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I came to gaming slightly later in life (11-12, so 2003-2004) so my favorites were Age of Empires One and Two, Medieval Total War (original) and Battlefield 1942, and of course Morrowind, which I still play regularly today

EDIT: Forgot about Allied Assault

Yeah morrowind stole more than a year from my life. That one was and is the hardest to ever hook into me

Yes that game was amazing, as pretty and as well made as Skyrim is I think Morrowind is still my favourite.

Apart from perhaps Daggerfall! (which was mind-blowing at the time).

that reminds me, I have a copy of allied assault, but I cannot get it to work on my computer that I have set aside for games such as this. the computer runs on XP, but when I try to open it I get an error report. Ill get screenshots asap, im at college now so I cant.

Whoever mentioned Airborne Ranger, jaysus, I salute thee.
Pure magic.

 Pacific wrote:
Yes that game was amazing, as pretty and as well made as Skyrim is I think Morrowind is still my favourite.

Apart from perhaps Daggerfall! (which was mind-blowing at the time).

Completely agree

 KingCracker wrote:
Easily mine was Kirby's adventure on the N.E.S. I played that game so much as a kid it was crazy, I must of beaten it 15 times.

Ahhhh, one of my favorites! That fething giant eyeball boss can burn in Hell, though. I always had soooo much trouble getting past him.

Stronghold is a old favorite of mine, I fondly remeber playing that game for the first time when it first came out

First favourite game...

Well, PC wise, without a doubt, put me down as another one for TIE Fighter. I played TIE Fighter and then later on, Jedi Knight before I had even ever actually seen a Star Wars film. - Before then, I was very much in the camp of, "Star Wars, blah. Picard for the win."

It wasn't until the Star Wars Special Edition re-release that I even knew Harrison Ford (I grew up with Indiana Jones) was in the films. You see, in the days before household internet and especially in a small town in Scotland, I only found things out if I especially went out to look for it, or someone you already knew particularly enjoyed it. Especially as my parents completely shrugged off science fiction 'rubbish.'

Console-wise, I dunno. I had a master system and a gameboy as a child but I think I mostly just dipped in and out of the games on it. Maybe the Star Trek: The Next Generation gameboy game? I remember really loving that game.

Ooh, there's even a youtube video of it. Though the guy seems to be truly terrible at it.





When the borg turned up in it, I very much remember it going horribly, horribly wrong....

Hmmm, tough one for me. There were so many for me. Without a doubt the two that stand out the most are Age of Empires (I, II and the Conquerors expansion) or the Total War series (Rome I and Medieval II). I'm pretty sure I spent the vast majority of my childhood determining the fate of Europe, Africa and Eastern Asia and whether or not to plunge them into abject bloodshed. That said, Age of Mythology was so epic I still get the urge to play now. I'm just sad I missed out on the earlier Elder Scrolls game - I only came into them with Skyrim (Heretically, I got the Xbox 360 version - severely wishing I'd upgraded my PC and got that version for all the mods.)

The Settlers IV. It was the first game I ever played, and way too difficult for me at the time. But I absolutely loved it!
Now, I have just reinstalled it again, and it is still awesome!

First favourite? Probably Future Cop: LAPD. Played that game a lot as a kid.

Wolfenstein 3D is the oldest I can remember other than Commander Keen titles.

But I still hold a spot for Epic 40,000 Final Liberation. I can still hum the main tune, and find myself doing it a couple times a year .

CVG (the website) does a nice retro game article every week or so, well worth a read!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/455027/features/retro-vault-mario-64-cvgs-first-ever-nes-story-sega-rally/

Makes me so nostalgic for the games, but also the magazines (CVG, Mean Machine etc.) which were around at that time, and were keenly awaited each month.

The first game that ever hooked me was Theme Hospital. I still crave it now, the awesome lil' sprites and that annoying announcement "Doctor to the operating theatre - Nurse required in ward" Ah the memories.

Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness.

Really buggy, but atmosphere you could cut with a knife, thanks to the brooding art style and excellent voice acting.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned 'River City Ransom'. One of the earliest co-op beat 'em up game that you can still see references to; "BARF!", coins dropping, etc.

I loved playing that game co-op with my friends. I remember my friend and I would race back to my place during lunch just to get in a good 20 minutes of gaming before racing back to school.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms on NES. I would play that for hours at a time. Loved that game.

The first game i ever really cared about was Metal Gear Solid 2, i remember i had a demo which i played for hours a night, then once i got it i got pretty much every edition you could buy. Brought the HD edition too ten years later.Graphics, story, guns...just pretty much one of the best games i've ever played.

Chrono Trigger! It was the first game I played and beat on my own. I love that game, I still go back and play it, and love it every time. It is still probably my favorite game of all time.

That game did an excellent job with the story, the atmosphere and settings, but it is especially good in the character development.

Chrono trigger was a great game. Its one of those I wished I still had because they are worth a bit of cash now, so much so it makes me think an emulator is really the only way to go

I've wasted too much money on chrono trigger... I have the snes version, the ds version, and the wii vc version. It's funny now when I want to play it, I always debate which version I want to play.

First favorite?

Pong.

It wasn't like there was a lot of choices at the time.


By 1978, it was probably Combat on the 2600. Then Space Invaders. And eventually, Yar's Revenge on the 2600 (one of the best 2600 games ever made), but by then there were a number of arcade games I had also obsessed over.

I had a bunch of learning games back as a kid but none of them was as beloved as either Math Blaster or Super Solver.

Non learning-wise it was probably Comix Zone or Vectorman 2. Never got far in either one thanks to my mad, terrible kid gaming skills.