What was That One Big Game for you?

[gunswordfist]

Sonic 2. My little brother and me played it so much that we could get Super Sonic during Act 2 of Emerald Hill. When we first started, it took us until like Aquatic Ruins to get all of the emeralds. Honestly, I played the Sonic 1 and 2 mod a week ago and still have some of the Special Stage ring patterns memorized. I was calling them out in my head before they came.

[PreZZ]

Metroid. this game was groundbreaking, it had platforming, exploration, game saving (with a horrible code you had to input each time!), bosses, weapon upgrades, and to this day one of the best soundtrack for a videogame ever. The atmoshpere of this game was so different and awesome.

[Querjek]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

When I was little, it taught me the importance of reading in-game text.

As an adult, I've come to appreciate its themes of non-violence and friendship.

[Atarileaf]

I gotta go with one of the granddaddies - Space Invaders on the 2600. This was the game that made me and millions of others take notice of the Atari VCS. The first killer app of video games was also my "it" game.

[otaku]

super mario world growing up on my cousins snes played a lot of goldeneye and wrestlemania and mario kart/party on the n64 to

[jammajup]

As we always `growing up` at least until we are twenty one or something it is hard to narrow down any one moment in game generation for me so I will name a couple of games which occupied my time back then.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark On Atari 2600 did take up a lot of my time as an 11/12 year old but I did eventually complete it , I reckon after that two ZX Spectrum games for those that know of the system Jetset Willy and Halls Of The Things. In the 16 Bit era in my twentys`s age wise most my time would be spent on the Amiga games Carrier Command and Turrican I/II ,not forgetting Super Mario Kart on SNES.
After that Doom and Tombraider games which have most likely used the most of my gaming time overall