Games you hold close to your heart?

Crash Bandicoot , Final Fantasy Series, Pokemon yellow,Gold,Ruby, Digimon World 1 and 3, I'm sure I'm missing tons, Games were a big part of my childhood.

Starcraft, Counter-Strike: Source and Guild Wars

Final Fantasy X & X-12. Beautiful story, I was just in awe the whole time. I was never even really that into FF games, only one i had played previously was VII.

Sonic 3, my first genesis game (and my first pirated game, of course i didn't knew that until i find out on the internet that the original catridge had a chip that let you save your progress)...
Megaman X4, the first game that i bought to my PSone, the first console that i paid with my money. the simplicity of the system, and the fun of the gameplay was awesome, i felt in love with the series intermediately.
TF2, was my entry to steam, and magicka my first completely legal game.
Quake II, that game scared the shit out of me when i was a kid.
Okami make me realize that games could be art too.
and Metal Gear Solid show me how AWESOME and complex could be a game, the psycomanthis battle blew my mind.
and of course Age of empires II (i learned history from that shit), and Roller coaster tycoon 2 one of the first game that i obsessed with.

Fallout 1 and 2

I really loved Ocarina of Time, Super Mario World, and Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, but I can't play any of them on the original systems Q_Q

To The Moon <3
Kingdom Rush and Gemcraft Labyrinth
Sonic (SEGA 1991)
Ragnarok Online and Perfect World

Baldur's Gate series, Grim Fandango, Planescape: Torment, Ultima IV, Fallout 2, Diablo II.

There was also a UNIX game called "multi-trek" which was the ruin of many a college student. The game caused so many dropouts that it was eventually banned in several universities. It was written by Chuck Peterson and ran on the university's mainframe. Basically, you logged into a terminal, ran the game, and you were flying a virtual starship in the Star Trek universe. Imagine something like Star Trek Bridge Commander or Star Trek Online without the graphics, and you could have up to 26 players simultaneously.

Gothic and BioShock series

Quake 3 arena

Binding of issac

Megaman Battle Network 6 and Suikoden Series

Commander Keen 4

Chrono Trigger and to a very slightly lesser extent, Starcraft and SC2

Tony Hawks 2, Diablo 2, Heaven and Hearth

Homm 3

Portal 2. The game that convinced me that games were art, and got me interested in art and programming. May it live forever.

Kingdom Hearts Series, COD Series, DotA 1-2, DMC 3-4, Counter Strike 1.6 and Source

Hitman Blood Money.

XCOM enemy unknown.

Dark Souls.

Recettear

Ys: Origin.

Phoenix Wright (any)

Crusader Kings 2.

Doesnt make me happy because of spoilery things but Thomas Was Alone as well.

probably some others but those are the ones that come to mind now.

Stronghold: Crusader. <3

Batman and Deus Ex, and the classic N64 games

PVZ

Monkey Island series

Max Payne
Portal 2
God Hand
Batman Arkham City
Mirror's Edge
Final Fantasy VI
Persona 3
Street Fighter IV
Fallout 3