Buckle up kids, this is gonna be a long one so I'm gonna break this down into categories:
PRO WRESTLING:
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns-The first wrestling game where I'd actively work a match (IE let the AI get some offense in) and wouldn't mind losing. Some of the stupidest yet brilliant wrestlers I've ever came up with came from here (*cough*Orlando the Bear*cough*Yes you could create a wrestler that looked like a bear who could teabag their opponents*cough*)
EWR-Now I can have the book and own a promotion?
WWE series- 30 minute six man falls count anywhere free for alls in Shut Your Mouth. Stupid Ninjas tag team in SvR 2010. Bob the Achievement Gorilla from 12-2K14. Nonsensical storylines from Create A Story feat. The Great Khali's Poetry Corner.
VIOLENCE:
Grand Theft Auto series- So much of my musical tastes have been shaped by the series. Greatest multiplayer memory of mine (San Andreas w/sister, jumped out of an airplane she was flying I died but she lived. Also, CJ kissing Ballas for no discernable reason). ALL Y'ALL CIVILIANS GON DIE.
Diablo 2: My go-to game when I stayed the night at my grandmother's house. Loved that demon guy you'd come across while going to Blood Raven in Act I who'd blow up upon defeat.
Bloodrayne 2-Got disproportionate joy out of slicing the tops of people's heads off.
God of War- Same sister as the GTA story. Kratos only fights the cerberus hordes because his parents wouldn't let him keep a puppy he found as a kid.
FIGHTING:
Soul Calibur 2: Abused the heck out of Heihachi's super-basic punchpunchpunch combo. Trying to stage double knockouts.
DRIVING:
Gran Turismo series- Can still tell you the very first car I ever drove in it ('96 Corvette, yellow, Midfield). Grinding the crap out of races to break the game wide open. Beating the demo times in licenses out of sheer luck.
Need For Speed series-Can't touch this cops. I can drive on a toy track in a kid's room? Doing 1P online races to try cars out before I could unlock them.
SPORTS!:
Tony Hawk-So many marathons pre-memory card days. I CAN SKATE AS SPIDERMAN ON THE MOON
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! PINK ELEPHANTS ARE EVERYWHERE MAN! The rhino easter egg if you know what I mean
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. 99 scores in Career Mode competitions via flagrant abuse of combos after timer expiring.
Madden: The tale of the Rocky Mountain Strongmen, the team who'd Hail Mary on every play and take a rookie QB to a 7500+ passing yard season and a 77-4 TD/INT ratio.
RPG:
Final Fantasy X- 7PM to 3AM marathons (took me roughly to the Mi'ihen Highroad). Learning the Jecht Shot and hiding behind my own goalie like a punk in order to win the first blitzball game. HA HA HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA HA! Never beat the third Seymour fight.
Final Fantasy XII- Let them come, I know something of cages.
NetHack Falcons Eye: Climb on pony, fall off pony, die. Beating up hordes of ghouls until I became a shaolin monk martial-arts master.
ADVENTURE:
Spy Fox: Mr. Big Pig is a real jerk at Go Fish.
OTHER:
Minecraft- I like this fort I SSSSSSSSSSSSSBEWMDEAD.