Are there things you ever look back on from when you were a wee gamer that kinda shocked, surprised or was interesting to you?
Some of the ones I have is realizing how so many of the awesome games my friend had for his computer that we spent hours on were really just shareware distributed on CDs, as was common back in the Windows '95 era. But seriously... the Doom, Descent, Jazz Jackrabbit and Tyrian demos were so great.
Speaking of those, it was a bit of a shock when I realized that Jazz Jackrabbit and Tyrian were made by Epic. They were such a different company back then! Makes me wish they'd revisit some of them in spite of being busy with all the UE3 stuff.
And I was pretty much a badass for how far I could get in Megaman X without breaking a sweat. Really, the only part that gave me much trouble back then was Sigma's final final form, and if it weren't for how drawn out the process was of getting to him I probably would've finished him off. But it was kinda annoying so I didn't. But man, now I can barely even make it through those last few Sigma stages without taking a beating.
Gaze into your youth and be amazed!