Which game defines your childhood gaming experience?

[Lordwindowlicker]

For me it would either be the original Super Mario Bros.. boring answer, but it really set me on the path. It was all downhill from there.

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01856/media/SuperMarioBrosbox.jpg

[KeijiMaeda]

Easy. Sonic the Hedgehog.

Was obsessed with it back in the days of the SEGA Megadrive.

[wowzabunny]

GTA for pc
ooold game

[JIMBO.]

I dont need to say what mine is since I make it so clear.

[Ryuuzaki HD]

Super Mario world, its still one of my favorite games of all time and always will be, also a mention for Street Fighter Turbo 2 its a shame Street fighter is dead now though. :(

[Lordwindowlicker]

Super Mario world, its still one of my favorite games of all time and always will be, also a mention for Street Fighter Turbo 2 its a shame Street fighter is dead now though. :(

Street Fighter is dead? SFIV was a great game, and it sold really well. How is it "dead"?

[Ryuuzaki HD]

Street Fighter is dead? SFIV was a great game, and it sold really well. How is it "dead"?

Anyone who thought Street Fighter IV was good is just in denial.

[IFS]

double dragon and battle toads, I use the play this game more than anything.

[Storm Strife]

Rodland and Flashback.

[Lordwindowlicker]

Anyone who thought Street Fighter IV was good is just in denial.

Or disagree with you? SFIV was a fantastic game.

[Ryuuzaki HD]

Or disagree with you?

Nope just denial.

[Lordwindowlicker]

Nope just denial.

Ahh, well anyone who says it wasn't a good game throws like a girl.

[Ryuuzaki HD]

Ahh, well anyone who says it wasn't a good game throws like a girl.

I like the way you keep saying "was" its almost as if your subconscious mind is saying you don't like it anymore and that you are in denial about it.

[Storm Strife]

I like how it doesn't actually matter.

[Kawairashii hikari]

Crash Bandicoot totally defines my childhood video gaming experience. While Super Mario Bros was the first game I ever played it came out years before I was born while Crash came out in my generation and I loved Crash and I still do.

[Takizawa Sr.]

Final Fantasy 9 shaped mine, I was pretty old when I started it but I didn't have the money for games before.

[Seta Souji]

Zelda: A Link to the Past or Goldeneye. Zelda made me appreciate nintendo that much more while Goldeneye introduced me to FPS and pwning noobs.



Anyone who thought Street Fighter IV was good is just in denial.I brought SF4 and its awesome.

[Ipsilon V]

Zelda: Ocarina of Time.... no doubt about it, it was one of my first real experiences with a story-based game, and it was epic at stimulating my mind. It just captivated me.

[Akatsuki_Gurl]

Super Mario Bros. I love that game. I still play it a lot too ^_^

[Bou]

Pokemon red version on the first gameboys. :D I still have it. Though... The screen doesn't work anymore. :/

[Lordwindowlicker]

I like the way you keep saying "was" its almost as if your subconscious mind is saying you don't like it anymore and that you are in denial about it.

Nah, you're just reading too far into what I've said. If you don't like it, that's fine.. There's no shame in being wrong.

[Datenshi]

Pokemon Red/Green, Kirby's Dream Land, Super Mario Land (all for the original Gameboy)

Half Life and Red Alert (1) for the PC.

Demonbane and Fate/staynight got me into adult novel games for the computer.

[Ryuuzaki HD]

Nah, you're just reading too far into what I've said. If you don't like it, that's fine.. There's no shame in being wrong.

Sooooooooooooooooooo far in denial.

[Inactive Account 0061]

Super Mario series
Legend of Zelda series
Pokémon series..

nuff said ^^

[Gandizzl]

Double Dragon 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3 was probably what me and my friends wasted most of our time with.
And Turtles In Time, hell that was a good game.

[Miss Moonlight]

Oh, many. For me, it was the NES. The first game I ever played on it was Super Mario Bros. 3.

