I'm currently in MN visiting my brother so it'll be another week before I can start my response video. I hadn't realized you'd uploaded this yet so I was really confused when my subs started blowing up the last couple days. So, yeah. Thank you for that. Also great responses, your list has given me a lot to think about (I've also realized how woefully inexperienced I am in PC point and clicks).
Your aunt is cool as hell. I remember the Leisure Suit Larry games being almost mystical as a kid. Everyone knew what they were but never got to play them. Great video!
Oh my god, Under a Killing Moon is forever one of my favorites! When I fired this video up I immediately thought that game would be perfect on a list like this...and then there it was! The sequels were okay but UaKM is the best. I met Margo Kidder at ComicCon a few years ago and asked her if she remembered it. She said yes and that with the blue screen and limited actor interaction, she had no idea what they were doing, but nobody had ever asked her about it before me. Great choice!
Thanks for sharing, Pam! Loved your story about the Leisure Suit Larry experience. I think your descriptions of how impactful game audio can be to our memories were spot on; it's wild how quickly and vividly sounds (and smells, to be fair) can conjure up the places and situations we were in so many years ago.
Probably for me, my list would consist of games like Star Castle, Mr. Do!, Gorf, Galaga, and Moon Patrol. I got started in gaming at a very early age, and it all began walking past arcade games and becoming fascinated with the moving light images on the screen. Those are five of the first games I remember playing in arcades, and I can remember playing Star Castle especially at the age of 4 back in 1982. I've been told that I turned a few heads in the process since I blew up the castle in the center of the screen a few times at that age.
Strangely, the thing I remember most about Leisure Suit Larry was calling a 900 number for a hint when I was stuck in one of them (this was pre-Internet!). That and the ridiculous number of floppy disks the Amiga version came on. I also remember the trivia questions and breaking the game once when I tried to do something the programmers hadn’t thought of.
I have trouble narrowing down my Top 5, but... in reverse order... 5. Super Mario Bros - me and my mate used to play the arcade machine in a pub we used to go to (yes, I'm THAT old...) - being able to play at home the day I bought my NES was amazing. 4. Lemmings on PC - First time I played a game, literally ALL night. 3. Unreal/Quake 2 - the first games I played after installing my 2 x 12MB Voodoo 2 3DFX cards. Earliest adoption of SLI before anyone knew what SLI was. Absolutely blown away at how stunningly gorgeous 3D accelerated games were. I watched the intro sequence to Unreal over and over and over... 2. Metal Gear Solid on PS1. Best stealth game ever. Got the Japanese collectors edition to play on my NTSC-J PS1. The collectors edition was such a cool set and the game was sublime. Still to this day, one of the best soundtracks to any game. 1. Ninja on Sega Master System. Odd choice, but I had SO much fun playing this game and was a very very happy time in my life. All was well with the world, it was 1986, I was 20, I had a gorgeous GF who loved playing video games, I had a great job that I actually looked forward to going to and I played Ninja for hours and hours. The music alone is enough to get me choked up with nostalgia.
Really great video pam. When you mentionned leisure suit Larry you totally got me there. I love all sierra Games. As a french canadian (who Did not understood a Word in english back then ) the only one i remember getting in french in Canada was leisure suit Larry 6 and then i got king's quest 7. I totally felt in love with sierra games with those 2 and played mots of them now that i understand english more.
Very interesting list. I noticed that many of these titles are PC games, although I was a console kid, myself. I have a lot of fond memories of specific games. I remember spending an entire summer playing Shining Force, leveling my main character up to Level 93 just because. Sonic the Hedgehog 1 is like a Zen experience for me; I can just put it on and relax. I used to spend weekends at my dad's house playing Super Mario Brothers 3, and I'd play through from start to finish and refuse to use warp whistles (always thought they were cheating). One of my favorite memories is of Mega Man 4, which is the first game I bought by myself brand new at launch. I saved up my allowance for three months--which was supposed to also go to pay for school lunches, so my mom used to wonder why I was always so hungry when I got home from school. I walked up to the counter at the game store, slapped down a was of five dollar bills, and demanded "I want Mega Man 4!" (I like to think it was a lot cuter in reality than it sounds.)
