The Tomb Raider series of games on the PS2 has to be my favorite game to date since it made me concentrate on the puzzles and the dexterity challenges while providing a lot of fun and entertainment. I loved finding new strategies to move up in the game. I love a good challenge.
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The secluded atmosphere, the epic boss battles, the relationship between Samus and the baby metroid, and the urge to collect 100% items…this is the game that I will never forget.
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Mind games, it’s all about the mind games in super turbo.
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Star Raiders was one of the first 1st person space flight sims and I’m sure influenced a generation of space flight combat games since. The game was brilliant in its presentation at the time because if felt so ahead graphically than anything else available on the console.
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In my opinion Mega Man is the pinacle of platforming games. Mega Man introduced me to the beauty of side scrolling games and I have been enjoying that genre ever since.
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DD was my first experience with fighting co-op… um… for everyone back then I guess as it opened up a new genre of gameplay. My friends and I were hooked from the first day we wasted at the local sandwich shop. We probably paid for the machine 5 times over with all the quarters pumped into it. Best move was the grapple/knee to the head then toss, but watch out because you could punch your buddy too.
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This was one of the first games I ever played obsessively. Even at my young age, the humor and puzzles appealed to me—even if the phrase “You can’t do that…at least not now” is permanently burned into my brain.
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Tie Fighter stands out for me as one of those games that has that rare quality of being an experience. From the story, the initiation into the Emperor’s Inner Circle (Secret forearm tattoo and all), the ship models, it was a game that you could tell was made with L.O.V.E. for the source material, while still maintaining an originality of its own.
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I think this was the first rpg that I played on a computer and I sure do have fond memories. Even with minimal graphics, which were actually pretty good at the time, it was still frightening and great fun exploring and killing all of the monsters. All to save some king or something. 🙂 It had multiple character types, a party, turn based combat, random encounters, layout, and items, and an auto-map. Some of this is common now, but this is from a game made almost 30 years ago.
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I love Civ IV because it’s basically the best representation of what I love about real life (planning, strategy, intrigue) but sped up 100x.
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Awesome 3D + Tight Controls (Mouselook) + Internet Matchmaking + Clans = My First Awesome Online Multiplayer Experience!
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It was refreshing to see a game break the mold and deliver a real experience, not just a story inside a cookie cutter design scheme. I’d trade in all the HD graphics in the world for a game that actually takes me by surprise and rewards me for actually paying attention to it.
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Some people think it is crazy to just look at the stats, clicking on numbers and watching 22 small round dots flying around the screen, but for me it is pure fun. It is a great feeling to start a career as a manager of your favorite club, and build your squad the way you want. I can spend hours on looking for players and staff that can help my team to win the league and go far in the European competition.
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Ultima IV was the first open-world style game that I ever played that gave me a real sense of control over the destiny of the character from the start. The player answers a series of ethical challenges to determine the personality of their character. That really spoke to me from a design perspective, because it offered immediate opportunities for replayability and gave the player unprecedented control over how their character evolved in a computer game.
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Space Invaders is such a simple and beautiful formula, and allows for the development of personal technique. It’s accessible to anyone, and still remains satisfying, fun, and relaxing. There’s nothing like playing a real arcade machine…those glowing phosphors and that rad moon backdrop are iconic.
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Having hidden aliens suddenly fire on you, the ominous music and the pit in your stomach you felt when sneaking into an enemy ship made for unbelievable tension. I have not found a game that’s been able to replicate the sense of tension X-Com created.
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I LOVED Blaster Master as a kid – fighting radioactive frogs and driving a tank? What more could you ask for? Plus the game was hard as crap – beating that game definitely was one of my proudest moments of nerddom.
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