Sonic 3 & Knuckles on Sega Mega Drive. I played it so much as a kid.

Other memorable games to me: Final Fantasy (I can't pick one because so many of them were great), Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tomb Raider, Pokémon

 

[RottenDeer]

I loved Jak and Daxter. It was always exciting to play with a friend.

 

[nitroautnz]

Final fantasy 7, the story of the game was incredible and Dwarf fortress.
I have way more game, but those 2 where my top games (that i remember )

 

[Mr2005]

I clicked fast and then remembered how old I was. Peoples childhood memories are now my adult regrets. It's horrible. I need to play my SNES and Megadrive again. As long as I can live in the nineties forever I'll be ok

 

[purplesmoothie]

Anyone play pajama sam? Haha

 

[checkouttime]

I used to have a ZX spectrum. you used have to wait about 30mins for a game to load, and loads of times it would crash and you'd have to start again lol.

 

[Rue89]

Minecraft was the only video game I played when I was a kid, and that was thanks to a classmate who brought it on a flash drive and passed it around so everyone could copy it to theirs. Otherwise I knew nothing about video games.

 

[Lilacmoon]

I played double dash with my older cousin before. he suggested it because he knew i was shy and wanted to break the ice, so I appreciate it.

 

[Life.Journey.Unknown]

On the MegaDrive I loved Road Rash 2, Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2 and Sonic Spinball. And Psycho Pinball lol.

The Sega Saturn was a wicked machine too - Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, Sega Rally.

Tetris on the original Gameboy was brilliant. The music brings back so many good memories.

 

[checkouttime]

On the MegaDrive I loved Road Rash 2, Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2 and Sonic Spinball. And Psycho Pinball lol.

The Sega Saturn was a wicked machine too - Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, Sega Rally.

Tetris on the original Gameboy was brilliant. The music brings back so many good memories.

streets of rage and sonic spinball, golden axe was a good one, and double dragon!

 

[Life.Journey.Unknown]

@checkouttime if you like the side-scrolling beat em ups do you remember Batman Returns on the snes? That was great fun. You could walk into someone and pick them up. Then you could slam them to the floor, throw them up against the walls, or pick another person up and bang them both together haha

 

[Squiddy]

 

[Busdriver]

You all have good taste in video games

 

[Wayfaerer]

I've had more memorable gaming experiences as an adult than I had as a kid.

 

[ghostspace]

paper mario!!!!!! animal crossing, of course, nintendo games are so nostalgic. cooking mama on the DS when it was new *:･ﾟ✧ ✧ﾟ･:

the very first ever was mario and luigi superstar saga on the gameboy advanced XP!

that one took me a decade to beat, I put it away out of frustration and finally finished it as an adult.

Anyone play pajama sam? Haha

YES OMG.

AND PUTT PUTT AND THE SPY FOX and this absolutely epic one called Junior Field Trips with Buzzy The Knowledge Bug where it's at an airport. The theme to the mini game 'lost luggage' is a BOP.



paper mario


pajama sam


putt putt travels through time


animal crossing 'rainy day' music


mario and luigi superstar saga (p1/3)


freddie fish!

 

[death137]

Delta force (don't know for sure which title)

Contra

Mortal Kombat Armageddon (the kart racing play was the best)

 

[alfie]

half-life, achaea, tropico, the sims, simcity

 

[checkouttime]

@checkouttime if you like the side-scrolling beat em ups do you remember Batman Returns on the snes? That was great fun. You could walk into someone and pick them up. Then you could slam them to the floor, throw them up against the walls, or pick another person up and bang them both together haha

I never had a nintendo i was a sega man! I have played on one. had a master system, megadrive, then went onto playstation. i have had an xbox, but im a playstation guy. I like loads of different games., not really stuck on one. although alot i liked as a kid i wouldn't like now. like i tried mortal combat and just couldn't get into it!!

i love r-type!!!

 

[Life.Journey.Unknown]

@checkouttime Yes Sega were great especially in the early 90's. I loved their mad tv adverts too!
I went on to get a Playstation too. I got Tekken for it. Ooh and Doom as well, a double disc game I think I remember it being. Think it had Doom and Doom 2 on it. That's one of my fave games ever. The original Dooms from the 90's.

Anyway, look i found this clip of Batman Returns on the snes. This brings back memories!

 

[ketchup sandwich]

Sly 2: Band of Thieves!

 

[Chupacabra 44]

Pong.

Remember playing Pong when it first came out at Shakey's Pizza Parlor when I was a kid.

 

[sadbadpsychogirl]

sonic 1, 2, 3, sonic and knuckles, the pink panther goes to hollywood, virtual bart. just to name a few

 

[262653]

About 10k hours went on Counter-Strike 1.6 alone. Dozens of mods, thousands of servers, lot's of fun, about just as much frustration. Been a part of various CS communities, and some of them felt like a second family at the time, like some may feel about SS.

And about one-third of that amount of time went on TES 2-5 games: Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind and Daggerfall. I don't think this this series requires introduction. TES games are good enough as they are but the colossal effort the modding community has put into customizing the base game is what makes them great. People are developing mods for themselves and others (not primarily for money like big gaming industries), and probably because of that they want to make good mods.

I really like Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines. Around 25 playthroughs in total. Funny dialogues. Playing as a badass vampire. One of the few games where I really liked the gameplay even though it wasn't very challenging. There are a two clans that allow for a quite unique playthrough. (Malkavian, Nosferatu.) I wouldn't recommend them for the first one though. I liked the leveling system. Instead of earning XP from murdering everything on sight, you get it from doing quests, so there's no pressure to start a massacre. (Still doable though.)

I also liked KotOR 2 The Sith Lords. The dialogues are written very thoughtfully, and there are lots of philosophy stuff. Kreia and HK are probably one of my most favorite characters in video games. When I was a kid I liked this game purely from gameplay perspective, mostly I couldn't understand what they were talking about.

OK, I think I should stop here somewhere.

 

[Cakes]

Does anyone remember The Sims 2 and the spin offs? Like The Sims 2 Bustin' Out and The Urbz Life? I was obsessed. And Animal Crossing... I tried playing Buffy but got too scared lmao