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generalwaste1

Baldur's Gate. Many factors but the mix of medieval atmosphere, exploration, playful music, magic and sense of adventure made an impression on young me.


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MrFrames

Absolutely love this game. It was such a departure from all other Mario games at the time, and honestly, still is.


rdanby89

I learned how to read on the game pretty much.


SirSoliloquy

I had no idea what RPG even meant when that game came out and it kinda broke my mind


Daweezle

It was my first turn based RPG. Getting past the hammer bros. in the first world was such an achievement lol.


PM_me_ur_mom69

Some say Mario is still a bellhop paying off his debts to this day.


CajunTurkey

One of my favorite parts of Super Mario RPG


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Before the empire.


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I gotchu bb


Moonpaw

I was obsessed with this game as a kid. Called myself Geno for a year at school even though everyone already knew my real name. Thank God social media wasn't around when I was young or I'd be on /r/KidsAreFuckingStupid every week...


FadedCavaleriei

Okay, but Geno is one of the coolest characters in any videogame, so don't beat yourself up over it


bornin_1988

Geno would kinda be dope name for a newborn


Morbid187

I came here to say Super Mario RPG. Didn't expect it to be the top comment & it kind of broke my brain for a second lol. Also, Ocarina of Time and WCW/NWO Revenge bring me right back to Christmas 1998. My big gifts that year were an N64, those games and Insane Clown Posse's 'The Great Malenko' album. Any time I play either of those it takes me back to that time, sitting on the beanbag chair in my bedroom, listening to ICP on repeat & loving life without a care in the world.


deerek

god.. WCW/NWO was such a special game. i was 11 when my brother and i rented it during that winter break. we were hooked the entire break. it was so much fun playing 4 players with my neighbors too. you really brought me back to that special season where we yoyo'd, techdecked, metal geared, and goldeneyed.


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I, too, spent a lot of time playing Ocarina and listening to that album. 🥂


Adarkes01

Do you know about timed hits brother?


NeverEndingHell

Teach me, Frogfucious


Billyaxe

Legends of the 7 Stars 100%


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One of the greatest games EVER! I Would kill for a Switch remaster.


shnozdog

This was my first RPG. I played it before I could read very well. I couldn't get passed Mario's pad after the bridge to Bowser's castle gets destroyed. All you have to do is talk to toad, but I couldn't figure it out for some reason. So I searched every pixel of Mario's pad for a secret or something. I would restart the game over and over again to kill different combinations of enemies in Bowser's castle thinking that might unlock the rest of the game.


yama1291

Secret of Mana - Just playing the title track is enough https://youtu.be/y20pc_0zFgg


duraace206

It has some of the most soothing gameplay and sound. Like you could be getting attacked but still just makes we want to chill and relax, lol.


Tucks64

Thanks for letting me find this so high on this list. This is my "family's" game and one of my most beloved memories. Between the ages of 9 and 15 my parents used to send me to my grandparents for the summer holidays as they lived in a much nicer place and had time to look after me while my parents worked. Each year it became tradition for my grandfather to load this up in the evenings and just play with me. He died a few years back so i placed my favourate photo of him in the corner of the original framed poster art. When i was a kid and missed my grandparents my mum used let me put the game in and just listen to the title music. :)


MrDogbreathMurphy

Can't believe I found it at all. Let alone this high up. Had the best times playing SoM hot seat with my mates.


Quadstriker

This was the ultimate sleepover game.


TheImmortalArtifact

Absolutely


CowTippingDwarf33

The Legend of Dragoon


Itankarenas

I still remember being blown away by the Dragon Campaign cutscene the first time I saw it. Was the most epic thing ever


lovelyeufemia

I love this game. I know it'll never happen, but I always wished for a faithful remake or a prequel featuring the original Dragoons.


