What classic game from your childhood sticks out the most and why?

[Rex Dart]

I guess Bubble Bobble for NES. It was one of the very first games we got for the system, and everybody played. My mom still knows the game's main tune because when she heard it playing from 1989-1992, she knew we kids were behaving & not tearing around.

[Eltigro]

I remember playing River Raid for hours on end. I just loved playing it. It was a challenge and different. I eventually got a score good enough to send in a screenshot for a patch. Also played quite a bit of Yars Revenge and Star Master. After the 2600, I have a lot of memories of playing NES games such as Castlevania, Metal Gear, 1943, and of course Super Mario Brothers. I actually got all four of these games when I got the NES. At the time, I had played Castlevania, 1943, and SMB, and just kinda looked at the Metal Gear game and said, "Meh, never heard of it." I few weeks into playing, I finally gave Metal Gear a chance and it was great fun. To this day, that Castlevania (the first one), and that Metal Gear (the first one) are the only ones in their respective series that I have completed.

Edited September 23, 2011 by Eltigro

[johnny_boy]

Good memories eating poutine and playing Ms. Pac-Man between stints of skiing at a ski resort. Even after being exposed to all those NES games, this arcade cabinet had a strange attraction for me.

[disjaukifa]

There is something special about an Arcade cabinet that I don't think a home console can never capture.

[chuckwalla]

The first game that comes to mind is Demon Attack. For some reason this was often played before Voyagers came on tv Sunday nights.

Defender is another one, especially the high score tournaments with the neighbors during Labor Day weekends - it was kind of like one last video gaming pow-wow before school started.

Super Breakout was a special one because it was the only game my Dad played and he played it often. I was so excited that he actually played a video game that I used to encourage him during the entire game - and he was good at it too!

And I still love all these games today.

 

 

Telengard on cassette for the Commodore 64. I didn't have a floppy drive for the first year that I had a C64 (got a 1541 the following Christmas), so I used to play this *a lot*. This was during a time where the only games I had for the C64 were a few of those early Commodore cartridges, a couple on cassette, and whatever I typed in from Compute! magazine.

 

It was like that for most of us. Telengard was incredible at the time (and I still play it today - on the VICE emulator - quick save states are a blessing!) and if I recall it took something like 20 min. to load. Those disk drives were expensive back then but my Dad eventually bought one, especially after he discover PaperClip word processing.

 

I remember playing River Raid for hours on end. I just loved playing it. It was a challenge and different. I eventually got a score good enough to send in a screenshot for a patch. Also played quite a bit of Yars Revenge and Star Master. After the 2600, I have a lot of memories of playing NES games such as Castlevania, Metal Gear, 1943, and of course Super Mario Brothers. I actually got all four of these games when I got the NES. At the time, I had played Castlevania, 1943, and SMB, and just kinda looked at the Metal Gear game and said, "Meh, never heard of it." I few weeks into playing, I finally gave Metal Gear a chance and it was great fun. To this day, that Castlevania (the first one), and that Metal Gear (the first one) are the only ones in their respective series that I have completed.

 

River Raid and Starmaster (along with Defender, Demon Attack, Dodge 'Em, Super Breakout, Slot Racers, Venture, and Donkey Kong) were among my first few 2600 carts and I played them to death, loving them all the way. Especially during those early '80's summers when everyday was spent playing with friends and trading different games - some of the best memories a kid can have!