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
Ya’all too young. LOL.
The game that holds a special place in my heart was Destiny of an Emperor. It was a little-known RPG that came out in the late 80’s. It’s not entirely obvious from the name, but it was my first introduction to the Romance of Three Kingdoms. I was a little spoiled brat of a kid. Over the years, I racked up about 50 NES games (sure, most were flea market finds, but that didn’t make me feel less badass nerdy)… But the one I kept going back to again and again was Destiny. It’s what immersed me in story-first RPGs when (oddly) Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior 1-3 didn’t scratch that itch.
If you’re willing to try an NES RPG, and you haven’t, definitely check out Destiny of an Emperor.
Any of the PS1-era Crash Bandicoot games.
My dad, my older brother, and I would spend hours playing those games with each other. Dad wasn’t the greatest gamer, but he was always patient enough to get my brother and I a ton of lives so we all could play without worrying too much :) Still got those discs in good condition too, just played them again with my dad a few months back for the first time in forever!
Those games were some of the first games I really bit into as a kid. They were great. Just hard enough to be a real challenge for me when I was like 6ish.
Mech Warrior on PC. The first one. Recruit wingmen, salvage mechs, negotiate with those cheap kurita bastards, regain your family’s honor.
16 colors of line-rendered mecha in glorious 386 powered 3d.
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.
Sonic the Hedgehog and Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Super Metroid
Fallout 1 and 2
FF7
Time Crisis
Soul Blade
Quake
Tomb Raider