Then later on, I became a Zelda fan when I played the first zelda on the nes. And later on, Kirby's Dreamland.

For me, i'd have to say either Zelda or Mario.

[Lordwindowlicker]

Sooooooooooooooooooo far in denial.

Feel free to elaborate on what you didn't like about it.

[Sparda]

double dragon and battle toads, I use the play this game more than anything.

Yes o YES!:)

[carolina17]

Super Mario All-Stars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_All-Stars) is the first game I played.
It was bundled with my Super Nintendo :D

[JIMBO.]

Super Mario All-Stars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_All-Stars) is the first game I played.
It was bundled with my Super Nintendo :D

you make me feel old.

[daft]

Metal Slug was and is. And a bunch of arcade fighting games of different sorts.

[Chibi Angel-chan]

Mario Party and Banjo Kazoie for Nintendo 64 were the first for me. I'd play them a little too much. XD

[bambr]

Mortal Combat - On Sega
Various Games - On Nintendo
Afterwards I picked up computer games
Civilization 3 and 4
Heroes 3 and 4
and of course my favorite game of all
Warcraft 3 Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne

[SeraphimAriaRhapsody]

Vagrant Story and Xenogears.

[Gouki]

I grew up on MK, that game became my life I would do nothing but hours and hours of just playing the MK games

[DeMoNoFtHeFaLl666]

For me, it was the NES. The first game I ever played on it was Super Mario Bros. 3.

[-Batman-]

http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xducktales_nes.jpg


The fact that nobody has mentioned this makes my childhood weep with sadness.
Just look at the box!
STATE OF THE ART!
HIGH RESOLUTION!
SCROOGE MCBLOODY DUCK!!!
THE MOON LEVEL!!!!!

[Cobra Commander]

Probably Sega Genesis, and later Saturn.

Sonic? Third one was my favorite. All the Spider Man games, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat...and Vectorman. Vectorman was pure win. I had this one called Kid Chameleon that was pretty sweet too. I never beat it. I emulated it on my laptop last month, and I still suck at it to this day.

On the Saturn, I had fighting games mostly. My favorite was an anime fighter called Guardian Heroes. Pretty cool story line, multiple endings, plenty of carnage...I miss that one.

[Dr. Thunder]

my first video game would have to be mortal kombat 1 it was a fun game to play with my brother we would play it all the time

[Shinigami_55]

what i consider really my child hood experience and not the first time i put my hands on a controler as to be whit gran turismo and mgs
still remember those days...

[Junior]

Super Mario RPG.

This game shaped me more than any other I can think of. I would spend hours staying up trying to figure out how to beat the boss. Me and my dad would always backseat play with the other, which was a good bonding experience. It was the game that got me into RPG's, which is my favorite genre. So, yeah.

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/smrpgbattle.gif

[toxic tea]

Zelda-ocarina of time and Mario 64 on the Nintendo 64,
first two games i played after that got addicted to the 64...and then new systems starting coming out.....
^^

[MercenaryMERC]

It did not get into full swing until ff7.

[skylinemobil1]

Hhaha , I think Front Mission 2 (Super nintendo) . I still have it.

I always like strategy . They like a game that bring a lot of thinking . RPG is also good either . Final fantasy 8 .....

HHAHAHAH >_<

[ghosti5of6]

MegaMan 2 (aka Rockman 2: The Mystery of Dr Wily)

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j301/ghosti5of6/More/250px-Megaman2_box.jpg

Great game with a great soundtrack.

[sapphirewyren]

:) Poke'mon Gold I really loved that game:)
The games were really great:D , the show sucks though:mad:

[Jin~Shirato]

Shadow of Destiny, PS2, and Gungrave, PS2

[LittleGirl]

I'm going to say Super Mario All Stars. Kind of cheating since thats a bunch of games, but I loved them all. As well, Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past.

