When you think of your childhood, what is the one game that sticks in your memory? Only one game. Not neccessarily your favourite. Could be the opposite. But the one you associate most with your childhood?

Mine is Sonic CD. The mega CD was a real novalty, and to play a Sonic game that none of my friends had was a real privilege. The equivilant of playing a superior version of Modern Warefare on a system that no-one had the money/ insanity to own.

The game itself was great. The music. The FMVs. The worlds were so fantastical I used to sometime sit there and just think about the game in awe, depressed that the real world wasn't as awesome as the world of Sonic CD.

And I'm 10 years old again...

Now your turn.....GO!

The Power Rangers game for the SNES. I adored the ever loving shit out of that. Finished it multiple times.
Though, that was as a young child (I think I was 4?). As an older child it was definitely Crash Bandicoot and Syphon Filter.

The Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games on PS1, equally.

As a more older child it would be Dynasty Warriors 4.

Mmm hard to say since I had tons of games in my childhood which I had played them equally. I suppose if I had to pick one than it would Contra III: The Alien Wars AKA Super Probotector: Alien Rebels in the UK.
What I remember most about that game is the multiplayer as in me and my brother play the game alongside each other to complete the mission and finish the story.
Shame that we no longer play multiplayer together these days since I missed playing games with my bro.

The Super Nintendo. Cop out you say? "BULLSHIT" I reply! The Super Nintendo is the physical incarnation of my childhood...but if I must chose only one game I guess it would have to be this one:

This is the best game of all time but only because it was able to dethrone the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the arcade. Konami: We used to be Gods!

Banjo Kazooie, both 1 and 2. Those were the first 2 games I remember ever 100%ing, and investing time to finish the game

Civilization III and Shining Force. Both of which I'm currently replaying. Pokemon and Rome Total War also make it up there, although they're a bit more recent.

It's between XCom: UFO Enemy Unknown and Frontier Elite for me. Oh crap, or Dungeon Master. Good old Amiga classics, they're the reason I still love gmes 20 years down the line.

I didn't have many to choose from.

Probably either Pong, Space Invaders or Pac Man....

We didn't really have "life defining" games way back when.

Although the Zork series swallowed up a large part of my time in the late 80's.

Daystar Clarion:
Sonic the Hedgehog.

So much so, that I have this as my ringtone :D

So when Generations came along, and I played this...

Nostalgia is a great thing sometimes.

Thank you for making my answer for me =P

Although my ringtone is currently this at the moment (it swaps between that at Green Hill basically, or other gaming songs anyway)

For me, it was Donkey Kong 64.

So much nostalgia for me. It isn't quite the best game in the world but it was something I spent a long time on playing and enjoying.

Leisure Suit Larry, my life just wouldn't be what it is today without him... I have yet to determine if that is a good or bad thing.

Jedi Power Battle's for the PS1 top notch co op. the next game would be Return of the King

Oh that's easy. It's definitely Myst. There was nothing about that game that wasn't absolutely amazing when I was kid. Even after all of these years, i can go back to play it again and still get the same amount of enjoyment from it as I did when I first played it.

Mr.K.:
Leisure Suit Larry, my life just wouldn't be what it is today without him... I have yet to determine if that is a good or bad thing.

XD

Did you put some of his methods to the test?

Bromion:
Oh that's easy. It's definitely Myst. There was nothing about that game that wasn't absolutely amazing when I was kid. Even after all of these years, i can go back to play it again and still get the same amount of enjoyment from it as I did when I first played it.

I don't suppose you've played Exile and Revelations then?

Twisted metal and Crash Bandicoot

The original final fantasy . It was the game that made me want to become a gamer . It was the game that made me want to learn to read . It was the game that thought me hard words when i was very young (around 4 years old ). It was the game that made me fall in love with jrpgs ( i'm a massive jrpg fan).

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, though OoT3D has usurped it as my favorite game of all time.

Lo-fi or 3D, though, there is still no other game world I'd rather live in. Certain music such as Queen reminds me of it because it was what I was listening to the most while playing it. If the sun sits a certain way in the sky, it'll remind me of it. Lazy sundays make me wanna play it. If the sunset looks a certain way, I'll wanna boot it up. I had a lapse of depression upon beating it as a kid. I had a crush on Zelda as a kid. It defined me not just as a gamer, but as someone who is inclined towards stories. I owe a lot of happiness to that game.

To this day I've never beaten it 100%, and I might not ever do so for fear of ending it.

I have a combination fuck-around-do-nothing/3-heart-run file going right now in OoT3D. I've been playing that game in SOME fashion ever since I bought it. How am I not done playing this game?! I'll probably never be done with it!

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. I was fortunate enough to play a lot of really high-quality PC games as a kid (I wasn't allowed to have a console until I was 14 and got a PS1), but this is the one that really sticks out to me as eating up tons of time. We didn't have internet access or any hints for the game, so it was just my eight-year-old little brother and I plowing our way through, trying to figure the game out.

And I don't think I've ever beaten it to this day. I still have it, I should finish that shit.

I want them to remake this on the 360.....with XBL matchmaking

i really had to think about this.. could of been the original bards tale but no it was arcade star wars. walking into an arcade and hearing that music, hearing alec guiness'voice.. sent goosebumps down my spine.

i also put enough money through it to probably buy my own over the years :D

I wasn't actually that into gaming when I was young. Yeah, I got a Playstation 1 for christmas and the first Colin McRae Rally on it. I liked playing it, but...just didn't feel like a gamer at that point.

Until I played Spyro.

Hoooooooly damn that was awesome. That feeling when I completed the first time... I remember running around, my parents wondering what got into me. Was so happy...

Also, Metal Gear Solid to some degree.Played it many, many years ago. Didn't complete it till last year. I swear, I was crying during the credits... With The Best Is Yet To Come (My favorite videogame song of all time, along with Father And Son) playing on the background. It was perfect.

RAYMAN!!!!!
<3 Rayman!

I never beat the original one though :'( I was only 8 or maybe even younger when i had it on my PS1

Tekken 3! Heh takes me back for when i was 5 i actually defeated my uncle in that game when i was 7 good times..good times.

Spyro the Dragon was the defining game of my childhood. An adventure game with eclectic levels made me the gamer I am today. It also indirectly led to me discovering Sly Cooper when I was a little older that got me into my favorite type of game: Stealth.

Kingdom Hearts was also a big one and it got me into Final Fantasy and really made story one of the most important elements I look for in a game.

Age Of Mythology: Wrath Of The Titans.
I can still remember the main battle music...and all of the ridiculously silly cheats.

Lazer bears and chicken meteors.

That would probably be Crash Bandicoot 2. It was my very first video game as a child, and it along with games like Spyro, Oddworld, Klonoa, and Rayman helped me become the gamer I am today.