What are some games that you played in your childhood that you really enjoyed?

[octafish]

Sid Meier's Pirates!, Commando, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, and Pools of Radiance. I was in high-school at the time. If you want younger, Spyhunter, Galaga and Gyruss. I poured many twenty cent coins into those machines.

 

[DanielBrown]

Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot.
I played those games like obsessed on my sweet old Playstation. <3

 

[StrixMaxima]

Amazing stuff!

Why did you show that to me? Why??

Richaaaaards!

 

[the spud]

*Deep breath* here we go.
Super Mario World
The Legend of Zelda (all of them)
Super Mario 64
Goldeneye
Super Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong Country
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Mario Kart 64
Metroid Prime
And many more that I can't remember off the top of my head.

 

[StriderShinryu]

When remembering my gaming youth, I always flash back to the NES versions of arcade games where they had to basically completely change the game just to make it work on the NES. Strider and Bionic Commando were the two big ones. Not sure why, but I just loved the side scrolling action games with RPG elements so two more of my all time favourites are Zelda 2 and Castlevania 2 (even if the English translation made it almost impossible to play to the fullest without a guide of some sort).

 

[chaosyoshimage]

The Pokemon and Zelda series, particularly Yellow and Silver for the former (Fun fact, I didn't have a Game Boy when I bought Yellow, so I played with Stadium on N64), and Ocarina of Time and The Wind Waker for the later. Star Fox Adventures, Dragon Quest III, Paper Mario, and Yu-Gi-Oh! (You said games, not specifically video games) where highly influential and enjoyable to me as a kid, as well.

 

[KaiusCormere]

Well, when I was just getting started on gaming, these are a few titles that influenced me...
Final Fantasy 1
Dragon Quest
Crystalis
Wizardry

 

[infohippie]

Populous, Elite, Starglider 2, The Bard's Tale, Lemmings, Starflight... so many great games back then.

 

[Tazzy da Devil]

Jade Cocoon. I literally played that thing to death... and didn't get past the second level. God I sucked back then.