The one & only favorite games growing up thread

[Guest alfdogg]

We got Atari when I was six (1988).  I don't remember what all the games that I had were, but my favorite was Crystal Castles, I also liked Frogger, Hide & Seek, & Asteroids.  We don't have it anymore, but I'd like to somehow get it again.

 

I got the 8-bit NES about a year and a half later, and I currently have 24 games for it.  My favorites at the time were any of the Mega Man games, as well as Mario 2 & 3.  Not hatin' on the original, but those two were better.  Never could figure Zelda 2 or Bart vs the Space Mutants out.

 

SNES came in 1992.  The favorites were & still are Mario All-Stars & Mario Kart.  I currently have 25 games for it.  I'm still looking for Pink goes to Hollywood, Mega Man 7, & Spanky's Quest.

 

btw, is Mega Man Soccer easier on SNES, because I can't figure the damn thing out on the emulator.

 

N64 i got in the summer of 1998.  I bought it form my cousin, along with three games (Diddy Kong Racing, Top Gear Rally, & San Francisco Rush (I've sold it since then)) & two controllers for $100.  I have 14 games.  I'm still looking to sell Top Gear Rally.  I play No Mercy a lot, but I also like Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart 64, Super Smash Bros., & Mario Party.  

 

I've broke 3 memory paks and 8 controllers from throwing them.  I've been able to keep control better as it relates to that, though.

[Guest razazteca]

N64

007 Golden Eye

Turok

Perfect Dark

 

Dreamcast

UFC

the 2 KOF games

Capcom vs SNK

 

PSX

Final Fantasy Anthology and Chronicals

Street Fighter EX 2

Street Fighter Alpha 3

Strikers 1945

the Street Fighter puzzle game - great columns game

 

Game Boy Advance

Sonic Advance

Super Dodge Ball

Super Mario

Tetris Worlds

F-Zero

Super Mario Circuit

Pacman Collection

[Guest Singular]

Growing up I had the NES and a Genesis.

NES

Anything Mega Man

Castlevania 1,2,3

Zelda

Contra

 

Genesis

Altered Beast

Madden games

Street Fighter Alpha

[Guest]

Ahh, as a wee lad, I owned an Atari and an NES to start off with.

 

Atari - I loved missile command. Asteroids. Galga and Galaxain were awesome too. Berzerker, that was one fuct up game!

 

NES - definitely KUNG FU! Ghosts 'n' Goblins rocked as well! Pro Wrestling, Tag Team Wrestling, Tyson's Punch Out. Ahh, the memories. *tear*

 

Finally, into my teen years, I got a Super NES. The Final Fantasy's were my favorites on that. All of the WWF games SUCKED ASS, even if they were fairly innovative with the use of theme music & digitized photographs.

 

That's all, I think.. These days.. I had a stint with a used Sega Saturn. I paid about $50 bucks for it. Only wanted it so I could play Firepro: 6MS. My PSX is gathering dust, as is my N64. I'm just hooked on Resident Evil & Fifa 2002 for Gamecube these days. I'll probably end up being suckered into buying WMX8 when it gets released. It looks good enough... but lately I have issues with putting money in Vinnie Mac's pocket.

[Guest]

It took me about 2 years to get an snes after it came out, I liked: Super Star Wars, Super Mario World, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, and Zombies ate my Neighbors.

 

I also liked Splatterhouse, Keith Courage, R-Type, and Impossimole for the TurboGraffix.

 

I'm sure there's more.

[Guest Clyde Rockwell]

Arcade

Spyhunter

Rampage

Double Dragon

 

Atari

Pitfall

Donley Kong

Ghostbusters

 

NES

Contra

Baseball Simulator 1000

WWF WrestleMania

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

 

SNES

Chrono Trigger

Final Fantasy 3

Mario Paint

Street Fighter 2

 

PSX

Tony Hawk

Final Fantasy 7

You Don't Know Jack

 

Dreamcast

UFC

Shenmue

Jet Grind Radio

Tony Hawk 2

 

PS2

GTA3

Tony Hawk 3

Twisted Metal Black

 

I probably forgot a bunch from the earlier days especially the arcades.

[Guest Cataclysm911]

Well, when I was about 8 I would play any game, it didn't even matter, so most games listed I didn't even play until I was 9 or older. The games that left an impact are as follows:

 

NES

Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest

Blaster Master

Mike Tyson's Punch Out

Legend of Zelda

Super Mario Bros. 3

Mega Man 3

River City Ransom

 

SNES

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Super Metroid

Super Mario World

Mario Kart

Chrono Trigger

Final Fantasy 2

Final Fantasy 3

Secret of Mana

 

Sega Genesis

Chakan: The Forever Man

Kid Chameleon

 

N64

WCW Vs NWO World Tour

WCW/NWO Revenge

WWF Wrestlemania 2000

WWF No Mercy

Goldeneye 007

Mario Kart

 

PSX

Twisted Metal 2

 

PS2

Grand Theft Auto 3

 

Sega Dreamcast

Fire Pro Wrestling D

 

Arcade

Mortal Kombat 2

Killer Instinct

Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game

X-men Vs. Street Fighter

Revolution X

 

I'm sure I'll think of more, and If I do, I can just edit my post, no big whoop.

[Guest Will Scarlet]

NES

L'Empereur

Tag Team Wrestling

Mike Tyson's Punchout

River City Ransom

Baseball Stars

Baseball Simulator 1.000

Dodge Ball

North & South

 

SNES

WWF Royal Rumble

WCW Superbrawl or something like that.

