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[Pro from Dover]

The Warriors

Saw it at Best Buy.
I certainly knew of the movie but never saw it. It just showed me that the folks what made GTA and Manhunt now made a brawler.

Totally one of my favorites.

 

[AHK_Hero]

I thought it was a pretty fun turn based RPG, kind of a throw back to the 16 bit era. The only problem was the hilariously awful voice acting but even that was pretty entertaining in its own way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zygDzAkothQ

Haha! This is brilliant. I would love to see a documentary on how they ended up with this ridiculous voice over.

OK let me try again with this thread topic since I screwed up before. I was maybe 7 or 8 at the local video game store looking for something to play when this caught my eye.

Aww yeah. Like the inside of my eight year old brain leaked out onto the cover of a Genesis game. My artistic inclinations led me to glorious side scrolling schmup action. Played it a ton that weekend and made some good memories despite only being able to beat the first level. Still one of my favorites to this day.

Spoiler

I cheated and beat the game with save states many years later.

The Warriors

Totally one of my favorites.

Love that game, and the movie!

 

[Alastor3]

Baten Kaitos and it has become my favorite game of all time.

 

[Muffdraul]

Too many to mention. I bought an SNES in the fall of 1991 and a Genesis in early 1993. I didn't really start reading gaming magazines until about 1995. So between '91 and '95 I'd just go to a shop and browse until something jumped out and tickled my fancy. I bought Zelda ALttP because it drove me crazy that the commercial didn't show the game at all and I had to find out what it was like. I didn't pay any attention during the 8-bit era so I didn't even know Zelda was a franchise at the time.

 

[Fink]

Okami! I didn't know anything about what the game was like. All I knew was that I had seen people draw the wolf on Deviantart.

 

[-shadow-]

About two years ago. Still haven't gotten around to playing it actually...

 

[Shane]

Instantly fell in love.

And this when I was younger, though I don't know why...

 

[Alkastelca]

.

 

[keltickennedy]

 

[Alastor3]

About two years ago. Still haven't gotten around to playing it actually...

You're missing an incredible game.

 

[Apoleptica]

Golden Sun, best blind purchase of my childhood.

 

[mephixto]

Soul Reaver - legacy of kain.


Then i put the game and was blown away , loved impaling vampires xD

I love that cover so much

 

[UberLevi]

Not sure if it counts because I didn't buy it exactly, but I got into the Mass Effect franchise because I was at a rental store one day and it was the only thing sticking out to me. Now it's my favorite franchise hands down.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Vortex

It cost like 100 euros when converted to modern money.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKK

 

[Sora_N]

Pokemon Blue got me into the series for life. I took 5 years break in my late teens but then straight back into it.

Dat blastoise

 

[DeadlyParasite]

I took a gamble back in EBGames 2007 on this game and it was the best choice I made last console generation.

 

[Gtagentleman]

Lots and lots of shitty PS1 games

 

[Outrun]

Afterburner for Amstrad CPC128

 

[Malakai]

Dark Cloud 2 on the PS2.

 

[Glass Shark]

I've literally never done this. I've been reading game magazines or websites for as long as I can remember, so I always had a reason for buying games other than the cover. Also, we didn't have much money growing up so I didn't have money to waste on games I wasn't sure about.

 

[KRaZyAmmo]

 

[stan423321]

I love that cover so much

Wait a moment. CD have put up Gex on a LoK cover? This is hilarious.

(not assessing quality of either game, mind you... just imagine Sega putting Sonic on Yakuza cover or something like that)

 

[Violence Jack]

Back when I was a kid and knew nothing about it. I thought it was an Aliens game.

 

[StrikeFirst117]

I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

Dude that's exactly what motivated me, saw one copy in a shop separate from other games and just went fuck it and now its one of my favourite RPG franchises.

 

[Agent Gibbs]

This gem

 

[Tovarisc]

 

[Melkezadek]

Can't even get pass the second level. No regrets.

 

[TheGreatMusashi]

Vortex

It cost like 100 euros when converted to modern money.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKK

You and I both got duped with that turd. I did the same thing when it came out, regretted it for weeks.

 

[adamantypants]

Vectorman

It was a cardboard box sleeve with metallic ink and a prize to win $25,000. This was the exact box I got. Game might not be great but to an 8 year old it was amazing.

 

[pnutboy]

Had no idea what the game was about at the time, but that cover was too damn good to pass up. Ended up loving it.

 

[Labrynian Rebel]

Soon.

 

[SoundPulse]

hell yeah
sign me up

 

[Zom]

Halo and Dungeon Siege

 

[Kyrios]

Golden Sun, best blind purchase of my childhood.

Just about to post this. Best impulse buy ever.

 

[inked_illusion]

Dark Cloud 2/Dark Chronicle

Timesplitters 2

Persona 4

Auto Modellista

 

[gnexus]

 

[God Enel]

Killer Instinct when I was a kid. Didnt know shit about this game. And then the black cartridge and Killer Cuts blew my mind.

Mr. Nutz another awesome one. When I and my brother are playing SNES together it's most probably this one.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Really glad I did. Game is so damn fun.

 

[BTails]

Back when I was a kid and knew nothing about it. I thought it was an Aliens game.

It basically is, if you can get to the final level...

 

[vakarian32]

I still remember the day I walked into Target with my dad on my 12th birthday, he bought me the original GBA and said I could choose one game.

Had no idea what the game was about, just liked the look of the characters. So glad I picked Golden Sun though, it was my gateway to other RPG's.

 

[mrjohill]

Suikoden 3. Had never played a suikoden game before but the box art looked interesting. Loved that game

 

[Citadel]

Demon's Souls for the PS3.
Metro 2033 for the Xbox 360.

Both games - and the eventual sequel(s) - became instant favourites of mine, moreso the latter.

 

[Snaggle]

I bought this off Play-Asia when it was released in Japan. I did have a DS at the time but I don't speak, read or write Japanese so there was no way to play it and i'm not into JRPG's. Bought it solely based on the beautiful boxart.

 

[Fury451]

Fantastic, this is mine too. I saw it behind a glass case at a used book shop shortly after I got my PS2.

It was a match made in heaven as it turns out.

 

[theJwac]

I lost the instructional manual though which caused me to have a bad time with this game. Keep in mind this was in the early 90s so I had no internet to rely on.

 

[Jennings]

I bought this without knowing anything at all about the game, specifically because the back cover art made it look so amazing. Starsiege: Tribes. There was also a great fold-out inlay, but I can't find images of it. Now it sits as one of the best gaming purchases I've ever made.

 

[Het_Nkik]

Grabbed it because Donald Duck was looking cool on the cover.

Ended up one of my favorite Genesis game. Great non-linear platformer with cool puzzle elements.

 

[spazchicken]

I got lucky both times.

 

[Rapscallion]

It's not a great game by any means, but I didn't know any better.

This one worked out great though. I have since bought every subsequent Ratchet game.

 

[Citadel]

It's not a great game by any means, but I didn't know any better.

Hah, I actually loved this game - along with Skies of Arcadia and Grandia 2, those three games were the reason I loved my Dreamcast so much.

Well, those and House of the Dead. How can you not love that horrible voice acting