Evening Reading: FPS Fever!

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  Chrono Trigger : Demius
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    or Portal... : Demius
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      I said Deus Ex, but that would probably be a very close second. : House
      • CT was my close second as well : Navy Spitfire
    • You just read my mind on both of those answers. Good picks. : snot3353
  • Ooo this is a good one : bolneze
  • This was mine to. Still my favorite game of all time. : bongturbo
• Carmageddon : Crabs Jarrard
• Half Life 2. I still remember the night the game unlocked. Stayed up all morning waiting for it to drop j... : Greymatter42
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  Fallout 1! : Aldebrand
  • Wait, maybe Planescape: Torment. I can't decide now! :-( : Aldebrand
• Doom. It was the beginning of the end for me. : Wombat Woo
• Half Life 1 : menar003
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  Half-Life. : The Grolar Bear
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    This. It blew me away the first time I played. : FirstPersonCooter
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      Though it has aged, so much of it just feels right, well until Xen. : steauengeglase
      • I think the Goldsrc engine held up pretty well. Xen was indeed terrible, though. : The Grolar Bear
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  The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time : Korban
  • right here : peat
  • sign me up : Amadan
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  Homeworld. Unf. : theangrywaffles
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    Oh man, yes. : JozhGoober
    • Amen! : Ender.Wiggin
  • THREE DEEE SPACESHIPS! WOOOOOW! LOOK AT THOSE GRAPHICS! haha, fond memories : Sovos
• Quake : mwasher
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  Symphony of the Night : DeBurgo
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    This. Most Likely on Saturn... might be about time to hook that up to the TV again actually. : granpachook
    • I loved the Saturn version! : The Grolar Bear
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  Final Fantasy III : indosauros
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    Really? III? : Ebu
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      3us / 6jp : indosauros
      • Ah, carry on. : Ebu
• Heavy Rain : WhatIsThisFor
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  bf1942 : Reeves
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    this. demo with shackbattles : epit
    • When the demo came out I hadn't even heard of it, so I had no idea what to expect and I was blown the hel... : Reeves
  • Codename Eagle? : dafugg
• Ocarina of Time : shaffe
• Anachronox : sparkly
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  Xenogears. : omnova
  • you beat me to it : fractured_sanity
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  Half Life 2 : NexusOne
  • Yes, this. I'm currently replaying it. Still an amazingly well done game. : beanman101283
• Myst : Cheeziologist
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  Castlevania SotN : arizona bay
  • Second! : Moonraker7
  • Thirded! : K0LM
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  Deus Ex. It's difficult to go back and fully appreciate it once you know where the story is going, who th... : House
  • Fuck this is a really good one too... : hussdelrio
• Tie Fighter. : Fyunch Click
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  X-Com: UFO Defense : hussdelrio
  • This is my answer and it just makes today's news that much harder for me to accept. : ajvitaly
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  X-Wing with all the expansions. Second choice? X-Com. Third choice? Wing Commander. Fourth choice? Privat... : Nitrium
  • Wing Commander, good choice. I love you. : ejectorpod
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  Zelda: Link to the Past. : Amnesty_intl2
  • agreed : sludge vohaul
• Resident Evil : BoKnows
• Starsiege: Tribes. : noxiousgg
• Deus Ex or Xenogears : DarkDeus
• STALKER: SOC perhaps? Not sure I I'd be crying like a baby the entire time on the second playthrough. : Creepin_Jeezus
• Thief : tedv
• Metroid Prime It had a pretty big impact on me. : Sturm08
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  Asheron's Call : mnok
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    This was my first MMO, it was such a different game when it first came out too. The magic system was supe... : Geoffrois