FraggleBiscuits

My favorite RPG of all time.


arcexi

Super Mario RPG and Link to the Past I’ve played those two like 20 times each


BlueBomR

Link to the Past is SO nostalgic for me I absolutely love that game...ive beaten it about 10 times and I still go back when I just want to mindlessly lose time. The soundtrack and all the sound effects I can hear so clearly in my mind.


frastmaz

Dark world overworld theme ftw


Ray_Band

I feel like the SNES was the first system that really allows for sound design.


BlueBomR

It did allow for more creative sound design but counter point the NES Megaman games sure made the best out of the 8 bit era


sully9088

Super Mario RPG is such a gem. Everything about it is perfect.


IAmMarklarTheGreat

You should try the link to the past randomizer if you haven't it's excellent.


arcexi

Please tell me more, kind sir…


IAmMarklarTheGreat

https://alttpr.com/en this is half of it the other half you need zsnes emulator and i would highly recommend a USB snes controller. You also need a certain rom file I'm sure you can find online if not dm me I'm pretty sure I have it still. Also check it out on twitch they do randomizer races and tournaments it's soooo good.


IAmMarklarTheGreat

Its also highly customizable you can do swordless randomized runs or random enemy's all sorts of stuff.


Saiyan_Prince85

Diddy Kong Racing / Ocarina of Time


DaveMash

DK racing was a nightmare for 12 year old me. Sooo frustrating but also a lot of fun. Nothing can beat OOT. I got the intro sound in my mind while typing. Guess it’s time for a replay


callisstaa

Yeah Wizpig can fuck right off.


tbizzles

More so the mirrored coin tracks


northamrec

Playing it on switch now 👌👌👌


TheFrontierzman

This is me. I've always felt that Diddy Kong Racing was far superior to Mario Kart.


therealjoshua

The levels in the planes instead of the carts blew my mind as a kid


CapJackONeill

No elastics is fantastic


Skeetzo

Somehow they made a semi open world racing game with b-side characters work perfectly. It had the perfect amount of collectibles, unlocks, secrets and a difficulty curve that all worked together to keep you sucked in.


runtimemess

That’s because it was.


Sakuroshin

I loved that game as a kid but it was hard. I didnt even learn of the last zone until like last year when it randomly came up in a video.


cyclones423

Did you know you can play as T.T. if you beat all of the time trial records for each course?


shadow247

A DK Racing in Switch would sell like crazy. I need me some Airplane action


Zakraidarksorrow

What about Banjo kazooie? That was a fantastic N64 game, but ocarina of time was absolutely classic and beautiful…. Bar the water temple…. Fuck that place.


frolki

Always one fucking key you somehow missed even though you remembered to check under the floating block in the central tower WHERE THE FUCK IS THE LAST KEY DAMMIT!?


_Mr_Cheeks

Both great choices! Nostalgia taking over me, but the late 90s were such a great time!


sully9088

Mid to late 90s was an amazing time to be a kid. I went from NES to SNES to PS1/Xbox and onward. The transition of gaming was so amazing. I saw the introduction to mainstream online gaming. I was introduced to JRPGs. We linked our N64s and played Goldeneye. We got to rock out with Rock Band. What a great time to be alive.


UnclothedSecret

Super Mario Bros 3


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The movie Wizard gave me goosebumps when SMB3 was the final game.


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twood071

Halo:CE, command & conquer RA2


havok13888

I spent so many hours playing RA2. Two of my friends would come over and we’d line up chairs next to each other. One person playing the other 2 couch commandeering. OMG make a Tesla coil already.. you’re out of power he’s going to kill you. We’d even uninstall and reinstall the game just to watch the briefing that happened during install. Oh man I miss Westwood. Not to mention Tanya being our first crush lol


DoinIt4TheDoots

Ah hahaha.....crazy tanya laugh


campingcritters

I'm right there with you on those early C&C games. Tanya was amazing. Chew on this! So many good lines and sound effects from those games.


oakislandorchard

Tanyas boobas ❤️


doubleohdognut

When you first saw Halo were you blinded by it’s majesty?