One of my nostalgia games is Marian Memorandum, the second Tex Murphy game. I love the story of Access Software, how Chris Jones started out as an accountant for an engineering company who decided to humor the employees' aspirations to make a golf game for the C64, and he ended up as a noir detective, acting along side actual Hollywood professionals. Only in the 80s and 90s early computing era could that wild ride happen!
wow you are so mad cool was not expecting your top 5 to be so versatile and actually introduced me to new content I had not previously been exposed to...thank you for making your videos...may sound super mainstream but my top 5 nostalgia games zelda, pokemon, FFVII, chrono trigger, aladin/lion king...no particular order...honorable mentions to mortal combat, megaman and sonic among others
I grabbed the 100th thumb up! LLL, great story! We had only heard of that game back in the day. Then I remember somebody in the know actually having it. This was a long time ago...like monochrome monitor long ago. It was censored, but we couldn't believe somebody was making games like that! Nice video Pam, plus its so refreshing to watch one of these nos-tal-gia vids that doesnt include Goldeneye 64!!!
+Start To Continue I think I played LLL on a monochrome monitor the first time. I loved Goldeneye in high school but it's one of those games I find impossible to go back to. It's better as a memory.
Totally Rad; Streets of Rage; Dynasty Warriors 5; VTM: Bloodlines; and Final Fantasy VII. Those are the games that come to my mind whenever I'm about to die of boredom, and my mind wanders towards the next sentence: "I would rather be playing _________". So many good memories, and epic stories of heroic gaming.
Nice list, Pam. Not really a PC gamer as I always had a console of some sort. Here is My Top 5 Nostalgic Games: 5. Road Rash (PS1) - This was my stepdad's favorite game and remember spending many a night playing this with him. It is not my favorite entry in the series but I have the most memories with it. I play it every February 15th (his birthday), may he R.I.P. 4. Sonic The Hedgrhog (Sega Genesis) - This was one of the first games I ever played and almost 25 yrs later, I still love it. Also, the first game I ever completed 100%. Yes, Sonic 2 is the best from that era and is my favorite Sonic game but Sonic 1 has a special place in my heart. 3. Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis) - It is just one of those games where I can play again and again and just won't be bored. Plus, the groovy house music! The fan made remake is even more awesome. 2. Mortal Kombat I & II (Sega Genesis) - I know, it's a tie! The first fighting game series I ever played. I remember playing it at my cousin's house when I was about 5 years old and I couldn't stop playing the game until I got MKII a few years later. I love the soundtracks, love everything about the first two games, eventhough they may not have aged well. Especially the first but MK is my favorite fighting game franchise and I have so many great memories with it. Still play them both once in a while. 1. Final Fantasy 7 (PS1) - I love this game! One of my all time faves. This was the first RPG I have ever played. I know the game in and out and have beaten it at least 30 times and literally did everything, including beat the superbosses. I even have some of the soundtrack on my phone. The game from an aesthetic standpoint doesn't hold up as well but it is one of the games where I can overlook that. I love FF6 and FF9 dearly but 7 was my first. Honorable Mentions: Tekken 3 (PS1) - Tekken 2 was the first Tekken game and one of the first PS1 games I have ever played but I have so many memories of T3. I remember for hours playing it with family, especially Team Battle and Tekken Force Modes. Oh yeah. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES) - I remember as a little kid playing the second TMNT game in the arcades but when we bought Turtles in Time for the SNES, we were hooked as we were huge TMNT fans. I still own it on SNES to this day.
I can't add much to your list, Pam, because I didn't have a PC of my own till I was almost an adult. So my nostalgia list is largely console games. And these are in no particular order. At school, the only PC game we ever got to play was Oregon Trail. So that one brings me back. But as for the rest? The Streets of Rage games ont he Genesis, Ninja Turtles on the NES and SNES, Mega Man 3 especially, and Sonic the Hedgehog which I'm pretty sure I own a version of on every machine I have. I do recall those sound effects from RBI though, rented that one weekend myself.
