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Super
Mario 3 |
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Maker:
Nintendo
Type: Side-scroller
Year released: 1990
Console: Nintendo
Age played: 5
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Medium~Hard
Status: Incomplete
Grade:  |
| This is the first
video game I ever played in my life when I was 5. It was way
full of memories. I remember that I would sit with my brother
and watch him play for hours. I played it for a bit too but
was never good at it. Even just thinking about this game makes
me feel highly nostalgic. A great game then and a great game
always. |
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Mario
Kart 64 |
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Maker:
Nintendo
Type: Racing
Year released: 1997
Console: Nintendo 64
Age played: 12
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: ---
Status: ---
Grade: |
| I played this at
a younger cousin's place. He had a Nintendo 64 and once in a
LONG time when my family would take me to visit my cousin and
his family, he would sometimes invite me to play games with
him. I remember he was way competitive and would get so pissed
if he lost, but I was never good anyway. ^^" |
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Donkey
Kong Country |
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Maker:
Nintendo
Type: Side-scroller
Year released: 1994
Console: Super Nintendo
Age played: ~9
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: ---
Status: ---
Grade: |
| I played this at
a close younger cousin's place back in Indonesia. Very rarely
I would be allowed to go to his place and we'd play all the
video games he had. This was his favorite so we played it together,
tho' always losing to some harder stages. Man... it was great
memories... |
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Xmen
VS Street Fighter |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1996
Console: Arcade
Age played: 11
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: ---
Status: Complete
Grade:  |
| Now THIS is the
game that got me started playing all other games in the arcade,
all thanks to my cousin, the very same one I played Donkey Kong
with. He was into fighting games and he introduced me to those
he played, starting with this one. My oh my, you don't know
all the things I'd do just to cheat my grandma so that I can
go to the arcade. I remember always getting caned by my grandma
when she found out. Hahaha! Great memories indeed! |
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Marvel
Vs Street Fighter |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1997
Console: Arcade
Age played: 12
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: ---
Status: Incomplete
Grade:  |
| Another one of those
fighting games that I used to play. Never really knew how to
play it tho', I just played it anyway, like the noobiest player
ever. I remember I could barely perform a hadouken properly,
but even so I could still beat some stages. Hahaha! All the
button mashing was great memories =P All for Ken I tell ya. |
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Street
Fighter 2 Alpha |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1996
Console: Arcade
Age played: 12
Obsessivity: Low
Difficulty: ---
Status: Incomplete
Grade:  |
| I remember playing
this but for VERY LITTLE. Plus, as always, I dunno how to play.
I just played it for the sake of playing. And, I lose in no
time. ^^" |
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Street
Fighter 3 Alpha |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1998
Console: Arcade
Age played: 13
Obsessivity: Low
Difficulty: ---
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| I bought a 40 volume
Hong Kong comic for this one and loved it a lot. From the comic,
I decided that I should try out the game and so I did, even
though as always I dunno how to play. It's weird how I'd play
games I have no idea how to play, all just to see how the game
is like. ^^" |
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Street
Fighter III New Generation |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1997
Console: Arcade
Age played: 13
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: ---
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| This is the game
I bought an entire 150 volume Hong Kong comic for. To be honest
I wasn't even that into the game. The game was all right since
I couldn't really play, and only the comic interested me. I
remember I was so into Alex then and would do anything to see
him. |
|
Marvel
Vs Capcom |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1998
Console: Arcade
Age played: 13
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: ---
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| One of the other
fighting games I used to play after being obsessed with Xmen
Vs Street Fighter. This time my favorite was Spiderman just
cos' he's got really slick moves and cos' my cousin used him
often. Believe it or not, I didn't even realize that Spiderman
isn't Japanese-made. =P |
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Capcom
Vs SNK |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 2000
Console: Arcade
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Hard
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| This was a dream
come true for someone who was obsessed with King of Fighters
and Street Fighter. It had always been in my dreams for me to
see a clash between characters from both games, so this came
out as a giant surprise. Strangely enough, even so I wasn't
much into playing it and would watch only from time to time. |
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Rival
Schools |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1998
Console: Playstation
Age played: 16
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: ???
