The Top 5 games that defined your childhood

[Link41]

Here we go:

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64
Pokemon series
Goldeneye 007
Twisted Metal series

[BadEnoughDude]

1. Tecmo Super Bowl
2. River City Ransom
3. Mortal Kombat
4. Tetris
5. Super Mario Bros. 3

[Link41]

1. Tecmo Super Bowl
2. River City Ransom
3. Mortal Kombat
4. Tetris
5. Super Mario Bros. 3

No Bad Dudes?

[Arrrhalomynn]

I'm surprised you people can remember this so well. I have a hard time thinking of any game I really enjoyed before my teen years. And I guess a game I first played at 15 doesn't really define my childhood.

Anyways, a try:
Paratrooper (PC, first pc game I played, loved it!)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System)
Railroad Tycoon
Wolvenstein

That is all...

[SuperGamecube64]

1.Pokemon Silver
2.Animal Crossing
3.Super Smash Bros. Melee
4. Spyro the Dragon
5.Final Fantasy IX

[Fokakis79]

These are in no real particular order

1. Mega Man 2 (NES)
- This defined my childhood by frustrating the hell out of me, and at the same time I couldn't stop playing and torturing myself. It defined my childhood by showing me I don't have to beat a game to feel accomplishment.

2. Final Fantasy I (NES)
-This defined my childhhod by being my gateway drug into RPG video games. I remember not liking it at first because of the turn based style, but it grew on me.  It was because of this game, that later me and my little brother would for several summers rent rpgs from the game store, play from the afternoon until the sun came up the next day. Those are memories I hold dear to me.

3. Castlevania (NES)
-This was a game I never owned, I did own the sequels but I remember my god-sister had a copy of it and brought it over on X-Mas the day I got my NES, and just being astonished at the action, the excitement of the game.  I from this day on would always love the Castlevania franchise. Yes, even Simon's Quest.

4. Guerilla Warfare(NES)
-This is another game I shared with my brother.  When we went to the video game store, and everything was checked out that was new, this game would always be sitting there, waiting for us to rent. it was our go to game. I am not sure how many times we rented that game, probably enough to have owned it, twice. Me and my brother had lots of laughs playing that game, working together each time, to beat the hell out of that game.  We beat the shit out of that game a lot, beating it several times in an overnight rental.

5. Pitfall (Atari 2600)
-This game was the first game I ever saw, and ever played. I was really young at the time, but I remember playing Pitfall, on this tiny ass TV. The sounds, and the graphics just played with my eyes, and hypnotized me. I am sure even if I didn't play this game as a kid, I would have eventually played another game, that would have got me hooked on video games, but I am glad it was this one. I do know that the adventure elements of this game are the reasons I love new games like the Uncharted Series.

[Rejinx]

Hard to come up with just 5 so I am keeping to games from before my 12 birthday.
1. Simcity (SNES)
2. Mario Cart (SNES)
3. Railroad Tycoon (PC)
4. Zelda 2 (NES)
5. Mouse Trap (Atari) (fav game until I was 6)

[A8scooter]

Blue Max (A8)
Super mario world ( SNES)
Zelda LTTP ( SNES)
Missile Command ( A8)
Madden 95 (SNES)

[Addicted]

1. Super Mario Brothers - Came with my NES (Action Set)
2. The Legend of Zelda - Paid $20 for a cart only copy and played it for hours and hours and hours.
3. Dragon Warrior - Recieved it for Christmas and began my obsession with JRPGs/LRPGs.
4. Zelda Link to the Past - Bought it right before Thanksgiving break and finished it before Christmas.
5. Metroid - Saved my allowance and had a choice between this and Kid Icarus. Thanks to Nintendo Power I was able to really enjoy this game.

[nes_pimp]

Little Nemo
Skate or Die 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Donkey Kong Country
SMB/ Duck hunt