There are actually 2 games before Under a Killing Moon. Mean Street & Martian Memorandum, but Under a Killing Moon was the first FMV game in the series (and where I feel the series really gets started). And those are some very good you managed to play when you were a kid. If you're looking for something Lands of Lore-like, check out the Eye of the Beholder series. It's by the same devs (except for the third one), and while a tad bit less refined than Lands of Lore, they're still very good. As for most nostalgic? Eh, hard one. Going with: Super Mario Bros (cliche for sure, but I remember playing it at a friends home, and it was what got me into gaming) Alley Cat (played it with my second cousin as a kid, and despite only playing it once back then, it really struck a cord with me) Civilization 2 (my best friend back then was completely obsessed with this game, and his obsession was addictive) Bubble Bobble (NES version, a game I played with both my sister and my second cousin a lot as a kid) Pac-man (Atari 2600 version. Even though the NES had been out for years, my parents got a used Atari 2600 with a bunch of games, and this was one of them. While a crummy port by any standards, young me played this obsessively. These days it's not the actual game itself that brings back warm fuzzy memories, just the sound effects)
Yeah, I've played all the Tex Murphy games. Though, I never finished the non-FMV ones. I found that part where you had to get around in the speeder completely incomprehensible. Eye of the Beholder looks cool, I'll check it out.
StarTropics fever is going around right now! Lots of people are talking about it. QUEST FOR GLORY!! I only played the first one (the VGA version) as a kid. Also a pirated copy. I've since gone back and played 1-3. Looking forward to finally delve into 4.
+Brasel TheGamer I remember it being so jarring playing Q4G 2. I played the point and click remake of 1, and going to a text-based game for the next was so weird. I heard there was a fan remake of 2, I'd like to play it. I remember really liking that game but I don't know if I have the patience for text commands now.
My top Nostalgic games are 1. Mega Man 2 (NES)--Best soundtrack ever. It grips you from the intro (Yes. A small intro before the title screen even pops up) and keeps your heart pumping and head thumping throughout the whole adventure 2. Double Dragon II (NES)--My first experience with storyboards in game. They were static cutscenes, but I still marvel at them everytime I read through them. Double Dragon 3 is a good one too, but it is too insanely difficult, and I cannot unsee "Bimmy and Jimmy" lol 3. Jackal (NES)--Simple graphics, even simpler gameplay, but all around fun. I used to read the between stage transition screens in a really dramatic fashion like I was really at war. 4. Rush 'N Attack (NES)--Similar to Jackal with the Nostalgic feels except stage transitions were in real time. I still marvel at how after stage one you see your soldier climb a fence and hop over the top of it and then boom! Stage 2 starts. 5. Sonic the Hedgehog (1 & 2) (SEGA Genesis)--I had to combine these because Green Hill Zone is my jam, but Sonic 2 is my favourite game of all time, and I know that it must be because of nostalgia because up to this day I've never met anyone that is as passionate about Sonic 2 as I am Honourable Mentions Streets of Rage 2 (SEGA Genesis)--This game remains my favourite brawler of all time. Streets of Rage 3 is my second favourite because it was more of the same. Mortal Kombat II (SNES)--turn on your SNES with this cart in it and hold the L and R button at the same time. The sound design in this game is perfect. Great haunting music, bone crunching hits (it is like you can actually feel every uppercut lol) and excellent sound effects. It gave us sounds like Liu Kang's bicycle kick and Raiden's Thunder flight. Don't forget Jax's Gotcha grab and the toasty guy lol
Hmm... - Leisure Suit Larry In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards (PC) - Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter (PC, VGA remake) - Thomas The Tank Engine 2 (PC, though it doesn't hold up well) - DOOM 2 (PC) - Duke Nukem 3D (PC) ;D - Super Mario 64 (guess!) I was a PC Gamer kid, too.
My most nostalgic are Chrono Trigger as it's what got me into JRPG's and is like my comfort food that have to break out every once in awhile; Excitebike as it (along with Duck Hunt) was the one game my dad would play with me, always making new tracks to test each other; Yo-Noid! as I believe it was the 1st game I ever beat; California Games as it was that game when got together with all my cousins we'd try to rent and gather around for the day competing in all the events; and Uncharted just because when I was married my ex wasn't a big gamer but she really wanted to try it so we'd sit for a bit each night after kids went to bed and she'd do the exploring and then pass the controller to have me do the battles.