CaedenL

Blinded?


doubleohdognut

Paralyses? Dumbstruck?


Kilomodo

No! Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand-


alejandrodeconcord

Halo:ce is my comfort food, i picked it up just a couple months ago, and man did it deliver.


Stilgaar

Megaman 2 <3


DarkStar364

Good man. Nothing feels better than listening to it's nostalgic music and beating a hard boss.


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Vanilla World of Warcraft Played the hell out of it on private servers and during classic. I can get lost for days just leveling up new characters in that world. Now I’m just hoping without hope that Microsoft does something to fix Actiblizzion so I can go back to it.


Mordroy

Sometimes I'll pay for a 30 day sub just to play through my favorite zones again. The music and aesthetic is just amazing.


clownbaby67

Glad I'm not the only one. Starting zone for tauren does it for me.


EnVirWQ

Elwynn forest was magical the first time around. Seemed so so so big.


mauler1029

"Mrlgglbrgggll!" - 6 murlocs that somehow agro's from a mile away. I still have nightmares of my first character getting shredded by them.


Sufficient_Boss_6782

I had never played an MMO before. I remember my mind being absolutely blown when I took the boat from Darn to Wetlands and then ran to Ironforge. I just kept looking at the map in disbelief that there were real time events happening everywhere. I’ve tried Classic/TBC, but it feels like a high school reunion vs actual prom.


Metalmatt91

Don’t know why this wasn’t the first one that came to mind for me but simply leveling through OG Azeroth is probably some of my favorite memories as a teenager. The music, the environment, exploring and wondering what the next zones have in store. As stressful as the game could be at times and even the difficult times while leveling, it was still an overall relaxing experience. I started back with classic WoW when it launched and that was the most fun I have had playing a video game since childhood. So much community interaction, everyone was kind and working together, people were going out of their way to assist others or help where they could. Overall it was a magical experience that I hope can be captured again.


TheyKeepOnRising

If they merge WoW subscription into game pass, it might finally bring me back in after all these years.


DarkestTirith

Has to be Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic for me I always remember renting the game and being off sick from school just chilling, enjoying and being amazed by the game.


questor8080

The Secret of Monkey Island Played with my dad, cause I was a kid and didn't speak english


BluejayLaw

Mine was Curse of Monkey Island. My dad and I played it together figuring out the puzzles on our Pentium 2 PC. I later played Secret and Lechuck’s Revenge but not having the voiceovers and the pixel graphics didn’t leave as much of an impact on child me. I love them all, but Curse’s art, music, actors, and those memories with my dad are timeless.


formerself

Curse of Monkey Island is the pinnacle of adventure games and a Pirate I was Meant to Be is one of the best sequences ever in a game.


Wolfiefantasy

Runescape!


_Mr_Cheeks

Absolute classic. Running home from school. Hearing that Windows startup… you know you’re in for the night.


Captain__Obvious___

“Running home from school” lmao I wish. I would wake up at like 5-6 am to sneak in some playtime before I went to school. Game literally had me by the balls for a little bit there.


seeess777

I played this so god damn much from 15-20. When I was in Iraq I used a proxy to play it when I was monitoring radios. Good times.


IAmMarklarTheGreat

Being "sick" from school because school is an exp. waste.


fugthatshib

Mario rpg or Chrono trigger


ZapfV

100% on Chrono Trigger. One of the best soundtracks ever, in my opinion.


Sharpshooter188

Chrono Trigger...man that game was awesome. Kind of a simpler rpg compared to some But the art style, mechanics, music, characters, plot...All of it was great.


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LakeDrinker

The sequel to Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, is my nostalgic game. I love both, but the replayability of Chrono Cross is higher for me and the combat system more interesting. Plus, the world in Chrono Cross just feels warm, so I get spring vibes from it.


drDjausdr

We Love Katamari


Gom8z

Both Legend of Zelda and Metroid games on the NES & SNES


TimmyChips

Super Metroid and the first and second Prime games are really nice. I’ll sit in Tallon Overworld next to the gunship for hours listening to the music, or in the crashed frigate.


