Your life in games

krudler

Might be fun, what are your most influential games thoughout childhood, teens, adult life? those games that sum up a particular time, be it a summer spent playing pro evo, or a christmas spnt trying to beat super mario 3,heres mine:

Amstrad CPC 464 : Double Dragon, The Last Ninja, The New Zealand Story, Bubble Bobble

NES: Mario, Duck Hunt, Digger T Rock, Duck Tales, Castlevania, California Games, Gremlins 2, WWF Royal Rumble

Mega Drive: Sonic, Altered Beast, Streets of Rage 1-3, Street Fighter 2, Eternal Champions, Decapattack, The Immortal, Ecco The Dolphin

Gameboy: Mario Land 1&2, Tetris (duh), Zelda: Links Awakening

SNES: Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, Street fighter 2, Mortal Kombat 2, NBA Jam, WWF Royal Rumble, Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose, Turltes in Time, BattleToads, Castlevania IV, Super Metroid, Zelda: A Link To The Past, Mario Kart, Yoshis Island

PS1: Doom, Warhawk, Wipeout, Twisted Metal, Destruction Derby, Jumping Flash, Metal Gear Solid, FF7, Resident Evil 1-3, Kula World, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Tekken 1-3

N64: Mario 64, WWF No Mercy, Goldeneye, Shadows of the Empire

Dreamcast: RE:Code Veronica, Sonic Adventure, Capcom vs Snk, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi

PS2: GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas, WWF Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth, Metal Gear 2+3, Devil May Cry 1-3, God of War 1+2, Tony Hawks 3, Tekken 4

Gamecube: Rogue Leader, Resident Evil REmake, Zero and 4, Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, Paper Mario, Ikaruga

XBOX: Halo, Burnout 3, DOA, Ninja Gaiden, Panzer Dragoon Orta

XBOX 360: Kameo, Hitman:Blood Money, Modern Warfare 1+2, Devil May Cry 4, Bioshock, The Orange Box

PS3: Killzone 2, Uncharted 1+2, MGS4:Guns of the Patriots, Assassins Creed 2

Just a general list at the mo, will be picking a few and going into further details as to WHY those games are so important/influential later on

CiDeRmAn

Well, here goes,
Spectrum Tau Ceti, Academy, 3D Star Strike, 3D Tank Duel, Ant Attack, Head Over Heels, Dangerous Dan, Stunt Car Racer.

C64 Uridium, RoadBlasters, Wizball, Sanxion

Gameboy Tetris, SuperMarioLand, SuperMarioLand2, Lemmings, Gradius

Megadrive Sonc, Sonic 3, Road Rash 2, Desert Strike, Virtua Racing, LHX Attack Chopper.

Snes Starwing, Stunt Car Racer, Super Mario World, Super Mario Allstars, Super Metroid, SimCity, Batman Returns.

3DO Return Fire, Need For Speed, Road Rash, Wing Commander 3, Star Control 2

Playstation Wipeout, Wipeout 2097, Wipeout 3:SE, Syndicate Wars, Magic Carpet, Doom, Worms, Grand Theft Auto, Need For Speed 3, Need For Speed: Road Challenge, Crash, Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid, Descent, Descent 2, Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer Revolution, Rage Racer, Rollcage 2.

PC I-War, Mechwarrior 2, Mechwarrior 3, Quake, Quake 2, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, X-Wing Alliance, Dark Forces 2, Tomb Raider, Gridrunner++.

N64 Super Mario 64, Jet Set Gemini, 1080 Snowboarding, Waverace, Rogue Squadron, Banjo Kazooie, Conkers Quest, Zelda OoT.

Dreamcast House of the Dead 2, Incoming, Sega Rally 2, Tokyo Bus Guide, Confidential Mission, Sonic Adventure, Metropolis Street Racer.

Saturn Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon 2, Buring Rangers, Nights, Daytona, Sonic R, Manx TT Superbike.

PS2 God Of War, God Of War 2, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Warhammer: Fire Warrior, Black, Burnout, Burnout 2, Burnout 3, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, Red Dead Revolver, GTA 3, GTA VC, Manhunt, Beyond Good and Evil, XIII.

Xbox Knights of the Old Republic, Republic Commandos, Strangers Wrath, PGR, PGR2, Halo, Halo 2, Steel Batallion.