+Hurtts101 You know, I never finished Chrono Trigger. I had it on DS, but I only played it on long trips, so I usually forgot what was going on every time I picked it up again.
+Cannot be Tamed I get it. Happens to me with a lot of games as often get busy and sometimes hard to get back into a story 2 weeks later. I will say having all the versions, DS is my favorite though, if just for the cut scenes minus load times. Hopefully you get a chance to experience this masterpiece fully one day.PS, as someone who just discovered your channel a few days ago, like to say keep up the good work. It's nice having a channel I can sit and watch with my daughters that they enjoy:)
The best thing about First Communions are getting video games as gifts. I got my NES for mine. I was nine. I don't know if that's old for a First Communion, but it was worth going through it to get my NES!
For me, the Sydicate games from bullfrog on the PC will always evoke a special feeling, the Blade Runner game is a classic, Decap Attack on the Genesis/Megadrive is crazy and kind of memorable and I also liked Star Wars Bounty Hunter on the PS2. :)
Its brilliant. Follows the tone of the film wonderfully and almost has the feel of an FMV without being one. Apparently it has 16 endings, which Ive only ever found two of. I used to have it but lost it, so I downloaded a torrent of it a few years ago - worked great apart from the gun range, which was a bit of a shame but there we go. If you find it it is well worth a play-through.
Estel Lia I didn't try the two earliest Tex Murphy games until after I played the other ones. I couldn't get through them. I could not figure out how to drive anywhere in my speeder.
My nostalgia list is : SUPER MARIO BROS 2(NES),MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY,KILLER INSTINCTS 1,TOE JAM AND EARL,ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE 1-3,DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 1(not 2 or 3 because I never got to play'em),GOD OF WAR 1-3,MEGA MAN 1-8(I've yet to play 9 and 10),MAXIMO v THE ARMY OF ZIN(A criminally underrated game!!),SUPER MARIO WORLD 2:YOSHI'S ISLAND,ROBOCOP V THE TERMINATOR (SNES),SUPER CASTLEVANIA IV,DUCK HUNT(how can you be called a gamer without playing this addicting game??) and SUNSET RIDERS.
I only know of a few of your choices. My first experience with Leisure Suit Larry was Love for Sail. I had no idea what it was when my brother gifted it to me. Its always great to hear peoples memories of games.
My most nostalgic games are Super Mario Bros., classic Sonic games, and Streets of Rage (if only I had 2 when I was little as that is my current favourite of the trilogy).
I remember playing a couple of the Leisure Suit Larry games back in the day on my grandpa's computer and feeling like I was going to get in trouble. I think I was 11 or so...some very coming of age kinda stuff.
All great games! I have a fondness for Star Tropics as well, and I just gotta say that it is absolutely fantastic to see some classic PC games getting love. PC doesn't get the recognition it deserves in this community.
+The Game Grinder That's true isn't it? Pushing Up Roses gives PC adventure games a lot of love, but I don't see a whole lot of other PC coverage. Maybe I should do more of that.
Cannot be Tamed Totally! PUR and LGR seem to be the only channels that come to mind when it comes to old PC game love. It doesn't count for much, but if you do, I'd definitely watch. (I'll watch regardless.)
Six years late, but here is my Top5 in no particular order: - Mega Man 2 - Metal Gear - Guardian Legend - UFO: Enemy Unknown (XCOM: UFO Defence) - System Shock Honorable mentions: - Faxanadu - Shadow Warrior (Ninja Gaiden) - Lands of Lore - ShadowCaster By the way, I was just going to suggest Legend of Grimrock when you mentioned it =D The first one is more like Dungeon Master, but the second one reminds me a lot like Lands of Lore.
Glad to hear some love for the original Lands of Lore. That was my first 'WOW' moment in PC gaming. V:TM Bloodlines was the only thing to eclipse it in the next few years. The rest of my top 5 would be: Battletoads, Resident Evil 4, and Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries.
All good games in you list. Mine would go something like this: 5. Castlevania 4. Raptor, Call of the shadows 3. Civilization 2. Alien Storm (!) 1. Sonic the hedgehog All of these still get many hours of play every year, awesome times :)
I used to have Lands Of Lore back in the day. I remember it being fun but short. Thought about buying it on GOG before, not sure if I would enjoy it as much as I did when I was 18 though. Surprised at all the pc games on your list. I have fond memories of playing games on my neighbors Amiga 500 for the first time, and being blown away by the graphics and sound. I remember playing LSL and the thrill of playing an ADULT game lol.
