THE Game That Defined Your Childhood

[Cranky]

Crash Bandicoot.
Rayman
Spyro
Sonic Heroes.

And Toy Commander. Damn was that game awesome.

 

[ActionDan]

Sonic 2 without a doubt. It was my first ever game. I was 5 or 6 and I constantly replayed it. I was given a Megadrive and SNES and few games for each from friends of the family, and thats what started off my love for games that continues to burn to this day, across consoles and PC's.

It doesn't matter what medium you play games through, all that matters are the games themselves.

 

[LilithSlave]

The Super Nintendo. Cop out you say? "BULLSHIT" I reply! The Super Nintendo is the physical incarnation of my childhood...

Heck YES!

Seriously, there's nothing more sublime in gaming than the SNES. Chrono Trigger is my personal favourite, but the whole system is simply amazing, with an untouchable library. Never before or after has a system had a library of such impeccable games.

 

[Ninjat_126]

The Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games on PS1, equally.

Spyro the Motherfucking Dragon. Also, Medievil. And Metal Gear Solid.

 

[OutofMind634]

CRASH. BANDICOOT. Oh God, the memories. I'm thinking of going back to them (mostly 2) after watching some gameplay footage on youtube recently. I'd say the runners-up would have to be Spyro the Dragon, Ocarina of Time, Croc, or Ape Escape.

 

[betafotball]

Age of empire II: Age of kings. Best RTS made.

 

[SpAc3man]

DOOM, Commander Keen, F/A-18 Hornet and Myst/Riven. Those were the 90's I grew up in. My love of FPS comes from DOOM, classic games and platformers from Commander Keen, beautiful aesthetics from Myst. My BF3 jet skills from F/A-18 Hornet. I owe all my love for gaming to these games.

 

[AceDefective]

I got two games that I remember very fondly.
Spyro: Year of the Dragon and Empire Earth
Best part is I can still have a bunch of fun playing them

 

[Lugbzurg]

I really couldn't say. Might've been Frogger (1997). Might've been Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: Action Game. Might've been Break-Out, Pac-Man: Adventures in Time, Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge, Toy Story 2: Action Game or Roller Coaster Tycoon. I'm very varied. I can't sum up something this vast for me into one entity. It's just too complicated to be done that simply.

 

[demoman_chaos]

Sonic the Hedgehog got me into gaming as a wee lad, but I tend to associate The Lion King (on ze Sega Genesis) more than anything else. It was the first game I ever beat and will forever have its place in my heart.

 

[Luke3184]

This.

 

[Optiluiz]

Spyro the dragon 1,2 and 3. God I loved those games.

 

[devotedsniper]

Well theres all the usuals (sonic, rayman, pokemon, zelda) but the game which probably got me well and truly got me into gaming would be final fantasy 8, and then 7, 9, and even later on 10 and 11.

 

[tzimize]

Hard to say, but there is one thing I will ALWAYS have the fondest memories from.

Hexen: Beyond heretic. Coop with my best friend, me a mage, he a warrior...Manowar on the stereo...best times of my life.

We never found our Cleric :\

 

[Smeggs]

Earliest? yoshi's Island.

Otherwise, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage.

 

[SodaDew]

Pokemon Blue and Silver during the early years, but mostly Legend of Zelda OoT had the biggest, I would go to my friends house to relive the battle against Ganon over and over beating my time on the escape of the castle.

 

[DeltaWolfson]

Banjo Kazooie, both 1 and 2. Those were the first 2 games I remember ever 100%ing, and investing time to finish the game

Then we are one the same boat, high five!