What games did you play growing up?

[G2ThaUNiT]

You were 14 when the Switch came out?!?! Oh my god I started gaming in the late 90s. Most of the initial games I grew up playing were the early to mid 90s since we didn't have much money, nor did my cousins and classmates, so it was kinda all over the place of who had what. I played a ton of games at the arcades as a kid, but I'm assuming you're talking about gaming at home.

While Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt on the NES at my aunt's house was my first gaming experience when I was like 5, Donkey Kong Country was my first gaming obsession. My cousin had a SNES, so I would go over to play, and I loved everything about the game, even though I was never good at it lol. He also had an N64. So we would play the likes of StarFox 64, Goldeneye 007, Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire, Rampage: World Tour, NFL Blitz, and 1080 Snowboarding.

I finally got a PS1 in 1999 and was able to get a handful of games over the course of the year. Primarily Crash Bandicoot, WipEout XL, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Hot Wheels Turbo Racing, and Colony Wars: Vengeance.

I did also get a Game Boy Color in the Summer of 99. Saved up the entire summer mowing lawns around the neighborhood just to get Pokémon Blue because that was the one game everyone at school somehow had earlier in the school year lol. So I was pretty obsessed with Pokémon for a good while there during the initial craze. Of course, in 2000 I got Gold when that released.

But my dad had a super powerful PC at work, so he would take me over on the weekends where he showed me gaming on PC, which captivated me. The company he worked for didn't care, so he would buy games to play. He let me play StarCraft, Monkey Island 2, Age of Empires, Myth II, Civilization II, Half-Life, and Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. My dad helped ensure I would continue to game on PC.

Also around the same time, my cousin was able to get a Dreamcast. So we played Power Stone, Marvel vs Capcom, Looney Tunes Space Race, and Outtrigger. The Dreamcast was actually one of the main reasons I stopped going to the arcades since it literally felt like the arcade at home lol. Not that there were many arcades left by that point.


I'm sure missing a game or two, but those were the ones I distinctly remember.

EDIT: Can't believe I forgot these but the Backyard Sports games! They were on the PCs in computer lab at school and we would all take turns playing them. Baseball was always my favorite, but I enjoyed Football as well.

Last edited by G2ThaUNiT - on 22 October 2025