It's like someone giving you a hug and getting butterflies in your stomach before they give you a grilled cheese, cut in fours. With ketchup if you're crazy like me.
In terms of pure nostalgia, the original "Super Mario Bros." is absolute tops on my list. After that is the first "Legend of Zelda", then "Mega Man 2", "Double Dragon", and "Tetris".
5. Back to the Future & Ghostbusters (NES) -- Back to the Future had nothing to do with the movie, as far as gameplay. Lol. There was no Huey Lewis and the News music in the background; or, even, the classic John Williams score. You threw bowling balls to defeat enemies which included bees, a "bully", bowling pins, hoola-hoop girls, and men carrying plates of glass. Lol As for Ghostbusters... I grew up watching the movie since I was 3 years old. I owned the original vinyl record, I had every toy you could think of; including the proton pack, firehouse, and ghost hunting accessories. Then... to top it off... I could be the Ghostbusters driving around the city helping to rid the various threats. Hard as hell, but having Ray Parker Jr's song playing over and over was worth it. Lol 4. Kirby's Adventure (NES) -- I would wake up every single morning at 5am to play this game and beat it within 45 minutes so that I could, then, get dressed and ready for school. 3. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) -- Not only was I hopping around for joy after receiving this game for Christmas of 1990, but I, damn near, had a heart attack when I saw Mario fly, for the first time, with his raccoon ears and tail. It was absolutely magical. Lol 2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) -- took me 4 years to beat this game. After receiving the 3 medals of Courage, Wisdom, and Power I obtained the Master Sword. From there, you head back to the castle to fight Aghanim -- a minion of Ganon. Upon beating him... you find out that you have to, then, obtain 7 crystals containing the descendants of the 7 wise men (sages) that sealed Ganon previously. I was fed up and done. Lol. I put it away for years until I, finally, gave it a shot, beat it, and began the journey of love for this game and franchise. 1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) -- solidified my love for the Legend of Zelda franchise and blew my mind no matter how many times I played it. Honorable mention -- Duke Nukem (1990 PC). The first game I ever played on a PC. Duke Nukem was hardly the badass he portrayed in later titles, and it was a side-scrolling game. I would play this game every chance I got when visiting my dad's house.
+dlrico Good list. I've also got really good memories of SMB3 and Ocarina of Time. Never played the Ghostbusters game though, maybe I should check that out.
I have so many more that I could've listed, and all have to do with various times that I visited and stayed the night with my dad or other relatives. Being freaked out while my cousins played "Friday the 13th"... playing F-Zero (SNES) or Westlemania (NES) with my dad. Good times. Lol
For the Nostalgic Games on my life will be Castlevania cuz I play them since I can recall, those games has been on my life since kid and are pretty special to me. On the new gen" check Shadow of the Colossus definitely an emotive game and with a so sad ending, I was crying like idiot at the end. More recently Ever Oasis a BEAUTIFUL game with also a very sad ending and so emotive, I played with the girl character and I coudnt replay it with the boy after saw that beautiful sad ending. (also crying like dumb at the end). Big Fan Pam :)
Great video, Pam. I've heard of Leisure Suit Larry but haven't gotten around to playing it. It's probably for the better (to protect my fragile innocence XD) but I might play it one of these days just to see that piece of gaming history. I did grow up in a different time period so my nostalgic games are quite different than yours. I played Super Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot, Zoo Tycoon, Star Wars Rogue Squadron, and Diddy Kong Racing. That's all I can name off the top of my head.
+The Side Quest Gamer Are you calling me old? :P There are a bunch of games from the 64 bit era that are super nostalgic for me too, but I decided to go with the really early ones.
I love RBI as well! My list includes: Tecmo Bowl, Contra, WWF Super Stars arcade, Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat 2. Honorable mention is RBI Baseball!
1. Wolfenstien 3D 2. Prince of Persia 3. Duke nukem II 4. Cosmos cosmic adventure 5. Oregon trail I played all my moms computer games as a kid back when floppy disks were floppy lol Doom is another one.
