We all have that one game that holds a special place in our hearts. What game is it for you?
For me, it’s Metal Slug. Growing up, every Monday, my parents would drag me to the laundromat after work. As a kid, it was a pretty boring, but I had my toys, origami books, and coloring books to keep me entertained. However, my favorite thing to do was playing the Metal Slug arcade machine with my dad.
My dad was great at the game, and he taught me how to play. Though I improved, I could never keep up. When I’d inevitably die, he’d let me take over his side to let me have a bit more playtime. My favorite part was when he’d share stories from when he lived in another country and would go to the local arcade.
Those moments are cherished memories, and even today, whenever I visit an arcade, Metal Slug is the first game I play, despite still being terrible at it haha
Honorable mention goes to Mario 64, another game that holds a special place in my heart. I got an N64 from a garage sale, and playing Mario 64 while at home, with my mom’s “chore” music in the background ignited my love for gaming
I have two that are forever up in the ranks. First is probably Street Fighter II for NES. Yeah, there was Mario and other classics, but SF2 was probably the first video game where I wanted to strive my damned hardest to get better. After getting wrecked over and over by older kids, I was determined to be good at this game and it was a ton of fun in the process. Thus began my lifelong love of video games.
Second is TMNT: turtles in time for SNES. It was probably the first time I enjoyed an activity with my father. He wasn’t around much but on the rare occasion he was, we would play the crap out of this game. He used to play with me until his thumbs cramped up. It’s always been a loving core memory of my father for my entire life.
I played this after losing both of my maternal grandparents within weeks of each other a couple years back (they were both in their mid-90s and one of them brought COVID home) and Spiritfarer really helped me process my emotions and get through everything. Some of the characters reminded me of them in various ways, which was touching and cathartic. What a beautiful game.
The only time i cried harder was while playing RiME, and part of it was how unexpected it was. That spiritfarer got to me was kind of expected from the start, still dived in head first.
I bought Continue?9876543210 because I thought it sounded interesting and had about $10 to burn.
I thought it was hauntingly beautiful, and I got hung up following Jason Oda after that. I think he’s got great instincts for video game design, even if his last game Waking still needs polish (but is also gorgeous). I’m actually afraid he’s thrown in the towel, having tried to bite off more than he could chew, but I hope to keep seeing new works from him anyway. Solo indie game development is a kind of hell I assume.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted. I love arcade racing games, simulators can be annoying sometimes. The graphics were also pretty good at the time. I also really like the customisation options, nothing better than making your car feel really yours.
The OST is very special to me. It helped me form my current music taste. Hell, I still listen to it from time to time. I have also discovered my favourite band, Mastodon, through the soundtrack.
But the best part were the cop pursuits. Oh, the sweet sweet adrenaline from dodging car blocks and SUVs etc. I remember how hard my heart was beating every time I was running away from cops after completing every objective, listening to them communicating on the radio, hoping none of them would be on my way to the nearest shelter.
I’m guessing you mean the original Most Wanted. That game was excellent. I think the ‘special place in my heart’ is probably reserved for NFS 3 (which I played the absolute shit out of and was the first NFS game to include cop chases) or the first one just because it introduced me to the series. Most Wanted though was the last good NFS game in my opinion. I lost interest when Underground came out, but when the demo for MW was released I played it so much I had to buy the game. The soundtrack was good as I recall; I think it was also the last NFS game where I didn’t immediately mute the music.
And yeah, the police pursuits were really good in that. Hard enough to be a challenge, but not so hard that it was punishing.
Yes, flying into rotating station was hard!
This is another oldie which I warmly remember: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathtrack. For some reason I remember it as D-Track not as DeathTrack.
I printed out the certificate it gave me for finishing the game and proudly hung it on my bedroom wall. I guess that makes me an officially certified hacker.
growing up with line ups of kids playing sfii in the arcades, leaving your quarters on the cab in a line to figure out who’s next, and when someone finally beat that Asian kid (who knew every move you’d make and always picked chun li) who played for free all day beating everyone else was finally beaten and the cheers and the whooping and sometimes even the real fist fights over it.
Street fighter ii was an absolute phenomenal moment in gaming
Probably a lame answer, but Minecraft for sure. No other single game has stuck with me this long, and I have so many good memories of playing it over the past 12 years. Sure there are franchises like Mario Kart and Animal Crossing I come back to every time there’s a new entry, but Minecraft has been this continuous thing that’s just always there, and I can never really stop playing it for more than a couple months before it brings me back.
The only other piece of media that’s stuck with me so long is a book series that’s still getting new releases every year or so.
I love going back to Minecraft once or twice a year.
I have so many good memories in that game and there are friends I made while playing Minecraft Hunger Games that I still talk to today and I met them back in like 2013.
Whenever I first started playing I took the PVP route, but now I mostly play survival with friends. I truly love that game
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Persona 4 Golden!!!
Secret of Evermore (SNES). The atmosphere, the gameplay, the characters… It’s an absolutely awesome game.
