1) Half-Life:Alyx (VR)
2) Alien: Isolation (VR)
3) Metroid (NES)
4) Goldeneye (N64)
5) Mariokart (Super Nintendo, N64)
6) Zelda (NES) & Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
7) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy & Zork started a love for this stuff (Infocom, DOS PC based)
8) Grand Theft Auto 5 (2014 this helped when I was grieving about losing my dog and got me back into gaming)
9) Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC)
10) Diablo (original PC)
honorable:
- Pitfall, Pole Position, Joust, Adventure, Combat, River Raid, Kaboom, Haunted House, and all the Atari games that got us started.
- Punch Out, Double Dribble, Ring King, Tecmo Bowl, Castlevania, Tetris, Excitebike, Kid Icarus, Contra, Ikari Warriors, Gauntlet, Spy Hunter, Gauntlet, Ghost & Goblins, Wizards & WArriors, R.C. Pro-Am, Streetfighter, Ninja Gaiden, and all the amazing NES games. All of them.
- Mario64 & Mario Party (N64), and that entire franchise being mind blowing.
- Lode Runner, Aztec, Simcity, Sam & Max, Prince of Persia, Star Wars Tie Fighter/Xwing 1993, Wolfenstein and Doom, and all those PC games that ramped this up.
- Shoutout to all the relaxing and meditative and trippy VR stuff, and the relaxing or goofy games from a beautiful and moving “Moss” scrolling puzzle game to Virtual Virtual Reality, Accounting+, Rick and Morty, or Vacation/Job Simulator just for not taking itself seriously and lovely anxiety diversion from the pandemic.