Just having a discussion in the IRC room about our gaming histories and thought I'd invite you all to share yours as well. What games did you cut your teeth on, what genres have you loved and grown tired of, what gaming moments stick with you. Anything you feel is significant
After graduating from a NES and Gameboy to the PC my first game was Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. I remember saving up for weeks to pay for it and pestering my parents to pay for a 2 button analogue joystick to go with it. That started my fascination with flight sims which has never died but my tastes have broadened and flight Sims get very little of my time these days. Rowan used to make the best flight sims, dawn patrol being one of the best and Air Power which Crimso skies borrowed from heavily
Gaming highlights for me include the likes of Sam and Max hit the road, Day of the Tentacle, Close combat 2, Quake, X-Wing
Crimson skies was one of the the first games i felt compelled to play all the way through and couldn't wait to see where it went with the story.
Quake was the first game i played online but Half-Life and it's array of mods grabbed my heart and has held it until recently. Despite the fact I didn't enjoy the SP game of HL much.
I'll leave it at that for the moment as i could go on for hours and want to hear your own stories as well