I have two that are forever up in the ranks. First is probably Street Fighter II for NES. Yeah, there was Mario and other classics, but SF2 was probably the first video game where I wanted to strive my damned hardest to get better. After getting wrecked over and over by older kids, I was determined to be good at this game and it was a ton of fun in the process. Thus began my lifelong love of video games.
Second is TMNT: turtles in time for SNES. It was probably the first time I enjoyed an activity with my father. He wasn’t around much but on the rare occasion he was, we would play the crap out of this game. He used to play with me until his thumbs cramped up. It’s always been a loving core memory of my father for my entire life.
Games that I want my kids to play as soon as they are old enough:
Secret of Mana Ocarina of Time Diablo 2 Minecraft
Ocarina Time and Kingdom Hearts 2 were really big games that affected me
Spiritfarer. I don’t think I’ve ever cried harder while playing something than this.
I played this after losing both of my maternal grandparents within weeks of each other a couple years back (they were both in their mid-90s and one of them brought COVID home) and Spiritfarer really helped me process my emotions and get through everything. Some of the characters reminded me of them in various ways, which was touching and cathartic. What a beautiful game.
Oh god, “Spiritfarer” can break a person.
The soundtrack really hits you deeply, too.
Never played the game, but I do love the soundtrack
The only time i cried harder was while playing RiME, and part of it was how unexpected it was. That spiritfarer got to me was kind of expected from the start, still dived in head first.
I bought Continue?9876543210 because I thought it sounded interesting and had about $10 to burn.
I thought it was hauntingly beautiful, and I got hung up following Jason Oda after that. I think he’s got great instincts for video game design, even if his last game Waking still needs polish (but is also gorgeous). I’m actually afraid he’s thrown in the towel, having tried to bite off more than he could chew, but I hope to keep seeing new works from him anyway. Solo indie game development is a kind of hell I assume.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted. I love arcade racing games, simulators can be annoying sometimes. The graphics were also pretty good at the time. I also really like the customisation options, nothing better than making your car feel really yours.
The OST is very special to me. It helped me form my current music taste. Hell, I still listen to it from time to time. I have also discovered my favourite band, Mastodon, through the soundtrack.
But the best part were the cop pursuits. Oh, the sweet sweet adrenaline from dodging car blocks and SUVs etc. I remember how hard my heart was beating every time I was running away from cops after completing every objective, listening to them communicating on the radio, hoping none of them would be on my way to the nearest shelter.
I’m guessing you mean the original Most Wanted. That game was excellent. I think the ‘special place in my heart’ is probably reserved for NFS 3 (which I played the absolute shit out of and was the first NFS game to include cop chases) or the first one just because it introduced me to the series. Most Wanted though was the last good NFS game in my opinion. I lost interest when Underground came out, but when the demo for MW was released I played it so much I had to buy the game. The soundtrack was good as I recall; I think it was also the last NFS game where I didn’t immediately mute the music.
And yeah, the police pursuits were really good in that. Hard enough to be a challenge, but not so hard that it was punishing.
Midnight Club 3 and Little Big Planet 1 & 2 shaped my taste in music a lot. I love the soundtrack to those games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)
Yes, flying into rotating station was hard!
This is another oldie which I warmly remember: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathtrack. For some reason I remember it as D-Track not as DeathTrack.
death track was gnarly, but I managed to beat it with (iirc) every car one summer between sessions of mw1 and cotab.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_II:_The_Doomsday_Papers
I printed out the certificate it gave me for finishing the game and proudly hung it on my bedroom wall. I guess that makes me an officially certified hacker.
Halo 2 basically got me through hurricane Katrina
Street fighter II
growing up with line ups of kids playing sfii in the arcades, leaving your quarters on the cab in a line to figure out who’s next, and when someone finally beat that Asian kid (who knew every move you’d make and always picked chun li) who played for free all day beating everyone else was finally beaten and the cheers and the whooping and sometimes even the real fist fights over it.
Street fighter ii was an absolute phenomenal moment in gaming
Freelancer. Exploring through the jump holes and all the beautiful systems in-game was very satisfying. Nothing else has really hit the spot.
Probably a lame answer, but Minecraft for sure. No other single game has stuck with me this long, and I have so many good memories of playing it over the past 12 years. Sure there are franchises like Mario Kart and Animal Crossing I come back to every time there’s a new entry, but Minecraft has been this continuous thing that’s just always there, and I can never really stop playing it for more than a couple months before it brings me back.
The only other piece of media that’s stuck with me so long is a book series that’s still getting new releases every year or so.
I love going back to Minecraft once or twice a year.
I have so many good memories in that game and there are friends I made while playing Minecraft Hunger Games that I still talk to today and I met them back in like 2013.
Whenever I first started playing I took the PVP route, but now I mostly play survival with friends. I truly love that game
Modded Minecraft is like a drug
Actually technic pack would probably make this list for me. No modpack, Minecraft or otherwise, has transformed a game in such a way I love.
Probably the reason I got into Satisfactory so much when I tried that out.