THE Game That Defined Your Childhood

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CrimsonBlaze

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Sonic & Knuckles without a doubt. Not only was it my first game, but it was also the first game for me to go Super Sonic and get to the final level.

Doomsday Zone for the win!

 

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In all honesty, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the Kings video game, it was among the very, very first video games I specifically owned, I bought it with my own money and played it on a PS2 which I also bought myself just to play the LOTR licenced video games (Some of the ONLY licensed games I think deserve more then a first glance).
Me and my best friend sank hundreds of hours to this game we unlocked all the easter eggs together, we beat every level together. These were our favorite movies, and getting to play the game in co-op mode was some of the best fun we ever had together.
 

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Wow, I have a couple I could name: LOZ: Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Starfox 64, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, and Banjo-Kazooie. Not very concise but my fondest gaming memories from childhood involve these games, especially the first.
 

Syzygy23

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Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. It's even affected my artistic style 8 years after playing it!
 
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LilithSlave said:
Most of all, Chrono Trigger.

There's just no game that ever mattered to me as much as that.
Whenever I want to break down and cry, I have Frog's theme on my mp3 player. Frog taught me more about being a hero and a good human being than most comics and literature. I swore to myself I'd have a friend like Robo someday... and I think my love of women in glasses stems from Lucca.

Chrono Trigger is my vote. If we want to get technical, Secret of Mana would also be there, but as amazing as that game is, it was amazing for the story and the game play and the music. I love the characters in Mana, but not as much as I could ever love the Chrono gang.
 

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Soul Edge. Saw the intro on an arcade machine while my parents were at the pool hall, played it, whined at them to get me a PS1 so I could play it at home. Intro below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApsSVNP3wIc
 

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Syzygy23 said:
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. It's even affected my artistic style 8 years after playing it!
Man, that games awesome. It was a favourite multiplayer on the cube. Sadly, I rarely get 3 friends round the house.

I wonder if the xbla version has online multiplayer?
 

RN7

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First game I ever played. Crash Bandicoot. I was 2 years old. It took me about a week of having my dad play for me and failing to jump over the first hole in the game. But one day, I worked up the courage and I jumped over that hole. I haven't stopped playing games since.
 

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Being the young whippersnapper I am I will say Tony Hawk Underground 1&2. When I picked them up again recently (because I played the discs to death) I remembered that they were actually very good.
 

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imahobbit4062 said:
The Power Rangers game for the SNES. I adored the ever loving shit out of that. Finished it multiple times.
I loved that game especially the fights in the megazord at the end and how you could input codes to play as the bad guys monsters (which I got pretty good at) I remember struggling with it at first but later I could blitz the game easily.

My game would be a game collection Super Mario all stars there were a few games I played before this but this is what really hooked me on gaming think I would have been about 10 when I got it on my SNES and I still play the games on it now occasionally, great games.

I would also mention Street Fighter 2 turbo putting together mario and this game I probably played these games more than every other game on my SNES put together.
 

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I have great memories of Legend of Dragoon. One of the first long fantasy games I ever played from start to finish.
an874 said:
Wow, I have a couple I could name: LOZ: Ocarina of Time, Mario 64, Starfox 64, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, and Banjo-Kazooie. Not very concise but my fondest gaming memories from childhood involve these games, especially the first.
Ah, this list defines a lot of my nostalgia.