Almost every system I own, I bought for one specific game. I was wondering what games sold you guys and gals and made you go buy the systems to play them.
Mine:
Atari 2600- Pac-Man :( (Not a good way to start this hobby)
NES- Super Mario Bros (obviously! If this thing only played Mario, I would have died happy)
Sega Master System- Phantasy Star (one of the only games I own for the system)
Sega Genesis- John Madden/ Phantasy Star 2(tie because I got them both at the same time I got the system)
Sega CD- Sewer Shark (Haters be damned, I liked this game. I won't go back to it because I know I'll hate it :)
PS1- Battle Arena Toshinden (Although it does blow, I remember going to the mall with friends just to play the demo set-up at EB. At the time, I thought that it was the most amazing thing, Ridge Racer and MK3 be damned.)
N64- Castlevania 64 ( I love the game to this day. Nerver could figure out why so many people hated it. I took it for what it was, and forgave it for the bad camera angles. It still crushes Lament of Innocence.)
SNES- Secret of Mana. ( I wanted a Zelda-ish game that was supposed to be good. I wasn't even perpared for how wonderful this game was, especially the music)
Sega Saturn- Virtua Fighter (Same as Mario. If thats all it played, I woulda been happy with my purchase)
Sega Dreamcast- Soul Caliber ( I'll probably never feel the same about a game again. I was a disciple of the arcade unit and couldn't believe that it would be better at home. When I got it home , I was in awe. Sonic sat, unplayed while my friends and I played this thing for weeks.
PS2- Devil May Cry ( I love this game so much! It was the first game that I felt that the Dramcast couldn't do. I'm probably wrong, though. Up until the time of its release, I could care less about the PS2. But once I played it, I absolutely NEEDED a PS2)
Gamecube- (Honestly, I got this system for cheap from a friend when it first came out. Got the system, 3 good games and 2 controllers for 125 bucks. Now if I bought it, it would have been for Metroid Prime. One of the best games this generation)
XBOX- Capcom vs SNK 2 EO ( Already had it for Dreamcast, but ONLINE PLAY?! Sold immediately. How silly I was. I thought that it'd play seamless online. I thought that I could FINALLY play people from Japan. The lag and the droppers killed that dream for me. At least other games played good online for it. It's still the best system this gen.)
PC- SHOGO (I was amazed with this game. It looked wonderful. It was the first game I played online. It had transforming mechs!! I was sold!!)
GBA- Castlevania COTM ( I was dying for another Symphony-style game , and I got it. Dark as hell, but I got it)
