For me it would have been Pokemon blue version. sure i played video games before but this game is what drove me to be almost addicted to video games. i would play this 8 hours a day nonstop.
For me it would have been Pokemon blue version. sure i played video games before but this game is what drove me to be almost addicted to video games. i would play this 8 hours a day nonstop.
Pokemon Red, because it is better.
Final Fantasy!! :bigsmile:
I doubt I'd ever have started playing games without Super Mario Bros., so I'd have to say that. Legend of Zelda would be pretty high up on the list as well. FFVI influenced my taste for awhile when it got me to play RPGs for several years, but I'm back to playing mostly action/adventure games.
My gaming experience started with watching my dad play Legend of Zelda and then playing it myself. Six years later I played Final Fantasy and fell into the world of RPGs. It wasn't my first, I had beaten Dragon Warrior I before, but FFI drew me into the system and I still love RPGs.
though i will concede pokemon red/blue got me hooked in, i wouldnt attribute it to my video game "hook." i was weaned from watching my older brother play (and subsequently play myself) Secret of Mana, FFVII, FFT, and Ocarina of Time
I did play hours and hours and use the same number of batteries for playing several Pokemons on my gameboy.
Final Fantasy is up the top too and the Metal Gear Series i guess.
My earliest gaming memory was age 4 playing on a Street Fighter arcade machine:D Flimbo's Quest on the C64 can take a lot of the credit for my love of gaming only finished it once but it was an epic. The Fifa series, Tekken series, GTA, Final Fantasy 7 & 8 & the Age Of Empires series also deserve most honorable mentions :D
Super Mario World and the Super Mario Bros. series were the first games I played to death. I was 5 or so at the time. Another one of my early favorites was Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Oh, and Kirby for Gameboy. Hours and hours of Kirby growing up.
For a more specific genre, Breath of Fire III really got me into RPGs (I played Super Mario RPG first but I didn't go out and find more RPGs because of it). I was... 10, maybe?
As much as I hate the series nowadays, Final Fantasy was single-handedly responsible for my initial enjoyment and interest of video games as a child. Swords and Serpents and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Pool of Radiance furthered my interest in different types of role-playing games.
Mega Man, specifically Mega Man 4. It's that as my first game ever played. And Skull Man was the first boss I've ever beaten. You could jump and shoot and charge and slide. It was awesome! Also I think I was a better at it when I little cause I beat Pharaoh Man first once. I can't do that now.
Nuclear Strike on the PS1 is the reason I play games anyway. I don't know how many times I've completed that game. And credit has to go to FF9 for introducing me to Final Fantasy, which are easily the most influential games I've ever played.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is probably the most influential game to me, having first played it at such a young age and being absolutely blown away by it. This was before I even knew that the Zelda series was so popular and well-regarded. I went into it expecting just another game, and then it became the benchmark by which I judged other games for years. Wonderful, wonderful game.
I wanna say Super Mario Bros. and Tiger Heli, they kinda solidified my passion but they were early ones.
Like others I partially want to give it to gameboy games like pokemon for the obsession side, and other game boy classics like Mario Land 2, Wario Land, and Zelda: Link's Awakening.
Shining Force got me into RPG's and Final Fantasy VII pretty much made it a done deal. Command & Conquer got me into PC games and RTS, so with computer RTS and console RPG's being my driving force, I'll say any which of those 3 games.
Although I've been a video game fan ever since my dad let me play Super Mario Bros. for NES when I was 2, I think the game that really sealed me as a fan of video games over all was either Dragon Warrior or The Legend of Zelda, both of which I played when I was just a little older. I've gone through a handful of 'phases' as a gamer since then-- I went from being a Zelda fan (oh god I could remember how I almost wet my pants when I got Ocarina of Time when it came out), to being a huge Pokémon fan (which I still am today) to broadening my horizons to other RPGs, to being an arcade fan.
If I had to give a list of games that have influenced me to keep loving games over the years, I'd have to say...
Legend of Zelda (got me into gaming more than anything else)
Dragon Warrior (my first RPG)
Super Mario RPG (just 'cause it's a great game)
Pokémon Red (really got me into handheld gaming, and was just such a fun game)
Kingdom Hearts (got me into Final Fantasy)
Final Fantasy IV and VI (renewed my love for older games)
Mushihimesama (sparked my interest in shmups, and is my favorite game to this day (thanks, Jeremy))