Gamecube Super Mario Sunshine, Resident Evil, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness, Rogue Leader, Pikmin, Ikaruga, Zelda The Wind Waker + bonus disks, Waverace, Resident Evil 4, Killer 7, Super Monkey Ball.

NeoGeo Pocket Color Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Pacman, Tennis

GBA Mariokart, Mr. Driller, Sonic, Sega Arcade Gallery.

DS Picross, Brain Training, Zelda Phantom Hourglass, New Super Mario Bros, 42 Classic Games.

Xbox360 Lost Planet, PGR3, PGR4, Bioshock, COD2, COD3, COD4, COD:MW2, Half Life Orange Box, Halo 3, Halo ODST, Ridge Racer 6, Geometry Wars 2.

PS3 Ridge Racer 7, Gran Turismo Prologue, Uncharted 1, Metal Gear Solid 4, Wipeout HD/Fury, Killzone 2.

PSP Gran Turismo PSP, LocoRoco.

Wii Zelda Twilight Princess, No More Heroes, Metroid 3, Metroid Trilogy, anything with Rabbids!, Mario Kart, SSBB, Forever Blue, Super Mario Galaxy.

Thats all the consoles, kinda in some sort of chronological order, didn't include those machines I bought again for the collection as I'd be here all night!
These are also the games that spring to mind when I think of each machine.

Best racer I have played was Rage Racer on the PSone, awesome stuff.

Adyx

Most of my choices are already listed above so I'll just add these:

PC System Shock/System Shock 2 (Replaying it for the millionth time)

Master System Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Better than Mario Bros :pac: )

Edit:
Atari 2600 Centipede, Gorf, Dark Chambers

Retr0gamer

C64: Bubble Bobble, Creatures, Robocod

Arcade: Street Fighter 2, Xmen: CotA, the Simpsons, R-type, Carrier Airwing, Ghouls n'Ghosts, Mercs, Strider, Mortal Kombat 2, Samurai Showdown 2, Ridge Racer, Time Crisis, Silent Scope, Metal Slug 1 and 2

NES: Castlevania 3, Megaman 2 and 3, Super Mario 1 2 and 3

Gameboy: Super Mario Land 2, Megaman 3, Kirby, Pokemon

Megadrive: Gunstar Heroes, Rocket Knight Adventures, Shining Force 2, Thunderforce 4, Sonic 2, Sonic and Knuckles, Road Rash 2, Castlevania the new generation, Probotector, Mega Bomberman, Revenge of Shinobi, Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine

SNES: Axelay, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Cybernator, Super Metroid, Starwing, Super Aleste, Final Fantasy 4, 5 and 6, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Super Castlevania, zelda: Link to the past, Super Ghouls n'Ghosts

PC: Doom2, Warcraft 2, Starcraft, Half-life, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Call of Duty, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, System Shock 2, Portal, Tie Fighter, Mechwarrior 2, Tomb Raider

PS1: Final Fantasy 7-9, Suikoden 2, Metal Gear Solid, G-Darius, Einhander, R-type Delta, Medal of Honour, Reident Evil 1-3, Silent Hill, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Final Fantasy Tactics, Front Mission 3, Vagrant Story, Grandia

Saturn: Nigths, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Soukyugurentai, Shining the Holy Ark, Shining Force 3, Hyperduel, Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally

N64: Zelda: OoT and Majoras Mask, Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Lylat Wars, Blast Corp, Super Smash Bros.

GBA: Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, Castlevania (all 3), Ninja Five-O, F-zero, Mario Kart Super Circuit, Zelda: Minish Cap, Boktai, Harvest Moon, Golden Sun, Advance Wars 1 and 2, Warioware

Dreamcast: Resi: Code Veronica, Soul Calibur, Under Defeat, House of the Dead 2

Gamecube: Resi 4, Resi REmake, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Tales of Symphonia, Skies of Arcadia, Chibi Robo, Super Mario Sunshine, Ikaruga, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Baten Kaitos, Zelda: Windwaker, Pikmin 1 and 2, F-zero GX, Mario Kart Double Dash, Zelda Four Swords

Xbox: Ninja Gaiden, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Outrun 2006 Coast 2 coast

PS2: Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Gradius V, Persona 3 and 4, FFX, Zone of Enders 2, Contra: Shattered Soldier, Devil May Cry 3, Gitaroo Man, Odin Sphere, Katamari 1 and 2, Silent Hill 2, MGS3, God of War 1 and 2, GTA: Vice City

I'm tired now so going to have to leave it at that.

komodosp

Well I couldn't really call any games influential... I can't say I've ever had the urge to jump on top of a turtle's head and kick it's shell into a block hoping it would produce a large mushroom which would turn me into a giant, but the games I mainly grew up playing are...

