Game that made you a fan of a specific gaming genre

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

Nautilus said:
999 made me a fan of visual novels.Other than that, I already liked most genres.

I'll second this. 999 totally converted me.

For visual novels I'll hsve to go with Burn Cycle on the Phillips CDi. Didn't put that in my lost cause i can't really say what genre that game even was.