"Growing up as a gamer, there have been plenty of titles that I have had the pleasure of playing that have been burnt into my brain. Whether they were titles that I enjoyed playing with my brother well into the wee hours of the morning or games that were best played alone, they are titles that, when I think, write, or talk about them, instill that comforting, warm feeling of nostalgia. While some of these titles have gone on to explode into full on series that are still alive today, it’s the games that kicked off these current successful titles that truly grab my heart."
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I’d have taken a few of those out. Prefer Sonic over Sonic 2. Outrun should be in there. Maybe even Pong as millions of people had fun with that even if it was repetitive. Final Fight pipped any Streets of Rage game, although Streets of Rage had the better soundtrack. Too many to list l guess. To me, retro gaming is the 1980s, maybe going into early 1990s.
Agree that the generational gap is too broad to really make a strong list. Need to tighten the years a bit. Hard to compare Pac Man with N64 games.
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Eternal Darkness was way ahead of its time especially for a Nintendo exclusive.
I would love to see a remake or sequel (multiplatform)
4 people love Eternal Darkness.
Quick! Jump on that remake, whoever holds the rights these days.
my cousins use to play the crap out of nightmare creature, me though i just looked at them play. i never really liked the game because the lighting was crappy, you could barely see anything let alone know where your going and the controls sucked.
My list:
- Resident Evil 2
- Metal Gear Solid
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
- Soulblade
- Final Fantasy VII
o wow..my list could be 50 games long easily...
- Super Mario 64 ,Mario Kart 64 ,Super Smash Brothers
- Snowboard Kids ,Ocarina of Time ,Herzog Zwei,
- Rock & Roll Racing ,SMB3,Indy Heat,Goemon Mystikal Ninja
- Age of Empires 1,2,3 & Mythology,1602 AD(Great Soundtrack)
- Wave Race 64 , Road Rash 64, Mappy Land, Golf NES,
- Sunset Riders, Mario Kart SNES, NHL 96, Fifa 96
- 007 & Perfect Dark 64, Mission Impossible 64 ,
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 ( PC ), Banjo Kazooie, DW1,
- Yoshi's Cookie & Dr. Mario,Rampart, Off-Road,Super Sprint
- Diddy Kong Racing, Turok 64, Mario Party 1,2,3
- Toy Story ( Sega Genesis ), General Chaos, Life Force
- South Park 64, Bomberman 64, Pilot Wings 64,
- Micro Machines ( Sega), Sonic 1,2& Spinball,
- SMW, Ice Hockey, Blades of Steel, Crash & The Boys
- T&C Surf Design, 720,skate or die, Mutant League Hockey,
- Zombies Ate My neighbors, Sanfransico Rush 64,
That is all I can think of for now But I Loved playing every single one of those games.
You didn't play a 'tonne' of games, average player would eaily have atleast that if not more games. But they aren't even that great of games, I feel sorry for you. You missed out on so many better games.