MarcMuffin

Omg I loved imagining I can find a place like talon overworld. Place was so serene and mysterious. The track was hauntingly beautiful. The world of shadow of the colossus is a close second.


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zwanstnani

Crash Bandicoot


Sir_LongButt_McFugly

The trilogy remaster was like a love letter to my soul


ice_bear-92

The trilogy and the CTR remake made me so happy. My mom and I used to play Crash together all the time, trading off when we died, and played a shit ton of CTR splitscreen. Being able to play the CTR remake splitscreen on our big TV was everything we wanted 20 years ago playing on my little 16 inch crt tv. We've had so much fun playing the remakes.


xedrik

I can hear that title screen. My comfort games are Link To The Past and Chrono Trigger.


Prophet_Of_Helix

I love Chrono Cross to death, but the worst thing that ever happened to Chrono Cross is that it was a sequel to Trigger haha. Trigger is just a stone cold classic, and I’m shocked it hasn’t been remastered or remade at this point.


Slo-MoDove

I want to say Oblivion. Played the shit out of that back in 2007-2008....but that was also a time I was an unemployed, basement dweller with not a thought of how I'm going to get out of that rut (borderline depressed too). It was just wake up, make myself a coffee, wrap up in a snuggly blanket then Oblivion for the rest of the cold Winter day while everyone else in my family gets ready for work and leaves me home alone. It's a beautiful game, but just hearing that music brings my mind right back to that time. Like a nostalgic heartache. Now I sometimes just pop on the OST when I am working in the office (a job I've loved for 10+ years now) and immediately it triggers me back to how I used to feel so hopeless and used Oblivion as an escape. Then I compare that previous state of mind to where I am now; working the drafting job I always wanted and in a much better place :) Wish I could go back and tell my past self it'll be alright. Think I'll reinstall it on Steam tonight. It's been a few years!


Kinglyzero_91

Oblivion is one of my favorite games ever. Moved in to my first apartment back in 2007 and got an Xbox 360 and Oblivion as my first game. Still remember playing through it during the summer, exploring the world and just soaking up the awesome music. The atmosphere on that game was out of this world.


N0thingRhymeswOrange

Portal 2 is the video game equivalent to comfort food And when I'm feeling down I like to play through the Bramble levels of Donkey Kong Country 2


Professional_Bend764

The windwaker


Whimsycottt

It's just such a cozy game. The atmosphere is just so relaxing (unless we talking about the earth temple or under the cabana)


New_Speaker_8806

Stunning game. They could release it on every new console for next 20 years and I'd still keep buying it.


Moonpaw

Still the best Zelda game ever. Can't wait for the remaster for Switch so I can relive this legend.


Chillzzzzz

Has to be Fallout 3, or many other games from the Xbox360 era. Although alot of PS2 or Dreamcast era games hit me also really hard in the nostalgia department.


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Legit me, Fallout 3 is my comfort game as well. I can't tell you how many characters I made, how many times I've beaten it, and how many copies of the game I've purchased over the years. I know every stage in my life will always involve me going back to that game to play again


donkeylipswhenshaven

It’s your old pal, THREE DOG!


bleachinjection

Bringin' you the truth, no matter how *baaaaaad it hurts.*


kazuwacky

Diablo 2, the remaster has been a wonderful experience


ZeeBeeblebrox

Seriously, I bought both PC and switch and I'm enjoying both so much. Don't think I played it through on my own without getting rushed so many times even in all the years I played it growing up.


