Fondest Gaming Memories

[Str8Shooter]

So I'm guessing most people here have been gaming for a long time, probably since you were kids. So what are some of your fondest gaming memories from growing up as a gamer?

[Kein]

Hard for me to really pinpoint a handful of fond memories, but I know the best ones for me are always when I am running to a partner and I make it just in time to either save them or finish off the objective. Those hell yea moments when everyone knows what you did and it made a difference, those are great. I am a sacrificial player, I will stay behind and help others to my death to make other things succeed.

Also when I played Chivalry and was the last man standing and killed 3 people for the Deathmatch win. Everyone saw that shit.

[Everlong]

I don't think it gets any better than all of the hours I spent playing Super Smash Bros for N64 with some of my best friends growing up. We all played so much that we all got incredibly good, so much so that it's ruined playing the game with anyone else because there's just no challenge at all . It was super competitive, we all learned each other's tendencies as well which made it even better.

I also have some great memories of setting up LAN parties for Halo and Halo 2 in high school. As much as I love online gaming and the way it's allowed me to play with friends I never get to see any more, I do miss the atmosphere and camaraderie of LAN parties.

[AkydefGoldberg]

I loved playing, I think it was, Terminator vs. Robocop on the Megadrive and Streets of Rage. Engrossing stuff, especially the latter.

Also, FIFA 96 and all the pre-next gen consoles FIFA games were great days, sitting round and playing it and ended in me smashing the control and storming off after a loss!

[Kyle]

Entering Mexico as John Marston in Red Dead Redemption. Chills.

[Hanley!]

One of my favourite gaming memories is when me and my brothers first bought Resident Evil 2. We started playing it the same night that we had bought it and we got about an hour in before deciding to save it and go to bed. It was at that point that we realised that there were no free spaces on our memory card. Frustrated by the idea of losing our progress, we kept playing.

It turned into one of the most tension-filled nights of my life. We were still young, but we stayed up until 6 or 7am, constantly worrying that our parents would come up the hall and catch us. But the game itself was more nerve-wracking as a single death would mean that we had wasted several hours only to have to restart the game from the beginning. Eventually we did finish the game, beating the last boss with no medi-packs left and very little ammo. It was a memorable night for sure.

[Chewy]

Sniping a guy out of a jet in GTA 5 online.

[War Daddy]

Beating the Elite Four when Dragonite was recharging from a hyper beam that left my Blastoise with 10 Hp. I never sweat so much in my life.

[Chewy]

Beating the Elite Four when Dragonite was recharging from a hyper beam that left my Blastoise with 10 Hp. I never sweat so much in my life.

LOL is that even English?

I haveno idea what any of that means.

[SKS]

Beating the Elite Four when Dragonite was recharging from a hyper beam that left my Blastoise with 10 Hp. I never sweat so much in my life.

LOL is that even English?

I haveno idea what any of that means.

Never played Pokemon?

[Ace]

Beating the Elite Four when Dragonite was recharging from a hyper beam that left my Blastoise with 10 Hp. I never sweat so much in my life.

LOL is that even English?

I haveno idea what any of that means.

Mine would be when I played the last level of the very first Spyro the Dragon game & beat Gnasty Gnorc & my entire family cheered me on.

Or anytime that my mom, dad, sister & I sat down & played Gaunlet: Dark Legacy together. Great times...

[JPG619]

I been gaming since I was young. I remember growing up playing Atari and the first Nintendo systems. However I think my fondest gaming memory has to be when I got Super Nintendo for Christmas. My parents knew i was into technology and stuff so they got me the game system for Christmas and I was shocked but at the same time has some awesome times with friends back then.

[DBSoT]

Mine was when I beat Zelda: Twilight Princess. Me and my dad played the game off and on for year, but I could not finish it because I was up at college. So when I finally finished it and my dad was sitting there next to me it was a really cool moment. Fist pumps for sure

[SortaCreative]

Killing the lich king

[Chewy]

Beating the Elite Four when Dragonite was recharging from a hyper beam that left my Blastoise with 10 Hp. I never sweat so much in my life.

LOL is that even English?

I haveno idea what any of that means.

Never played Pokemon?

Nope. Never fancied it.

[Viazon]

This may sound a tad sentimental but some of my favourite memories playing games all have to do with the people I played them with.

I remember back in the days, when me, my sister and my brother were all play Sonic The Hedgehog or Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the Sega Master System II. That's probably one of my earliest memories of childhood. I remember my sister, the only one of us not male, was the only who could complete the boss levels and she would always rub it in my face.

Also, I remember playing Mario Party on the Gamecube. My friend would stay over the night. This is back in our bumming around days where we had no worries and the two of us, along with my brother, would be up all night playing. If you put the settings for players to take 50 turns, the game could very well go on for hours. Those were good times.

Also, does anyone remember this kind of racing game called Wipeout? I just had images of me and my friends playing that during a sleepover.

[Hanley!]

Completing Sonic & Knuckles for the first time was amazing. Getting Hyper Sonic for the first time was great. It was a whole new reward I never knew existed. And the first time I played Doomsday Zone was amazing. That was an extraordinary way to finish off a game and the Sonic franchise has been trying to replicate it ever since with no success.

Also, does anyone remember this kind of racing game called Wipeout? I just had images of me and my friends playing that during a sleepover.

Yeah, I remember that game. Me and my brother used to spend loads of time playing Eliminator on Wipeout 3. The game where you scored a point for each person you killed and each lap you completed and whoever reached a certain number of points first won. That was a really fun game.

For some reason, I always liked the racing games that weren't in realistic vehicles but not the others. Wipeout, Rollcage, Mario Kart and Speed Freaks were some of the best.

[Kreashko]

Spending hours upon hours as a kid playing WCW/nWo Revenge with my one and only friend growing up.

Also, spending hours and hours (sometimes the whole day/weekend) playing WWE 2K14 on Xbox LIVE.

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