Nostalgia with games.

[smearyllama]

I don't think this one has been done in a while, so I'll give it a shot-

I love Morrowind. It's been a favorite of mine since fifth grade, and whenever I pick it up again I play obsessively. It's just that good. I've never beaten the main story, or either of the expansions, though. Half of the entire time was spent exploring. I even found out a way to make the Scrolls of Icarian Flight useful (Morrowind fans know what I'm talking about), so when I looked the game up on TVtropes, I got this huge onrush of nostalgia.
The GOTY edition is $20 on Steam, and I'm probably gonna pick it up and see if I can get my hands on the level editor.
I remember one Saturday morning putting the game in for the first time; that music, that haunting theme stirred emotions I didn't even know I had. The graphics were the most amazing thing I'd ever seen (up until then, I'd only had a Gamecube and Wii), and even though there was no voice acting (I didn't give a crap), everything just clicked. My first character was a dud. He failed miserably, and I got lost somewhere near Vivec.
I started to learn the game, though, and soon I had mastered it.

Every time I boot up that game (the original Xbox version, so it lags like you wouldn't believe), I remember the joy that that game brings me.

What are your memories of a favorite game?
What do you feel when you blow off the dust?

 

[BreakfastMan]

My memories of my favorite game... I can't choose! There was the time I glitched out Kotor and got two of the most powerful swords in the game... I remember the first time I played it. It looked complicated from the manual, but it was surprisingly easy to just pick up and play. It was the first real RPG I had played, and I was blown away by the story.

What do I feel when I blow of the dust? I feel sad that I will never be able to experience a game that good for the first time again. There is of course nostalgia involved as well, and realizing "wow, this game is still awesome after all these years!", but that is my mine feeling.

A little off-topic but... I think everyone's first character in Morrowind was a dud. I know mine was, and so was my brothers.

EDIT: Also, remember that the owls are not what they seem...

 

[Ordinaryundone]

I get a HUGE Nostalgia high anytime I hear the old-school SSSEEEEEEEGGGGGGAAAAA! logo theme. I even had it as my ringtone for a while. Probably because the Genesis was the first system I owned.

Other than that....hearing the first few bars of "Give Me a Kiss to Build a Dream On" from the Fallout 2 intro will do it too, as well as the Dreamcast start up noise (with the swirl). More recently, I put SSX Tricky into my old PS2 and gave it a whirl again. It was actually my first PS2 game, I'd forgotten how much I liked it.

Also....

"Fifty-Thousand people used to live here....now its a ghost town...."

 

[MadSquabbles]

Seiken Densetsu 3 (or SoM 2 whatever) for me. Favorite of mine for a long time now, nothing about it seems to age or get tired for me. And I've ran through it more times then I could even remember. I may get bored of it after a runthrough or two but I keep going back to it, year after year. I'm pretty sure I've played it for 10 years. It never really got any strong emotions out of me, or anything like that, but damn the game is so fun I beat it every so often just because.

 

[smearyllama]

A little off-topic but... I think everyone's first character in Morrowind was a dud. I know mine was, and so was my brothers.

EDIT: Also, remember that the owls are not what they seem...

Did you wander off at night and get gang-banged by a rat and a mudcrab?
I don't think you failed a much as I did.

Also, this must be where pies go when they die.

 

[BreakfastMan]

A little off-topic but... I think everyone's first character in Morrowind was a dud. I know mine was, and so was my brothers.

EDIT: Also, remember that the owls are not what they seem...

Did you wander off at night and get gang-banged by a rat and a mudcrab?
I don't think you failed a much as I did.

Also, this must be where pies go when they die.

How about getting killed every single time you tried to do the first fighters guild quest, to the degree that you actually had to turn the difficulty DOWN to beat it?

Also, remember that there is a man in a smiling bag...

 

[Palademon]

I'm the same with MW, but Lego Racers.

It was amazing when I installed it yesterday, and Rocket Racer was as hard as ever

I usually failed races at that all the time because I spent the entire time trying to make the warp power-up

 

[smearyllama]

A little off-topic but... I think everyone's first character in Morrowind was a dud. I know mine was, and so was my brothers.

EDIT: Also, remember that the owls are not what they seem...

Did you wander off at night and get gang-banged by a rat and a mudcrab?
I don't think you failed a much as I did.

Also, this must be where pies go when they die.

How about getting killed every single time you tried to do the first fighters guild quest, to the degree that you actually had to turn the difficulty DOWN to beat it?

Also, remember that there is a man in a smiling bag...

On the first Blades quest, did you get lost and end up in Pelagiad?

Also, She's dead. Wrapped in plastic.

 

[WhiteRat07]

My nostalgia weakness is Chrono Trigger. I have it on my DS and play through every so often.It is the only game that never seems to get old to me.

 

[smearyllama]

My nostalgia weakness is Chrono Trigger. I have it on my DS and play through every so often.It is the only game that never seems to get old to me.

I have it too.
I have way too many JRPGs, and I may never beat them all.
Chrono Trigger is high on the list of priorities, though.
Just after I beat Minecraft.

 

[Ice Car]

First time I played Majora's Mask on the VC for, what, 7 or 8 years? So nostalgic...

 

[Nocta-Aeterna]

Mine would be Lufia 2 and Ocarina of time, mostly because I used to play them at my grandmother's house when I was a wee lad.

The original Prince of Persia was the first game I played ever and Crash Bandicoot 3 was my first console game, both of which I still got a slight soft spot for.

