30 Formative Games
A list of the ones that shaped my gaming background the most over time. 1998 is the cutoff, so everything here came before that great year.
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On an Apple IIGS. The first game I can remember playing.
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Also on the IIGS. I started with adventure games.
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This game came with a goddamn Almanac.
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The pizza place had a Ms. Pac-Man, so that's the Pac-Man we played.
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Many a quarter lost. I wasn't as good with the twisty controller.
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Came under the tree with the Master System. Eat that rice cake!
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Few games on the SMS stood out to me like Fantasy Zone at the time.
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So much California Games. So much.
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Even without owning an NES I managed to put dozens of hours into the Mega Man series.
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Enjoyed on the Game Boy, NES, computer, TI-80 graphic calculator and in board game form.
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Regardless of where the series has gone over time, this one is in my DNA.
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Co-op all nighter, start to finish. Best sleepover ever.
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Who wasn't playing lots of Kid Chameleon at the time.
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My family's first 486 PC came preloaded with some great games.
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All the Microsoft Entertainment collections
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Puzzle/Strategy titles were a favorite
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The point and click adventure that made me a lifelong fan of the genre.
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There were plenty of Mortal Kombat machines around, and arcades were becoming a viable option.
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Loved everything from Midway's golden age.
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My first gaming addiction. Give me liberty or give me death.
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The way this series combined action, adventure and RPG hadn't been tried before and influenced many since.
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In retrospect not a great game, but it was innovative, had a soul, and left its mark.
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Of all the Maxis titles from the era with similar box art, the original kingpin was the one me and my friends kept returning to, if just for the disasters.
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A detective story with humor, character, point-and-click puzzles, 3D environments, and lots of hilariously awkward but effective FMV. Basically, perfect.
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The greatest game I'd played at the time, one that still sits high up in the pantheon.
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Went exclusively PC for a while. Great time for the platform.
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Super Mario 64 made me stand up and take notice of Nintendo again. Mindblowing stuff.
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I'd always liked Japanese RPG's from afar but this was the first one I sank deep into and saw to the end. Began mining the backlog shortly after.
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Unique, fast paced gem that got me back into fighting games without even realizing it.
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And finally, starting to really appreciate artistic direction in games, especially when they get creative and weird.
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