[kurai_cho2]

Mine are super mario bross, mickey mouse in wonderland, and ninja turtle..
that's my favorite game when I was childhood ^^

[Apostolos]

007 golden eye ahhh the memories

[benjamin89]

Donkey Kong for the good old Supernintendo, Zelda on the good'ol 64 and Pokemon on the good'ol gameboys (the first ones that came, pokemon red/blue).

[aishiteru333]

Super Mario, Kirby, and Pokemon!!!
Those were the one's my cousins would lend me.

[Aizen-sama]

Anyone who thought Street Fighter IV was good is just in denial.i kind of understand what u mean SFIV was not really all that good to me..i still prefer third stike

and the very first game i played was the legend of zelda ocarina of time...i still remember lik it was yetserday..i was obssessed with the game

[Kitanoru]

When I was really young my older brother and I would often play Super Nintendo or Nintendo. We would play Zelda or the old Mario games. After a while I really got into the Super Nintendo phase and loved the games Vegas Stakes, Super Ghouls N' Ghosts, and Chrono Trigger. I also fancied Metal Warriors and The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse on Super Nintendo. My dream machine would probably have to be the Super Nintendo by far!

[NorthOfTime]

DOOM!!!!! Thats my childhood right there. Thats right Ive been strafing and demon blazing since i was a child *beast*

Lol so the PC would be my first concole i suppose.. But after the Doom fad i was lead into the PS1 and found that Gran Turismo was my next fave game as a child.. Then came FF8 and i was hooked and would be for ever know as a gamer/nerd.. lol its ok with..

Actually During the DOOM fad i was a Nukem and Heretic and Hexen fan as well.. i love those old FPS's.. lol they rock.

[Hyuga NejiSabaku no Gaara]

Hmm, probably either:
The Legend of Zelda Link to the Past, Majoras Mask, or Ocarina of Time..
Yoshi's Island, or Super Mario 64.

Haha, fun times^^ Too many to pick just one.

[Vasarian]

Earthbound! One of my all time favorite game and I didn't speak a single english word at the time and played the game with a english-french dictionnary all along.

[AzureFlames]

The game that got me in was Pokemon Blue xD
Pretty much defines my life for a few years :]

[Hugo-Kof]

Mario Bros of NES and Street Fighter II of SNES... ahh memories memories...

[Gero50]

Mine were
Super Mario Bros : NES
Super Mario RPG : SNES
Conker's Bad Fur Day : N64 Still play it
Donkey Kong 64 : N64 Still play it

[Alphabet]

Legend Of Mana on PS1.
I miss that game. . .
ooshy ooshy ooshy

[Barcode.]

Super Mario World and Street Fighter II for the SNES.

[keith_m71]

I would have to say the three I liked the best would be Super Mario Bros, mario Kart and Mortal Kombat. My dad is a gamer nut too and we spent a lot of time battling it out with MK.

[Moritani]

For me it'd probably be the Genesis. Though, honestly, I didn't own one until quite late. But, I remember playing Lion King on the Genesis at daycare. Beyond that I remember playing DOS games on my dad's old computer.

And Zork... Zork was awesome. (I could read at three, which helped a lot.)

[*Tsuki*]

Mario games,
Kirby Games,
Pokemon Games.

Yes. All of them. But only stuff on the gameboys. I grew up on gameboys.

Edit: Forgot my Sonic the Hedgehog games!! Love those.
Oh, and I`m not sure exactly, but the mario games must have the yoshi ones mixed in with `em.

Also! PC games . . . there were none. Wait, I lie. I played this really fun construction one when I was really little but then lost the disk. Oh, but I did play one . . . it was, like, Monkey Island or something? It was fun, and actually a floppy disk! It amazed me . . . other than that, I played the reading rabbit ones and others that were educational and stuff. >.< I actually find them fun . . . Wait! I also have the best game! Blues Clues! That`s seriously one of my favorite games! I`ve finished it at least 20 time, and still love it.

