Best surprise games your parents bought you

[TelHybrid]

Does anyone remember gaming in the 90s? I sure do. They were great times.

I remember not knowing anything about what company made what game or anything like that, just blissfully playing my Mega Drive.

When I saw the N64 a friend owned, I wanted one, and asked my parents for one for Christmas, and saw a big box under the tree, oh man was I excited.

Christmas Day arrived and I ripped that wrapping paper, to see a box that said Playstation. That was the first time the phrase "what the fuck is this?!" entered my mind in my life, I had never heard of a Playstation. XD

Anyway my parents got Gran Turismo, Crash Bandicoot 2, and Tekken 2 with it.

I was very happy with the console/game choices they made.

TL;DR: so escapees, when your parents got you any game as a kid that you didn't ask for, and you saw it and thought "wtf is this...", which games were they and did you enjoy them?

 

[Boneasse]

My mom, awesome as she was (though still is), bought me a N64 on launch, with Mario 64 and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. I had never heard of it (was a Sega-man myself up to that point). She didn't buy it for my birthday or anything, she just brought it home one day.

I kid you not when I say it was the best day of my life. Best. Surprise. Ever.

 

[aarontg]

Christmas day, game cube, and super mario sunshine. That day was fucking magical.

 

[Rooster893]

I grew up on Windows '98, and during my elementary school years, I had a PlayStation 2. I was talking to my mom one day, and was reminscing about the games I used to play on it, Half Life 1 in particular. My Mom went out to do some errands, so I stayed home and played some Tekken 4 (one of my all time favorite games).

Well when she came back, she had a bunch of bags in her hands, but one was abnormal. It was a GameStop bag. I asked what was in it, and she pulled it out.

I could not believe my eyes.

Spoiler

It remains one of my most played PS2 games to this day. And I still play it in between games, because it is one of the best FPSs ever made.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

My parents bought me a Nintendo 64, with Ocarina of Time for Christmas one year. That was the first console that I ever owned, and Ocarina of Time is still one of my favorite games to this day.

 

[MarsProbe]

I remember gaming in the 80s, come on! We got a new game for £3.50 once.

Anyway, now that I think of it, I don't think my parents have ever bought me a surprise game. Whenever it came to them getting me a game, I was either there with them in the shop or they had clear instructions what to buy.

Even though I knew what I was getting, the Christmas I get my Megadrive was still almost unbearable exciting. Got Sonic 1 & 2 with it, along with, er, Greendog. Still, even that game didn't seem so bad from a my childs viewpoint.

 

[Archangel768]

For Birthdays, Christmas etc.
N64 - Beetle Adventure Racing. May have asked for it but, I didn't know I was getting it.

PS2 - Jak 2, 3, Spy Vs Spy. No Idea they were getting me those. Final Fantasy X, I asked for it but, didn't know I was getting it.

PC - Noah's Ark 3D. I believe they also got Star Wars Battle Front for me as well.

Random events.
My mum brought home Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for PS2 one day. Not too bad a game.
Another time she got Sonic Unleashed for PS3. First level was fun, then all of a sudden he changed and the gameplay changed.... Still, it was free and unexpected so I don't really mind and it's still fairly fun.

 

[sheah1]

A nintendo Wii, completely outa' the blue at Christmas, along with all the games I'd asked for for my PS3. So obviously I played No More Heroes and Madworld on it then gave it to my sister because it sucks. But still, what an awesome surprise.

 

[Sebster 105]

FS2004

<3 my dad

 

[Avatar Roku]

I remember, at the time, I'd been really pushing to get a Wii. One day, my dad just picks one up. I wasn't home at the time, so he sent me a text, trying to be clever. The text read "qui". I think he meant to type "oui", French for "yes" and pronounced "wee". Still, I understood, and it was awesome.

 

[Waflmao]

Conkers Bad Fur Day, when i was like 7

 

[Darby]

Pokemon Gold, my first game ever, when I was six.

 

[Harlemura]

Probably Kingdom Hearts 2.
My dad was proper sneaky with it and everything. Didn't tell me he'd got it and hid it. Where? In a pile of my other games.
If the box hadn't of been slightly shiny, I don't know how long it would've taken me to find one of my now-favourite games ever.

Another is Uncharted 2. I wasn't as excited because, for a reason I can't remember, I didn't even know it was out. A good experience being unexpected seems to make it even better.

 

[pejhmon]

My uncle/aunt that I almost never saw only ever gave me 2 things, Rome : Total War and Morrowind: The Eldar Scrolls III (which I kinda forgot I had until recently, I intend to start it after exams). <3 Rome

Parents generally asked me what I wanted games wise. If it was up to them it would likely be funducational -_-. Although they are good at surprising me in other areas, I really love the watch they gave me this xmas past for example

 

[Legendairy314]

Probably KoTOR. Just got my Xbox and really only wanted Halo but got that as well. TWO lightsabers? That's all I needed at the time. It was also funny that my entire team eventually consisted of Jedi using nothing but 2 of them at a time.

 

[AbstractStream]

When I first got my PS2 for Christmas, it came with The Simpson's Hit and Run. Probably not the best game ever but it sure was a great surprise.
Man, the PS2 is STILL awesome.

 

[Cavan]

The original rayman, my gran also once bought me time of defiance for a pound before the game itself became free, that was good fun, reccomend people try out their next game which is picaroon.

 

[TheAceTheOne]

Left 4 Dead 1 was my fave. I went home from a friends house at 10 at night, and told my dad about it. Next thing I know, he comes home from work with a Gamestop bag, and I'm all like, "The f*** is in that Gamestop bag?!"

Take a guess what it was.

Spoiler: Hint

It sure as heck wasn't Barbie: Horse Adventures , that's for sure.

 

[scully745]

I got Diablo II when I was about five, had no idea what the hell it was and it ended up being one of the only games i played for about four or five years. I still go back to it every now and again as well