Star wars Jedi knights games for sure. Asheron’s Call also got a lot of playtime as my first MMORPG. Tony hawk pro skater 2.

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.

Secret of Mana on the SNES and Mario brothers 3.

PC: Dune 2, Prince of Persia, Doom

Amiga 500: Turrican, Turrican II, Lemmings, Lemmings II

Arcade: R-Type, R-Type 2, Street fighter 2

Pitfall, Advdnture and Defender on the Atari 2600.

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.

Jumpman and Loom (Commodore 64) really stand out.

Mario kart Street fighter 2. Super Mario world Tetris Dr Mario AND Dr ronitniks mean bean machine. Sonic 1+2

Now playing sf6 and buying son Mario kart and switch for Xmas.

X-COM: UFO Defense (1993) Fallout 2

Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Megaman X, Mega Man Legends 2, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Super Smash Bros., Tomba! 2, and TLoZ Ocarina of Time were all monumental for me. I spent soooo many hours with each of them, often just exploring the world at my own pace, experimenting, and goofing around.

I also loved Star Fox even though I sucked at it. Pokémon Blue was probably responsible for my advanced reading level in elementary school. Mario Paint was my first exposure to digital art, animation, and music making which all later became passions of mine. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest was my first ever JRPG. War of the Gems introduced me to other Marvel characters besides Spidey (my favorite). Baseball Simulator 1000 is my earliest memory of playing video games with my dad. Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland is the first game I ever beat all on my own.

There are a lot of games that are very special to me for many reasons, now that I think about it. That’s pretty cool.

Megadrive - Gain Ground, Sonic 1&2, World of Illusion

PS1 - Toy Story 2, Rayman 1&2, FFVII, Rugrats, Tony Hawks 1-4

Gameboy/Color - Pokemon Blue, Tetris, Rayman, Tweety - Around the World in 80 days

PS2 - Kingdom Hearts 1&2, GTA 3,VC&SA, Need for Speed Undeground 1&2, Tony Hawks Underground & American Wasteland, Jak 1-3, Sims Bustin Out

GBA - Pokemom Fire Red

Xbox - Halo 2, Need for Speed Most Wanted, KOTOR 1&2, Fable, Prince of Persia Warrior Within, *Fahrenheit

Gamecube - Wind Waker, Sonic Adventure 2, Mario Sunshine, Luigis Mansion (I didnt have a gamecube as a kid but was enamroed by these at a friends house)

DS - Mario 64 DS, Pokemon Diamond. New Super Mario Bros, Worms Open Warfare, Sims 2

PSP - FFVII Crisis Core, FF1, Cars, Daxter, Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, Puzzle Quest

Wii - Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports, Guitar Hero 3

360 - Rockband 1-3, Guitar Hero World Tour & 5, Halo 3, Battlefield Bad Company, Mass Effect, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, Far Cry 2, Assassins Creed 1-3, GTA IV

PC - Rome Total War, Empires Dawn of the Modern World, Black & White 2, The Movies, Sims 1-2 (I liked 3 too but I was older than a kid then), Spore

Lines are a bit blurred at a certain point for 360 and PSP to when I wouldve no longer been a kid and more of a late teenager or whatever.

• Battlefront & battlefront 2 first and foremost for sure. Classic battles for socializing, space battles for crash fun, single player galactic conquest

• Battle for Middle Earth 2. Big improvement over 1 and you could play as anyone, although Men was outrageously overpowered

• Unreal Tournament 1999

• Starcraft: Broodwar. We were shitty turtle players, but so much fun

• Warcraft 3 (mostly dota, twilight’s eve, and TD)

• CS 1.6 and CS:S

• Mario kart double dash

• super smash Bros melee

• Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones

• Pokemon Emerald

They don’t make games like that anymore, but then again, it is definitely 75% nostalgia and the good times with friends that I had during those years instead of the actual games.

Now we are stuck playing CS2 online getting rolled by kids on shitty comp servers with 100+ ping 1 day per month or so because there is a 7 hour time difference now. Because online games without sweaty, toxic communities are pretty far in between. Miss the days when video games were fun lol

The original Genesis Sonic trilogy was a constant replay for me as a kid and even on occasion now as an adult. I loved the visuals, the music, learning how to master every level, playing as the different characters. It was all so good to me.

As someone who only got into retro RPGs like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger as an adult, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time was the first game to show me how games could tell an epic story. There is a reason it was held up as one of the greatest games ever made during its heyday and even holds up well now. It had huge varied environments for its time, memorable scenes and characters, and IMO a perfect difficulty curve to its dungeons and puzzles. Even after playing many of the later Zelda games, it remained my favorite Zelda game until Breath of the Wild.

And of course, the original Smash Bros 64 started off the ultimate fun party game series, my siblings and I spent hundreds or even thousands of hours playing Smash 64 and Melee growing up.

Freelancer

Transport Tycoon

The Guild (Europa 1400)

Empire Earth

Anno 1602 + 1503

Monkey Island

Stronghold

Star Wars Jedi Knight

Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat + Vietnam

World of Warcraft

Pokemon Blue