[Schindler]

I'd say Sonic the Headgehog, or that Lion King Genises game. Street Figher was cool too. I was a big Sega fan.

[Nighthawk]

Faxanadu and Zelda II for the NES. Action RPG's ftw.

[Mrpurple]

Twisted Metal Hurray Sweettooth!

[Bulf]

Probably Zelda II, and the first Mario Bros....

[Drifter Uk]

Kingdom Hearts and Syphon Filter
Theyre the 2 games that immediately come to mind

[Jimbow]

Crash Bandicoot and Croc (nobody knows this one probably but I played it a LOT)

[Flah Blah]

Barbie for Super Nintendo because I'm girly and superficial and still am.

Oh and Marvel vs Capcom.

[flappyx]

My friends & I used to always play Goldeneye 007 together.. I also used to always play Banjo & Kazooie, and Sonic Adventure

[Velvet_Nightmare]

The original Super Mario Bros, of course, as well as Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country for the SNES, and the original Pokemon games for Gameboy.

[Mavericker]

For me it would either be the original Super Mario Bros.. boring answer, but it really set me on the path. It was all downhill from there.

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01856/media/SuperMarioBrosbox.jpg

Me too. I was obsessed with it.

[neilkevins]

Hi all...

In my Childhood i used to play Mario Bros which still my favorite game.

[Lord Fluff]

Sonic the Hedgehog.

I remember when I was like 3-4 my brothers (One is 10 years older, the other 11) had Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles for the Genesis. I would play these all the time, never getting past like the 3rd boss, and only occasionally the 2nd.

Megaman also, since I would play Megaman 3 a lot, but not as much as Sonic.

[The Rogue Devil]

what defined my gaming expierience was killer instinct it was the first game I ever had on SNES.

[Vintniv]

Good question.

I will go with LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth 2. Its probably the game I played most. I spent endless hours perfecting my strategy of camping. It would piss people off, which was typically the idea I always had in mind while my archer picked off there forces from over my walls. Twas quite fun.

[xXxIcyDeathxXx]

Zelda Ocarina of Time for sure, it was the first and best game that I have ever played, I have enjoyed many other games but none as much as I did Zelda.

[Mrs_Kitsune]

Phantasy Star 4. I still have the Genesis and the original game. It wasn't the first game I played, but it's the game I've played obsessively.

[Nara Clan Shadow]

Super Mario bros 3 on the NES
Metal Gear Solid on the Psone
Phantasy Star 4 on the Megadrive

[sataned]

hmmmm
Super mario bros. , Street Fighter II and Tetris

[kurai_cho2]

Mickey Mouse "Magic of wonderland" (If I'm not false), Tiny Toon, and Ninjas Turtle

[Marshmallow Fluff]

Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.

The memories~

[SgSpecial]

Super Mario bros/duck hunt. epic classics. NES *spaces out in memories*

[.Sev]

Mine would be Claw, a sidescroller not many people have heard of. I remember playing that when I was about 5. Ah, the memories...:D

[RaShayRitto]

mario and everything that name entails

[_-Anonymous-_]

Oh man , i really miss the good old days when gaming was much simpler , first game of my life was battle tanks on the 8 bit console and there wore retro games like B-Wing , Donkey kong , Ballon fighters , and i cant forgot my first rpg! NInja brothers omg i miss those days. . . .

[HyenaMan]

Diablo I. Can't wait for the third :|

[Domo-Kun]

Counter-Strike was my first game when i was 7 years old.

[Killapac]

Mine was Pong ooooold game

[kubass]

Super Mario Bros and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES

[Kingmelo15]

sonic the hedgehog for the sega game gear was the first game i played, I remember when ever you would turn on the game it would say sega or something like that, good times. But the game that i liked the most and got hooked on was FFVII.