C64 - Turrican & 2, Flimbo's Quest, Creatures 2, International Soccer, Midnight Resistance, Arkanoid & Revenge of Doh, Metrocross, Pitstop 2, Shinobi, SEUCK (not sure if you can call it a game though)

Arcade - P-47, Street Fighter 2, Final Fight, Robocop 2, Blood Bros, Outzone, Sunset Riders, Shinobi, Wrestlefest, Terminator 2

Megadrive - Sonic & 2, Mega Bomberman, Revenge of Shinobi, Street Fighter 2, Thunderforce 4, Strider, Streets of Rage & 2, Desert & Jungle Strike, Gunstar Heroes,

NES (even though I didn't own one!) Super Mario Bros & 2 & 3, Megaman 2,

SNES (even though again I didn't own one) Super Mario World, Super Probotector, Super Mario Kart, F-Zero, International Superstar Soccer

PC GTA & 2 & 3 & Vice City & San Andreas, Worms, Warcraft 2 & 3, Starcraft, Deus Ex,

CathalDublin

Most played games per system:
C64: Uridium, Rick dangerous, Power drift, outrun
Gameboy: Tetris, super mario land
Nes(also didn't actually own one of these until recently): Super mario bros, Super Mario bros 3.
Snes:Super Mario Kart, Super Soccer, Super Mario World, F-Zero.
Megadrive: James Pond, Strider, Sonic 1
N64:Super Mario kart, Topgear, Goldeneye 007.
PC:Wolf, Spear of Destiny, Doom, Doom2, Cannon Fodder, Day of the tenticle, micro machines
PS1:Twisted Metal, Toshinden battle arena
PS2:Tekken2, Tekken Tag
Arcade:Bubble Bobble, Puzzle bobble, Track and Field

Augmerson

My interpretation of this is the games and systems I had growing up and the one's I played the most and were kind of the games that introduced me to those systems. I didn't really have stuff like the Super Nintendo until the last 2 years so I wasn't going to put it down but then I thought I should.

[Can't remember with any degree of accuracy what we had for the ZX Spectrum so I will skip it.]

b]Master System[/b Alex the Kidd in Miracle World
b]Mega Drive[/b Sonic the Hedgehog, Road Rash II, WWF Royal Rumble, World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, X-Men, Streets of Rage II, Cool Spot, Jurassic Park, FIFA International to FIFA 97, Taz-Mania, Zombies Ate My Neighbours, the Flintstones
[Mega CD] Road Avenger
[Tiger Electronics] Batman
[PC] Commando's, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Dungeon Keeper, Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Quake, Civilisation II, Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat
[Playstation] Resident Evil 1, 2 & 3, Tomb Raider 2, Final Fantasy 7, Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit, FIFA 98: Road to the World Cup, International Superstar Soccer Pro, Soviet Strike, Jade Cocoon, Hard Edge, FIFA 99 (until I destroyed the disc in a fit of rage), Medal of Honor, Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha]
[Nintendo 64] Goldeneye, Zelda 64
[Dreamcast] Resident Evil Code: Veronica
[Playstation 2] Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, WipEout Fusion, Pro Evolution Soccer 3, Pro Evolution Soccer 6, Armored Core 3, Cold Winter, Killswitch, Conflict Desert Storm II, Resident Evil Outbreak I & II, Resident Evil 4, Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Silent Hill 2, Tomb Raider: Anniversary
[Gameboy Advance] Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy 4, Castlevania
[Xbox]Doom 3, Far Cry, Amped 2, Halo 2
[Gamecube] Resident Evil (Remake)
[DS] Advance Wars
[Super Nintendo] Donkey Kong Country
[Xbox 360] Gears of War, Fear, Bioshock, Condemned 2

o1s1n

I'm also going to do this a 'growing up with videogames' type of thing. Titles I had on release or rented a lot when they were new. If I just picked games I liked for all consoles I'd be here all day.

