The Gaming Nostalgia Thread

[Syndef]

YEAH! Pajama god-damn Sam! Oooh...the memories. It just rushes back.
The characters and music were just so memorable. You had your insecure talking rowboat, your badass mine-cart, and all but one of the trees were assholes.
After Pajama Sam, of course came Spy Fox.
And the good thing about Humongous Entertainment adventure games is that many of them had randomized puzzles that required you to do different things each play-through.

Of course, there were a lot of different games back then. Commander Keen, Wolfenstien 3d, Raptor, Hugo's Adventures, Lemmings...oh! And Blackthorne. ("Here. Take this potion, Brother."---"Thank you, friend. *BANG*")

Edutainment also had a lot: Jumpstart 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade, Math Blaster, Math Workshop...

For some reason, I also played a bunch of obscure games as a kid (no one ever mentions them when talking about old PC games):
Ken's Labyrinth
Major Stryker
Nightmare 3d (FPS spin-off of Hugo's Adventures)
Zool
Claw
Syndicate

 

[Dragon_of_red]

[HEADING=1]Hell Yeah.[/HEADING]

 

[October Country]

I never owned a console before the PS2, so my gaming nostalgia catalog is based on the wonderful world of DOS
I played both Commander Keen and the shareware version of Death Rally (which has just been released as a full windows version!) like a million times. The same with Raptor: Call of the shadows.

 

[lostclause]

Zoombinis! I loved those games, so strange and sometimes frustrating, but so much fun.

 

[TheOrangeSocks]

Rampage on a C64!

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

Mechassault 2! Woop woop!
Also, spyro games for ps1, pokemon yellow + gold + ruby, zelda a link to the past, oracle of ages, oracle of seasons and minish cap were big games from my childhood.

 

[PurpleLeafRave]

Pajama Sam! The greatest lunchbox wielding hero of all time. Fighting the darkness and sorting socks like a real hero.
Go Sam!

I remember that! There was evil chocolate. B**tards. And something to do with a pumpkin...I dunno.

 

[Spectrum_Prez]

I remember lying on my belly on the floor of our house's attic in 4th or 5th grade with my best mate trying to compress the C: drive of an old computer we had so I could install Red Alert. If I remember correctly, we had Rage Against the Machine and Blink 182 playing in the background, so that gives you an idea what my childhood was like.

 

[IamQ]

Croc 2 on PC. Ah, the memories.

Edit: Forgot to mention Donkey Kong and Super Smash Bros for the N64!

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

I remember being introduced to gaming by my Father. He set me up with a PS1, a game (can't remember what), and let me loose.

 

[Kajt]

I remember watching my sister's boyfriend playing Mortal Kombat II :3​

 

[Numb1lp]

How about Pajama Sam? What a classic.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Oh, Lord, If there was one game, One game I could revive, It would have to be Spyro, that game influenced me so.

I'm with you on this one, I still hold up Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon as one of the best 3d platformers of all time.

 

[Rishtaka]

Tank Wars.

Risky Woods.

 

[Slash Dementia]

Beavis & Butthead for the Sega Genesis...also Ren & Stimpy for the Genesis as well. I would play those games over and over again.

 

[high_castle]

Two words: Incredible Machine. I remember it came with my dad's work computer, and I used to sneak into his home office to play it. It was a very simple, very addicting puzzle game.

 

[Angron]

De cap attack!

legendary...and cool spot...

most of my fond memories are from the megadrive (genesis)

Edit: Forgot Lion King!

 

[Amenta Kaiser]

Sonic the Hedgehog for the Genesis, the music gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

 

[Gutterslime]

I do love video game nostalgia, I love it so much that I got a half sleeve of all my favorite characters from when I was a little kid, it has Knuckles, Luigi, Abe, and Zero, then across the top, riding into my shoulder is kirby riding a warp star, then on the upper inside of my arm is Sparkster from rocket knight adventure and Bubsy Bobcat, plus there is a hidden Moogle, Cactuar, Pikachu, Nall, and Rabbite.

It is quite glorious and took well over 15 hours to finish, And so now I always have a great reminder of all the games that have become, literally and figuratively, a part of who I am

 

[Hohenheim]

I get a warm, fuzzy feeling inside every time I play Suikoden 2. Can't help but smile my face off every playthrough.