Best Childhood game

12 years ago

Mario and Sonic, but also Hide and Seek, even after I got my Nintendo and Sega I was spending a lot of my time outside, especially in the summer.

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Armand2REP

12 years ago

Mike Tyson's Punchout for me. I still play it every now and then on NES Cafe.

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Horny Devil

Banned 12 years ago

During the war we used to play hopscotch in the minefield

Knock Knock Ginger was a favourite but you needed to run like the wind if some skinny, Mo Farah type guy with legs like an antelope answered.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Horny Devil

During the war we used to play hopscotch in the minefield

Knock Knock Ginger was a favourite but you needed to run like the wind if some skinny, Mo Farah type guy with legs like an antelope answered.

LOL

- After a few missteps, hop on one leg was all some of us could manage anyway...:rolleyes:

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Rick B

12 years ago

Boy am I getting old! The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the title thread was "Cowboys and Indians". Hey, I was 21-years-old when Pong was released. There were no electronic games when I was a kid. "Cops and Robbers" was pretty good too as was "Ahley Ahley Oxen Free". Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rick B

Boy am I getting old! The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the title thread was "Cowboys and Indians". Hey, I was 21-years-old when Pong was released. There were no electronic games when I was a kid. "Cops and Robbers" was pretty good too as was "Ahley Ahley Oxen Free". Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?

LOL! I was thinking the same thing!

"Take the Fort!, and "Simon Says!" - when they started saying "Mario" and other video games, I was like wth? :confused:

Hell, I know one of the guys who invented Pong!

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travlinguy

12 years ago

I was an adult (chronologically) when it came out but hey...

Space Invaders. Close second, Ms. Packman

My actual childhood favorite was hide and seek.

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Dan Riffle

12 years ago

My favorite childhood game was "try to catch a glimpse of my buddy's older sister topless."

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

I hear you guys.

As soon as I read the title, my first thought was Red Rover.

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Ernie Lo

12 years ago

Super Mario Bros 1/2/3 (NES)
Double Dragon (NES)
Probotector/Contra (NES)
Ninja Gaiden 2 (NES)
Alex The Kidd (SMS)
Mortal Kombat (SNES)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
NBA Jam (Mega Drive
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Mario Kart 64 (N64)
Goldeneye 007 (N64)
WWF/WCW Games (N64)

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tagiscom

12 years ago

Super Mario for the Nintendo 64!!!

But these were a lot of fun as well...

Donkey Kong Jr
Battlestar Galactia
And Hand Held Ms Pacman
Arrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh, memories!!! :rolleyes:

Just click on the link and scroll down a bit and right click the arrow tab to go through them!!!

Hand-Held Video Games of the 70's and 80's - Gallery

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

Originally Posted by tagiscom

Super Mario for the Nintendo 64!!!

But these were a lot of fun as well...

Donkey Kong Jr
Battlestar Galactia
And Hand Held Ms Pacman
Arrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh, memories!!! :rolleyes:

Just click on the link and scroll down a bit and right click the arrow tab to go through them!!!

Hand-Held Video Games of the 70's and 80's - Gallery

Shane

LOL! I remember a friend of mine who was a video game developer and product engineer, was talking about "Dad's day" at his son's 3rd grade class...he started out his talk with:

"Who knows who the President of the United States is?"

(a couple of hands...)

"Who knows how to get to the 4th level of Donkey Kong?"

(99%)

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William Maloney

12 years ago

Probably the Ding Dong Ditch, haha. It was real fun... Back then, we had real games, today.. I feel sorry for these kids, they don't know how to have real fun anymore, at least that's my opinion.

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Michael Ten

12 years ago

I liked Duck-Duck-Goose or kickball.

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tagiscom 12 years ago

Hmmmmmm

Very hard game, but a lot of fun!!!

Donkey Kong Jr. (ps) Handheld Review - YouTube

Tabletop - Nintendo Game & Watch Donkey Kong Jr -...

And l was nuts about this one in high school...

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Donkey Kong Nintendo - YouTube

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Banned 12 years ago

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Horny Devil

During the war we used to play hopscotch in the minefield

Knock Knock Ginger was a favourite but you needed to run like the wind if some skinny, Mo Farah type guy with legs like an antelope answered.

Great game, we called it Ding Dong Ditch (my stepfather said that in Lousiana when he was growing up they called it n***er knocking. Yeah, I don't like my stepfather much). Not just a childhood game though. When I got a chance to hang out with my brother and sister over Christmas break we figured we'd play again like the old days.

So now that my brother and his little friend are 17 instead of twelve and can actually run a bit, we're hitting every house and feeling like badasses. We decide to end the night by getting the President of the HA because he's a major dick and because we're dumb. So we send Jimmy (my brother) up to the house and hide behind a car recording him on a phone. He gets up to the garage and suddenly a light comes on with a booming voice saying "YOU ARE NOW BEING RECORDED". F***er had a camera. It was automated, but in that moment of sheer panic you don't think about it.

I wish someone was timing me because I think I ran 40 yards in an NFL worthy time after that. We got away and spent the rest of the night eating fudge and playing hide and seek in a pitch black house.

TL;DR: No, I have not grown up yet.

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

My favorite childhood game was "try to catch a glimpse of my buddy's older sister topless."

Try? Just try?

Originally Posted by xuled

I think most of use would agree in this topic that mario was the best childhood game for all of us. Because at that time any other game was not available like mario.

Well, some of us are a generation below, and grew up on the PS1 greats like Spyro

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Dan Riffle

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

Try? Just try?

She kept those puppies well concealed and under lock and key until my junior year. However, we don't tell that story. My buddy still gets violent about it and this post may come up if he ever googles my name.

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

She kept those puppies well concealed and under lock and key until my junior year. However, we don't tell that story. My buddy still gets violent about it and this post may come up if he ever googles my name.

Those stories are always better when imagined anyways

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dalegolden

12 years ago

I really liked Super Mario the most and I like it till now.

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Johnny12345

12 years ago

When I was a little kid we played "board games" like Life and Monopoly.

The biggest game company wasn't Nintendo -- it was Milton Bradley!

John

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dwoods

12 years ago

Yeah i was a mario bros kid too...

Funny on topic story, last week i organized an after work pog tournament... of course heavy drinking was involved but it made for a hilarious experience.