THE Game That Defined Your Childhood

[SycoMantis91]

Sonic 2, or Pokemon Blue.

 

[Der_SchwarzAdler]

Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow...that feel

 

[Jetpack Stu]

mechwarrior 2,

clan jade falcon FTW!

 

[Holarchy]

It's gotta be Ratchet & Clank and/or Pokemon Silver. I adored those games.

 

[imnot]

This ************, if I could get my hands on it now, you bet I would play the hell out of it again.

 

[GmonXyZ]

Due to the multiple transitions game development has been through, it's almost impossible to pick _one_.

Scorched Earth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_%28video_game%29] would probably be number one, i think. ^^

 

[noble cookie]

Final Fantasy VIII

I will forever remember that game as the one that...I will remember forever.

Nah though, I loved that game and still do. I will never love games again as much as I loved that when I was a kid.

 

[CdDoom]

Bad dudes for the NES/Arcade, at a later date Earthbound for the SNES

 

[Coreless]

Played Mortal Kombat and its sequels religiously as a kid....yea I was pretty much obsessed with it. Spent just about all my time outside of school at the local arcade, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is easily one of my most played games ever.

 

[Wierdguy]

I have two really... damn near impossible to choose.

First:

And then:

 

[Strain42]

I'm sure someone has already said it LOOOONNNNNNGGGGGGG before I'm saying it here, but Pokemon Blue Version.

I'm honestly convinced that I would be a very different person today if Pokemon had never graced my life.

I learned a lot from that series, and I still am.

 

[jacilon]

Is it bad that i Say Sonic 3 and knuckles and Blinx the time sweeper were my Defined childhood?

 

[Medimorpho]

For me and my sis: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

SPYRO. THE MOTHERFUCKING. DRAGON.

The best games in the universe ever of all time.

 

[GartarkMusik]

All of the Spyro games on PS1. Ahhh the memories.......*eyes twinkle with nostalgia*

 

[TaintedSaint]

I'm super old school so for me it was Balders Gate or ShadowGate

 

[EHKOS]

Crash Bandicoot, Psi-ops and the last two Timesplitters got so much love. Tekken also played a nice roll from 12 onward. Oh yeah, and most Star Wars flying games. Rogue Squadron 2/3 was awesome.

EDIT: HOW COULD I FORGET POKEMON?! Sadly my Blue cartridge lost it's save battery thing a few years ago...

 

[Richard Hao]

Final Fantasy VII. It was my very first RPG, the very first thing that moved me so much in life.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

There four that spring to mind. The first Crash Bandicoot and first Spyro the Dragon games on the PS1 then Sonic the Hedgehog and Bonanza Bros on the Sega.

All four of these games are games I played religiously as a child.

 

[Abedeus]

Pokemon, Rayman, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights.

No, I don't have one favorite game.

Pokemon made me like Japanese RPGs, Rayman action games, Diablo hack'n'slash, NwN was my first "MMO-esque" game and a Western RPG. There was also Heroes of Might and Magic, Worms and many great games I still like to play sometimes.