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Guessed by @S.Peelman

The end-all be-all of videogames as far as child me was concerned. If I was making these lists since I was born (ok that sounded less stupid in my head), A Link to the Past would've likely had the #1 spot for longer than any other title. Maybe it's something to do with me not having any Nintendo consoles for nearly two decades after the SNES, meaning I missed out on having my mind blown by the 3D Zeldas, but even back then, I remember not being particularly impressed whenever I saw Ocarina of Time at a friend's house or whatever.

Another thing I remember is my brother deciding to trade our SNES for a Game Boy Color without my consent, meaning I never got to finish this as a kid. It was several years later when I finally played through the whole thing, somewhere in my mid-teens. I kept looking up walkthroughs whenever I got stuck (likely a consequence of not playing much Nintendo over my childhood, didn't do much thinking in the games I did play), and every time I said "how the hell was I supposed to know that?", I'd remember having done that as a kid with no English knowledge. Back then I was too scared of the dungeons and stuff, so I usually kept exploring the overworld even knowing I wasn't making any progress. It didn't matter. Kids play games to have fun, not to make progress.

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