Browsing some websites like IonLitio, I saw that they have a ranking of their favorite video games. I am not going to be less and I am going to put mine, although choosing only 10 of all is very difficult.
#10 Sonic 2: I remember this game with great affection, since it was the first Sonic I played and the one I played the most, despite never having had it (Until the arrival of emulators). One of the things that caught my attention the most about this game were the bonus levels, in which you saw Sonic from behind and you had to collect rings to get the emerald. Something that made it more bearable was that the second player could control Tails and help you in the main mode, because the two-player mode was terrible and dizzying.
#9 Little Big Adventure 2: The āera of pirate gamesā arrived, with some CDs with many games that were called MIX CDs, I seem to remember. But, unfortunately, my 120 Mhz Pentium couldnāt handle most of the games, so trying and trying games and more games I came across this one, which dazzled me from the first moment. It had spectacular 3D graphics and great variety (I will never forget the memory I have of being locked up at home on a Sunday afternoon playing the lava level). When I reached the end of the game I found a bug that prevented me from playing it, and I decided to buy it, just for the remaining 5 minutes I needed. I couldnāt allow myself to not finish that wonder.
#8 Pokemon Blue: I was in 1st year of ESO when this game came out, when the Pokemon phenomenon took place. I had read in magazines about its development and decided to buy it (I asked the Kings xD). The consequences were more than 600 hours played. Get all the pokemon with the help of a friend, raise all the equipment to level 100 and, perhaps the most frustrating of all: get that pokemon from safari, taurus or something like that. No matter how much fashion and merchandising there was behind this game, no one can deny that it was a good game, although now it is more than burned.
#7 Metal Gear Solid: When I bought Hobby Consolas and saw the report on this game, I had a tremendous desire to buy a PlayStation. The images were surprising and what they said about him much better. When I saw that a friend had it, what to say, joy filled me. I will never forget the afternoons at his house playing (Afternoons and more afternoons). Regarding the game, what to say? The dubbing was wonderful, the graphics were amazing, and the plot was immersive. It was like living a Hollywood movie. I played this game for many hours and the memories I have of it are very good.
#6 Phantasy Star Online: At first I wasnāt planning on buying this game, in fact, I didnāt like the little I had heard about it, but, despite this, I ended up buying it, and I can assure you that the more than 500 hours of play to get my character, a blonde ranger with a scar on his face, blue clothing and a bad face to level 100, were some of the hours I enjoyed playing the most. I think it was 2001, when I didnāt have ADSL or things like that: I paid for what I was connected to, and it used to be two hours a week since it was quite expensive. Blessed Dreamcast with modem.
#5 Resident Evil: What I suffered with this gameā¦When they gave it to me as a gift and I tried it on my computer it didnāt work, I needed a 4Mb accelerator graphics card, the one I had was only 2. I never cried so much because a game didnāt work for me, but at 10 years old, what was I going to do? Spend 30 thousand dollars on a card so that only one game would work for me? Well yes. I started participating in a multitude of story writing contests, both in Spanish and Spanishā¦and I won them, so I bought the Monster 3D, one of the best on sale at that time. And what can I say about the game, the first Resident I had (And I have them all), the one that scared me the most (To the point of having to play without sound because the music made me and my friends nervous) and the one that lasted the longest. I will never forget the jump I made when the dogs came through the window or when I met a āHunterā for the first time. Those are feelings I miss when playing.
#4 Shenmue: I didnāt like it at first. It seemed slow and mechanical to me, until there came a time when what made it mechanical was the same thing that makes real life mechanical. I was absorbed by the atmosphere of the game, the small Japanese town in the late 80s was a welcoming place, especially when it happened at Christmas, a closer time of year, while you are at home, with the heating on, locked in your room. Although its graphics, QTEs (Quick Time Events), its plot, and, in general, its everything were just perfect, the memories I have of it are what really make it great.
#3 Warcraft III: When I bought this game I didnāt expect it to become one of my favorites, but when I discovered the Online mode, I loved it so much that I spent two years playing non-stop. My friends still remember me when I left home on summer nights and my first sentence was: āGod damn! I just beat up a Frenchman!ā Regarding the gameā¦what to say? When I bought it I was amazed by its graphics, since I was used to 2D modeling of Starcraft, being able to rotate the camera, zoom and see the animations of the units seemed like a great advance to me.
#2 The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Like many other games on this list, I never got my hands on this game, so I turned to a friend for a whole summer to let me enjoy this wonder (Actually first from a friend, then from a friend). I liked it so much that I even saved enough money to buy the N64, but in the end, for some reason I didnāt. The first moments of the game, in the Deku Tree, passing through the Fire Temple, when you get the Master Sword for the first time and ending in the Temple of Light, Temple of the Spirit, seemed to me to be some of the most beautiful and emotional that a player can reach, because few games reach the perfection that this one reached.
#1 Final Fantasy VII: In two words: A marvel. The first time I heard about this game was in Toledo, if I remember correctly. I remember I was sitting in a bar reading Micromania when I read the review of the game and I just loved it. A few days later a friend bought it for him (I seem to persuade all my friends to buy things xD). The plot of the game is superb, for me the best plot of a video game. The mix of futuristic cities with medieval towns gives it a clearly classist touch, demonstrating that in a pre-apocalyptic world the differences between the different social classes are very noticeable. The length of the game is enormous, if you want to do everything right you can spend around 80 hours. The game videos left me amazed in their day and continue to do so, and the music has that touch that makes a soundtrack special. I just hope they donāt end up making a remake of the game, since they would end up burning it like many others.