Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

[Hooe]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

The Mortal Kombat games - this was the first series of games I was really hooked to, probably just for the shock value. They were fun games though.

Duke Nukem 3D - There is a huge hole in my PC gaming library from 1996 to 2004, cuz this game was the only one I felt was worth playing on the PC during that span. I modded the game to death also, probably attributing to its longevity in my eyes quite a bit and increasing my interest in video games in general, and is probably at least a small part of the reason I'm headed down the computer science road.

WWF Attitude, WWF Smackdown, and WWF Smackdown 2: In each of these games, my friends and I had a league of sorts, where we'd each draft wrestlers for our own personal use and make cards, fight for titles, have pay-per-views, and so forth. So much fun we had with these games.

Madden 2001-2003 - Again, played the heck out of these games with friends, in franchise mode.

Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2 - The only truly story-driven games I played, but they are amazing. Both games are brilliant works of art, and Hideo Kojima (the man behind both) is a genius in my eyes.

Guitar Hero - Whenever I see this game, regardless where I am, I play it. I'm hooked to it like a druggie. Most creative and innovative game I've ever played, period.

I guess also any game with any sort of "create-a-..." feature. I bought Rally Cross 2 for the PSX simply because you could make your own race courses, as I did TimeSplitters for the PS2 for the level editor. Any game where one can directly make the fun, I really enjoy.

[3rdAnswer]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

Tekken and all of the variants - Me and my father used to play this game all night, and it often resulted into a real fight if I was talking sh...

Gran Turismo 2 - Another game that my father and I played all night long. We each had two memory cards stack with cars in our garage. We would fine tune each of our cars and have fantasy races saying "I bet my _____ could whoop your_____."

[luv_mist]

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It's kind of funny cause it's been an on and off relationship for a while. I got into it when I got the Nintendo. Mario and Duckhunt were hot. Played a little Double Dribble. Excitebike. Then I stopped. Met a friend who put me on the Sega Genesis and SNES. He had the Sega Channel, SWEET MERCY was that sucker a lot of fun. Then I couldn't help but throw in a little NBA Jam. Was the greatest joint playing with my friend. My boy died and I just never been the same. Then I hear about the Sega Dreamcast. I don't even know how I got it but I got it. NBA 2K just made me a believer that there was another world out there. Now, I'm just collecting memories........

[jmill703]

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Simcity 2000 for PC....My friend had it on his computer and I would spend the night over there and play it for hours

[luv_mist]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

Forgot about the computer. I got turned onto the computer scene with Carmen San Diego. Then began the dry spell until The Sims. Also, that dang game Age of Empires 2. I saw it when I was in college. These kats had like 40 inch monitors on their custom built computers and it looked AWESOME!!

[Graphik]

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I still remember the day. We had a bible class at this guys house and after it was over, he poped in Lakers vs Celtics. I had a NES, and Atari, a Sega Master System, played lots of games, beat lots of games, traded lots of games but nothing can compare when I first witnessed the beauty of 16 Bit graphics. Bird looked like Bird, Jordan looked like Jordan....even Kareem had his trademark googles....I could'nt believe what I was seeing.

We held a tourney on 2 minutes quaters, I played and got stomped but it was the most fun stomping I ever endured. From that day on, I vowed that I would own a Sega Genesis and get this game. I got a Genesis a few years later, bought Tony Larrusa and my life changed from that day. I was indeed hooked.

[Mintsa]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

Kareem wasn't in Lakers vs Celtics............it was Vlade Divac and Michael Thompson (I think??),

James Worthy had the goggles.

I still have the game by the way.

[Graphik]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

Kareem wasn't in Lakers vs Celtics............it was Vlade Divac and Michael Thompson (I think??),

James Worthy had the goggles.

I still have the game by the way.

Yea, James Worthy. Thanks for the correction. That game pretty much changed everything. Gotta love that slow *** dribbling up the floor.

[chknwang321]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

Id say paper boy made me a diehard
and then zelda:ocorina of time

[RockinDaMike]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

I was a casual gamer pretty much through the 90's. Then, WCW/NWO Revenge for the Nintendo 64 hit. I was a huge WCW fan. My girlfriend/future wife bought me the system and game for my birthday. My older brother, and my best friend, would play that game for hours...daily. Since then, it's been all downhill.

i was really trying to think hard what game did it and after you said that, that was the game that brought my family together. we played that game for hours on end.

also notables are NBA 2k for dreamcast and Street Fighter 2. and the game i have put more hours in than any other game is Halo.

[cbgatorade0202]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

Super Mario Kart was the best game on Super Nintendo for me and I've never looked back since

[Kearnzo]

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The old NHL games for PC (I think 93/94/95). I was HOOKED on those games. I watched Paul Kariya growing up at UMaine, so when my dad bought this and I found he was in the game, I played as the Ducks every game. I was completely hooked to that game, which was really my first exposure to sports games.

Since then, games like Counter Strike, Age of Empires, Medal Of Honor, Metal Gear Solid, and more recently, Grand Theft Auto, have all kept my attention more than any others.

[ehh]

Re: Which game turned you into a diehard gamer?

Hardball for the Commodore 64.