ZX Spectrum - Barbarian, Punchy, Platoon, Batman

Nes - Megaman 2, Super Mario bros 1-3, Faxandu, Low G Man, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Gremlins, Robocop 2, Probotector

Sega Megadrive - Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, S&k, Castle of Illusion, Quack Shot, The Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe 1&2, Super Thunder Blade, Alien Storm, Strider, Alisa Dragoon, Desert/Jungle/Urban strike, Robocop Versus the Terminator, Micro Machines, Battle of the Ballz (God I hated that game), Judge Dredd, Mortal Kombat 2, Dune 2: Battle for Arakkis, Theme Park, Streets of Rage 1-3, Road Rash II, Mercs, Cool Spot, Thunderforce 4, Ghouls n' Ghosts, Ecco the Dolphin, Space Harrier,

Snes - Zelda:A Link to the Past, Super Double Dragon, Street Fighter 2, Super Mario World, Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Starwing, Dirty Challanger, Rushing Beat

Playstation - Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider 1-3, The Raiden Project, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII & VIII, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain & Soul Reaver, Final Doom, Resident Evil 2, Rollcage, Silent Hill, Time Crisis & Project Titan, Air Combat, Destruction Derby 1 & 2, Syndicate Wars, Soviet Strike, G-Darius, Tombi!, Vib Ribbon, Wipeout, Wipeout 2097, Gran Turismo

n64 - Zelda OOT, Lylat Wars, Diddy Kong Racing, GoldenEye, Perfect Dark

Arcade: Metal Slug 1,2,3,X, Puzzle Bobble, Moonwalker, Raiden, Aliens Versus Predator, Tokyo Wars, Super Thunder Blade, After Burner, Off Road, Oparation Wolf, Time Crisis 1 & 2, Silent Scope, those light gun type games that had a rifle mounted to a counter and 'real 'targets that you'd shoot down. Electronic Roulette machines in Dawsons. There was a trick to them where you'd win a lot more reguarly than you'd lose. Great for getting more money for the cabinets.

...okay that's as much as I can do in work at the moment. More to follow!

Retr0gamer

Is Tombi as good as everyone says? I'd love to play it especially as a massive Gn'G fan.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Is Tombi as good as everyone says? I'd love to play it especially as a massive Gn'G fan.

I would imagine you'd enjoy it alright. The only problem is because it didn't sell very well, it costs a bomb on ebay. (It was one game I was silly enough to trade in..probably for some really common muck too)

Butch Cassidy

o1s1n wrote: »

I would imagine you'd enjoy it alright. The only problem is because it didn't sell very well, it costs a bomb on ebay. (It was one game I was silly enough to trade in..probably for some really common muck too)

Bumping this thrad cause it looks interseting..... I'd like to see follow up posts


Oisin, with Tombi you say it costs a bomb on fleabay because it didn't sell well but does that not mean that there would've been laods of spare copies lying around a factory somewhere?

Retr0gamer

For such a small game from a small developer unless the initial shipment sells out quickly usually another shipment isn't manufactured. It's what happened to Tombi. The first shipment of the game was probably only a few thousand copies and when they eventually did sell out another one wasn't manufactured since there wasn't a market for it. Now that world has got out that it's a cracker demand for the small amount of copies has driven the price up very high.

TanG411

Retr0gamer wrote: »

For such a small game from a small developer unless the initial shipment sells out quickly usually another shipment isn't manufactured. It's what happened to Tombi. The first shipment of the game was probably only a few thousand copies and when they eventually did sell out another one wasn't manufactured since there wasn't a market for it. Now that world has got out that it's a cracker demand for the small amount of copies has driven the price up very high.

It was a shame it didn't sell well. I imagine it didn't sell well because more mature adventure games like Metal Gear Solid and Tomb Raider were released, from big companys as well.

I owned Tombi! But I misplaced it when I moved home. So I bought it on eBay three weeks ago for €62 (I had the money lying around ) so it should bring back some happy memories.

Butch Cassidy

Larkin91 wrote: »

It was a shame it didn't sell well. I imagine it didn't sell well because more mature adventure games like Metal Gear Solid and Tomb Raider were released, from big companys as well.

I owned Tombi! But I misplaced it when I moved home. So I bought it on eBay three weeks ago for €62 (I had the money lying around ) so it should bring back some happy memories.