Grade: |
| I played this game
at my boyfriend's place back then and had him teach me all he
knew. Hahaha! Playing this game using the style my boyfriend
taught me wasn't hard altho' that means I can never surpass
him. =P I played this game only because I got into the latest
Rival Schools game - Project Justice, which was available only
in the arcade. |
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Project
Justice |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 3D Fighting
Year released: 2001
Console: Arcade
Age played: 16
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| This still remains
as the one and only 3D fighting game that I LOVE and would LOVE
to play again. Unfortunately it's only available in the arcade
or the Dreamcast. It was my boyfriend who introduced me to this
game back then and I would learn everything he knew. It became
the only game I was confident in and would even challenge others. |
|
King
of Fighters 96 |
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Maker:
SNK
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1996
Console: Arcade
Age played: 11
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| This game is the
beginning of my King of Fighters history, all thanks to my younger
cousin yet again. Having a very different battle system from
all those Capcom fighting games I've been playing, this game
was quite hard for me to adapt to, not that I really knew how
to play any game anyway. =P But starting from KOF 96, I just
continued... year after year, playing KOF, marking the start
of my KOF obsession. |
|
King
of Fighters 97 |
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Maker:
SNK
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1997
Console: Arcade
Age played: 12
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| This game was when
I truly got obsessed with KOF, and when I really learnt how
to play the game. I was obsessed with it for a very long time,
spanning I think 3 years from ages 12-14. 'Ironically', this
is also the game that got me knowing my boyfriend =P It's also
the reason I begged my father to buy me a Playstation, even
with an arcade joystick specially for this. =P |
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King
of Fighters 98 |
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Maker:
SNK
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1998
Console: Arcade
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| The next installment
of the KOF series, and of course, as usual I got obsessed with
it. This was also when I started to regularly play and practice
combos and such as taught by my boyfriend. With the additional
characters and all, it wasn't long before I forgot all about
KOF 97. =P |
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King
of Fighters 2000 |
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Maker:
SNK
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 2000
Console: Arcade
Age played: 15
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| This is the climax
of my KOF gaming history. I loved this game so much I'd touch
almost no other game but Project Justice. Even today,
KOF 2000 still stands as my #1 top favorite KOF game. Considering
how much and often I play this game, unfortuantely I was still
pretty average and would lose to all the KOF girl gamer friends
that I know. ^^" |
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King
of Fighters 2001 |
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Maker:
Playmore
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 2001
Console: Arcade
Age played: 16
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| This came out as
a huge disappointment to many of the KOF fans. I was one of
them. First of all, the new art style for the illustrations
were just way too different and strange for most of the fan's
taste. The gameplay wasn't as fun as 2000 as well. So even after
this came out I still stuck with 2000 and seldom touch this
altho' I'd watch others play it. |
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King
of Fighters 2002 |
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Maker:
Playmore
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 2002
Console: Arcade
Age played: 18
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| Since I flew to
the US after KOF 2001, I never got to play this game until I
finally went back to Singapore for a visit when I was 18, and
by then even KOF 2003 had come out. It was a strange moment
for me since it was the first time in 1.5 years that I was able
to touch KOF in an arcade again. I never got to play a lot of
this even though I have it on an emulator now. It feels much
like KOF 98, just better, and I do think it's a nice game regardless
of my inactiveness. |
|
King
of Fighters 2003 |
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Maker:
Playmore
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 2003
Console: Arcade
Age played: 18
Obsessivity: Quite high
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| This game came out
right at the time I went back to Singapore for a visit at the
end of year 2003. I played it for the first time just a few
days before I had to come back to the US and I got pretty addicted,
all thanks to the new character Ash Crimson. He had very fun
moves, and even tho' it was the first few times I tried the
game I was able to take out a few challengers' characters. Hahaha!!
I couldn't be happier. =P |
|
Mark
of the Wolves |
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Maker:
SNK
Type: 2D Fighting
Year released: 1999
Console: Arcade
Age played: 16
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Hard
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| I played this game
for the first time in an arcade when I was 16. As always I played
it even tho' I didn't know how to. Even my boyfriend's guidance
didn't help me. =P I was never really into the Fatal Fury series
anyway so this game never really caught my attention except
for the main character. I finally played it a little more and
beat it after countless continues on an emulator using the PC. |
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Super
Puzzle Fighter II Turbo |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: Puzzle
Year released: 1996
Console: Arcade
Age played: 13 or 14
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Easy
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| I forgot who taught
me how to play this exactly but it could have just been my boyfriend.
I knew it had been out for a long time but I never touched it
until later. It was fun, but it isn't really all that fun without
a human opponent ya know. I played it by myself on the PC A
LOT once and was able to clear even the master difficulty mode
but after that I don't really play it anymore until some random
times in the US. |
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Pocket
Fighter |
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Maker:
Capcom
Type: 2D fighting
Year released: 1997
Console: Arcade
Age played: 13
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| I first discovered
this in the arcade, of course, and would play it cos' it was
so ridiculous. I would be laughing with my friends at all the
weird moves they do as I continue to mash the buttons. I finally
learnt how to play it like a year after and still enjoyed it
even tho' I wasn't good at it. |
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Parappa
the Rapper |
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Maker:
NanaOnSha
Type: Music
Year released: 1997
Console: Playstation
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Low
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| I played this when
I came to the US for my first time back in 1999 for a trip with
my grandma. It was either my brother or sister who told me to
try it. It was a really short game but nevertheless it was fun!