    • yea it was really a blast. Especially on darktide server, you had the added danger of players hunting you... : mnok
• DOOM II. or WoW : porp
• Doom for sure : kill9
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  Final Fantasy VI... Seriously, they blew up the world! I'd love to do that again. : Grumbeld
  • Final Fantasy VI : Navy Spitfire
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  System Shock 2 : SKI242
  • this : smax
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  GTA3 : RikiTiki2
  • ^^^ It's gotta be this. This was the start of open-world games, when it was fresh, exciting, and new. I... : DingoStoleMyBaby
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  Quakeworld Team Fortress : lodit
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    ^^^^^ either this or Action Quake 2 : proclone1
    • fuck yes AQ2 gets my vote. I wonder if there were any shackers that were on the AQ2 NA OGL league. http:/... : wurt
• I can't decide between DOOM and LTTP... : DOOManiac
• Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri : Matt Burris
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  WoW... I know that sounds sick, but exploring the world was so much fun. : yAak
  • It really was. Mulgore was just so...awesome. Good music, great atmosphere, a new world to explore. Of co... : Jumperus
  • ooh, yea. starting fresh on wow at this point would be an amazing experience. : mwasher
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    Yeah plus the game in its infancy when no one really knew about anything was pretty sweet. : Geoffrois
    • that is always the best time in an MMO's life. not enough people at the end game to cause people to stre... : vitek r
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    I'm with you on this. I would replay WoW if I could completely forget everything to do with WoW and star... : kallanta
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      WoW was a great distraction when getting over a nasty breakup. : Jumperus
      • I really miss tanking, but I really can't go back to MMOs after that... : kallanta
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    same. only this time i'll get fed up at level 10 and uninstall, never to play again : electroly
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      If I could hit 60 as fast as I hit RA5 in ST:O, I'd happily go level a bunch of classes in WoW. As it st... : Jumperus
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        heirlooms bro and for the druid LFG tank == insta levels : sludge vohaul
        • Good point. Though I don't know if I have enough badges or whatever for heirloom items. Haven't played in... : Jumperus
  • I got into the beta pretty early so by the time release rolled around I was somewhat burned out already. ... : Talonus.
  • i think it would be fun if blizzard introduced a new realm that was 1-60 only. Do the old school raids a... : smax
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    I kind of wish I could go back and never play any MMOs. : Evil Benius
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      On second thought, I'd rather do this. : yAak
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        They pretty much destroyed two or so generations of gaming for me. I missed the end of the PSX era and al... : Evil Benius
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          I've managed to stay completely MMO-free and you're kind of making me glad I did. I got to experience ob... : DinK
          • Yeah I really hate how many various types of games I missed out on. I pretty much only played MMOs from 1... : Evil Benius
  • it bored the shit out of me, all the running from place to place : filthysock
  • This is why I'm excited about Cataclysm. : TheVietSpecial
  • This. With System Shock 2 a close second. : serenj
  • I agree with you completely. My time with vanilla wow was one of the best times of my life. : MrBig0
  • ^^ This. Totally. : Bamii
  • Yes, this. : [7]kami
  • This and I would get on the power leveling train and be RICH BITCH! : lcizzle
  • Right here : fishbone
  • Yeah. 1 to 60 was awesome. : razlebol
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  As if it was new for everyone? Everquest. If not, then Final Fantasy VI. : Talonus.
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    I would agree on Everquest if it meant that I had the chance to try it, say "meh", and get back those was... : House
    • You'd get hooked as soon as you fell out of Kelethin for the first time. There's no avoiding it. : Talonus.
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    Playing EQ the first time was like teaching myself to enjoy pain. I can't decide if I'm happy that, afte... : yAak
    • Yeah, I'm kind of in this boat. I loved EQ and have some of my fondest memories in the game. I really onl... : skizl
• HL2 on a good computer! I can't tell you how excited i was for HL2, then when it finally arrived my comp ... : Snuffles-
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  Super Mario Bros. : Halen
  • ^^ this : tfsbrian
• Ultima Online : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Combat on Atari 2600 : strohs
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  Thief Dark Project : happynoodle
  • ^^^ yes yes yes yes yes : biskits
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  Not even close for me: Wing Commander 3. What a great story. : bigend1an
  • I love you. : ejectorpod
  • Dune 2 on the genesis or Anarchy online : goatjc
• Civ 4 : Horn
• good question, and i dont know if i could ever answer it without immediately having posters remorse. : vitek r
• Tie fighter. I might be looking back with rose colored glasses but I fucking love that game : FrayLo
• Star Control 2 I guess? Actually, not even. It's probably my #1 game, but it is a game I can go back to e... : Fayk
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  TIE Fighter : action roommate
  • i knew i liked you for a reason, AR : FrayLo
• Grim Fandango. No question. : retarded talking dinosaur
• Ultima Online : barcibus
• NOLF. Just got done playing it again and it's still in my top 5 games of all time. : Thresher
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  I tried to think back to the game that amazed me the most when I saw it for the first time...definitely S... : at0micgarden
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    ...and I'm no huge Nintendo fan but Galaxy had a similar effect on me when I first played it... : at0micgarden
    • Galaxy was a fucking blast. I'm glad I played it but it didn't blow my mind. : Boring Writer
• Morrowind : the_burd
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  The first PC game I ever played: Starflight : nopants
  • Oh damn, that is an awesome pick. : House
  • That's what I was going to say. Excellent game. One of the best ever. : bombay
• Shadow of the Colossus : VictoriouSecret
• Company of Heroes + Opposing Fronts : Full.Bleed
• Command & Conquer : mstarr
• System Shock 2 : SigENeaT
• Sid Meiers Pirates! the original : Kong97
• Demon's Souls Okay, more like Planescape: Torment. : walker270
• Ultima Online : braker
• Ico : pupismyname
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  Psychonauts. Tears of laughter. : Earl Greigh
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    Not that I don't love the game, but at no point was I holding my ribs dying from laughter. What was so f... : spazzium
    • I will never forget "Run Rasputin. Very fast." : Haxim
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  Fallout 3 : Arcanum
  • ^^^^So many great moments, but emerging from the vault was one of the best ever. : owly
• Mass Effect 2. : Tripps
• Definitely System Shock 2. Even if I just discovered that game today I am positive I would still love it... : Poor Yurik
• System Shock 2 : deject
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  Metal Gear Solid : dissembler
  • I 'd have to say, MGS3. The others didn't really affect me, but something about that one just clicked and... : steauengeglase
  • I was just about to write this. It completely redefined what games can do, for me anyway. The code is on... : Waxfinger
• FFIII : IHATEDUST
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  Quake : grandmasterlee
  • Absolutely! : Super Sparker
  • The Perfect Answer. : liquidlies
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    I'd like to say that Quake is the one game that I'd like to "taste again for the first time", but it wasn... : steauengeglase
    • 3d gibs was amazing : happynoodle
    • yup, Quake and the community was imo a large part of PC Gamings finest hour. Definitively something that ... : technotica
• Elite is the correct answer. What do I win? : AxeMan808
• Half-Life 1 : Madwacker
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  Battletoads. Just so I can listen to the pause music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_m6917Bf4I&feat... : ant_hillbilly
  • I'd say Battletoads just so I'd have to relearn the third level. My mastery of that is one of my few gam... : Grumbeld
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  Morrowind : filtersweep
  • ^^^ This. I've never been so blown away by a game in my life. : Mr. Goodwrench
• Anachronox : nevlos
• Flashback : Godhatesfatpeople
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  mario 64. : thebigbeefsandwich
  • This, but only if i get to rewind time to launch day, it wouldnt have nearly the same impact now as it di... : alphablu
• Everquest or Mario 64 : Jackass1233
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  Doom, always Doom. : abrasion
  • If I were to pick a #2, this would be it .. I don't recall ever being as completely blown away by a game ... : strider_
• Portal : LoioshDwaggie
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  Three way tie for me: Chrono Trigger vs. Final Fantasy VI vs. Secret of Mana (with two friends, of cours... : Teiresias
  • SoM was wonderful, im surprised anyone mentioned that. Im raelly wanting to go back through that game.... : technotica
• X-Wing : watcherxp
• WoW, Super Metroid, original EQ. : mrwolf710
• Full Throttle : usmcmueller
• Diablo 2 : notdeadyeti
• I love this thread because I own so many of these games but haven't had the time to play many of them bey... : lacker
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  Diablo Something about loading up the first one having no clue what to expect was amazing. : InfoBiter
  • Good Call, that first one was awesome. : bombay
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    FRESH MEAT! : daedraug
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      What an awesome line. I beat Diablo 1, but that phrase is the main thing I remember about the game. : Poor Yurik
      • Pretty much, I also shit my pants. Especially when he killed me in like 3 hits. : happynoodle
  • That was one hell of an experience. : happynoodle
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  LeChuck's Revenge! : Psigun
  • Probably this. : heartsauce
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  Earthbound : rosewood
  • God this too. Can I have 2 choices? : notdeadyeti
• Thief: The Dark Project : Rag and Bone Man
• Oblivion, but only if I can play with all the cool mods as well. : UselessHack
• The Longest Journey and there are lots of other adventure games tied for second. : spazzium
• Final Fantasy VI : critch
• Planescape Torment : melkore
• Metroid Prime : sevogajre
• Star Control II : retardhumper
• System Shock 2 or Deus Ex. : phate81
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  Day of the Tentacle : CrustaR
  • Hell yes! I think this wins : grasshoppah
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  MDK : _jon
  • MDK Was awesome! : Goblin au
• Tie Fighter : Scotty22
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past : IndigoAK
• Quake. Loading up qtest for the first time was mind blowing. : stump
• Oh man. Probably Deus Ex. But maybe Thief. I have no idea. : DerHuhnTeufel
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  space quest .. if I got to relive being a little kid, and figuring out those puzzles with my dad, and the thrill and awe of playing a VIDEO GAME ON OUR COMPUTER, I would do that in a second.
  
  I will never forget getting stuck on a certain puzzle (if you've played space quest ... remember that laser fence on the desert planet?) and I mean, we were STUCK. There was no internet, gamefaqs etc, so we just wandered around that god damn planet going WTF for days.
  
  One night I was sent to bed (I was between 6 and 8 years old, of course I had a bed time!) and I was just laying there, wishing I was still downstairs trying to figure out this puzzle, and I heard my dad YELL out - to this day it might be the strongest showing of emotion I've ever witnessed out of my dad, haha. I shot straight up out of bed and flew down the stairs because I *knew* exactly what had happened - he'd finally figured it out. He reloaded a saved game and showed me how he figured it out .. then I had to go back to bed ;( I laid in bed for hours just trying to imagine what came next in the game.
  
  Yeah .. if I could live that again, sign me up.

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  space quest .. if I got to relive being a little kid, and figuring out those puzzles with my dad, and the... : strider_
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    space quest series was so great. : FrayLo
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      strangest thing about it? I never played any of the sequels : strider_
      • SQ II and SQ III were both very good. Past that, they were ok. : Kniggit
• Baldurs gate 2 : yautja
• I travel back in time and play Asheron's Call! : Zollington
• Eternal Darkness and/or Killer 7, because the element of surprise was so dramatically crucial. Something ... : Borzoi
• Red Alert : Concrete
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  SkyNet. The most innovative game of the 90's. : saunders45
  • didn't know anyone else played this badass game. i've still got my boxed copy : dignan
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  Homeworld. It looked cool but I had no idea what I was in for. : Dr_Cube
  • I change my answer to The Longest Journey. : Dr_Cube
• Quake1, so I could go back through and not have any idea where the faults and ledges and map errors and g... : thekidd
• Heavy Rain : getfrisky
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  X-Com: UFO Defense. : Bean
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    runners-up: Portal, HL2, Deus Ex, Chrono Trigger, Syndicate : Bean
    • honorable mentions: Planescape Torment, KoToR, Ultima Underworld, Thief. : Bean
• Planescape Torment no question. : theWhite
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  Diablo : OhMyHip
  • Just reading that word popped the Tristram music into my head. : Grumbeld
• SS2 or KOTOR. Leaning towards KOTOR. : Mexistache
• Half-Life : mikecyb
• One that was super intuitive otherwise I'd probably be pretty frustrated. : SiW.
• I think one issue with this question is that playing some of the games I have had the most fun with in th... : WhatIsThisFor
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  Revolution X OH FUCK wasted it : Tawler
  • Music is a Weapon. : Crabs Jarrard
• GTA: Vice City : .Jayson
• This is too hard. RE4? Metroid? HL2? I really can't decide. : Anastomosis
• Mass Effect. : Dschinghis Khan
• Portal. : Metatron85
• Everquest : Digital_Bath
• No One Lives Forever : renegade732
• Dating : pres589
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  Are we also back in the time that it was released? Or are we talking about playing something 10 years old... : Drewus
  • If the former, then Little Big Adventure/Relentless : Drewus
• Doom or Planescape: Torment. Possibly FF7 as well. : Vincent Grayson
• Deus Ex. : Link.
