Counter-Strike 1.4 Counter-Strike 1.5 Counter-Strike 1.6 Call of Duty: United Offensive Day of Defeat

• Unreal Tournament

Don't remember which game specifically, but the moment when you're escaping out if the bowels of a living planet is unforgettable. Also the game is overall kinda creepy, I had hard time playing it lol.

• Borderlands 1/2

More towards my mid-teens, found about borderlands. Played it through and through, found great people in borderlands forums, it introduced me to so many good songs that are at the top of my playlists to this day. Two very great games.

• TF2

Speaks for itself. There will never be a game remotely close to how good TF2 was. Even TF2 itself.

Also some honorable mentions:

• A strategy game where you play as a mech that goes nuclear when destroyed, name is long forgotten sadly
• I'm Going In 2
• Hitman Silent Assassin
• Counter Strike 1.6/Source

And only recently I discovered World of Warcraft, specifically Wrath of the Lich King. Don't really have anyone to play with, but sometimes it's fun tanking for the entire group of randoms. I really enjoy tanking, when I know where to lead the group to lol.

That's usually the case for me too, but these games in the screenshot are older than the ones I tend to see in other posts like this so this one doesn't make me feel as old.

Cytus

Pokémon Platinum

Diablo 1

Mabinogi

Yume Nikki

Cytus is pretty much the core of my whole personality (and music taste) so it is The Most Defining game for me. Platinum is special since it was my first game instead of a family game or whatever. Diablo scared the crap out of baby me but I really liked playing it! It was something my entire family played, everyone had a character save. I always was interested in MMOs but Mabinogi is The One that works for me. I reminded me a lot of Runescape when I played it but didn't have an egregious pay wall behind half the content (when I got to playing mabi, ik they had some pay walled stuff that they've gotten rid of over the years). I play any tab target MMO and I'll just have 'damn I'd rather be playing mabinogi rn' in the back of my head most of the time. And Yume Nikki was my first real foray into horror. I'm a wimp and hate playing horror games but I loved how vague everything was that I learned everything I could about the game. Enough to guide a friend through it over a phonecall.

Elite, Hanse, Pirates, Castles of Dr. Creep, Lode Runner.

Bonus points if you know any of them...

Well, I'm not as old as some people, but here goes.

• Sonic Mega Collection

• Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 ( w/ all expansions )

• Borderlands 1

• Worms Armageddon ( the xbox360 version )

• Destroy All Humans 2

F19 Commander Keen Wolfenstein Gaïa

As a young adult Morrowind Command and conquer -red alert Fallout3

Super Mario Bros 3 (on GBA)

Runescape

Pokemon Diamond

Skyrim

COD4

• Columns (played with my mom, she fucking loved that game so much she’d leave the console running between playtime to save her progress)
• Sonic spinball
• Golden axe/street fighter (both)
• Comix zone (this one even influenced my music tastes because it came with a CD - the first cd I ever owned. Still have it.)
• Dominion (now abandonware, similar to StarCraft but with laser fences and shit)

All of these were SNES/genesis other than dominion which was pc.

Whatever hockey game I had on genesis gets an honorable mention. It’s the only purely sports game I’ve ever played and liked.

• Super Mario Bros
• Zelda
• Zanac
• Golden Axe
• Street Fighter II

• RuneScape
• soldier front
• MapleStory
• dota
• league of legends

• Deus Ex
• Halo CE for PC
• Half Life 2
• FallOut 3 / New Vegas
• CoD2 (The WW2 one)

• Civilization 1
• Wing Commander Privateer
• X-wing
• Hanse
• Eye of the Beholder 2: Darkmoon

And then there were games like Pizza Connection (my mother loved playing all parts except for the action sequences, which were my obligation), Aces over the Pacific, Lands of Lore, One Must Fall: 2097, Mortal Kombat, Stars!, Sinistar, Master of Orion 2, M.A.X., Z, Gender Wars (lol the story was utter trash but the gameplay was fun), Metal Marines (I just loved shooting rockets between windows on my desktop)...

And the longer i think, the longer the list gets because i start to remember more, like Syndicate, Alley Cat (i just found out that there is a Remeow Edition for free!, Abuse, Mechwarrior 2, ...

Damn, gotta look into my old archives and go on a retro rampage this weekend

super smash bros melee

tomodachi life

sonic adventure 2

will add last 2 if i can think of any

• Morrowind
• Harvest Moon 64
• Pokemon Silver
• Myst
• Super Smash Bros 64/Melee/Brawl (I played what was latest)

FF VII

Ocarina of Time

Ghost & goblins

Galaga '88

Ninja Spirit

1. Lego Island
2. Oregon Trail
3. TMNT for the NES
4. Mario 64
5. Worms Armageddon

Super Mario Galaxy

Red Alert 2

Age of Empires 2

Fallout New Vegas

TES Oblivion

Starfox 64

Pokemon Snap

Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow

Age of Empires 2

Halo (1-3)

• Megaman 4

• Donkey Kong 64

• Paper Mario 64

• Assassin's Creed II

• Guitar Hero (a lot of them but mostly World Tour)

• 🔸Super Metroid
• 🔸Goof Troop
• 🔸Metal Gear Solid
• 🔸The Legend of Dragoon
• 🔸Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Pokémon Red, Pokémon Gold/Silver, Super Mario World, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Call of Duty 4.

I played a lot of games and can list many more, however those are the ones off the top of my head.

• Zelda: The Minish Cap
• Pokémon Emerald
• Sonic Rush Adventure
• Final Fantasy III (remake)
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

The DS wasn't the first gaming machine I ever had, but it was the one I had from ages 13-18 and the one where I cut my teeth.

Lemmings. Prince of Persia. Doom. Tomb Raider 1. Gran Turismo.

Super Mario Bros 3 Dark Reign Unreal Tournament Homeworld Gears of War

Half Life

Team Fortress Classic

Mecharrior 4: Vengeance

Ocarina of Time

Diddy Kong Racing

Those are the ones where I'd be a different person now without.

• Zelda: A Link to the Past
• Chrono Trigger
• Ultima VIII (mostly as a gateway to the others in the series, but still got a soft spot for it)
• Final Fantasy VII
• Xenogears

• LEGO Universe
• Club Penguin
• Minecraft
• Space Engineers
• Skyrim

• Populous - The Beginning
• Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2
• Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2
• Super Mario 64 DS
• Europa Universalis III

I think at least. Mario Kart DS also ranks highly of course, so does Team Fortress 2 and Supreme Commander Forged Alliance. GTA SA/IV, Pokémon Diamond, Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy. I gamed a lot as a kid/teenager so there's plenty that influenced me.

I could just make the list all Pokemon games, but that seems like cheating...

• Pokemon
• Golden Sun
• Warlocked
• Mega Man: Battle Network
• Dragon Warrior 3 (on GBC)

Star Ocean 2, FFVII, Chrono Cross, Legend of Dragoon, Resident Evil 2.

Honorary mention for literal every ps1 game.

I can only think of 4 big ones.

HellMOO, based on LambdaMOO, a text based game/roleplay/sandbox engine.

Blockland, a Lego kind of game about building with much more on top (like how Minecraft is a building game with more to it)

Zelda Majora's Mask / Twilight Princess.

GTA San Andreas (Multi Theft Auto / SA multiplayer mods)

Maybe something like Creatures. I still think of those games.