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In no particular order for me (and I don't consider myself a serious gamer)...
1. Microsoft Flight Simulator. Having it installed on every PC I have owned since 1989 and being a frustrated pilot I have spent literally thousands of hours playing this. Still have FS2004 and FSX on my PC and MBP.
2. Doom 2. Just because. Played so much it invaded my dreams with alarming regularity. Really kick-started the (LAN) multiplayer gaming experience.
3. European Escalation. This is the game I would have made as a kid, blowing the s
t out of the russians on the East German Plain. The Cold War had been sadly neglected by games developers until this came along.
4. Gran Turismo 3. This was the peak for me, mainly because I was playing it with like minded mates over a few cans, at the height of my interest in cars.
5. Everybody's Golf. PSP. Because for about two years I couldn't take a dump without playing a quick 9-holes.
And some that didn't make it, Colin McRae Rally 1 or 2, non of the Dirt crap. The other Gran Turismo games, Half-life/Counterstrike, Wolfenstein, DSC A-10, Falcon 3.0, Worms, Cannon-fodder, and of course the GTA series.
In no particular order for me (and I don't consider myself a serious gamer)...
1. Microsoft Flight Simulator. Having it installed on every PC I have owned since 1989 and being a frustrated pilot I have spent literally thousands of hours playing this. Still have FS2004 and FSX on my PC and MBP.
2. Doom 2. Just because. Played so much it invaded my dreams with alarming regularity. Really kick-started the (LAN) multiplayer gaming experience.
3. European Escalation. This is the game I would have made as a kid, blowing the s
t out of the russians on the East German Plain. The Cold War had been sadly neglected by games developers until this came along. 4. Gran Turismo 3. This was the peak for me, mainly because I was playing it with like minded mates over a few cans, at the height of my interest in cars.
5. Everybody's Golf. PSP. Because for about two years I couldn't take a dump without playing a quick 9-holes.
And some that didn't make it, Colin McRae Rally 1 or 2, non of the Dirt crap. The other Gran Turismo games, Half-life/Counterstrike, Wolfenstein, DSC A-10, Falcon 3.0, Worms, Cannon-fodder, and of course the GTA series.
In no particular order:
Final Fantasy 7 - Not even looking back with rose tinted glasses as I dusted of the PSX about 2 years ago and gave this a good run through, still brilliant.
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - For some reason I have spent more time on this RPG than almost any other game
Fifa 09 - The Last Fifa game to address most of the issues in the previous game, and also the last one I can remember where EA didn't deliberately break something so they'd have something to fix for the next game (10 - lob shots were better than normal shots, 11 - corners and thrown ins stopped working, 12 most defenders we faster than Messi, 13 Crosses stopped working, not played enough of 14 yet)
Close Combat 3: The Russian Front - Probably the best strategy game I have played, can get brutally hard (In fact impossible)
Rollercoaster Tycoon - I dread to think how many hours I've spend on 1 and 2 and the add ons.
Honourable Mentions: Borderlands, Left 4 Dead, Age of Empires 2, Forza 2, Skyrim, Gears of War 2
Final Fantasy 7 - Not even looking back with rose tinted glasses as I dusted of the PSX about 2 years ago and gave this a good run through, still brilliant.
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - For some reason I have spent more time on this RPG than almost any other game
Fifa 09 - The Last Fifa game to address most of the issues in the previous game, and also the last one I can remember where EA didn't deliberately break something so they'd have something to fix for the next game (10 - lob shots were better than normal shots, 11 - corners and thrown ins stopped working, 12 most defenders we faster than Messi, 13 Crosses stopped working, not played enough of 14 yet)
Close Combat 3: The Russian Front - Probably the best strategy game I have played, can get brutally hard (In fact impossible)
Rollercoaster Tycoon - I dread to think how many hours I've spend on 1 and 2 and the add ons.
Honourable Mentions: Borderlands, Left 4 Dead, Age of Empires 2, Forza 2, Skyrim, Gears of War 2
Zelda: orcarina of time- the first Zelda game I ever played. Bought every game since and played most of the older ones too but this is my personal favorite.
Mario 64- the first 3d game I'd ever played. Had an n64 on launch day and probably completed it 7 times with 120 stars.
Street Fighter 2: a classic and I have find memories of playing it at my local chippy.
Gta China Town Wars on the DS: better than the home console versions. Funny and violent in equal measure
Half-life: Just an awesome game and my favorite fps, pity about the end section.
Special mention: fallout 3, Super Mario World, metroid prime trilogy, pikmin 2, final fight, oddworld: Abe's oddesy, ninja gaiden 1,
Mario 64- the first 3d game I'd ever played. Had an n64 on launch day and probably completed it 7 times with 120 stars.
Street Fighter 2: a classic and I have find memories of playing it at my local chippy.
Gta China Town Wars on the DS: better than the home console versions. Funny and violent in equal measure
Half-life: Just an awesome game and my favorite fps, pity about the end section.
Special mention: fallout 3, Super Mario World, metroid prime trilogy, pikmin 2, final fight, oddworld: Abe's oddesy, ninja gaiden 1,
Eve Online - played this game for around 5 years and keep coming back to it for the machinations and PVP
Half Life - Exceptional game play and story telling.
TIE Fighter - I couldn't get enough of this game and it was a significant step up from XWing I wish they could make another!
Skyrim - Wonderful world, great game - I need to play it again but need to work out why I get graphic glitches on my new PC
Homeworld - What a game, massively emotional buy in from the beginning and an insane end phase!
