What was your best childhood GAME

[Forson Jacobs]

What was your best childhood GAME

 

[badman]

Depends. What do you mean with childhood? We got our 386SX when I was about 12 years old, in 1992. Not an easy question. I'll probably have to choose between Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Doom 2. Which is almost impossible. Doom 2 was the better game, Wolfenstein 3D had the most impact. You have to remember: it's early 90's. You are playing games like Alley Cat, EgaWalls, Prince Of Persia, LodeRunner, etc...I remember the day: our dad bought the latest copy of PC Format with the usual demodisks. And there it was: the shareware version of Wolfenstein 3D. Our dad installed it and told us to eat our dinner first, because this was going to be good And it sure was. Even at 12 years of age, we knew this game was a going to be a milestone. I'm very grateful that we lived through all those moments, and witnessed it first hand: Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, the Jedi games, X-Wing, Wing Commander, Half Life, Unreal... Those times will never come back.

 

[Dakkon]

Started on Commodore 84 then continued playing mostly on Amiga 500 so I would consider games on those systems my childhood games.
And I loved Brian the Lion, Superfrog and Zool on Amiga for its platforming goodness.

 

[Zloth]

Uhh @Dakkon? Which Commodore was that?

 

[Dakkon]

Uhh @Dakkon? Which Commodore was that?

Lol sorry about the mix up, I've maybe subconsciously inserted the year of my birth into Commodore 64 name

 

[Clashback]

I played Out Run (1986) like a madman at 7 o'clock at Sunday mornings on our first family computer, an Intel 80286 with a whopping 1Mb of RAM (or 512Kb, don't quite remember, it's a long time ago).

I also remember playing a lot of Leisure Suit Larry: Land of the Lounge Lizards and Prince of Persia.

With Prince of Persia I also remember a lot of frustration and slamming the bulky monitor when you died and had to start all the way from the beginning.

Aaah, those were the days...

 

[badman]

You know, somebody is selling a sealed copy of Prince Of Persia on ebay, for around 5000 dollars LOL But yeah. Great game, difficult, but satisfying when you reach the end. Prince of Persia 2 was better: the same, but more. More scenery, more levels, more enemies, sound effects, music...it was the perfect side scroller at that time. I always liked the mystery that came with those 2 games.

 

[imposter]

The Lords of Midnight / Doomdarks Revenge

 

[Alm]

My best games were on the N64 (Mario Kart 64 & Goldeneye).

On the PC, Civ 2 was great, C&C, Lucasarts point and click games, so many good games.

 

[Rensje]

For me, it's probably Rollercoaster Tycoon. 10-year old me had no idea what good park management actually entailed, of course, but darnit if I didn't enjoy building the most amazing rollercoasters and seeing how high I could get those enjoyment scores.

Another great contender is Descent 2, the 6DOF shooter with the rocking soundtrack. My stepfather had a HOTAS even then and I remember vividly the joy I would get from blasting through those endless robot-infested mines at breakneck speed, firing twin gauss cannons and launching earthshaker missiles. Good luck, material defender!

And lastly.. Carmageddon 2. We definitely weren't supposed to be playing that but the violence was so ridiculous, so over the top and so obviously fake and cartoonish that you just couldn't help but laugh. And this game provided laughs in spades! It was also the very first 3DFX game I ever played and man, did that look amazing! This and Turok were the poster children for graphics acceleration back then.

 

[Frindis]

So many favorites, but if I really had to pick just one, it would have to be Mega Man 2. I bought the game with my own "hard-earned" money and I had a blast playing it. The music is what I remember the most. as the soundtrack is superb and feels quite unique compared to a lot from the same decade. Pretty sure If I ever heard the same soundtrack 50+ years from now, I would easily say: ah, Mega Man! Graphics, combat, bosses/skill are other parts of the game that really clicked for me.

Speaking of Descent @Rensje I'm crossing my fingers that we might see something fruitful from https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/descendentstudios/descent-underground/description They are in a lawsuit right now, but hopefully, things turn around for the better.

 

[Zloth]

Overload did a FINE job of giving me a Descent fix. There's a free demo on Steam:

Overload Playable Teaser 3.0 on Steam

A playable demo of the game Overload, a new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent. Version 3.0 is from April 2018.

store.steampowered.com

P.S. I'm not sure there were any video games when I was 10 or under - just a Pong-like thing on the TV. No AI to play against, either. Basically:

 

[donahue123]

Yie Ar Kung Fu, on the Commodore 64

 

[JazzyK]

Sonic The Hedgehog. Mega Drive

 

[Forson Jacobs]

Sonic The Hedgehog. Mega Drive

Sonic thehedgehog was one of my childhood fav games I always love playing it ❤

 

[Forson Jacobs]

My best games were on the N64 (Mario Kart 64 & Goldeneye).

On the PC, Civ 2 was great, C&C, Lucasarts point and click games, so many good games.

Mario Kart 64 was one the best

 

[limwork123]

My favorite childhood game is Pokémon. Now I only play me88 online casino Malaysia. Haha... just for fun

 

[FinalBossMusic]

Doom, TIE Fighter, and Warcraft II.

I still play original Doom almost every day so I guess it wins.

 

[Volley]

Childhood games? Hmmmm, well when I was 10 it was all about Commander Keen 4 - Secret of the Oracle, Keen 3.5 Keen Dreams, Major Stryker, Catacombs Abyss, Crystal Caves, Secret Agent, Duke Nukem, Dune 2 The Building of a Dynasty, New York Warriors, and Wolfenstein 3D. There was no best, simply a ton of great full version and shareware games.

In 1994 that all changed when Looking Glass Studios released System Shock, and 26 years later it is my number one game of all time.

 

[Drewanova]

Runescape in middle school back in 2004. Those were the days...

 

[Rolfil]

Ultima Online. Eventually my parent's had to get a second phoneline. Playing on a 56k modem was fun

 

[pocketshaver]

No one else ever played Commander Keen?

Best game on PC was Pirates Gold followed by Aces of the Deep followed by Maelstrom followed by Raptor Call of the shadows

Legend of Zelda link to the past still cant be beat.

 

[gamer3105]

No one else ever played Commander Keen?

Ha, thats funny. Just wanted to write Commander Keen Lost Vikings, Fate to Black and Monkey Island were also great games!

*I forgot System Shock, Wing Commander and Fire Power

 

[Probably_Human]

Fallout 2

 

[Volley]

No one else ever played Commander Keen?

Best game on PC was Pirates Gold followed by Aces of the Deep followed by Maelstrom followed by Raptor Call of the shadows

Legend of Zelda link to the past still cant be beat.

Keen 1, Keen Dreams, and Keen 4 were played and completed by me in those early 90's. It was only later did I finally get access to Keen 2,3, 5, and 6 - Aliens Ate my Babysitter. All completed but I still haven't finished Keen 2 or Keen 3.