Wow :eek:
Surely there'd be a much cheaper way to play it what with modern technology and all that?

landsleaving

Fun thread

Just ones I played religiously at the time, as the theme of thread goes.


Amstrad CPC 464 - Double Dragon, Harrier Attack, Knight Lore

NES - Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, World Cup Soccer

Game Boy - Tetris, Pokemon, Super Mario Land, Zelda - Link's Awakening, Wario Blast

Arcade - Metal Slug, 1942, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

SNES - Super Mario World, NHL 96, Zelda - Link to the Past, UN Squadron. Starwing, FIFA International Soccer, Super Bomberman, Starwing, Street Fighter II, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario Kart

PC - Deus Ex, Half Life

Playstation - Broken Sword, Final Fantasy 7,8,9, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Slug X, MDK, Total Drivin, Bust a Move 2, Gran Turismo, Tekken 3, Soulblade, Command and Conquer Red Alert, Everybody's Golf, WWF Smackdown, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

N64 - Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo Kazooie, Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Lylatwars, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye

Dreamcast - Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead 2, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Sould Calibur, Chu Chu Rocket, Jet Set Radio

jesus_thats_gre

Amstrad CPC 464 : The New Zealand Story, Bubble Bobble

NES: Super Mario 3

Mega Drive: Sonic, Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 1-3, Street Fighter 2, Gunstar Heroes, Road Rash 2, Desert Strike, First Fifa, countless EA NHL Hockey games

SNES: Mario Kart, Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, Street fighter 2,

32X: Doom

3DO: Wolfenstein, Doom 1 & 2, Transport Tycoon Deluxe, Sim City 2000, Half Life, Little Big Advernture, Quake, Counter Strike Source, Battlefield 2

3DO: Road Rash, Fifa, Theme Park

PS1: Ridge Racer, Destruction Derby, Wipeout, Tekken series, Wipeout 2097, Gran Turismo

Saturn: Nigths, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally, Daytona

N64: Mario 64, Goldeneye

Dreamcast: Soul Calibur

PS2: Devil May Cry 1, Tekken 4, Gran Turismo 3, Gran Turismo 4, Fifa
XBOX: Halo, DOA, Ninja Gaiden, Halo 2

XBOX 360: Halo xxxx, PGR3, Forza

TanG411

Butch Cassidy wrote: »

Wow :eek:
Surely there'd be a much cheaper way to play it what with modern technology and all that?

Of course there is, but I prefer owning the hard copy rather than a downloaded one.

Keeping on topic, I must post my life in games:

NES - Kirby's Adventure, Super Mario, Punch-Out!!, Time Lord, Dream Master

SNES - ISS Pro Deluxe, Super Mario World, Mortal Kombat

GAMEBOY - Tetris, Mario 6 Gold Coins (I forget the title), Super R.C. Pro AM, Metroid II, Kirby's Dreamland

PLAYSTATION 1 - Tombi!, Metal Gear Solid, Broken Sword, Broken Sword II, Kula World, Driver, Gran Turismo, Croc, Grand Theft Auto series

PLAYSTATION 2 - Grand Theft Auto series, Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, Pro Evolution Soccer series, The Getaway

PLAYSTATION 3 - Grand Theft Auto IV, Pro Evolution Soccer series, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain.

WII - Punch-Out!!, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, Wii Sports.

Josey Wales

The games I played most would be as follows:

C64: Flimbo's Quest

Amiga : Chaos Engine, Zool, Speedball II, Canon Fodder.

NES: Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, Mega Man 2

Mega Drive: Sonic, Streets of Rage 1-3, Street Fighter 2, NBA Jam

Gameboy: Mario Land, Tetris

SNES: Super Mario World, Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat II, WWF Royal Rumble, Mario Kart, Zelda: Link to the Past, ISS, ISS Deluxe

PS1: Destruction Derby, Wipeout, Wipout 2097, ISS Pro

N64: Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, ISS 64

PS2: GTA 3, Vice City, Wipeout Fusion, Pro Evo 1 - 5

XBOX 360: Mass Effect, Gears of War, Pro Evo 6

PS3: Pro Evo 2010, Uncharted 1 & 2, Wipeout HD

Wii: New Super Mario Bros Wii, Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy