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Saying you played one of the top rated or top selling games on a given system as a kid is nothing too interesting; they tended to be top rated and selling for a reason. What we are here today to discuss is those games that you played because it was, say, the only thing you had, the only thing when visiting grandparents or just something you really latched onto. On a related note then in programming it is noted everybody programs well in their first language and usually spends all their time trying to make a new one behave like that, something similar is noted in games where mechanics of their earliest titles or those they spent time with inform how they feel about things going forward (why else do you think every indie platformer a few years back was a homage to NES Super Mario Brothers? Do you not imagine almost everything will be influenced by Minecraft before long when the 12 year olds of 2010 are now getting their first jobs in the game industry?).

My fondness for Talespin on the NES has been noted a few times before on the site, however as that is a Disney property made by Capcom (who also did most Disney things on the NES and most in turn are held up as outright classics) that does not play here. On the other hand

Stealth ATF for the NES

Not my first "3d" flight sim, Elite arguably being that one, but as the NES was my first console I could exclusively monopolise (the Commodore 64 actually came after for me) and this was one of the handful of games I had for it then it has informed a lot of how I approach flight sims, also now what I recognise as an early case of GPS syndrome as I would often follow the radar more than the screen itself (though real fighter pilots do that I am told).

Turbo Racing for the NES (Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing in the US is something I just learned)

What would today be considered a by the numbers racer made by those paragons of quality, that being Data East, on the NES was equally one of the few NES titles I had. Light stats upgrades (today would be dubbed RPG elements), a little balance the turbo vs straight racing mechanic, some hills in the level, memories of a sore thumb from holding A for so long on the NES pad... barring the NES bit then if you said that I would think you were describing Road Rash, which was a far more influential series for me, but Turbo Racing never the less holds a place in my gaming makeup.

Despite it being several years since playing both of those, maybe decades since I played them an awful lot, I apparently could whistle the theme tunes/in mission tunes too. Can I do that for the last few games I reviewed? No.


What then are one or two of your fondly (or perhaps not so fondly) remembered games that, even on a site like this, you would be lucky to get more than a few people say "oh I remember that"? Why did you end up with them and did they cause you to either expect things in later games or avoid such things in the future?
We are accepting stupidly rare in your region; if basketball was your thing in Europe and you owned one of the 5 imported versions of a game that today litters the shelves of second hand game shops up and down the US then we will allow it. It need not be NES or older; if you only started gaming 5 years ago with a hand me down DS then feel free to share that too.
 

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While I'd agree most of the music is great, the battle theme is just...well...



I feel like they should've just made a new battle theme as opposed to just re-adapting the tension theme from Radical Dreamers and making it sound like something the Joker would play to torture Batman.


is I am setsuna supposed to be in the same universal, spiritual successor, or just made by a lot of the same people as the chrono trigger series? I think I bought the game on the switch, but I'm not sure.

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I mean, with that logic, Legend of Zelda is also a ripoff of Hydlide...and there's several reviews by those on YT picking it and the one on the Genesis apart.

I never said it, but I know a lot of people have. :P

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looks like I did:

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my friend atreyu recommended it to me. he said it was either a sequel or a spiritual successor or something like that to chrono trigger. I haven't played it yet. it's on the vita I think as well.
 

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is I am setsuna supposed to be in the same universal, spiritual successor, or just made by a lot of the same people as the chrono trigger series? I think I bought the game on the switch, but I'm not sure.

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I never said it, but I know a lot of people have. :P

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my friend atreyu recommended it to me. he said it was either a sequel or a spiritual successor or something like that to chrono trigger. I haven't played it yet. it's on the vita I think as well.

It was published by Square Enix...outside of that though? I couldn't tell ya'. I heard mixed opinions on I Am Setsuna, though.
 
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I had just gotten into Turbografx collecting in the mid 90s and there were a few that were quite special to me on that machine. Cosmic Fantasy 2 never got the recognition it would have if it has been on any other machine, but the highlight is probably Sapphire. It reminds me a lot of the Amiga demoscene, where programmers would do everything in their power to push the machine to it's absolute limit. Sapphire did that on the PC-Engine while actually making a fun game. It's become more widely known in recently years, but that's mostly due to it's now insane price tag.

 

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It was published by Square Enix...outside of that though? I couldn't tell ya'. I heard mixed opinions on I Am Setsuna, though.

@Glyptofane on here, a childhood friend of mine, asked if chrono cross was any good. from what I remember, it almost seems like a game that started as something else, but then it ties in later. I beat it, but it was years ago.