The music totally made me laugh, especially the first one with
the onion kungfu master guy. Great memories. |
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Dance
Dance Revolution |
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Maker:
Konami
Type: Music
Year released: 199X(?)
Console: Playstation
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
Status: ---
Grade: |
| I'm not actually
sure if it's this one or some other one but I played it back
in 1999 in the US. It was my very first DDR experience and I
was mostly playing it with my sister in California. Of course,
it was using the controller but still it was very fun. It got
me to know the Paranoia song. It's still my best favorite DDR
song today. |
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King
of Fighters Kyo |
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Maker:
SNK
Type: RPG
Year released: 1999
Console: Playstation
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Low
Difficulty: ---
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| I learnt of this
from a preview in another game I was playing back in Indonesia.
Immediately I got it from a store and was shocked to find that
it was entirely in Japanese. I played it nonetheless, not understanding
a single thing, and gave up pretty soon. ^^" I don't think
I'll try it again even tho' I know Japanese now. |
|
Tekken
3 |
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Maker:
Namco
Type: 3D Fighting
Year released: 1998
Console: Playstation
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| Tekken 3 was one
of the free games that I got from getting a Playstation. So
I tried it even tho' I didn't know a thing about it and I actually
got to like it. It started out with the characters Xiao Yu and
Hwoarang, as anyone would have guessed =P I'd play it for days
and practice combos and such, but the obsession didn't last
very long. |
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Croc:
Legend of the Gobbos |
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Maker:
Fox Interactive, Argonaut Games
Type: Platform
Year released: 1997
Console: PC
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Hard
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| This is one of the
first and only PC games that I've played. My cousin taught me
how to play it and so I tried. I dunno if it's just me but seriously,
dude, this game's HARD. It took me a long time anda lot of effort
to get to like world 3 and I sort of stopped there and never
continued. It'd have been a lot more fun if it was half as hard.
^^" |
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Worms
2 |
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Maker:
Team17, Atari
Type: Platform
Year released: 1997
Console: PC
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Easy
Status: ---
Grade: |
| Now WHO doesn't
know this game?? This is like classic!! Real awesome and absolutely
fun!! It's sad to say I never really got to play it a lot since
it wasn't my game and my cousin wouldn't really let me play
it, but man, it was great memories! This game's way too fun
and funny, absolutely enjoyable. Of course, it's really only
as fun when you play it with someone. Absolutely wonderful memories. |
|
Crash
Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back |
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Maker:
Naughty Dog
Type: Platform
Year released: 1997
Console: Playstation
Age played: 17
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete(?)
Grade: |
| I played this after
coming to the US since my sister has this from my brother who
left his Playstation here. I don't actually quite remember if
I finished this game but I'm quite sure I did. I know I didn't
complete it a 100% since it's really very hard to do so, but
I should have passed all the 25 stages. A classic Crash Bandicoot
game. |
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Crash
Bandicoot 3: Warped |
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Maker:
Naughty Dog
Type: Platform
Year released: 1998
Console: Playstation
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| My very first Crash
Bandicoot game and I was in love. Even my parents enjoyed watching
me play! In fact, it's the ONLY game they'll sit down to watch
me play! This happened to be one of the free games I got from
getting my Playstation and I'm glad I got it. It marked the
start of my liking towards platform games. I'm also proud to
say I complete this game a full 100% with ALL crystals, sapphires
and all collected. It took FOREVER. I started when I was 14
and finally completed it fully at age 17. |
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Crash
Team Racing |
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Maker:
Naughty Dog
Type: Racing
Year released: 1999
Console: Playstation
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| I played this only
at my boyfriend's place. It was damn fun! We'd play it and race
each other or his brother for hours and that was really all
of the game that I played. There's a story mode but I don't
really play it since it's not as fun without a human opponent.
I can't beat my boyfriend, as usual, but I was confident at
this game. Even in the US I was confident I could beat any of
my friends. =P |
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Jak
& Daxter: The Precursor Legacy |
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Maker:
Naughty Dog
Type: Platform
Year released: 2001
Console: Playstation
Age played: 17
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| This was one of
the first PS2 games I've ever played, and it was on my brother-in-law's
machine. I was actually only watching them play at first, but
then I decided that I wanted to play too and so I did, and ended
up finishing my bro-in-law's game for him XP And then I replayed
the game from start to end by myself and fully completed it
a 100%. I was proud of it =) It was fun, a great game, and a
legendary start for the Jak series. |
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Suikoden
I |
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Maker:
Konami
Type: RPG
Year released: 1996
Console: Playstation
Age played: 17
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Easy
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| I started by playing
Suikoden II first, and so when I saw that a friend had this
I asked to borrow it. A very short RPG but like its sequel it's
actually fun. It's the classical 2D RPG but no one says 2D RPGs
are bad. It's not as great as Suikoden II but it was still good.