Uncharted Waters 2

Mario Kart

Some historical strategy game where you had to choose to be either the British or the Americans in the American Revolution.

Genghis Khan 2

Civilization

[Guest ArkhamGlobe]

I have fond memories of playing Pro Wrestling on NES in  local toy store when I was about six or seven. When I was eight, however, I got a Sega Master System and I have many fond memories of games I used to love on that console. They include:

 

Cyborg Hunter

Wonder Boy parts 1, 2 and 3

Rampage

Kenseiden

Spider-Man

Dynamite Dux

Rastan

and many more...

 

I also enjoyed playing the Mario games, Punch Out, Mega Man and more on the NES consoles some of my friends had. Later on I moved on up to a Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive, as it was known here in Sweden atleast, I think also the rest of Europe) and had much fun with that one too.

 

Games include:

 

Flashback

Jungle Strike

Batman

Robocop vs the Terminator

Streets of Rage 2 and 3

Road Rash 2

Dick Tracy

Shining Force 2

Sword of Vermillion

Buck Rogers and the Countdown to Doomsday

NHL '95 (I think)

 

Lately I've been using my brothers PS1 and PS2. I own all of three games for PS1 (WWF Attitude, SmackDown and SmackDown 2), and I've had many fun hours playing his copy of GTA 3.

[Guest caboose]

Anyone Remember the Commodore Amiga?

 

I had the 600 version and I lost a lifetime on that thing.

It had quality games, including the originals of a lot of big franchises. Here is my favourites list:

 

Grand Prix,

Pushover,

Putty,

Cannon Fodder,

Body Blows,

Lotus 1,2 & 3,

Wild Cup Soccer,

Sensible Soccer,

SuperFrog,

Soccer Kid,

Pugsy,

Monkey Island 1 & 2,

Jaguar XJ220,

Bump & Burn,

Lemmings(any edition),

Worms,

Space Hulk,

Alien Breed,

Championship Manager.

[Guest saturnmark4life]

I was raised on sonic for genesis, and i still believe it to be the best game ever made. The music alone was pretty much the best music to ever come out of the 90s.

[Guest nWoScorpion]

Xbox: WWE RAW

PS: The Phantom Menace

N64: Paper MArio

SNES: Zelda: Link to the past

Genesis: Sonic & Knuckles

SMS: Wonder BoyIII

NES: Mike Tyson's Punch Out

GB: MArio Land

GBC: DKC

GBA: Mario World Advanced or Street Fioghter 2

[Guest]

Reasons wh I need to get an emulator and a computer:

 

 

Punch out

Most Castlevania games

Duck Hunt

NARC

Desert Commando

PACMAN

Street Fighter 2

Legend of Zelda series

Ghosts & Goblins

Ghoul's & Ghosts

Secret of Mana

Atari Classics Vol. 2

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Sega Master System...my favorite 8 bit system. I still have my system with over 50 games...

 

Wonder Boy in Monster Land...looked like a SNES game

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap

Psycho Fox

R-Type...best version of it was on the SMS

Double Dragon...KILLED the NES version

Alex Kidd in Miracle world

King's Quest

Shinobi

Zillion II

Goulvillious (sp?)

 

Too many more to name...great memories with that system

[Guest dreamer420]

I'm still looking for Pink goes to Hollywood

damn dude that was one of my favorite games as a little kid.

 

SEGA MASTER SYSTEM

wonderboy

walter payton football

california games

baseball (can't remember the exact name of the game)

 

NES

mario 1, 2, 3

duck hunt

wrestlemania (which i still have but no nes anymore)

blades of steel

 

SUPER NINTENDO

pink panther goes to hollywood

super mario world

mario is missing

mario paint

super mario kart

nhl 94, 95, 96

mortal kombat 1, 2

[Guest nWoScorpion]

For some reason wodner Boy III i think shoulda been on NES or SNES, cause it was really good.

[Guest Mark4steamboat]

Techinically im still growing up but still.

 

Genesis

Sonic 1 and 2

Toe Jam and Earl Panic on Funkatron

Greatest Champions Boxing

NES

super mario 1 and 2

DUCK HUNT!

i had an olympic game with a bunch of different challenges

atari

pro wrestling

donkey kong

frogger

centipede

SNES

yoshi's world

Ken Griffey baseball

 

i had around 10 diff. wrestling games on diff systems but i wouldnt consider them my favorite.

[Guest nWoScorpion]

I have Wrestlemania, WM Challenge, RR, super WM, SD 1 & 2, RAW, No Mercy, Road to Wrestlemania WWF games.

[Guest Shaved Bear]

mega man 1-5

really those were my favorites

[Guest Addy]

Anyone Remember the Commodore Amiga?

 

I had the 600 version and I lost a lifetime on that thing.

It had quality games, including the originals of a lot of big franchises. Here is my favourites list:

 

Grand Prix,

Pushover,

Putty,

Cannon Fodder,

Body Blows,

Lotus 1,2 & 3,

Wild Cup Soccer,

Sensible Soccer,

SuperFrog,

Soccer Kid,

Pugsy,

Monkey Island 1 & 2,

Jaguar XJ220,

Bump & Burn,

Lemmings(any edition),

Worms,

Space Hulk,

Alien Breed,

Championship Manager.

Wow, I used to love the Amiga 600.

 

Superfrog was my favourite game. I can remember playing it for hours on end. Cant remember much, only that the first few levels you were outside and on the next world you were in a Castle. Classic platformer!

 

Also Doodle Bug on the Amiga rocked, as well as Monkey Island 1 & 2!