My choices would be: The Secret of Monkey Island, King's Quest V, Super Castlevania IV, Ultima VII: Complete (PC, of course), Alone in the Dark --- in no particular order.
Unfortunately I haven't actually played any if the six games you mentioned here. I played games as a kid but I never owned a console until the N64 came out, and even then I only had a handful of games. Two of which would make my Top 5 Most Nostalgic Games list. Those would be Castlevania and Jet Force Gemini. Then I'd have to go with Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos and Super Mario World for the SNES. My youngest video game memory however, is playing Super Mario Bros on the NES with my cousin Andrew. He'd always pause the game, purposefully, as I was jumping a gap and make me fall. The downside of being player two I guess.
+Richard Holmes Four of my nostalgic games are PC games, I played a lot of those as I didn't have any consoles between the NES and the PS1/N64. I used to play Mario Bros with my neighbour, but we were always nice to each other.
Great list, Pam! Sadly, I have yet to push into the second half of StarTropics, despite owning it. Really interesting set of games to fill out your list. I missed the boat on early PC titles since we didn't get one until later, and the games I was picking up and playing were mostly shareware (Doom and Quake, among others). If you haven't already checked out my list, you should - I did a similar video for my own selections. On a side note, I totally understand wanting to say "Must-algic" :)
+Musty Hobbit I don't like the second half of Star Tropics as much, maybe just because it's less familiar. I had so much trouble recording this. Nostalgic started to feel like a made up word after saying it so many times.
My Top 5 consists of a lot of early 90's arcade titles. 5. Mortal Kombat II, Arcade(though it's my favorite game in general) 4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sega Genesis 3. WWF Wrestlemania, Arcade 2. King of the Monsters, Arcade 1. The Simpson's, Arcade
Glad you succeeded. ;) This was one of the first games I bought with my own money, but all the good old sierra games, my parents had to be talked into buying for me.
Awesome video, I just found your channel, I can't believe I hadn't found it before its awesome I just subbed you. Leisure Suit Larry what a game a felt like such a bad kid playing that game! I've just started doing retro video game review and pick up videos myself and this is a cool idea. There's nothing as cool as nostalgia, I'm all about the nostalgia.
It's pretty tough to limit this to 5. Wolf3D/Doom, Railroad Tycoon, Goldeneye, Lords of the Realm 2, and SimCity 2k. And look at that, I cheated by combining the old ID shooters. Geez, only one console game, and I had an NES, Genesis, Gameboy and N64. But all the nostalgic feelings are for PC titles.
LSL3 when you're 9 years old: OMG, there are boobs in that game! LSL1 when you're 9 years old: OMG, you will die if you have unprotected sex with a sex worker! Yeah, maybe not what would qualify as "age appropriate" but these games had a lot of humor and I have found memories of playing LSL1 (I don't think I ever really played LSL3). at my friend's from a time where we not that much older than 9...
That's some Super Nerd stuff there, I didn't know any girls like you as a kid. I'm gonna list five nostalgic games though that really impacted me hard in my first few years of gaming 😁 Zelda II The Adventures of Link, Double Dragon the arcade version, The Guardian Legend, Metroid, Dragon Warrior
oh no way...another fellow mutant leaguer. That's awesome! I loved that whole series growing up, i have them all CIB. I'm curious, do you have a list of you collection? I just started collecting NES CIB.
TMNT 2, Blades of Steel, Blue Marlin, Double Dragon 2 for NES. Super Play Action Football, Tecmo Super NBA Basketball, WWF RAW, WWF Royal Rumble, Donkey Kong Country for SNES. WWF WrestleMania 2000, WWF No Mercy, WCW/NWO World Tour. WCW vs. NWO Revenge, GoldenEye007, Mario Kart 64 for N64 and Super Mario Land 2 and TMNT 1 for Game Boy.
