Batta boom! Tons more good times. :D
- Star Fox - I think this is the first 3D game I ever played.
I thought it looked so weird and ugly at the time, but it was also so different and novel to explore this early polygon spaceship rail shooter.
- Goblin’s Quest 3 - I think this was my first point and click adventure/puzzle game I played. Such clever characters and creative solutions.
I had to use those in-game hints far to often. It was quite a mystical journey through each of these other worldly spaces.
I also liked the gag easter egg solutions to puzzles that served no other purpose than fun to see what happens.
- Nights into Dreams… - Another very unique game, flying through hoops in these 3D worlds but on a 2D plane of movement. (which switches to 3D while walking).
Really cool dream worlds in this game. :)
- Doom - This was my first FPS I ever played.
Limited ammo annoyed me when I found the cool guns. (I was so used to melee weapons from all the other video games).
Tons of secret power ups and passage ways in this game.
Was way to tough for kid me to beat though. Some of those later levels have ridiculously strong beasties waiting for you.
- Mario Party - Dude mario party was all about getting the 4 CPUs players to hoard coins then cash in at the end by switching them all to controlled players.
Really though, the board game/mini game combo was a ton of fun with the siblings.
Many joysticks were rekt by that shyguy spin the stick to fly thing.
- Crazy Taxi - This game was all arcadeyness awesomeness. High speed cab fares encouraging weaving near misses through traffic and sweet ramps and drift whipping.
It was all cool 90s vibes all day trying to beat your older brother’s top score.
- GoldenEye 007 - First real local multiplayer FPS I liked to play with friends, which is a short list anyway (Perfect Dark and…Time Splitters 2? can’t really think of any others that were as fun for me)
- Phantasy Star Online - Speaking of wonderful local multiplayer. This game was a class act in my life. Grinding through missions and gear with my brother was so chill and enjoyable.
I think we tried the online gameplay like 3 times. It was so slow…and prone to game save corruption, I didn’t want to risk it.
- Sacrifice - RTS summoning minions, casting spells, harvesting souls, with a TPS type control scheme? This game was such a unique gem to experience. The combinations of magic and unique units allowed for some cool stuff.
(I think you had to choose campaign missions which gave you new units and spells which also effect the path of the story and subsequent mission choices)
And when you beat the game you could use your final set up for skirmishes.
I also think there was a way to do fully custom stuff through the campaign editor.
I think you could actually edit the main campaign directly, I don’t think the editor had any restrictions, which was also quite unique.
