What was the game that made you a gamer?

[nixubaby]

Super Mario Bros. All Stars. I was two.
Beat that, mo' fo's.

rather odly I never got the idea of super mario. I know its a classic but still, a plumber jumping on bricks.

 

[Ace of Spades]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I still remember running around Hyrule back when I was five years old and playing on my brand new N64.

 

[KingKamor]

Super Mario Bros. All Stars. I was two.
Beat that, mo' fo's.

The original Marathon 1 and 2 for Mac by Bungie. I was two, as well, and sat on my dad's lap at the keyboard. He would move us around on the maps, and I would fire whenever there was an alien monstrocity to get in the crosshairs.

Hell yeah.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

Super Mario Bros. All Stars. I was two.
Beat that, mo' fo's.

rather odly I never got the idea of super mario. I know its a classic but still, a plumber jumping on bricks.

Don't forget his objective; to save a princess who may or may not by fungi from a fire-breathing turtle-dragon.
You know what, if you think about them too much, damn near every classic game is pretty messed up.

EDIT:

The original Marathon 1 and 2 for Mac by Bungie. I was two, as well, and sat on my dad's lap at the keyboard. He would move us around on the maps, and I would fire whenever there was an alien monstrocity to get in the crosshairs.

Hell yeah.

Blasting aliens is a hell of a lot cooler than jumping on turtles and chucking fireballs at what seems to be cupcakes with evil eyes.
Wait, what am I talking about?

 

[nixubaby]

Don't forget his objective; to save a princess who may or may not by fungi from a fire-breathing turtle-dragon.
You know what, if you think about them too much, damn near every classic game is pretty messed up.

Now that I think of it that is just the kind of plot the modern games need!

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I played a demo of Grandia 1 and something just clicked...I've loved and failed to beat RPGs ever since. Seriously...I only finished like 5 JRPGS. But only because I'd buy a new one before I finished the last one and because of their tendency to have really annoying final dungeons.

 

[Raddragon]

Oh thats a hard one...
I guess I should blame Super Mario...but I suspect Sonic had something to do with this too.

 

[JoshasorousRex]

Quake. I can't remember if it was 1 or 2. And Quake 4 killed the series

 

[maddawg IAJI]

crash bandicoot. it old and by todays standards isnt all that great but i liked it.

also the jak and daxter games also cuased me to be a gamer. (i enjoyed the naughty dog games)

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

LoZ:OoT

I am incredibly awesome.

 

[DeadWater]

LOZ:Ocarina of Time made me who I am today I spent hours doing NOTHING in the game just walking over Hyrule soaking it all in.

(I used to read the guide book every night before bed when I was little )

 

[elemenetal150]

honestly I only played the occasional video game until I played the Mechwarrior games and Diablo, those games set in motion something that can never be stopped....my desire to play games

 

[captain awesome 12]

Star Wars Rogue Squadron on the PC.

 

[Combined]

Tetris in 1989.

 

[antipunt]

Warcraft 2

olden days

 

[vivadelkitty]

Super Mario World on the SNES.

 

[speedcoreXdandy]

A combination of Demolition Racer, Oddworld and V Rally on the PS1 and Toca Touring Cars, Worms 2 and Spirit Of Speed 1937 on the PC.

Good days maaaan.

 

[RetiarySword]

Resident evil, or syphon filter 2. Both classics to me.

 

[Medic Heavy]

Good old Age Of Empires 2

 

[ssgt splatter]

007 Goldeneye. It was the first shooter i've ever played. Thank god it was a good one to.