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I'm talking about those games that made you feel like, "I've never experienced anything like this before" and left you with a stupid smile on your face the whole time you were playing them. Maybe to the point of forgetting what's happening around you or even forgetting about the people around you because you're so absorbed in the game. Games that maybe even redefined what gaming is for you. Here are some games that did that for me:
Super Mario Bros. 2 - I had wanted to play this for quite some time. When I finally did I was amazed at how different and more fun it was than the first SMB game. It's only years later I would learn that it wasn't a Mario game at all.
Sonic the Hedgehog - The Green Hill zone music will forever be imprinted in my memory
Viva Pinata - This really feels to this day like something that should be on a Nintendo console
Grand Theft Auto III - I knew this game was a game changer.
Astro Bot Rescue Mission - VR is amazing to experience for the first time
Star Fox 64 - All of those cheesy voices were amazing at the time, and of course the game itself was fantastic.
Donkey Kong Country - At the time this felt like a game that shouldn't have been possible on the SNES
Tomb Raider - The moment when 3d gaming entered my world.
Dynasty Warriors 3 - First experience with a musou game. In some ways the older ones like this entry are better than most modern ones.
Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition - Seeing this playing in an actual arcade back then was wild. It was like, "what the hell am I seeing right now!? How is Ken throwing fireballs in mid-air?!"
X-Men vs Street Fighter - I had played Marvel Super Heroes and seen X-Men Children of the Atom, but when I saw this in an arcade it just felt like I was witnessing a moment, like these fighters had just turned a significant corner.
Super Mario Bros. 2 - I had wanted to play this for quite some time. When I finally did I was amazed at how different and more fun it was than the first SMB game. It's only years later I would learn that it wasn't a Mario game at all.
Sonic the Hedgehog - The Green Hill zone music will forever be imprinted in my memory
Viva Pinata - This really feels to this day like something that should be on a Nintendo console
Grand Theft Auto III - I knew this game was a game changer.
Astro Bot Rescue Mission - VR is amazing to experience for the first time
Star Fox 64 - All of those cheesy voices were amazing at the time, and of course the game itself was fantastic.
Donkey Kong Country - At the time this felt like a game that shouldn't have been possible on the SNES
Tomb Raider - The moment when 3d gaming entered my world.
Dynasty Warriors 3 - First experience with a musou game. In some ways the older ones like this entry are better than most modern ones.
Street Fighter II: Rainbow Edition - Seeing this playing in an actual arcade back then was wild. It was like, "what the hell am I seeing right now!? How is Ken throwing fireballs in mid-air?!"
X-Men vs Street Fighter - I had played Marvel Super Heroes and seen X-Men Children of the Atom, but when I saw this in an arcade it just felt like I was witnessing a moment, like these fighters had just turned a significant corner.