Thinking of my top 5 nostalgic games The first game that comes to mind is a MMO called Perfect World International. It was my first MMO and whenever I hear music (chinese instrumental) my mind always goes back tot the game and makes me want to go back and just visit some of my most favorite areas. I couldnt play the game again as its kinda ruined by both the chinese company and the company that released it in the west. The next game would have to be Might and Magic six. My aunty bought the game at a garage sale thinking she could play it on her xbox. Obviously no, so she gave it to me. I spent hours on that game. I loved it for at the time a older title. I have digital version from GoG now to. Number three has to be (rhymed tehe). Pokemon Ruby. I remember seeing the advert for the game and seeing everyone with their pokemon and I was like I want that to. I knew about pokemon from a kid I babysat but never played it. So after seeing that add went to my my dad (rhyming again) and asked him for a GBA and the game. I got ruby because the kid had sapphire and I could then trade with him. My fourth game would have to be Final Fantasy X. Again I remember seeing the add for it and its metal intro as sin decimates Zanarkind. Also being already huge into FF I had to have the game. Once again good ol dad came through got me a PS2 and the game. Lastly would have to be Legend of Dragoon. It was the game that taught me how to play JRPGs. Prior to that I had borrowed FF7 from a family friend. I had no idea what I was doing and died to the the scorpion boss at the beginning and was like screw this Im going back to crash bandicoot. We got a multi compilation demo disc with LoD on it. You could play from after the Helena prison right up until the Urobolus (had to look that one up) boss at the end of the cave. You also could use dragoon transformations to. Through spending hours on that demo I learnt the value of healing items and spells. Plus grinding for levels etc. I definitely have more nostalgic games but these would have to be my top 5. FF7 should get a honorable mention to but the explanation for that would be in book form XD. I think Iv already written enough haha.
I remember playing Under a Killing Moon, I had to change discs fairly often though because the game, though set up in chapters did not have each DISC as a chapter but rather areas I traveled to and stuff. As I remember anyway. Legend of Grimrock is an amazing dungeon crawler, so is the sequel though I have yet to complete that one. Sadly I never grew up with those sort of games, I have tried some of the older ones later on after Grimrock but they just felt too clunky. Still love the concept though. I would have liked the same concept set in a more sci-fi setting. Someone was making a game like that but I am not sure if it ever got completed. Nostalgia seems to be the hardest word? ;-)
@@Cannotbetamed1 I kept forgetting and when I get stuck I always go back to places I have been before to see if I forgot som vital clue and THEN the "change disc" or whatever came up and I don't think you can back out of those. Oh well. I had the previous (first?) Tex Murphy game on my shitty 1x86 and had a lot of fun with that. (probably not a true computer term but hey, it had none of the bells and whistles and I loved it to death because it was my first PC! :-D)
Since this is an older video you might've heard of it by now but if you want another game like Legend of Grimrock give Paper Sorcerer a gander. I'm not sure it would even be possible for me to put together a top 5 list. In no particular order it would be something like...King's Bounty which was the inspiration for the Heroes of Might and Magic series, Final Fantasy 1 & 4...and then if I added any more it'd turn into like a top 100 list. Those 3 are for me probably most like you described Star Tropics as being for you.
After not being to decide on one list across all my games I divided it into PC, Console and Handhelds. PC= Wasteland, Star Trek BASIC, Space Empires II, Sid Meier's Pirates 1987, and Scorched Earth Console=Super Mario Brothers 2, Final Fantasy VI, Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen, PTO, and Uncharted Waters New Horizons Handheld=Nobunaga's Ambition Gameboy, Final Fantasy Legend/Saga II, Great Greed, Advance Wars, The Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening
+Cannot be Tamed A lot of them are games I played a lot with dad or friends while others were first or early experiences in genres I came to enjoy that I will always remember fondly. A couple of the handheld games were ones I played a lot during hospital stays during the period when I was hospitalized regularly when I was young while one was the first game I got after virtually my entire Game Boy collection was lost when moving leaving me only the game I had bought to play during the trip to the new house which turned out to be my least favorite Game Boy game of all time.
The initial release of quest for glory 4 was really buggy. I remember connecting to sierra's BBS on my 2400 baud modem to get some of the patched files, and eventually I think they sent a replacement disk.
Pretty funny!! So you were shocked the first time you saw the lady's boobs in Leisure Suit Larry ?? I like your picks , in my case i still remember Dungeon Master in Atari, similar game to Lands of Lore, these dungeon crawling games were so good !!!