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I have fond memories of friends coming over, all huddled together in front of my 15" monitor to figure out our way through Riven. Those eureka moments where we were like “wow! These are symbols for a base 5 number system!”
Baldur’s Gate
Donkey Kong Country 2
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In no particular order:
THPS
Super Smash Bros.
Goldeneye
Worms
Lemmings
FIFA World Cup’98
Pokémon red/blue
LoZ: Links’s Awakening
Super Mario Bros 3 is a timeless game and is my favorite side scroller although Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country give it a run for its money
SMW is one of the greatest platformers of all time, but SMB3 was such a huge leap forward it’s hard to say
I’d say I enjoyed playing sm3 over world.
World was a little friendlier, especially with the extra power up and Yoshis. But it’s the kind of game I can’t go back and play anymore. I played it a ton back then and I’m satisfied with it to never want to play it again. But 3, I can’t get enough of.
This thread isn’t complete without mentioning how Super Mario Bros 3 was introduced to the world in the climax to the movie The Wizard.
Such a core memory of my childhood. Blew my tiny little mind.
I love the power glove, it’s so bad
It is, in fact, so bad. Alas, not in the 80s way.
It was unusably awesome
Doom 2 Wolf3D StarCraft Warcraft 2 Chrono Trigger F15 Strike Eagle 2 (might be late 80s though) Super Mario World Shadowrun (Sega Genesis) Sonic
Of all those, StarCraft on BattleNet changed my life. What an amazing thing, to play against people from around the world. So it’s hard to rank when we’re mixing platforms and online and whatnot.
Technically 2000, but Sacrifice. It’s still one of the most unique games I’ve ever played, and is my top wish for a remake/remaster.
It’s a hybrid action RPG and RTS, which isn’t completely unheard of, but even in its niche genre it’s unlike anything else. You play a wizard with a range of both spells and summonable units, which can be ordered around to a limited degree, or more commonly used as a personal escort. Both the units and your own spells are very creative, and the higher level ones can be ridiculously powerful. In a glorious early celebration of terrain deformation, many of the high level spells will create volcanoes, mountains, craters, or even gaping voids in the already surreal landscapes. The story mode is also very weird and funny, with some top level voice actors.
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Super Mario 64 was my first “3D” so to speak, but OoT took that to the next level. The feeling of wonder when I first left the Lost Woods and came out into the field will never be topped.
Diablo
Doom
Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis
Lotus
I know the other three games, but never heard about lotus
thanks, i’ll try it later
Holy cow, that’s a deeeeeeeep memory that just floated back up.
I also have a NES/SNES memory 😉
Definitely a tie right now between Sonic 1 or 2, which I managed to get copies of for Genesis 3 years ago when I first got a Genesis.
Commander Keen
Age of empires 1
Pyramid: Challenge of Pharaoh’s dream
Atlantis: The lost tales
Ski free
Subspace - Meet people from all over the world, and then kill them.
One of the first online multiplayer games. It has a very long skill curve, and a ton of variety in game types.
It’s still alive in Steam as Continuum!
Now you’re asking a question I can answer. FFVII or Pokemon. That’s all I ever played. Thank you for your time.
Giving you an upvote for FFVII, that was the game that got me into gaming. Still have the best memories of that one
I played those 2 because my mom could afford the consoles after much saving, but not much else. Those are the 2 games I got to choose. I even had to play ffvii without a memory card. Sooooo many hours restarting after a power outage or someone turning off the PlayStation. I’m a very very patient person now.
That is torture. FFVII is such a cool game, but playing that in one session is close to inhuman. (Still play it from time to time on emulators)
Metal gear solid was brilliant.
Then wipeout 2097.
Also, does anyone else remember the Music franchise of games on PS1?
You mean Parappa the Rapper?
No, I meant this game: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_(video_game)
I spent hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours on that!
Seconded. Nothing really compares to MGS imo. That being said, I stopped gaming around 2001.
The entire list of releases from the year 1998, the objectively best year in all of video gaming history.
I agree, subjectively.
I liked the Marathon series for Mac and the Twisted Metal series for PS.