It reminds me of the first year I came to the US back in 2002. |
|
Suikoden
II |
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Maker:
Konami
Type: RPG
Year released: 1998
Console: Playstation
Age played: 15
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| This!! THIS, is
my VERY FIRST RPG EVER. Believe it or not I used to dislike
RPG, thinking that the turn based battle concept is just ridiculously
stupid. But this! This game made me take my word back. I still
remember very clearly that it was one afternoon when my brother
was booting up every single game he had just to watch the opening
cutscenes. When he boot up Suikoden II he got a call from someone
and so while waiting for him to be finished I started messing
with the game, and surprisingly I thought "Hey! This is
FUN!!" That was the beginning of it all. I've played this
game SO MANY times, I can bet it's as many as 7 times from start
to end, but I never got to complete it a 100%. I did so only
after I completed Suikoden 1 and then used the save file to
load on to Suikoden II. I finally completed it fully at age
17 in the US. If not for this game I'd have never played FF7. |
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Final
Fantasy VII |
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Maker:
Squaresoft
Type: RPG
Year released: 1997
Console: Playstation
Age played: 15
Obsessivity: High
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| My 2nd RPG. Why
did I choose to play this of all other RPGs? It's not really
becos' I want to or think it's that great or something, to be
honest. It's becos I already knew about it from my cousin. =P
Before I played this game myself, I often watched my cousin
play it. I even knew certain things already before I played
it myself, and I was pretty familiar with the characters. I
didn't play it only because I didn't think I could handle RPGs.
But later I tried it, after completing Suikoden II, so that
I could play my 2nd RPG. I forgot whose copy it was that I borrowed
cos' I never had my own, and man, I can swear I played this
game nearly as many times as Suikoden II. One time in Indonesia
when I replayed it again I finished it in 2 days. I even played
it again from the start after coming to the US, and for the
first time attempted the chocobo quest even tho' I failed to
succeed. A great game filled with sweet memories. |
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Final
Fantasy VIII |
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Maker:
Squaresoft
Type: RPG
Year released: 1999
Console: Playstation
Age played: 16
Obsessivity: Quite high
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| Back then, I always
thought FF8 had the most complicating configuration system,
and was afraid to try it myself becos' I just couldn't understand
how it works. Even with my boyfriend's guidance it took me forever
to understand. I first played it together with my boyfriend
at his place, but since I played under his supervision 90% of
the time it's technically him who's playing it, not me. And
we never really got to finish it for some reason. I finally
played this on my own at age 19 in the US, after 2 years of
total gaming absence. It felt nostalgic just playing it, and
I even got to beat Omega weapon myself, and even without using
Squall =P Even now, I'm still proud of it =) A nice game in
the overall. |
|
Final
Fantasy IX |
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Maker:
Squaresoft
Type: RPG
Year released: 2000
Console: Playstation
Age played: 15 or 16
Obsessivity: Moderate
Difficulty: Medium
Status: Complete
Grade: |
| I played this when
I was back in Indonesia for the break. FF9 just came out not
too long ago and so I got it and started right away. It was
my 3rd RPG and I thought it was pretty fun. I played it continuously
for days and would call long distance to my boyfriend when I'm
really stuck since I didn't know of the existence of online
walkthroughs =P Pretty crazy huh? Now that I think of it it
was not the bestest game but nonetheless it was a pretty nostalgic
memory of my teenagehood. |
|
Bust a Groove |
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Maker:
Enix
Type: Music
Year released: 1998
Console: Playstation
Age played: 14
Obsessivity: Medium
Difficulty: Easy
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| I first played this when I came to the US for the first time back in 1999. I think it was my sister who introduced this to me. I liked it alot and I still like it if I can get to play it again. The music is pretty nice but there're too few. |
|
Bust a Groove 2 |
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Maker:
Enix
Type: Music
Year released: 1999
Console: Playstation
Age played: 15/16
Obsessivity: Quite high
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Status: Incomplete
Grade: |
| I saw this while game shopping back in Indonesia a number of years ago. This one's a big improvement from its older game and I enjoyed it alot. However, there are still too few songs and to be honest there aren't many that I really like as to my tastes. |
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