Games that define a childhood

Games I played that defined my childhood.

Console era
Wonderboy
Mortal kombat 3
Sonic 1,2,3
Earnest Evans
Contra
moonwalker
super mario brothers
99 in 1 :p


PC era
Doom 1,2
Quake1,3
Starwars dark forces 1,2
Star wars galactic battle grounds
Croc
Pool of radiance ruins of mythdranor.
Command and conquer all of them.
Age of empires 2
Half life,opposing force and blue shift
Startrek elite force
UT 99
g-police
Need for speed 2
Heroes of might and magic 3 restoration of erathia
 
The first games I remember playing on PC were Police Quest 1 (the text-based one) and Minesweeper on Windows 3.1. Back then I hated Windows with a passion. Even during Windows 95 days I used to boot to DOS to do most things (which consisted 99% of the times of playing games).

Other than that I loved:
- Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (I still want to play the recent remake)
- Ski or Die
- Pagan: Ultima 8 (the immersion was incredible - you could throw DARTS!)
 
Jan said:
Man, we played Duke 3D during the early days of the computer club at my old high school. Good times.
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Bud, many an hour was lost to that game... I even remember playing that multiplayer with just a keyboard. Then came Quake 1 and the good old ball mouse
 
FarligOpptreden said:
- Pagan: Ultima 8 (the immersion was incredible - you could throw DARTS!)
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I wanted to mention that game, but the truth is I could really never figure out the mechanics. I think I got fairly far into it once, but I was really terrible at the combat. The saving and loading was extremely slow on my PC at the time, and you died really quickly.

That intro though. :eek:

 
Most of these made an impact but more notable to me personally was Street Rod and California Games :) I lost plenty hours on those before windows based gaming ( Half life / Starcraft / warcraft / Counter strike ) really took over for me, then once the first edition of Dota was out I have kinda been lost in that for how ever many years of gaming now
 
O the memories.

The first game I remember playing was Digger in the late 80s/early 90s on our first 286. I was one of the "cool kids" that had a grayscale monitor, not one of those ghastly green or yellow monochrome ones :cool:

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Thadin said:
Most of these made an impact but more notable to me personally was Street Rod and California Games :) I lost plenty hours on those before windows based gaming ( Half life / Starcraft / warcraft / Counter strike ) really took over for me, then once the first edition of Dota was out I have kinda been lost in that for how ever many years of gaming now
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Man I loved Street Rod and Street Rod 2. RPG mechanics (for your car!) in a racing game? Next level, man.
 
Jan said:
Man I loved Street Rod and Street Rod 2. RPG mechanics (for your car!) in a racing game? Next level, man.
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Yeah man Street Rod 2 was epic ! and then you race the illusive james dean looking dude with the chick in that black corvette ( i think it was a vette ) and you blow your engine and hate your life haha
 
when I saw warcraft I got the warm and fuzzies, also Pagan 8 was amazing I tried to finish it but never could was just too complex, I picked it up again like 10 years ago when I had to use a dos emulator to play it, played finished thoroughly enjoyed.
 
PC gaming was nowhere when I was a child, it was left to the likes of a ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64 for gaming. My ZX Spectrum favourites were:
  • Elite
  • Manic Miner
  • Jetset Willy
  • Ant Attack
  • Head over heels
to name a few.
 
The first game I bought for myself was Age Of Empires II - and I got it before I had a pc. So I would lie on my bed and imagine how it would be to play the game based on gameplay I saw of Age of Empires I.
Also played Hex? Think it was called that. FPS where you shoot demons/monsters.
So many other games I played on Dos on my grandfather's pc back in the 90's but I don't remember the names.
During high school Warcraft II dominated - I never played Warcraft I. And Diablo II. Don't know how many characters I completed the game with.

I haven't had such a gaming experience in recent years like I had back then...
 
FriedPet said:
Also played Hex?
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Heretic and Hexen.

First game i bought after saving for months was F117 Stealth fighter 2. Got home and realized my EGA monitor doesn't make the requirements of at least a SVGA. Went back to the store and traded it for some harrier game which i couldn't even get off the ground.
 
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