What game makes you nostalgic?
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Hmm... Off the top of my head:
1. The Longest Journey. I was and still am an avid point and click fan and loved games like The Monkey Island series of Broken Sword. Then came the Longest Journey and it was the most beautiful and engrosing point and click I had ever seen. The graphics at the time were gorgeous and the story was great.
2. Heroes 3. It is probably one of the most beloved games in my country and definitely a favorite in the series. With every new version, I honestly can't help but compare it with 3.
3. Age of Empires. Again, a pillar of gaming in my country. Everybody played it.
4. Last but not least, Prince of Persia. The first. The 1989 version. My first ever contact with a computer game. Played at my mom's workplace on a computer with a monochrome monitor. It's "folk" name was something that translates to "little prince".
1. The Longest Journey. I was and still am an avid point and click fan and loved games like The Monkey Island series of Broken Sword. Then came the Longest Journey and it was the most beautiful and engrosing point and click I had ever seen. The graphics at the time were gorgeous and the story was great.
2. Heroes 3. It is probably one of the most beloved games in my country and definitely a favorite in the series. With every new version, I honestly can't help but compare it with 3.
3. Age of Empires. Again, a pillar of gaming in my country. Everybody played it.
4. Last but not least, Prince of Persia. The first. The 1989 version. My first ever contact with a computer game. Played at my mom's workplace on a computer with a monochrome monitor. It's "folk" name was something that translates to "little prince".
Pokemon, first and foremost. At least the first two generations. In my opinion, Gold and Silver were the perfect Pokemon games, and every year or so I replay it and am awash in nostalgia.
A newer example is Borderlands. I do like 2 better than the first, but the original was the first game I got for my new PS3, and my god did I play the crap out of that game. It still takes me back to those good old days.
A newer example is Borderlands. I do like 2 better than the first, but the original was the first game I got for my new PS3, and my god did I play the crap out of that game. It still takes me back to those good old days.
Final Fantasy X for me. Every time I hear the opening melody I get a feeling that can be best described as "putting on your favourite home garments, getting a cup of nice, hot tea and watching as a snow falls outside" comfort. And every time I play it I just feel good.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
So many playthroughs of that game done. I could still pick it up today and probably get into it again.
So many playthroughs of that game done. I could still pick it up today and probably get into it again.
Hear hear.DrunkOnEstus said:
Chrono Trigger had the same effect on me. It was my first favourite game. Sure before that if someone asked what my favourite game was I'd probably have shrugged and said Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario World. After Chrono Trigger, though, I never shrugged or hesitated in answering that question. It remained my favourite game right up until Resident Evil 4 stole my heart.
The Dreamcast.
It just takes me back. I remember my friends also had it and we would get together to play Power Stone. Fun times
It just takes me back. I remember my friends also had it and we would get together to play Power Stone. Fun times
Most of the Cinemaware lineup. There were some pretty mediocre mini-games in many of them, but they were at such pains to be visual and auditory spectacles, stretching the limits of computer hardware to capture the spirit of the movies they were emulating. (They were also some of the first mainstream games to imply that (gasp!) their characters might actually have sex lives, which certainly didn't disinterest me in my adolescence.)
I just gave in and gave a little money to the Rocket Ranger Reloaded Kickstarter for much this reason... The music alone evokes swashbuckling derring-do so effectively that I can't help but hope it meets its goals.
I just gave in and gave a little money to the Rocket Ranger Reloaded Kickstarter for much this reason... The music alone evokes swashbuckling derring-do so effectively that I can't help but hope it meets its goals.
Return fire. Specifically when you pick up a flag with Jeep and William Tell plays.
Mostly because I used to play it with friends. I love that jeep and find the music in this game far more amusing than I should. At the risk of sounding like psychopath the sound effect when you run people over is also really funny.
The Half Life multi-player. Haven't played it in a long while but remember having fun throwing what looks like alien prairie dogs at people (shitty weapon but funny), beating people to death with crowbars and spray painting their corpse, setting of missile strikes and laughing at everyone caught outside, using the quantum gun to jump and my dad accidentally adding a whole bunch of nude skins in a mod with other skins and freaking out.
Also the BG series. Then I boot it up and recall how fucking terrible the start is. Still a great game.
Mostly because I used to play it with friends. I love that jeep and find the music in this game far more amusing than I should. At the risk of sounding like psychopath the sound effect when you run people over is also really funny.
The Half Life multi-player. Haven't played it in a long while but remember having fun throwing what looks like alien prairie dogs at people (shitty weapon but funny), beating people to death with crowbars and spray painting their corpse, setting of missile strikes and laughing at everyone caught outside, using the quantum gun to jump and my dad accidentally adding a whole bunch of nude skins in a mod with other skins and freaking out.
Also the BG series. Then I boot it up and recall how fucking terrible the start is. Still a great game.
The gamecube is probably my greatest source of nostalgic memories. Got it bundled with the LoZ Collector's Edition(which introduced me Majora's Mask), then Metroid Prime 1&2, Time Splitters, and other games.
On the PC, I still love the hell out of Baldur's Gate, Age of Empires and Age of Mythology. Those were probably the most played games of my childhood.
On the PC, I still love the hell out of Baldur's Gate, Age of Empires and Age of Mythology. Those were probably the most played games of my childhood.
Every handheld Kingdom Hearts game (Especially Chain of Memories for the GBA)There's something about taking the Keyblade on the go that makes me all nostalgic inside... especially since Chain of Memories was my first Kingdom Hearts game...
Rayman 3It's not the first Rayman game I've played, but it was the first one I beaten to full completion... *sighs* Good times...
Game and Watch Gallery 4Mario vs Donkey Kong in a haunted mansion... Mario and Luigi packing pastries with Bowser... Shit got intense to the point of nostalgia...
Jak 2Needed a GTA replacement... This was the game that had to do it for me before The Simpsons Hit & Run took cared of that... At least it introduced me to a trilogy in the making, basically...
The Simpsons Hit & RunMy one, true GTA-based nostalgia... Also, them seasonal references as well as them cheat codes...
Metroid Prime/PortalBasically, both games made me rethink my stance on First-Person-based games...
RezCame for the shooting... Stayed for the soundtrack... Nostalgia for all of the above, which all lead to Child of Eden...
Pokemon (In general)Dabbed in the first two generations, played through the third, skipped the fourth (due to lack of a DS at the time), played through the fifth and sixth, and REALLY wants another Pokemon Pinball game right about now...
Those are just off the top of my head, mind you...
Rayman 3It's not the first Rayman game I've played, but it was the first one I beaten to full completion... *sighs* Good times...
Game and Watch Gallery 4Mario vs Donkey Kong in a haunted mansion... Mario and Luigi packing pastries with Bowser... Shit got intense to the point of nostalgia...
Jak 2Needed a GTA replacement... This was the game that had to do it for me before The Simpsons Hit & Run took cared of that... At least it introduced me to a trilogy in the making, basically...
The Simpsons Hit & RunMy one, true GTA-based nostalgia... Also, them seasonal references as well as them cheat codes...
Metroid Prime/PortalBasically, both games made me rethink my stance on First-Person-based games...
RezCame for the shooting... Stayed for the soundtrack... Nostalgia for all of the above, which all lead to Child of Eden...
Pokemon (In general)Dabbed in the first two generations, played through the third, skipped the fourth (due to lack of a DS at the time), played through the fifth and sixth, and REALLY wants another Pokemon Pinball game right about now...
Those are just off the top of my head, mind you...