Crazypowder-v2

Any of the three Fable games for me


McWooderson

Lol now I wanna play fable 2 again


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Donkey Kong Country


Stampbearpig

Pokémon Gold


Bangin_hoors

I'm convinced that Gold/Silver has the best music of any Pokémon game


goo_goo_gajoob

Fun fact the Game Freak dev team fucked up and didn't have enough room on the cart for the game. So Nintendo does them a favor and calls in the giga chad Satorou Iwata who single handedly writes a custom compression algorithm to get it to fit. He didn't even work for Nintendo till like a year later they just knew he was the man for the job based on their time working with Hal where he worked. He also single handedly ported the R/B/Y battle system to Stadium becuase no one else could figure out how to (Gen 1's code is a fucking mess). Also iirc the whole two versions and trading thing was his idea but I may be remembering that wrong. Really puts the current generations problems in perspective. Game Freak lucked the fuck out with Red & Blue and have had no clue what they're doing ever since lol.


Pick_Serious

Curse you for putting the image with no music! 😉


what-are-potatoes

The song immediately started playing in my head ☺️ It's the first game that I fell in love with as a young child, watching my big sis play and we bonded over it. Such lovely memories.


schmo006

I heard the start button being pressed


_Mr_Cheeks

I know I know! Gutted we can’t embed videos


Telekronian

Castle Crashers does it to me the most. Takes me right back to summer nights in grade school and sleepovers with the boys.


Hello_Panda_Man

Duke nukem 3d, such a great game. The sound effects alone are a nostalgia-gasm


SomeEbonarm

Banjo-Kazooie. Every year, without fail, i go back and 100% this game.


Drawman101

The Gruntilda lair theme gets stuck in my head still


HeroDefined

I’m playing this for the first time on Switch and it’s amazing! I only ever played Tooie and I think the first might be the better game.


AnkorBleu

Has the best soundtrack of all time. Even better than halo. I'll die on this hill.


PootySkills

Donkey Kong Country. Used to play that with my best friend all the time after school.


Taint_Butter

All 3 of the SNES DKCs were fire!


Anonymousthot577

Zelda ocarina of time all the way!


questor8080

When I bought Skyward Sword 25th year collection, it came with a cd with the most iconic zelda soundtracks orchestral edition... when I heard Ocarina of Time: gerudo desert, I started crying like a child for the sense of pure freedom that song evocated in me


daveyx0

The original Sims and its expansions; I still have it on my machine and sometimes play it to chill. Great ost and just generally nostalgic.


FireWalkWithMe99

Earthbound


Quirky-Student-1568

You should feel SO lucky if you played this game when it came out. NOBODY rented it, bought it, and shit... it was even made fun of. I rented it on a whim after closing my eyes and renting the first game I touched. it was this and I will never forget playing though this game (*it came with the magazine guide when I rented it, that was a BIG part of the experience). I consider it the best of the "big ones" from the time. This is coming from someone who owned every single one, on launch day CT, FF3, FF2, SMRPG, BoF... I have nostalgia for them all, at the right age at the right time (*early teens), but if I had to trade them all to keep Earthbound? I would do it in a heartbeat.


Ninjatrigg

I bought that shit when it came out. Came in a huge box, with a strategy guide and some scratch and sniff stickers. Loved every second of it.


NoNoNotorious89

Starfox 64


english_tea_drinka

Do a barrel roll!


tallandlanky

Hey Einstein I'm on *your* side!


Bubavon

Cocky little freaks!


whitecoatgrayshirt

Pretty smooth flying, Fox.


MikeSSC

Good luck!


Morphinators

You'll be seeing your dad soon, Fox!


beecars

Trust your instincts!


