dont fully understand the question but i'll answer with my most memorable and try to get them in order.

Super Mario Bros.
Roadrash
Street Fighter 2
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Mario Kart
Super Bomberman
Gran Turismo 2
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Final Fantasy 7
Half-Life (then the mods Team Fortress Classic and Counter-Strike in that order)
Motor City Online
Live For Speed
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Half-Life 2 (Counter-Strike: Source Beta was played first and final release still is)

Out of all that i'd only consider Valve and the LFS Dev's to have my full support, gratitude and loyalty.

Lotus Turbo Esprit Series
Memories of playing this when I was just a kid.

Monkey Island 2
The best point'n'click adventure game ever? Quite possibly. I've only ever been interested in the occasional adventure game, but this was by far the most fun. The humour, the graphics, the atmosphere, the laid-back nature of it knowing you couldn't just die or fail or have to restart - the fact that it was about nothing more than having FUN. Beneath a Steel Sky also gets a special mention for being an adventure game that wasn't set in a land of mystery and magic and goblins, etc. Which I recall seemed to be something of a rarity at the time.

Doom II
First time I played this was the first time I'd seen 3D graphics with textures. Even today I can still picture some of the levels, enemies and weapons.

Half Life 2
I found this to be the most atmospheric game I've played in a long time. Not only is it visually stunning with a decent storyline to explore, but the sheer diversity of the environments with accompanying different sounds and enemies is unequalled.

Grand Prix / Grand Prix 2
These two racing sims had me hooked. I remember reading the review in the magazine, seeing a screenshot and being stunned when I noticed the wingmirrors actually worked! In the days of digital input devices, these games were kings. But GP3 left me strangely lacking, for some reason.

Gran Turismo 1 & 2
The ultimate driving simulator? Well, on consoles, yes. It doesn't cut the mustard for us realism/sim addicts, but for the average gamer it's a superbly detailed, well rounded racing game with enough depth to keep happy those who like tinkering with different upgrades, setups, etc. I've wasted many a day on GT2. And even though we now have LFS, I'll still be very interested/tempted by the next Gran Turismo on the PS3.

Grand Theft Auto III
Despite the best efforts of Rockstar, neither Vice City or even San Andreas can recapture the magic of the first installment of 3D GTAs. Nothing about this game was cutting edge (graphics, sound, design) except the concept, storyline and production. It created a whole genre of 3D driving/shooting games, and is so good you can still play it today and simply not notice it's age. Maybe it's just the New York / Chicago inspired Liberty City lends itself to GTA better than Vice City's Miami or San Andreas' LA/SF/LV, but there's something about the city design that just feels right, and plays superbly. It's also worth checking out this video.

Live For Speed
Obviously.

Grand Prix 3 got me started, never played anything online until.... LFS

Then LFS took me in a headlock and wont let me go! Addicted.....

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Doom II
First time I played this was the first time I'd seen 3D graphics with textures. Even today I can still picture some of the levels, enemies and weapons.

I think most consider it to be 2.5D . The first truly 3D FPS was Quake.

either quake or tomb raider, whichever came out 1st

Monkey Island roxorz!!!!

About as good as Space Quest!

OH man I remember just playing the Monkey Island demo and just died to own the full game... but never got around to getting it Was a cool puzzle game

Because of X-Wing I got a PC.

Because of LfS I subscribed to leagues. :lovies3d:

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OH man I remember just playing the Monkey Island demo and just died to own the full game... but never got around to getting it Was a cool puzzle game

You can get the whole monkey island series cheap! They come in that Lucas Arts collector package type thingie.

Gpl
N2003
Lfs

LFS of course,
C&C generals/zero hourillepall
UTseries(esp.2004 bc.of onslaught)
MAFIA & GTA (VC+SA)

So many to list.. oh well.

Bubble Bobble
Silkworm
Stunts
Street Rod 1 & 2
Test Drive 1 & 2
Mario Bros 1, 2, 3

Carmageddon 1 & 2
Doom 1 & 2
Quake 1 & 2 (I hate 4 oh-so-much)
Duke 3D
Legend of Kyrandia 3
Operation Flashpoint
Everquest 2
Gish (Hillarious little game it was)
Half-Life 1 & 2
Fable
Gran Turismo 3 & 4
LFS

I've forgotten a ton of great games that should've been listed.

Ultima online (laying it since 97)
Unreal Tournament (original 99, none of this 2003/2004 s**t)
Quake 3 Rocket arena (Since 2000)
Gpl (since 2000)
LFS (august 2002)


all mighty games, and all blew my mind

Remember the topic. It seems that this thread has gone to "best games ever thread".

Wolfenstein 3D & Alone In The Dark
The first games that made me poop my pants. Actually I never played them that much because they were too scary.

Microprose Grand Prix, Stunts, RAC Rally & Need For Speed 1 + Slicks 'n' Slide
The first "sims" and/or driving games that I got hooked to.

Rainbow Six, Half-Life & Operation Flashpoint
There are six FPS games that have changed the genre. These are three of them (other ones are Wolf 3D, Doom and Quake ).

Richard Burns Rally
The game that finally forced me to buy a wheel.

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Infiltration (UT mod)

YES! It's very sad that Infiltration never got the big audience. It was really ahead of it's time. For example it had 3D iron sights (with so called "free aiming") even before Operation Flashpoint. Sad also that the dev team recently stopped developing the HL2 project. America's Army could be called as "an Infiltration clone" (really! before someone starts a flame war: you just don't know if you never played Infiltration).

