Author Topic: Can you name your top 5 games of all time? (Read 10864 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #180 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:28:39 AM »

tron deadly discs was badass

etiolate · « **Reply #181 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:39:19 AM »

First gaming memories were arcades and the Atari. A lot of Tank, Pitfall and arcade Centipede.

Raban · « **Reply #182 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:41:04 AM »

21 years old and my first game was San Francisco RUSH for the N64, and the second game we got was Ocarina of Time.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #183 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:32:39 AM »

I am 26 and I got an NES SMB/Duck Hunt combo when I was 3. I was a spoiled brat.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #184 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:35:44 AM »

I'm 26 and I had one of those wood paneled Atari knockoffs that came from Montgomery Wards. I don't really remember that much about it, but I do remember having an NES a few years later.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #185 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:43:38 AM »

30 and I started with COLECOVISION. donkey kong, zaxxon, and the forgotten classic Venture! kids that started with anything after the snes era scare me; so many classics missed.

cool breeze · « **Reply #186 on:** January 31, 2013, 02:55:55 AM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 31, 2013, 01:32:39 AM

I am 26 and I got an NES SMB/Duck Hunt combo when I was 3. I was a spoiled brat.

same, except mine was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it was for the early 90s.

I don't know what my first memory is. There's home video of me playing mario when I'm one, but I don't remember that. My fondest early memories were on the gameboy because I was the youngest and I had no say in anything. Go to arcades or friends' house to play street fighter 2; come home and play:

I think that's why I played sports when I was younger.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #187 on:** January 31, 2013, 03:06:24 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 31, 2013, 01:35:44 AM

I'm 26 and I had one of those wood paneled Atari knockoffs that came from Montgomery Wards. I don't really remember that much about it, but I do remember having an NES a few years later.

first console i played was an Atari when I went to stay with my NYC cousins...blew my mind that children were allowed such a thing

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #188 on:** January 31, 2013, 06:50:42 AM »

I'm 27. Saw a neighbor play a NES with SMB when I was four. Played it for a little bit and got hooked. Spent as much time as possible at the neighbor's house even though I didn't particularly care for the kid. I just had to play SMB. Next year I got the NES + SMB3 bundle for Christmas. Played the shit out of it. I heard of this game called Zelda and it looked awesome. So I asked for it at Christmas and got...Zelda 2 instead :'(

Positive Touch · « **Reply #189 on:** January 31, 2013, 10:05:14 AM »

Quote from: The Experiment on January 31, 2013, 06:50:42 AM

I'm 27. Saw a neighbor play a NES with SMB when I was four. Played it for a little bit and got hooked. Spent as much time as possible at the neighbor's house even though I didn't particularly care for the kid. I just had to play SMB. Next year I got the NES + SMB3 bundle for Christmas. Played the shit out of it. I heard of this game called Zelda and it looked awesome. So I asked for it at Christmas and got...Zelda 2 instead :'(

i did the same thing when the snes was released

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #190 on:** January 31, 2013, 11:43:42 AM »

I remember playing PONG when I was 4. So that was about 1978. I think we got an Atari shortly thereafter and fell in love with Adventure.

My father was a weird dude. He was an auto worker that spent all of his money on the latest electronics, yet rarely used them. Hi-fi stereos, VCR's, cutting edge televisions, game systems, personal computers, video cameras. I think he enjoyed the attention when people would come over and drool over his stuff.

Beezy · « **Reply #191 on:** January 31, 2013, 11:54:23 AM »

I'll be 25 next week. My older brother was the first gamer in my family so I remember playing stuff like SMB, Excitebike, and Baseball for the NES. But no memory stands out as clearly as trying Dragon Warrior for the first (and last) time and thinking that it was the worst game ever.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #192 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:06:46 PM »

I'm 31. Got into gaming with Atari and going to the arcades. Had an Atari 2600 and 7800, Amiga, Gameboy, Genesis/32X and PC growing up, but also played everything on the NES, SNES and Master System since my best friend had them all. I really didn't pay much attention to gaming during my high school years (Playstation, N64, Saturn), but bought a Dreamcast when I got to college, then a PS2 (and a ton of PS1 games), then a Saturn, then a GBA, then an Xbox, then a Gamecube, then a DS and PSP. Then got married and bought only a PS3 this generation.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #193 on:** January 31, 2013, 05:47:35 PM »

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I'm 34, had an older bro who was also into games so fucked around on a 2600 along with the Commodore Vic 20 and 64 back in the day. Had a cousin with a Pong arcade machine in his den and we had a home version of it ourselves for a bit. First thing that was partly mine was the NES. Never cleared SMB back in the day cause my dad got me fuckin' Karate Champ and Trojan at about the same time we got the machine. Quality stuff there. Fond memories of shit like Racing Destruction, Mail Order Monsters, Dr. J and Larry Bird go One on One (EA used to be fuck awesome, didn't they?), and Mondu's Fight Palace on the C64. Loved Scare City Motel on the Vic 20 too.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #194 on:** January 31, 2013, 08:16:48 PM »

Ah guess I better join in.

27 here, played some Sega Master System when I was 5 and I knew games were sweet. Played in Arcades a lot growing up, Had a 486 so played a lot of shareware PC stuff, got a PS1 in '97 and so on...

naff · « **Reply #195 on:** January 31, 2013, 09:53:03 PM »

24. Despite being young I started off near the beginning from buying old second hand shit as a kid (I busked with a recorder on weekends lol) instead of the latest greatest. First started playing in Arcades and text based adventures on a shitty old comp at home, then I got a commodore and moved up to AMIGA stuff and shareware crud, and had an ATARI with one of those 256 in 1 carts. Didn't really get into current stuff til my dad got a PC and joystick and I mostly played flight sims (The Aces series and Red Baron were my favourite games, and the Star Wars sims) and random platformers and adventure games, then later picked up a second hand master system with a shiteload of games and peripherals. Nobody else I knew really played games except my cousin until the PSX came out and kids were falling over themselves to get one.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #196 on:** February 01, 2013, 11:31:43 AM »

Daytona USA 2
San Francisco Rush 2049
Forza Motorsport 4
Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed
Forza Horizon

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #197 on:** February 04, 2013, 01:23:43 PM »

29, my first gaming experience was my dad's Atari 2600 with Donkey Kong, Mouse Trap, Lost Luggage, Centipede when I was about 3. Got an NES when I was 5 and Super Mario Bros was the greatest thing I'd ever seen in my life until I got The Legend of Zelda for Christmas and that became the greatest thing ever.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #198 on:** February 04, 2013, 02:09:08 PM »

Here's something to make all you old Euros nostalgic:

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #199 on:** February 04, 2013, 02:11:19 PM »

31. some of my first words were "pac-man." We had a little mini-arcade version of it and I guess I was around it a lot or something. First console was 2600, then I saw a NES in action when I was 6 or so--mind blown. Eventually I got one and like everyone else here, got too into gaming for my own good.

chronovore · « **Reply #200 on:** February 04, 2013, 07:58:39 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on January 30, 2013, 09:38:30 PM

Chrono and I are pushing 40...from the other side

Yeah, I'm 45, I was graduating high school when MrGundam was born.

My first game was Pong at a friend's house. Then a neighbor girl got Intellivision. Those controllers were abysmal.

My first games were on an Apple ][+

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Author Topic: Can you name your top 5 games of all time? (Read 10864 times)