Although I played games before, the first two games that really got me into gaming were these two:
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King of Dragons, although simple, was an awesome game at the time. I don't know if anyone has played this game but I still play it like once a month just because it was awesome.
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And of course this game is one of the best of all time. I can't even tell you how many times I have played through this game, so good.
As for the next generation my two favorite games of all time would definitely be Legend of Zelda: OOT and FF7 those two games are what got me into RPG games and they are the best games of all time.