What is your favorite childhood computer/video or board game?

[martin88nyc]

My all time favorite is Crash Bandicoot.

[maryslittlegarden]

Battleship
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[MundaCorMeum]

board game, probably trivial pursuit, clue, and monopoly.  We played a lot of games growing up, so it's hard to pick a favorite...cards were definitely up there. 

I played far more video games as a child than I care to admit, but my favorite was, and still is, old school Mario on the nintendo....big, gray cartridge and all!  Tetris consumed a fair amount of my time, too 

[Jayne]

In high school I joined the chess club, but that was more because all the members were boys than for the chess.  I also played euchre a lot in my teens, but that is a card game rather than a board game. Scrabble is my favourite board game.  I prefer jigsaw puzzles to card games or board games. There weren't computer/video games when I was a child and I've never developed a taste for them as an adult.

[martin88nyc]

board game, probably trivial pursuit, clue, and monopoly.  We played a lot of games growing up, so it's hard to pick a favorite...cards were definitely up there. 

I played far more video games as a child than I care to admit, but my favorite was, and still is, old school Mario on the nintendo....big, gray cartridge and all!  Tetris consumed a fair amount of my time, too 

Yes I like Mario too. My father used to spend hours, staying up late and playing this game.

[Carleendiane]

SCRABBLE!!!! I love word games. I love all things to do with writing, spelling, sentence structure. Breaking down a sentence to clearly see all its parts, modifiers.  Though, obviously,  it doesn't always show, due to auto correct and brain fog. I enjoy editing written works, dangling modifiers, punctuation, sequential articles, cutting out useless paragraphs, often misused words, and finding ways of expression that provide  clarity. Spelling was a strong point, along with a broad colorful vocabulary. Too bad I was not so gifted when it came to all things math related 

[Jacob]

Risk, especially the variant Castle Risk.  My brother and I have house rules for Castle Risk that really make it more interesting.

[maryslittlegarden]

As far as card games go- whist and uno.

[mikemac]

Yeah I would say Risk too.  I never played the variant Castle Risk.

[martin88nyc]

Risk, especially the variant Castle Risk.  My brother and I have house rules for Castle Risk that really make it more interesting.

In never played this game. Sounds like fun. I also like puzzle

[Maximilian]

Risk, especially the variant Castle Risk. 

Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't know that there was a "Castle Risk."

It looks like they have stopped making "Castle Risk," but they have replaced it with a new game that everyone seems to like much better called "Risk Europe."

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[aquinas138]

I loved the original Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! as a kid; as of college, which was almost 20 years ago at this point, I could still go from Glass Joe to Mike Tyson without getting punched – muscle memory dies hard! I also liked the Mario games, Metroid, Mega Man... I loved the NES era.

For board games, I always liked Monopoly, even though it always ended with fighting and tears. It truly taught the lessons of predatory capitalism as my brothers and I cheated in various ways to ruin each other. Checkers and chess were also favorites. As a family we liked Balderdash and Pictionary.

[Tales]

I was raised on video games.

Some of my favorite games for which I still have very fond memories:

Super Mario 1, 3 and World
Zelda 1, Link to the Past and Ocarina
Dragon Warrior 1 and 4
Final Fantasy 6
Chrono Trigger
Tales of Symphonia
EverQuest

For board games:

Risk
Monopoly

[drummerboy]

As for board games I loved Risk, LIFE, and Life on the Farm.  My only caveat with Risk was the dice, I hate losing to dice, which is what I like about chess, if I'm going to lose I know its my lack of skill rather than chance.  My family loves playing sheephead but I never learnt many card games, hopefully my wife can teach me some since she's played more.

Video games: played alot on super nintendo and sega, but my favorite was Age of Empires II, then Total War Rome.  I'm on a World of Tanks/Warships kick now, after I stopped games for a few years because they were too addictive.  Not so much now that I've grown up

[martin88nyc]

There is free Lord of the Rings online game. I thought I could explore the world of  Middle-Earth freely but it turns out you are actually on a mission. too bad.