Others that missed the cut would include Dune 2, TFX, Halo, Micro Machines and Star Wars for the NES
Half Life - Exceptional game play and story telling.
TIE Fighter - I couldn't get enough of this game and it was a significant step up from XWing I wish they could make another!
Skyrim - Wonderful world, great game - I need to play it again but need to work out why I get graphic glitches on my new PC
Homeworld - What a game, massively emotional buy in from the beginning and an insane end phase!
Others that missed the cut would include Dune 2, TFX, Halo, Micro Machines and Star Wars for the NES
Edited by Mannginger on Saturday 5th October 16:18
Gaming was always at its best with friends for me so;
Mega Bomberman
Micro Machines Turbo Tournament 2
Halo 2/3 (cant decide which)
Sensible Soccer
Premier Manager (managed to create a drinking game from this in later years - bottle of vodka - saucepan - few cans of redbull - ice - on ultra speed with animations off - 2 players - every time your team conceded you took a shot of the mixture)
2 of the worst games:
Count Dukula (Amstrad CPC)
Pele on the megadrive
Mega Bomberman
Micro Machines Turbo Tournament 2
Halo 2/3 (cant decide which)
Sensible Soccer
Premier Manager (managed to create a drinking game from this in later years - bottle of vodka - saucepan - few cans of redbull - ice - on ultra speed with animations off - 2 players - every time your team conceded you took a shot of the mixture)
2 of the worst games:
Count Dukula (Amstrad CPC)
Pele on the megadrive
FF7 - As said above i played it again recently and it is still great.
GTA San Andreas - Amazing, just amazing, Vice City deserves an honorable mention but having played both Vice City & San An all the way though recently it is SAN An that stands above.
Champ Manager (any edition) - Not called the relationship wrecker for nothing.
Gran Turismo - Nothing needs to be said.
Assassins Creed 2 - Re-ignited my game playing after a few years off. Caused a serious drop in productivity.
GTA San Andreas - Amazing, just amazing, Vice City deserves an honorable mention but having played both Vice City & San An all the way though recently it is SAN An that stands above.
Champ Manager (any edition) - Not called the relationship wrecker for nothing.
Gran Turismo - Nothing needs to be said.
Assassins Creed 2 - Re-ignited my game playing after a few years off. Caused a serious drop in productivity.
Half life series - no game has consumed as much of my life - asleep and awake
Rfactor - endless mods mean this never gets old
Grand Prix legends with 2004 update - this game game is just something special
Fallout new Vegas - many say not as good as fallout 3 but I haven't played a game before where I have worried about what influences th choices I make will have as much as in this
As with o/p flight simulator - you can lose hours just flying over the sceney, especially with the photo ral terrain add ons etc
Rfactor - endless mods mean this never gets old
Grand Prix legends with 2004 update - this game game is just something special
Fallout new Vegas - many say not as good as fallout 3 but I haven't played a game before where I have worried about what influences th choices I make will have as much as in this
As with o/p flight simulator - you can lose hours just flying over the sceney, especially with the photo ral terrain add ons etc
Just 5 is hard.
I would say though in no particular order
Diablo II - plugged endless hours into this round a mates house, me dealing with the clicking of the mouse and my mate mashing the keyboard with potions
CoD: MW - truly epic campaign and online gaming, I would say the biggest since maybe Halo??
GTA: San Andreas - this game rocked. So much so that I don't want to play it again and ruin any illusion I have about it
Final Fantasy IX - this would be VII if I had played it first but this was the game that introduced my to the world of Final Fantasy, even being a PS1 game, downloaded it from the PSN and that actual gameplay graphics aren't amazing but the cinematic scenes stand up to time very well.
Gears of War - this game is fking awesome. All there is to say about it
Honourable mention - GoW 2 and 3, FF VII, CoD MW 1 and 2, Diablo III, GTA V, Gran Turismo 5, Fifa 13, Assassins Creed 2 (Brotherhood and Revelations)
I would say though in no particular order
Diablo II - plugged endless hours into this round a mates house, me dealing with the clicking of the mouse and my mate mashing the keyboard with potions
CoD: MW - truly epic campaign and online gaming, I would say the biggest since maybe Halo??
GTA: San Andreas - this game rocked. So much so that I don't want to play it again and ruin any illusion I have about it
Final Fantasy IX - this would be VII if I had played it first but this was the game that introduced my to the world of Final Fantasy, even being a PS1 game, downloaded it from the PSN and that actual gameplay graphics aren't amazing but the cinematic scenes stand up to time very well.
Gears of War - this game is f
king awesome. All there is to say about itHonourable mention - GoW 2 and 3, FF VII, CoD MW 1 and 2, Diablo III, GTA V, Gran Turismo 5, Fifa 13, Assassins Creed 2 (Brotherhood and Revelations)
1. GT Legends. PC. We used to race on here. 
2. World of Tanks. PC, online.
3. Elite. BBC B.
4. Doom 3 Arena. PC and online. Fragtastic!
5. Sid Maier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. I've played a lot of this. Mac, head-to-head.
6. Brian Lara Cricket. PS2 head-to-head. Major glitches; massive LoLage.
7. Speedball 2: Brutal Delux. PS2. The Daddy.
2. World of Tanks. PC, online.
3. Elite. BBC B.
4. Doom 3 Arena. PC and online. Fragtastic!
5. Sid Maier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. I've played a lot of this. Mac, head-to-head.
6. Brian Lara Cricket. PS2 head-to-head. Major glitches; massive LoLage.
7. Speedball 2: Brutal Delux. PS2. The Daddy.
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