• Half-Life 1 : ateam311
• Chrono Trigger : Head Rush
• Final Fantasy 7 : mista mista
• if i was more submissive, i fear this thread would set me back 2 years. really makes me want to play thr... : Korban
• Planescape: Torment. Has to be something where the story is the main hook or the gameplay is incredible.... : brickmatt
• Probably either Super Mario World, LTTP or FF7. : Yanks
• TIE Fighter with a mission creator tool. Barring that, probably BF2142 or some multiplayer FPS. : riptyde
• SNATCHER : firewoodman
• Deus Ex : Sink the Pink
• Myth. That or Doom probably : grasshoppah
• Baldurs Gate II : Pettytheft
• US SMB2 : anhero
• nothing i dont live in the past : spiderfill
• Mario bros/duck hunt : skelom
• Deus Ex. fin. : greh kleh
• Mario 64 : ColoradoCNC
• eq : jane911
• Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers : Sapiens
• super metroid : xylopagus
• probably sonic cd : CoRDS
• Shogo: MAD : Goblin au
• Ever Quest. : moe6
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  Go back to 87, pops picked me up from Kindergarten and we got back home, to find that he had set up an en... : siknsyko
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    God I feel old. In 87 I was starting high school. : Phreakin
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      I was 2. : moe6
      • I was -2 :) : ConsFEARacy
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      Didnt mean to bring up age for fellow Shackers, it was just the best moment of my life. : siknsyko
      • awww. how cute. :) : chilln
      • you are such a cute little boy : [7]kami
      • Thats awesome man. I have many MANY emotional and nostalgic moments of my life that involve gaming. ... : technotica
• portal : ass-street
• A MUD, or the UO beta. : jake
• Star Wars Shadows of the Empire. I'd also like to be the same age and not have played anything graphical... : burning eye
• Decsent and Quake 1 : bawbeh
• Fallout 2. : ramshot
• If you mean forget everything about it (prequels, sequels etc.) and then play it: Pokemon. Ruby/Sapphire ... : Cliffzorz
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  F19 Stealth Fighter - C64 : iambinksy
  • When was this game released? : IndigoAK
  • Oh you're awesome. : abrasion
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  Mass Effect 1 : jbury
  • Hmmm maybe I change the answer to Day of the Tentacle : jbury
• Kotor 1 : echoinggreen
• Ultima Online : braaains
• Deus Ex. : Marrbe
• I'm gonna have to say Shadow of the Colossus. That was one of the most interesting experiences I've ever ... : Modica Sol Solis
• Full Throttle or DotT or warcraft 2 : dfz0r
• Deus Ex : -efx-
• Deus Ex : steve_o
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  Half-Life 1 or Final Fantasy 7 : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Or Zelda 3 or Fallout? I give up. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Zelda 3 ownz Zelda 4 imo The original though, i believe, is a once in a lifetime experience, seems lik... : technotica
• Deus Ex! : peanut-
• Duke Nukem 3D : Maarten Goldstein
• Probably Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I think that's where my kookie games obsession came from. Maybe the un... : felicia
• Looks like maybe Half Life or Deus Ex have the most individual mentions... : greh kleh
• X-Wing and another vote for Full Throttle....that must fucking say something about Lucas Arts. They were... : Saman
• Ico, Half Life, Halo, Command and Conquer, Canon Fodder, Carmageddon 2, Worms and Sonic The Hedgehog. ... : marmite
• Deux Ex. : kingdepork
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  IF i could go back and actually relive the experience it would be Lunar:Silver Star on Sega-CD : technotica
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    That's a really really good call. Such an amazing game. : kingdepork
    • Before that, the closest thing I had played to an RPG (because i couldnt stand RPG's... heh) was Secret o... : technotica
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  Planescape: Torment ^^^ Absolutely this ^^^ : jasoncrowley
  • Fuck right. : Jumperus
• FFVI. : pgharavi
• Final Fantasy Tactics. My girlfriend in senior year of high school really got in the way of my enjoyment ... : geedeck
• Braid. Most other games in this list are awesome but don't benefit from fresh eyes. : batkiwi