Your childhood game!

[The Code]

For my childhood, I'd have to say Sonic The Hedgehog 3. That and Ballz 3D. Yes, it was a cheesy fighting game that looked like Mortal Kombat had a romp with Vectorman, but I don't care. It was fun for me. Speaking of Vectorman, I'll add him to my list. That game kicked ass.

 

[Chimichanga]

Beast Wars for the PC. It was an awful game in retrospect, but the game's music was very good. Still wishing I could download the music if I could find it. Never beat it due to my lack of skill at the time, so it has always haunted me ever since.

After that, PokeMon Red. They told me my Beedrill was inferior to their Alakazam; Pin Missile showed them otherwise.

Honorable mentions to the first Metal Slug and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

The one and only.


Not only was it one of the most fun games I've ever played, but it also served as a peacekeeper in our household. No matter how bad the fighting between me and my little brother got, taking this game for a spin together always got us to make up.

Same game and same deal with my brother and I. We would fight like cats and dogs, hours later he would pick up the cartridge and nodded towards the TV and we were gaming like nothing happened.

OT: I played a lot of Mega Man 2 (for the Gameboy) and Pokemon Blue as a kid. That handheld went through a ton of batteries and I'm surprised it didn't crap out on my since I used it all the time.

 

[esperandote]

All the ones i had. Ninja Gaiden, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Snoopy Silly Sports and others.

 

[TheHighDino]

Crash Bandicoot... hands down.. Me and my sister spent hours playing.

 

[RandomSyhn]

Gizmos and Gadgets, that and almost anything Magic school bus.

... don't judge me.

 

[dekcahw]

Mario 1/2/3 and TMNT turtles in time.

So many memories of loved ones that have since moved on from this world.


also, holy nostalgia attack on my brain.

 

[JasonKaotic]

Final Fantasy VIII. Even now it's my favourite game of all time!
My early-early childhood was a mixture of Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and the Croc games, though. Particularly Croc 2.

 

[Meshakhad_v1legacy]

Age of Empires. Single-handedly started my interest in history, my love of RTS games, and confirmed me as a PC gamer for life.

 

[FamoFunk]

Pokemon Yellow and Snap. Also Star Wars Racer.

There were other, really weird games before them I used to play on PC I can picture them perfectly, but can't for the love of me remember what they are.
I remember my Brother getting really pissed off with one of them, so threw the Floppy Disc at the wall. It broke. I cried.

Also a game on my brothers Jaguar I used to play religiously, EDIT: It was called, "Cybermorph"

 

[Thedutchjelle]

There are really too many to count. Do I say Super Mario RPG because of all the times I've played it through? Do I say Illusions of Gaia or the Zelda titles? Making me pick just one game to define my childhood is like asking someone to pick their favorite child.

I remember Illusion of Gaia fondly. Such a great SNES game - My mother had bought it for herself, but couldn't get past the first big boss. So I beat it.

It was however not "that one game" for me as child. That would've been Lufia II. It was the only SNES game I had which was translated into Dutch, which made it very enjoyable for me.

 

[Imre Csete]

Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders!

C64 forever.

 

[Shifty]

There were a few on my Amiga that took over my spare time...

XCom UFO Enemy Unknown was one of the biggest, I could lose hours on that. Still can, in all fairness. A lot of the old platformers like Zool were nail bitingly gripping as well, since you only had a finite number of lives and you were desperate not to lose them. Though I'm certain I got through a number of joysticks with those. Then there was the humungous timesink that was the Ultima series. And Populous II. And Cadaver, one of the best games I've ever played.

Pretty much the exact same as me. Good taste. Throw warcraft in there and the list is complete.

 

[imnot]

Age of empires 2 and the harry potter games.

And non video games it was a fun game I like to call 'Parrots and land mines' I was a messed up child to say the least.

 

[Vandenberg1]

Silent Hill and Metal Gear solid.... Guess I like being in the shadows?

 

[Vandenberg1]

Age of Empires, Golden edition.

And god did I suck at it.

Oh, I also played Age of Empires and Age of Empires II. How could I forget? Regicide all day every day.

So many memories you have just awaken.. Effing Mongolian campaign.. Always had a giant free for all that lasted for hours. Teutons FTW

 

[razor343]

I'd have to say either Super Bomberman 2 or Yoshi's Island.

 

[Android2137]

Pokemon blue. Fond memories... Catching them all was plausible back then...

 

[letfireraindown]

Megaman
Specifically 4 and X, I only rented others and so time was not much of an option.