Games that defined your childhood!

[MrMatthews]

I wasn't exposed to home gaming until I was 14.

Your childhood makes me sad.


On topic:

NES
Mario Bros 1, 2, 3
Mega Man 2 & 3
Contra
Double Dragon
Punch-Out!!

GameBoy
Gargoyle's Quest
Castlevania Adventure
Tetris
Metroid II
TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

Damn NeoZeedEater you were one hardcore ass gamer back in the day. I have played a lot of the games you listed but not until many years after they had been released. Text based games did rock the house though. I had no idea there was a Hitchhiker's Guide text game, I would have loved to play that as a kid. I read the books and even had a copy of the origional BBC tv series(so much better than the crappy hollywood modern version) when I was young.

I remember staying up late all the time playing this one text adventure game, but I can't remember what it was called. It started out like you wake up in a room possibly at an inn. On the table there is some silver bullets and a key. You pick up the bullets and key and you hear a blood curdling howl in the distance. I would go into school all sleepy the next day after staying up late playing that one.

[Splatterhouse5]

Colecovision / Atari 2600

Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Turbo
Q-Bert
Mr. Do
Zaxxon
Slither
Centipede
Pac-Man
Popeye
Defender
Missile Command
Asteroids
Bump n Jump
Jungle Hunt
Food Fight (7800)
Burger Time

NES

Super Mario Bros 1-3
Zelda
Contra
Bionic Commando
Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Castlevania 1-3
Duck Tales
Mickey Mousecapades
Wizards and Warriors 1 & 2
Karnov
Ninja Gaiden
Pro Wrestling
Goonies 2
R.C. Pro Am
Gauntlet
Paperboy
Ghosts n Goblins
Ikari Warriors 1 & 2
Double Dragon 1 & 2

Going any further takes me out of my childhood. I was about 13 or 14 when I first got a Genny

[NeoZeedeater]

Damn NeoZeedEater you were one hardcore ass gamer back in the day.

Heh, in retrospect I'm amazed I played as many games as I did, especially since I spent more time outdoors than in. I was lucky to have a neighbourhood where I had access to copying hundreds of floppy disk games and borrowing many cartridges. And I made it a mission to try and play everything. I always gave a try to any new arcade game I came across.

That horror text adventure sounds familiar.

[M4R14NO94]

DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Also, Big Red Racing was the shit. I still have the original CD somewhere.