The thing is, I don't know what games I would've liked, but I didn't buy.

Tribes comes to mind though as it apparently had such odd and fastpaced gameplay. Though I didn't even have a computer at the time I think, but I certainly didn't have any internet connection

Well I have the demo version of Blood - every once and a while I get it out and play it. I wish I had the full version 😉

Fresh victims to add to the ever-growing army of undead

I have Whole Unit blood and Blood 2, never finished them along with ALOT of my games but they do start off pretty fun. Ever play Shadow Warrior?

I'd say I really missed out on the SNES classics. I haven't started to play and beat these games till around 2009 and up till recent times.

Metroid anything!! Super Metroid, Metroid Zero Mission, Metroid Fusion
Zelda - A link to the past (just beat this for the first time a month ago)
TMNT 4
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All stars w/ SMW

PC wise I can't say there is much. I have a tendency to wait for the game to be cheap and most of the bugs worked out before buying a copy. This goes for almost any system nowadays as it seems they would rather release a broken game and patch it later if ever :angry face:

Only ones I could think of:
Neverhood
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Unrated (bought for like $6.50 on ebay around a year after release)
Spiderman: Web of shadows (ebay special for $7 a year or 2 after release. Prototype has nothing on this game)

When I was in high school there was a shop that had boxed copies of Halloween Harry and Blake Stone 2. I can't believe I didn't buy them.

Normally if I didn't have a game I wanted it's because I couldn't find it anywhere. Occasionally I'd strike a lucky find at yard sales and flea markets. Whatever I was still looking for eventually turned up listed online and I bought them then.

There are several games I would have bought new if I had known I would read about them and seek them out 10 years later.

As far as missed opportunities, I passed up Resident Evil 1, 2, 3 and Parasite Eve 1, 2 in the same EB Games one day. Now I'm glad I never got into the Resident Evil series and I've lost interest in consoles but I probably would have liked those games at the time.

I wish we had gotten more games for our 8088. Our household lagged behind a bit on the PC scene. We didn't get a 486 until 1995. I had my C64, though, so I can't complain.

I wish I had bought the CD version of System Shock, and also System Shock 2... they are quite expensive now.

I wish I had bought System Shock 2 when it came out. I managed to get a boxed "Classics" copy later, but it's no the same as the first edition.

I wish I'd bought Day of the Tentacle when it was first released in that odd triangular-tube box. It's my favorite adventure game and those boxed sets are now selling for $300+ on eBay.

Lately I am kind of regretting not buying Xenoblade Chronicles for Wii. Everyone was raving about it, but it seems it had a very short print run and prices have skyrocketed, with no sign of a reprint in the near future.

(Meanwhile, 999 DS, which I ran out and bought when it was still brand new, can easily be obtained for $20. Sigh.)

I think I had a shot at a cheap copy of Metroid Prime Trilogy once. Passing that up was a mistake.

Wish I had bought Janes usaf, finally found a copy for sale about 2 years later

Jorpho wrote:

I think I had a shot at a cheap copy of Metroid Prime Trilogy once. Passing that up was a mistake.

The originals are better anyway, there are some graphical issues in those remakes.

Stunts!

Played it to death in my childhood, but on a pirated copy. Would love to have a boxed copy!

Daggerfall
I remember when this game was on big store displays and posters. I ignored it because I had enough games on my mind already, and I was an Ultima fan. I didn't think I needed it. Elder Scrolls? Whatever, I didn't know or care what that was about.
In modern times, I've seen some Daggerfall on youtube and realized how hugely I missed out. Bethesda has released it as a free download but I haven't put any time into it yet.

Morrowind
I read about the greatness of this game but ignored it for years. Partly because I hadn't finished Ultima 9 yet.. yeah, as if that was a good reason.
Well, I never did finish U9. I finally bought Morrowind GOTY when it was disappearing from retail, long after Oblivion was out. So I did ultimately buy it, but it took me far too long and I missed the peak years of it's fan following.

While not PC games, I REALLY wished I purchased Tomba and Tomba 2 for the Playstation as a kid, I have always wanted to play the full versions of those games after playing the demos back in the day, but now I can't get them since copies of them are ridiculously expensive on eBay and Amazon.

The only affordable place i've seen Tomba! is the Playstation 3's PlaystationStore

I wish I had bought The Reap, though I have read the game is impossible to play on newer system (notice the soundglitch in the video), well..., can only dream this game get on GOG someday.

leileilol wrote:

The only affordable place i've seen Tomba! is the Playstation 3's PlaystationStore

Which is why I am kicking myself in the foot because I lack a PS3 to get it. I also hear that the PS3 version has issues not present in the original release.