[XxWalkItOutxX]

Well, really, it would be the Nintendo 64, and games on it, I really loved/love Super Smash Bro's ;D

[Dr. Thunder]

mortal kombat we my first game it was my fav game of all time

[RandomRawr]

Pokemon.

[Kishiro]

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[lilminx]

mortal kombat we my first game it was my fav game of all time
i love that game!!

i also liked mario and sonic. those were my first few games

[jtdlives]

Mine would be the orginal Zelda and Final Fantasy games. I've been a huge rpg fan since, and Zelda is still my fav. series.

[★Kiwi-Berry]

I would have to say :] Super Mario (with yoshi) all versions. Zelda (the original). Along with Duck Hunt! When I got a little older I also played the N64 with Ocarina of Time, Glover, Mortal Combat, and various other games. Gosh this brings back some good memories!

[baseofnara]

For me it would have to be 'Sonic the Hedgehog' the first one. When I beat my older brother on that game for the first time I will never forget, he just started at the screen for a long time then laughed saying "You finally beat me, your getting good!" Good memories, the game that got me hooked into action match games is 'Street Fighter' the first one and for scary games was 'Resident Evil' the first one.
/baseofnara

[RexCars]

When I think of childhood gaming, I think of my young self getting enraged at the dog in Duck Hunt.

[The Grey Crane]

The Macross side-shooter from the Famicon. It's quite a challenge for what used to be a wee me, but a much much easier shooter considering that there are the likes of Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga, which came eons after Macross BTW. I'd like to say i'm very good at side-shooters (a genre notorious for its difficulty) and i would like to credit good old Macross for it.

When i became a bit older i would first encounter what continues to be my favorite game EVER - Monster Rancher 2. From time to time when i'm not busy and in the mood, i still play the game, raising a monster or two and stop after maxing their stats - only to get back at it after some months. I've had that memory card containing my original game file for more than a decade now. I would like to convert it (the FILE not the game, i already converted the game) so it would be usable for the more portable PSP, i just don't know how.

[KleinKiessling]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I used to play it for hours and hours, plus, even though it was old, I loved it more than any other game...Oh, and Super Mario 64. I could beat Bowser before I could run, 'nuff said! And those games steered me to RPG's like Final Fantasy. In my opinion, VII beats the rest. Not because of storyline, but because of the dedication Squaresoft (Square Enix now...) put into the series. It had about 3 games, a movie, and a short anime episode titled "Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis". Sure, other titles might be "better", but this one had a lot of planning and work put into it...And there I go, rambling again. x__x;

[XxTri-EdgexX]

Dissidia and Devil May Cry 4

[Pyro Stick]

Being fairly poor i only had one game for a long time, which was pokemon yellow. I was lucky enough to win pokemon silver in a competition so i didnt need to buy that. Any other game i played were borrowed from friends. Apart from pokemon, the game i played the most was probably Golden Sun.

[naotavespaboy]

Newzealand Story on the Amstrad. It was a multiload tape thing which took about half an hour to load up. Still New Zealand story is awesome and I was really happy when they done a new version for the DS.

[Fencedingates]

GAH!! .. The games I played when I was a kid where the ones I played at daycare cause we never had a game system. I remember playing sonic and mario party .. 4.. I think and I made a boy cry once cause I wouldn't let him win a game of mario kart LOL When I did get a Nintendo my life was Zelda and Mario :P

[Killapac]

Pong and Battlefield 1942 is mine

[tsujigiri15]

For me - super mario world, then later donkey kong country 1 and 2 for the snes. Those last 2 are still awesome to play today (yes I still regularaly play on a snes in 2009). Also Half life for the pc - I learnt to play fps on Half life. Gave me kinda high standards I guess. Cos I run on about a 5 year lag behind videogaming, for budget reasons, this was all in about 2000...

[reikalee]

Mine would be the first ever Mario Kart for the Super NES. It was the very first game I've tried. My dad had no one to play balloon battle with so he handed the second controller to me. And so began my love for video games.