These could be games that left a lasting impression on you, games that had stellar gameplay mechanics, characters that captivated you, games that you played tons of hours on, etc.
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Secret of Mana on the SNES and Mario brothers 3.
A man of culture.
Secret of Evermore is also grossly underrated.
Doom, wolfenstein, golden axe, warcraft 2, day of the tentacle. I am relatively old :D
I think you meant to say ‘relatively based.’ All of these are strong games.
They are. And I forgot the original prince of Persia. Masterpiece
Golden axe and PoP were great. I played a lot if Altered Beast aling with golden axe
When I was a kid I used to walk to the movie store to rent games. I would go back every time I had money and rent Chrono Trigger, but some one would always erase my save, so I would have to start over.
On my birthday I got a check from my grandma that was for 50 dollars. I walked right up to the game store and slammed my check on the counter for one copy of Chrono Trigger. I didn’t know how money, checks, or sales tax worked.
Luckily, my mom bailed me out. I played that game for years. I still have such fond memories of that game.
It’s amazing that CT never spawned an ongoing franchise. Aside from the controversial CC, there have been no other followups or even remakes, only a remaster. It’s like the platonic ideal of a JRPG, sitting alone and unsullied in the timestream.
I love Chrono Trigger. I still listen to the OST at least once a month.
Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter series, Ratcher and Clank series mostly. Most people usually associate childhood with Nintendo games but they’re super rare in my country, I only ever got around to playing series like Zelda and Mario in the mid-2010s. For what it’s worth the playstation 2 really was the console to have at the time, the games were amazing. Pretty sad Sony is reluctant to make good ports of them for the new generation.
Oh, and everyone I knew had House of the Dead 2 on the computer. Now that’s a classic.
- Diablo 2
- Starcraft broodwar
- Warcraft 2
- Quake 2 (with a ton of mods!)
- Need for speed 2
Replace Warcraft 2 and Quake 2 (Counterstrike 1.3 was my Quake) with Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Nox, and I was you.
I played Nox as well, but not so much. All those are great classics!
Without a doubt Morrowind for me.
Halo and Diablo also, in different genre.
Damnit I was hoping I was in fast enough to be the Morrowind fan girl post but you’ve already mentioned it lol. Still play Morrowind, my favorite game, and the primary reason I’m in the game dev field.
I wasn’t even the first, someone else posted it also while I was typing my answer.
I didn’t even re play it that much. I think in the end I probably have more playtime on Oblivion. But much better/stronger memories from Morrowind. It was maybe because I had less video game experience to compare it with, but this one clearly left a big mark on me. I still have incredible goosebumps when “the road most travelled” or “nerevar rising” sounds start playing from my playlists.
The gameplay maybe clunky compared to today, especially to combine weapon and magic. But everything else was so amazing for the time, and some part are still much better than recent games.
I even had a talk with someone at an “ai in game dev” conference who took as an exemple the way the diary/quest log of Morrowind was working.
Breath of Fire: 1 + 2 - Capcom
Contra: Hard Corps - Konami
DOOM 3 - id Software
Fable - Lionhead Studios
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - Square Enix
Golden Sun: 1 + 2(The Lost Age) - Camelot Software
Oni - Bungie
Prince of Persian: Sands of Time + Warrior Within + Two Thrones - Ubisoft
Red Alert 2 - Westwood Studios
Silent Hill: The Room - Team Silent
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis - Quest Corporation
Zeus: Master of Olympus - Impressions Games
I miss having enough time to play more games… Thanks for the nostalgia trip though OP.
Fuckin Golden Sun was super legit. I even loaded up an emulator and replayed just a few years ago. It holds up perfectly well.
If you’d be interested in a kind of spiritual successor, try CrossCode. Not exactly the same, the combat is very different, but the general exploration reminds me of Golden Sun a lot.
All hail Retroarch, All hail mobile emulation!
We need more Golden Sun in the world today
Alley Cat, Dukem Nukem 3D, Ultima (4, 5, and 7), Daytona, Day of the Tentacle, Zack McCracken…
As if I wasn’t making myself feel old enough man you had to mention Ultima…
I mentioned this in another comment as well… but…
Ultima IV is free on GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/ultima_4
Also have you seen MoonRing? It’s a very recently released game, very Ultima inspired game from one of the original devs on Fable.
How did I forget about Alley Cat?
Mario RPG was my favorite (yes Im eating good right now). I like describing it as a toy, there are so many things to be done for no other reason than to have fun, enabled by the fact you’re a platformer character in a 3D fantasy world. You cant jump onto the store’s counter in other RPG’s of the time, but you get to in this game, and you’re rewarded with being scolded by the shopkeep. You can jump on all the NPC’s, on wedding cake, pianos, hyperactive kids, all the beds, catapults. Jumping is often times your response to NPC dialogue.
Pokemon gold and silver + smash bros
Command and conquer.
Super Mario 3
Maniac mansion
NES Spider-Man.
NES TMNT 2
Arcade Simpsons
Sim City and Sim City 2000, on the school’s Apple Macintosh computers.
SC 2000 was amazing!
3D Pinball Space Cadet
Pokémon Blue
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Super Mario Sunshine
Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons/Ages
Golden Sun 1 and 2
These are the games that made my childhood great!
Golden sun games are so good. I wish that series would get a revival
Pokémon Colosseum, Super Mario Sunshine, Ratchet and Clank, Mass Effect
Jak and Daxter, Crash, and the Lego Star Wars games for sure.
I also loved Wii Sports, Pokemon, and Mario Kart.
Edit: Also admittedly Call of Duty was a big one for me. Stopped playing after MW3.
