My Life in Video Games

The below post was originally typed up in 2009. I listed my favourite video game from each year since my birth. I'd probably agree with most of this list, but I think now I would pick Theme Hospital over Goldeneye, and the 2008/9 picks would probably be different.

 

  • 1991: Super Mario World
    • Probably the game I've played least on this list. But it's Mario and was released the year I was born it HAD to make the list. Also it has Yoshi!
  • 1992: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
    • The only point and click adventure on the list. I can remember spending hours playing this game and eventually completing it. I'm tempted to get "Staff of Kings" just so I can play "Atlantis" on the Wii :P
  • 1993: Sim City 2000
    • The first game I paid for myself. I got the Floppy Disc version, the discs ended up being re used for other purposes, and I don't know what happened to the setup files :P
  • 1994: Jazz Jackrabbit
    • Best 2D platformer series featuring a green rabbit I have ever played! I love this game, I love the sequel, I love the 3rd game in the series that was never officially released (Not that I downloaded it off a Torrent or anything ;)). I love this series so much that when I had to make a game on my college course rather than going for Pokémon, as the rest of my class expected me to, I chose to make a JJR clone. I've also got my younger cousins playing the Network version (JJR2: The Secret Files) and they ask to play it when they come round.
  • 1995: MS Solitaire
    • I needed a game for this year, so Win95 managed to get in the list. Anyone who's ever been any where near a Windows machine (That isn't currently BSODing) MUST have played this game at some point. Your bored, Internets a pain (Stupid Dial-up), and the computer in front of you doesn't have any good games, so you end up playing Solitaire. I've lost count of the number of systems I've played MS Solitaire on, Win 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, NT4, XP, Vista, 7, Mobile 2002, Mobile 2003, Mobile 5.... There's probably a few I've missed out. (Yes I've also played Solitaire on Ubuntu and the Wii, but this is the MS version I'm taking about).
  • 1996: Super Mario 64
    • NINTENDO SIXTY FOOOOUUUUUURRRRRRRR!!!!!! Best console EVAH. And this is probably the best game on it. If you ask my mate Chris he will say it is the best game ever created, I just say best on this console. It's Mario. It's 3D. It's got mushrooms, stars, shells, Bowser, Peach and Mario can touch lava without dieing instantly!
  • 1997: Goldeneye
    • Best.....FPS...... EVAH!
    • Honorary Mention: Theme Hospital
  • 1998: Pokemon Red + Blue
    • Before I begin, fans of Blue, I'm sorry. I typed "Pokemon Red and Blue" into Wikipedia and the Article only has the Red box art.
    • The start of something amazing. Although I don't own either of the original games, I've included these in the list due to the huge impact they have had on me :P
  • 1999: Super Smash Bros.
    • Pikachu fighting Mario.... need I say more?
  • 2000: Pokemon Gold and Silver
    • Everybody wants to be a master, everybody want to show their skills, everybody wants to get there faster, make their way to the top of the hills.
    • Pokemon Gold and Silver, the best games in the series and currently being remade on the DS. I played this so much I'm surprised the on board battery still works! Although I never Caught 'em All it is an amazing game and I still play it (Sometimes on GBC, sometimes on an emulator)... oh and the cloning glitch, that was fun :P
  • 2001: Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
    • It's Pokemon, it involves moving blocks around, and Tetris was released before I was born... so here it is. Pokemon Puzzle Challenge. Think a Pokemon version of Bejewled, except the blocks rise from the bottom instead of fall from the top. I lost my original copy of the game, might still be in my room some where. I bought a second copy in France on my way back from a college trip to Disney Land (There was a computer conference thingy in Paris, it was optional.... nobody went). We stopped at a shopping center near the ferry terminal, there was a Toys R Us, naturally I went straight for the games and found it there, I have no idea why they where still selling GBC games in 2008 but they where and I bought one :P
  • 2002: Super Smash Bros. Melee
    • Maybe the rules are still the same but more characters means more varied fights rather than repeating your self. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  • 2003: The Simpsons: Hit & Run
    • Seriously I needed something for this year :P I do still have this game, but I haven't played it in ages..... now I'm tempted to install it and connect a Wiimote to my PC :D
  • 2004: The Sims 2
    • The Sims would have got in the list but Pokemon Gold + Silver HAD to take that year. The Sims was an addictive game for some reason, and the Sims 2 fixes (almost) everything that was wrong with the original game. Anoyingly I have the CD version as the DVD version wasn't released at launch in the UK for some reason.
  • 2005: Mario Kart DS
    • First Mario Kart to be fully online. Great game, got played a lot in my science class on my DS. I managed to get an A, so that shows how much I actually got to play on it at those times :P The online play is amazing as long as your Internet connection is, and the feeling when you beat a Japanese person is amazing, (Yes, I know not all Japanese people are Gaming Wizards, but in my head they are)
  • 2006: Tetris DS
      • This spot nearly went to Red Steel, but due to the addictiveness of Tetris it had to make it on to the list. When I first got the DS version of this game I found it hard to get to the 200 lines required to unlock "unlimited mode" but after a lot of practice and getting to know the new features, I did it. And for a couple of months I made sure that I cleared at least 200 lines in a single game per day. During this period I suffered from the "Tetris Effect", when I closed my eyes I saw falling Tetris blocks, when I was putting shopping on to the conveyor belt at the supermarket I saw Tetris blocks..... Yes I went mad.
  • 2007: Excite Truck/Pokemon D+P/Portal/GH3/Mario and Sonic
    • Still undecided on this one. Here are the nominees
      • Excite Truck: Play your own music in game, and an early example of a driving game on the Wii
      • Pokemon D/P: It's Pokemon, on the DS with online trading..... Awesome!
      • Portal: One of the best puzzle games I've played and certainly the best value for money.
      • Guitar Hero 3: I'm just a GH addict, and 3 was the first version I owned. Just a game I can pick up and play.
      • Mario and Sonic: Mario.... and Sonic..... in the same game and the universe didn't implode!
  • 2008: Megaman 9
    • Another year where I had to make a tough desision. SSB:Brawl went because the two previous games in the series are listed already, Spore was the biggest let down ever (Well maybe Duke Nukum Forever), and Mario Kart Wii missed the cut as the graphics aren't much better than MK:DD!! and MK:DS has online. That left Guitar Hero Would Tour andMegaman 9. As much as I love GH, the NES style graphics have won this round.
      • I still haven't completed it. I think I've defeated four of the Bosses, and keep failing repetitive tasks. But the difficulty plus the retroness (even if it dies have DLC) make this an amazing game. Oh and the music is fantastic! (Download the Soundtrack!!!!)
  • 2009: Retro Game Challenge
    • Probably not going to get any "Game of the Year" awards, and it hasn't been released in the UK yet, but Retro Game Challenge, is just so much fun to play. Although it's full of rip-offs of old games, it's made in a fun way and you get to play them all on your DS. It can get a bit repetitive at times, but what ya gonna do?
  • If you've read the whole of this list you might have worked out that I don't give a flying fishcake about the quality of the graphics in games. As long as they are fun to play, I'll play them. I'm not one of these people who needs a HD picture to play Guitar Hero.
  • The games I have picked are my own personal choices and I'm sure you will have a different opinion to me (Especially if your name is Paul).
  • The year of release comes from Wikipedia and is most likely to be the US release date, although I know a couple have the UK one (and some where released in the same year in both countries).
  • Yes I have noticed that the list mostly consists of either PC or Nintendo exclusives, but that's me. If you knew me you wouldn't expect anything else.

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