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I had just gotten into Turbografx collecting in the mid 90s and there were a few that were quite special to me on that machine. Cosmic Fantasy 2 never got the recognition it would have if it has been on any other machine, but the highlight is probably Sapphire. It reminds me a lot of the Amiga demoscene, where programmers would do everything in their power to push the machine to it's absolute limit. Sapphire did that on the PC-Engine while actually making a fun game. It's become more widely known in recently years, but that's mostly due to it's now insane price tag.



very good soundtrack. it's on the pce engine/turbo grafx mini. the game is like hundreds, if not thousands, for a legit copy. someone was trying to sell his copy in mint condition for a little under five grand on ebay.
 

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Childhood Wizard and Warriors NES
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then Syphon filter which the fact Sony has the rights and hasn’t done anything with it is mind blowing “Gabe !!!!!” Honorable mention Soul Reaver
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Mole Mania and Scooby-Doo Classic Creep Capers for the Gameboy. Two of my favorites.

Ooo and Pirates The Legend of Black Kat for the xbox!
 

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OkamiDen - a oft-forgotten sequel to Okami, that was only ever released on the Nintendo DS. Due to system hardware restrictions, it's not as expansive as its predecessor, but the story and characters are still fantastic.

I wish this would get remastered...
 

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When I was a lad, my brother and I were always playing games together on the Sega Genesis, the Playstation and on PC. One old game that he and I played a lot of was an old 3rd person space shooter called Outwars that pre-dated Halo, and it was an absolute blast to play for its time! Sadly, it shipped with a number of bugs and somewhat drab gameplay in its singleplayer campaign. Not to mention, it came at a time when Quake 2 had set a new standard for computer graphics. Multiplayer was where this game shined though, especially since it made use of all three dimensions with the use of jetpacks and gliders. My brother and one of our friends had an absolute blast in this game! And of course, being the inexperienced little brother, he beat me every time.

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My favorite sport game on sega megadrive.

 

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Power Stone 2.

I'm sure many of y'all know about Power Stone 2, but it has since been long forgotten as the game is only on Dreamcast and PSP. I used to play the hell out of it when I had a Dreamcast and now I became aware a PS2 version was in the works.. just to get canceled. Smh.

Supposedly this would be the cover of the PS2 version:

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Great topic. My game of choice is Soleil for Sega Mega Drive (known in US as Crusader of Centy).

A friend of my somehow got a great collection of RPG and action/adventure games, which nobody else had (also nobody else was interested in them, but I never saw this games in stores, so I think they were rare where I lived). One of these games was Soleil. This game is a sega's answer to Legend of Zelda - a boy with a sword cutting monster (and can throw the sword too). I never played Zelda as a kid (never even saw a cartridge with one until much later), so I had nothing to compare, but this game was AMAZING! It's one of the hidden gems of the platform and a very good game. Playing this game (and Shining Force which I got from the same friend) has shaped my preferences in gaming to this day and even my interest in gaming and game consoles overall.

Highly recommended!
 
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I liked Cover Ops Nuclear Dawn on PS1, it played like a classic RE and was like a classic 90's action movie. A train has been hijacked and there is a nuke on itm you gotta find your way to it and disarm it.
 

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Ultima VI: The False Prophet (both the SNES version, which I played as a kid, and the DOS version, which came later (I LOVED using pu6e; like this post if you've ever used it/heard of it) are remembered fondly) holds a lot of memories for me. I STILL sometimes think I hear the title screen music at night while trying to sleep on occasion. It is that deeply burned into my brain.
 
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Ultima VI: The False Prophet (both the SNES version, which I played as a kid, and the DOS version, which came later (I LOVED using pu6e; like this post if you've ever used it/heard of it) are remembered fondly) holds a lot of memories for me. I STILL sometimes think I hear the title screen music at night while trying to sleep on occasion. It is that deeply burned into my brain.

there was ultimate game, thinking it might've been VIII or something, that I loved as a kid. it was on the snes. my friend rented it, and he hated it, so I borrowed it from him during the rent period. I think the highest experience level was like 8, which I found odd.
 

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@vincentx77 , is that an avatar of Dogi from Ys? damn fine series (going through ys origin on the switch). I was introduced to that series as a kid when my grandfather bought a turbo grafx 16, then later a cd attachment. I have the system at this very moment and have had since his death in the 90s. we never beat it (ys book 1 and 2) together, but I later beat it as a teenager.
 
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