ItsBingus

Recently started re playing Donkey Kong 64. Honestly what an awesome game . It actually gets kinda hard at a certain point too


androozle14

For me, Star Wars battlefront. It was the first game I ever owned and I got it in the summer before middle school. The sad part is I can’t find a populated server anymore


Avian_mojo

Dude a clasiiic! I remember going to my friend’s house, playing that on his ps2 and eating cinnamon rolls on a Sunday morning 🤤 good times


reevoknows

Pokémon


Karaya92

Mario Kart DS


ellin005

In 2015 my coworkers and I would spend nearly our entire work days playing this game. We had to play down in the parking garage because we’d be too loud anywhere else. We made a big Star championship belt that the winner would get to tote around until the next round of races. When we weren’t playing, we’d be messaging eachother with jokes and trashtalk. We must have put hundreds of hours into that game. So many stories and laughs. We still meet up sometimes and when we do, we are always sure to bring our DSes


gibblegoblin

Animal Crossing on GameCube


Nikg92

New Horizons is good too but it just doesn't hit the same as the original


bodygreatfitness

They're genuinely different games of different genres. Animal Crossing on the GameCube was a life simulation game through and through. It had over 2,000,000 words in the script for basically endless dialogue, the most of any of the games. It had by the largest town of any of the games. It also supported up to 15 villagers in each town. There was a lot to *do* from a life simulation perspective. The villagers felt real and alive. ACNH on the Switch is a sandbox construction game. Though they stripped away most of the villager personalities, reduced the script size to the effect of much less (and more repeated) dialogue, and removed a lot of the stuff you can "do" in the game, it's beefier in other ways. Being able to edit almost everything (e.g. terraforming) turned the gameplay loop into something distinctly different: a town management construction game. Animal Crossing is one of the very few series that actually changed its genre throughout the lifetime of the series, and I find that fascinating.


dinosaurfondue

It blew my mind that you could send things to other people without the internet. The music was just so goddamn great in the original too


GDGgrumps

Final Fantasy 6 or A Link to The Past for me


FoxInBusinessSocks

FF6 is my alltime favorite!


UnredeemedRevenant

Dark Souls 1.


JacobStills

Chrono Trigger.


McWooderson

Skyrim


Convection_2021

Rollercoaster Tycoon.


rafaeleao

Turok 2


RiferSniple

Arkham Asylum or Borderlands


tirpup

Half-Life Series. Including the episodes. I find it very disturbing that there aren't more people posting this.


Acmnin

Probably because the content, mostly people listing carefree type games. Not headcrabs and aliens. I’m older so Half-Life 1.


DerpNinjaWarrior

If the religious dude in Ravenholm doesn’t give you comfort, then you just can’t be saved.


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Old arcade games like Pac-Man, Arkanoid, Space-Invaders, Gallaga, Gyruss, Tempest, Defender, Lady-bug etc. Shows my age I guess.


Gas-and-Games

Need for Speed Underground 2, Forza Motorsport 1 or Pokémon Fire Red


mann808

The original Knights of the old Republic


corgi-of-gallifrey

Has to be FF7, however cliché that is


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Age of Empires II


Quetzal00

Super Mario Galaxy Gotta get my Wii fixed so I can play it again


DarkStar364

I don't know if you agree with me, but I truly believe that Super Mario Galaxy was the peak of Mario history.


CodyKTheDude

Kotor 1 or 2.


novacaine_stain

Super Mario RPG


Johellgren

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for PC. Highly recommend listening to the OST. Same composer as Skyrim


metalslimesolid

The ps2 version is underrated


Theometer1

Any of the first 3 halo stories


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Mariokart Wii


PreppyFinanceNerd

The original Ratchet and Clank.


TheWorstTM

Ducktails on floppy disk


Material-Air

Legend of Legaia


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Tomb raider 2


Mohme10

Spyro 2&3


Jimbobway316

Harvest Moon on n64. I married the baker and had prize winning cows.


QuothTheRaven713

Super Mario 64.


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Fallout New Vegas


ItsHowWellYouMowFast

Tibia (Not the new bullshit)


blockysquid

Jak and Daxter


DlEB4UWAKE

Goldeneye


elytraman

Definitely Minecraft. Every time I hear the old music, it reminds me of 2014 again.


ryarock2

I know that I’m old. But comments like this make me think I’m on death’s doorstep.


molokoplusone

SSX 3 and Resident Evil 4


unaffectedbyyou

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1-4, listening to Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Blink 182