Hard Drivin' - Arcade unit by Atari.
Race Drivin' - Arcade unit by Atari.
Virtua Racing - Arcade unit by SEGA AM2.
Daytona USA - Arcade unit by SEGA AM2.
F355 Challenge - Arcade unit by SEGA AM2.
San Francisco RUSH EXTREME RACING - Arcade unit by Atari.
Ridge Racer 1 & 2 - Arcade unit by Namco.

All of the above games had good physics [not great]. F355 ranks highest in closest possible real life physics in an arcade system and I still love getting in the arcade unit with it's realistic clutch and stick. Ridge racer was purely a game that was manageable when punch drunk.

Wow duddddee hardly anyone even mentions Hard or Race Drivin. Those were the first games that benchmarked physics.

CART Racing - PC by Sierra
Monaco Grand Prix 2 - PC by UBI Soft
NASCAR - All the games made by Papyrus, not EA.
Need for Speed 1 Special Edition - PC by EA [This actually had realistic physics]
Viper Racing - PC by Sierra/Papyrus

Now I found LFS!!!

GPL
F1GP (& GP2)
Indy 500
Sim City (& SC 2000)

Mario Andretti Racing - Introduced me to PC games
Battlechess - Introduced me to "Computers are stupid - and funny!"
Anno 1602 - Introduced me to "Wow, these 10 hours went by quickly!"
Ultima Online - Introduced me to roleplaying games
Unreal Tournament - Introduced me to "Woha, see that heap of flesh, cool!"
LFS - Introduced me to real physics in a game

Vain

Commander Ken 4 >> it was the first great game i played
Mafia > loved the atmosphere
GTA - the whole series
Half Life 2 > oh the physics
Counter Strike > only with POD Bot
Soldat > 4EVER !
Gish
GeneRally
NFS 5
World of Warcraft
Warcraft 3
Fear
Fahrenheit
Stronghold Crusader
Live for Speed - i must say that LFS has got me so much, like no other game . Even Iam a demo racer, i had spent a GREAT ammount of time playing it .... since november 2004 ... damn i need to buy a licence

Nascar Racing 1
Indycar Racing 2
Stunts (discovered it very late, at the time my P100 was still new)
Nascar Racing 2
Grand Prix 2
Need For Speed 2 SE
Need For Speed Porsche
Quake 3 Arena
Grand Prix Legends
Nascar Racing 4
Live For Speed
Grand Prix 4
Nascar Racing 2003 (Papy)

That are the games in approx. chronical order.

Siedler 2 (where all began)
C&C Renegade (the game that finally got me online)
LfS (love on second sight, but now more than everything... )

subLogic FS II
Indy 500
Sega NHL 92
John Madden Football

MASTER OF ORION: (PC) fantastic empire building game. i still play it.

MOONSTONE: (amiga) great 4 player knight game where you take on monsters to win treasures and such. my friends and i LIVED on this game for years.

PIRATES: (C64) awesome because of its open endedness.

MANIAC MANSION: (C64) awesome because it could be finished multiple different ways

ZAK MCKRACKEN AND THE ALIEN MINDBENDERS: (C64) fantastic follow up to Maniac Mansion which included the elusive chainsaw gas. hahahahahaha

THE ORIGINAL TEST DRIVE: (C64) learned how to shift with that.

ANOTHER WORLD/OUT OF THIS WORLD: (amiga) first fully polygon game. when i watched the intro i nearly crapped myself with excitement. i tried to explain the signifigance to my father but it was lost on him.

RAILROAD TYCOON: (amiga) again awsome for beong so open ended.

TOMB RAIDER: (PS) the first one was the best by far. i wish they would remake it for PS2 with updated graphics.

PRINCE OF PERSIA, THE SANDS OF TIME: (PS2) just a fantastic game.

speedfreak227

Hmmm... let me think. I suppose the most relevant games for me are the ones that showed me up the different game styles. Advenfure, FPS, RTS...

- Some "Bruce Lee" thing (A Spectrum game I used to play with my cousin, ahhh those were the days)
- Monkey Island (And then everything LucasArts produced XD)
- Final Fantasy Adventure (Game Boy)
- Doom II (also quakes, hl, unreals... but Doom II started it all for me)
- Warcraft I (I discovered RTS with that, later I played Dune 2 )
- Ironman (That Nitro 4x4 game, I used to play with 2 friends, great!!)
- Transport Tycoon Deluxe, very funny.
- Stunts Driving. Loved to make big jumps for the Formula car XDDD
- Duck Hunt LOL. I used to play some wicked games using Whiskey and Duck Hunt with my friends XDD

Old games are like onld movies. They had such a crap graphics and sound that they had to make a great story or funny game for the people to play it. Now you can throw the enjoymente away if you put enough shiny things on the screen XDDD

On the good old Amiga:

alone in the dark

team yankee

m1 tank platoon

On the PC:

duke nukem 3d

doom/quake

GP2

counterstrike

viper racing

Nas2002/2003

LVS

Wolf3D
Descent
Quake 1
Super Mario Kart
Gran Turismo

reasoning
Wolf3D - was the first FPS i ever played..

Descent - first proper 3d movement game i ever played, being able to fly through tunnels that go up, down, left right, it blew my mind away

Quake - first 3d Accelerated game i played and opened up the 3D market

Super Mario Kart - it made racing fun, its still damn fun to play when im drunk with me mates :P

Gran Turismo - it brought me into the world of proper racing and what cars can and cant do.. for its time, the physics where amazing..