 

[BreakfastMan]

A little off-topic but... I think everyone's first character in Morrowind was a dud. I know mine was, and so was my brothers.

EDIT: Also, remember that the owls are not what they seem...

Did you wander off at night and get gang-banged by a rat and a mudcrab?
I don't think you failed a much as I did.

Also, this must be where pies go when they die.

How about getting killed every single time you tried to do the first fighters guild quest, to the degree that you actually had to turn the difficulty DOWN to beat it?

Also, remember that there is a man in a smiling bag...

On the first Blades quest, did you get lost and end up in Pelagiad?

Also, She's dead. Wrapped in plastic.

No, but I never did find the stupid puzzle box. Where you ever killed by a single, solitary scrib?

Also, without chemicals, he points.

 

[smearyllama]

A little off-topic but... I think everyone's first character in Morrowind was a dud. I know mine was, and so was my brothers.

EDIT: Also, remember that the owls are not what they seem...

Did you wander off at night and get gang-banged by a rat and a mudcrab?
I don't think you failed a much as I did.

Also, this must be where pies go when they die.

How about getting killed every single time you tried to do the first fighters guild quest, to the degree that you actually had to turn the difficulty DOWN to beat it?

Also, remember that there is a man in a smiling bag...

On the first Blades quest, did you get lost and end up in Pelagiad?

Also, She's dead. Wrapped in plastic.

No, but I never did find the stupid puzzle box. Where you ever killed by a single, solitary scrib?

Also, without chemicals, he points.

The puzzle box is really easy to find.
This description may or may not help, but if it does, you'll thank me.

When you enter the ruins, keep going down the incline until you get to the large open space.
There should be a structure in this room, with two floors.
Go to the upper floor, and check the door farthest to the left.
There's one guy in there, and the box should be on one of the shelves.

Also, All things considered, being shot is not as bad as I thought it would be.

 

[BreakfastMan]

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What I meant was I never did find the puzzle box with that character. I found it on my with second character though (gamefaqs is so helpful!). Did you go custom class with your second character? I did, because I knew all the skills I actually used then (and how to abuse the leveling system. Acrobatics FTW!).

Also, sometimes my arms bend backwards.

 

[GiantRaven]

Spoiler: Not so much a game on it's own but rather the encompassing of a whole childhood of nostalgia through a single sound.

 

[EHKOS]

First level in Crash 1&2 make me feel amazing. I love to play those over and over and over again. After blowing off the dust of other games though, I get a stomach ache and I feel like crying, so replaying is out.

 

[smearyllama]

sniped...

What I meant was I never did find the puzzle box with that character. I found it on my with second character though (gamefaqs is so helpful!). Did you go custom class with your second character? I did, because I knew all the skills I actually used then (and how to abuse the leveling system. Acrobatics FTW!).

Also, sometimes my arms bend backwards.

Oh. I feel silly now.
Did you ever use the hilariously epic potion exploit?
First, you make a fortify intelligence potion.
Then you use the potion.
Then you make another, better, potion of the same type.
Repeat ad nauseum.
???
Profit!

I never used it, but I soon will.

Also, I might just recover my Xbox and play the game on console again.
Unlike Oblivion, which was kind of bad (the result of RPG inbreeding, resulting in an overly generic game), Morrowind probably wouldn't be made better with mods, and I'd be tempted to use cheats.

What do you think?

Also, I, uh, performed the autopsy on Jacques Renault. Stomach contents revealed? let's see, beer cans, a Maryland license plate, half a bicycle tire, a goat? and a small wooden puppet. Goes by the name of Pinocchio.

 

[BreakfastMan]

sniped...

What I meant was I never did find the puzzle box with that character. I found it on my with second character though (gamefaqs is so helpful!). Did you go custom class with your second character? I did, because I knew all the skills I actually used then (and how to abuse the leveling system. Acrobatics FTW!).

Also, sometimes my arms bend backwards.

Oh. I feel silly now.
Did you ever use the hilariously epic potion exploit?
First, you make a fortify intelligence potion.
Then you use the potion.
Then you make another, better, potion of the same type.
Repeat ad nauseum.
???
Profit!

I never used it, but I soon will.

Also, I might just recover my Xbox and play the game on console again.
Unlike Oblivion, which was kind of bad (the result of RPG inbreeding, resulting in an overly generic game), Morrowind probably wouldn't be made better with mods, and I'd be tempted to use cheats.

What do you think?

Also, I, uh, performed the autopsy on Jacques Renault. Stomach contents revealed? let's see, beer cans, a Maryland license plate, half a bicycle tire, a goat? and a small wooden puppet. Goes by the name of Pinocchio.

I only played Morrowind on X-Box, so I would not know if the mods would make it better. But I still love it on X-Box, so I say go for it! I never tried the hilariously epic potion exploit (I think I shall have to go and try it now), but I did make my fare share of potions (most of which had very odd side effects).

Also... I am out of Twin Peaks quotes.

 

[TheColdHeart]

Me and my best friend hold certain nostalga for the co-op games we used to play as kids like Streets of Rage 2 and Wayne Gretzky ice hockey. Sometimes we fire up the Mega Drive and have a play or if its on XBLA I download it and we have a sesh.

Although my personal nostalga game I never get tired of is probably Super Mario World as I got it one Christmas I was having a pretty shitty time and it was total escapism from what was going on and probably got me hooked on playing video games.