I like to replay Pokemon Emerald version sometimes! It's fun to make up new challenges in one of the first games I played of the franchise. Those sprites and music are like a mental health cleanser for me
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I don't think this is what you meant, but I remember the night a friend of my dad's came over and installed Doom (shareware) on our computer with floppy disks. I remember not being allowed to play it at first and then, when I finally was, being mesmerised by it. Up until that point I'd been playing Wolfenstein 3D and thought that was as good as it gets. Textured floors, ceilings, stairs and exploading barrels blew my little mind.
So my tradition is that some version of Doom I or Doom II is on basically everything I have. Android (Delta Touch as I love the voxel mod), Switch, Steam Deck - whenever I have a free moment and want to play something but I don't know what it is, I probably bash out a few levels of Doom.
It's perfect to just pick up and play and for some reason I never grow tired of it... which is weird as I generally don't replay games unless I really like them.
Final Fantasy X is a game i always come back to. Have played it already serveral times.
That scene where Yuna performs the sending in Besaid, chef's kiss Still makes me shed a tear or so after all this time.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Illusion of Gaia, both for SNES.
Two of my favourite games growing up, still have both complete in their boxes. Have bought and sold a lot of games over the years but these two were just something special that I could never get rid of and I still play em almost yearly.
Crash Bandicoot 2. I used to play it once a year, not so much since the remakes came out. I need to bring out the OG soon.
Every Christmas I sit down and play the same map Christmas map in Viscera Cleanup Detail.
As for playing tradition. I will always fall back on Tyrian 2000, which I have dubbed as the best use of 15 megabytes you can use. It's a top down shmup from the way back that has a lot of gameplay, plenty of awesome weapons, secrets, and a decent mobile port.
Not really childhood more like teenage but mass effect is one I regularly go back to.
not necessarily a childhood game as i was 11 when i first tried it out but the original silent hill always feels like home to me.
Master of Magic, Baldur's Gate...
A lot of my childhood favorites are getting remasters.