Games that have sentimental value to you

[133MHz]

Inspired by FamicomFreak and his Mario 8 quest, I created this thread so you can tell what games have sentimental value to you, and if you already have it, or you're still looking for it .

Myself first, I'm looking for an old PC game called Matemáticas: El Rescate (English title: Math Rescue Plus). It's an old EGA platformer/educational game from the early 90s I used to play on my elementary school's computer labs. The most memorable thing I can remember is the music. It's simply awesome and I still have it stuck in my head after all these years. About 10 years later I got the nostalgia and wanted to play it again, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I contacted my old school and they didn't have it anymore . The internets just provided with a demo version of a different game with different music . Turns out there's a difference between Math Rescue and Math Rescue Plus.

Good news is that I recently contacted the main developer of the game and she's looking for it in her old boxes o' stuff lying in her garage so I can revive those memories and listen to that awesome music again! I can't wait !!!

Now, how about you?

[Kuvio]

Well, I have two games that have A LOT of sentimental value to me. Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia for the Sega Dreamcast. These both came out within days of each other so when I got both, they really struck a chord with me.

I was ten years old at the time and I thought my Dreamcast was the most amazing thing ever. I was playing games like Evolution, Soul Calibur, and Sonic Adventure.  Then I remember one day reading a game article in some magazine about this new game coming out called "Shenmue". I was estatic for the release after seeing it. I was (and still am) so interested in Japanese culture and language so this game was perfect. I remember when I first played it, it was like nothing I had ever played. More than anything it was a good learning experience for me. If it weren't for that game I probably wouldn't have been so involved in Martial Arts as I am now. It even introduced me to some of Yu Suzuki's arcade classics via the arcade in-game. Oh, how I wish to see the day Shenmue 3 is in development. It needs to happen, or else the series will have the biggest cliffhanger ending of ALL TIME.

With Skies of Arcadia, which I obtained not too long after, it made me love RPG's even more. I can go on and on about this game, although I will not. The game, in my eyes, is flawless. It's Jules Verne-esque story, pristine music, and awesome battle system made the 10 year old me filled with glee. If you haven't already played it, you really should. I can relate to 133MHz with this game, I still have the battle theme stuck in my head.

[nurd]

Baby Boomer, A boy and his Blob, Snow Bros, Bubble Bobble, and Balloon Fight for NES.


They were my favorite games when I was little.
Also, Lion king for SNES. I loved that one, too.

[PatMan33]

Mario Paint! I love it to pieces and can spend hours playing around in the composer.

Also Final Fantasy VII... but that's another story altogether.

[xyzzy32]

An old DOS game called Seahunt that I discovered on my grandparents' PC when I was about 8. It came in a little package with:
Sopwith. Nifty little game.
Mines, which is kinda like minesweeper, except you try to reach the other corner of a grid, and you're told the number of mines adjacent to your square.
Secret agent, which was pure awesome.
Commander keen, the original.

[MattyD]

I have tonnes of crappy NES wrestling games for no reason other than sentimentality. My brothers and I were proper WWF fanatics back in the day, and we must have spent hours beating each-other to a virtual pulp on those games.

WWF Wrestlemania Challenge is probably the best because it is actually quite fun to play and has all the classic wrestlers like Ultimate Warrior, Big Boss Man, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Jake the Snake etc. The cage fighting one is really poor though.

[FamicomFreak]

To me TMNT pirate cart has a lot of sentimental value because I used to play it a lot as a kid. Also, this 3 in 1 NES cart with SMB, Duck Hunt, and Track Meet because it's the first ever video game I got.

[Paul-FC]

hmm a cart with sentimental value to me......
probably yoshi's island for the GBA
it was my one of my first games and man i played that game for sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long its just very special to me

[Jedi Master Baiter]

ExciteBike - we traded a friend a small bottle of lucas for it.  Our friend moved to LA back when e-mailing wasn't so big with us.  We probably won't ever see him again - we still have the game.

Recently I found out it is one of those games with a converter in it.  But I wouldn't trade it for the world.

[nurd]

Bottle of Lucas?

[ericj]

Mappy Land for the NES. I played the crap out of this game as a kid and still love it!

Also, Bustout and Centipede for the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer.  I played both of these several times a week for years; I don't own a TRS-80 anymore, but from time to time want to try and locate one.

[thegreatgonzo]

Congo Bongo, Alpine Climber, A-Maze-ing!
Damn, I'm old....

And even though it wasn't a game, my brother and I spent large amounts of time programming code to make Mr. Bojangles. May he forever dance!

[son_ov_hades]

All the NES games I grew up with, like SMB Excitebike etc. Also, TMNT 4 on the SNES. I absolutely loved that game in the arcades and hated that it didn't come out on the Genesis, I didn't have a SNES as a kid. I used to go to the arcade and play all the greats like Street Fighter 2, The Simpsons, and so on, but I used to make my mom or dad play TMNT with me because it didn't make any snese to have only one turtle. They always worked together! Great memories.

[nurd]

And even though it wasn't a game, my brother and I spent large amounts of time programming code to make Mr. Bojangles. May he forever dance!

What's that?


Gasp! Wisconsin!

[thegreatgonzo]

Mr. Bojangles was a dancing stick figure after you put about  a million minutes worth of code into your C. 64 system.

Wisconsin? Oh yes, I'm from Wisconsin!