Ask Lemmy

Stronghold, the isometric one

Hitting a tree with a good stick.

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego. Played it as a child together with my mom. She had all the worldly knowledge, but at the time I was the only one who could speak/understand English, so teamwork was key. That game meant hours of educational fun for the both of us.

Super Mario Galaxy

Sonic the Hedgehog 3. I wish I could say Sonic 3 & Knuckles but we weren't swimming in money so I very rarely got a new game (and just to add, I never threw controllers or punched TVs either because mommy wouldn't just buy me a new one if I did that).

I did rent out Sonic & Knuckles occasionally though. But I can practically picture the early level layouts of Sonic 3 in my mind like they're familiar streets that I grew up in.

Sid Meier's Pirates!

I played the original when it came out on PC in like 1987. A friend of my dad gave me a copy, but I didn't have the manuals or map or anything that came in the box, so in order to figure out how to get around the Caribbean I had to crack an encyclopedia to a map, and that got me both interested in maps and also in reading the history of all these places I'd been to in the game.

I still play the 2004 remake of that game a few times a year.

Toejam & Earl! My dad got a deal on a used sega genesis when I was 6 and it came with one game, it ended up being my favorite. The presents and little pixel sundaes were so visually appealing to my simple child brain, sneaking up on santa claus successfully was absurdly satisfying, and discovering the secret level 0 hot tub pre-internet made me feel like a fucking wizard.

Pokemon Blue on Gameboy

Mancala. omg I still remember learning how to play in Kindergarten and I'm almost 30 now. This game was probably my very first addiction.

Ultima 7

Blake Stone aliens of Gold

Final Fantasy 8 and Crash Bandicoot.

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, the patrician's 4X.

It's just so ideologically diverse and deep, and so quotable too. Plus, you can use how much you agree with Miriam as a litmus test for maturity, lol.

There are so many good memories. Its hard to choose.

On PC it's Atlantis, by Cryo Games. It was a point and click, like Myst. I liked the story telling.

On snes it's Terranigma. Also because of the story. But the most played game for me was Super Metroid.

A special mention needs to go out to the entire GTA series, because I grew up with them.

I played Tenchu recently, and it was just as good as it was the first time I played it. Those controls are jank, but it's really a fun game regardless. It has a wonderful soundtrack, and it feels foreboding which is lovely for a ninja game. I feel the same sense of dread that I do as if I were playing a horror game or something. It's quite good!

Lion King on the SNES.

I played. And played. And played. I took that game and system with me when I left home and I took it with me all across the country. And then I finally beat it on a 12 hour graveyard shift with a friend. We were on our last life and were going to be dead. And it happened. The only time in my life I ever beat the game was after 15 years of unsuccessful attempts.

Dune 2. It was the gateway drug that turned me playing computer games into a full blown addiction for a bunch of my family.

Relations camped out waiting for a slot to satisfy the urge for months until they could scrape together the cash to fund an appropriate PC to run it themselves at home.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3

Super Mario Bros 3. It was the first video game I'd ever played. That was my gateway drug.

I used to know that game like the back of my hand. Any time I pick it back up, it feels like visiting an old, childhood home.

Legend of Mana and Megaman Legend. Can we get a legend 3, capcom?

I suppose monopoly. It was the only game we really played. We also played trivial pursuit, but it was questions for my parents mostly.

I did get the question once of "What company was snoopy a mascot for" and answered "get met" which they were shocked and asked how I knew, and it was a brief appearance in a Bloom County comic, which they had the anthologies of so I read them all.

Secret of Mana. Played it with friends like crazy. One even had the extension thing to connect 3 controllers - guess where we hung out most of the time.

The Star Wars arcade game.

Elderscrolls 3 Morrowind. Used to play it all day on my 13" black and white tv

Minecraft, it will always be minecraft. Its the only game I can't help but come back to every year atleast

Space Invaders and Phoenix. We had the cabinets in our movie theater

Classic Concentration, based on the TV game show!

Age of Empires 2 is my most played game ever and extremely nostalgic. Conquerors was next to flawless especially with fan made AI that didn't cheat resources. I liked to play sometimes with friends co-op against one brutally hard AI. Most of my time was online pvp matches, or making and scripting custom maps to post on AOE Heaven. MSN Zones first, then GameRanger when that shut down. A little bit (still hundreds of hours) when Forgotten Empires picked it back up too until I got overwhelmed.

While I love all the new expansions except the few mid ones, I think it's too bloated now for PvP. I don't want to memorize so many nations. I had a similar problem with Dead by Daylight and to a smaller extent, TF2. I got filtered I'm just too old to dump so many hours into a game now to keep track of all that shit, and not for a lack of free time actually in my case.

But I love the new SP campaigns!

At the risk of sounding ancient: Lifeforce on the NES.

Final fantasy 7, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye 007, Final Fantasy 10, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1, Digimon World all bring a nostalgia factor. But probably, final fantasy 7 brings the most nostalgia. I have played that game again every 3-4 years since I was 12.

Any of the cluefinders games, or gizmos and gadgets. Plenty of other edutainment classics do it too. Outside of edutainment, only NHL2000 and Halo: CE come to mind.

Chrono Trigger

Monsters, Inc.: Scream Team

Spore

Zelda - Link to the Past. I had so much fun playing Link Between Worlds.

Hungry hungry hippos

Broken telephone

Might and Magic 7: For blood and honor

Sunset Riders SNES.