Childhood Game Collection (INCOMPLETE)

The games that I owned throughout my childhood. Not a complete list as I simply cannot remember every game I’ve ever owned, but all the major ones will be here. I haven’t played many of these games in a very long time so I’ll only have stuff to say about a select few. For the purposes of this list I’m classifying everything before high school as my childhood.

Midnight Club L.A. Remix
Midnight Club L.A. Remix
PSP
I desperately want Rockstar to bring back Midnight Club but they’re not going to since it doesn’t sell a bajillion copies like GTA.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
PSP
I would be more than happy with Rockstar releasing these smaller-scale top-down handheld GTA games in between the main ones, but alas.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
GTA
“One more Lance Vance chance!”
“LAAAAAAANCE, YOU PRICK!”
A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks!
A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks!
PSP
Probably the most honest video game title in existence. Really basic shmup but hey, it’s only two bucks.
Alien Syndrome
Alien Syndrome
PSP
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Thrillville: Off the Rails
PSP
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
PSP
RIP Deimos
2010-2010
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War: Chains of Olympus
PSP
Dawg I was NOT old enough to be playing this
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet
PSP
Just try to remember
Words go together
Songs last forever
Nothing can be too clever
For you
Killzone: Liberation
Killzone: Liberation
PSP
ModNation Racers
ModNation Racers
PSP
This was the one Media Molecule game I actually liked
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Tony Hawk's Project 8
PSP
My uncle visited one time and just gave me a copy of this and LocoRoco. I found the cheat code for infinite grinds and basically ruined the game for myself but I had a ton of fun.
LocoRoco
LocoRoco
PSP
There just aren’t games like this on PlayStation anymore and that makes me undeniably sad.
Patapon 2
Patapon 2
PSP
I think this is the greatest PSP game ever made, and I would consider it the greatest rhythm game of all time if Theatrhythm Final Fantasy didn’t exist.
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Valkyria Chronicles 2
PSP
Wartime drama mixed with a heavy dose of anime bullshit and I was OBSESSED. So obsessed I would name characters in other video games after rhis game’s main character.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Nintendo DS
Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle
Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle
Nintendo DS
Bionicle Heroes
Bionicle Heroes
Nintendo DS
My mom couldn’t afford to buy me real Bionicles but she could afford to buy me this game. Twice. Except this time instead of being a mediocre third person shooter it’s a mediocre first person shooter.
Daniel X: The Ultimate Power
Daniel X: The Ultimate Power
Nintendo DS
Crappy game based on a crappy book series
Super Scribblenauts
Super Scribblenauts
Nintendo DS
Scribblenauts
Scribblenauts
Nintendo DS
I’ll admit, one of the first things I did in this game was type in ‘sex’ to see what it would make.
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Nintendo DS
Pokémon Black Version
Pokémon Black Version
Nintendo DS
Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals
Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals
Nintendo DS
I had let my cousin play my copy of this game with a 100% complete save file. When I got the game back from him and saw that he had deleted said save file, that was the closest I had ever come to strangling somebody.
American Dragon Jake Long: Attack of the Dark Dragon
American Dragon Jake Long: Attack of the Dark Dragon
Nintendo DS
Pokémon SoulSilver Version
Pokémon SoulSilver Version
Nintendo DS
Cooking Mama
Cooking Mama
007: Quantum of Solace
007: Quantum of Solace
Nintendo DS
It was this weird touch screen based top-down third person shooter with first-person brawling sections. A real odd title.
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Nintendo DS
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog
PS2
I’ve heard all the defenses of this game and I can see where they’re coming from, but this is one of the most miserable experiences I’ve ever had playing a game.
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe
PS2
Odd game that was both an original story and a tie-in with the Sam Raimi movies.
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
PS2
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes
PS2
Hear me and hear me good, I’m here to double down, this shit is a two-pack of ASS! The fuck are y’all talking about this shit stinks!
Madagascar
Madagascar
PS2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
PS2
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
PS2
This game is to the Hulk what the Spider-Man 2 game was to Spider-Man, except unlike Spider-Man 2 this game is actually good.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
PS2
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
PS2
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
PS2
I played this damn game ONCE and the next time I booted it up it had stopped working entirely
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
PS2
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
PS2
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
PS2
Transformers: The Game
Transformers: The Game
PS2
The actual game isn’t very good but I did love driving around the open world
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3
PS2
I promise I will kick anybody’s ass in this game
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
PS2
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi
PS2
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
PS2
Wasn’t for me
Black
Black
PS2
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XII
PS2
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies
PS2
Motocross Mania 3
Motocross Mania 3
PS2
It’s like Twisted Mania but on motorcycles and also very bad
Bionicle Heroes
Bionicle Heroes
PS2
My mom couldn’t afford to buy me actual Bionicles but she could afford to buy me this game.
Power Drome
Power Drome
PS2
One of the most boring racing games I’ve ever played
Ford Racing 3
Ford Racing 3
PS2
I’d had four different consoles by this point and owned only one decent racing game on any of them. This isn’t it, by the way.
Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: Battlefront II
PS2
At the time I didn’t care much about Star Wars (watching Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith had convinced me that Star Wars was boring) beyond thinking Obi-Wan and Yoda were cool, but this shit was my life in middle school.
Ratchet: Deadlocked
Ratchet: Deadlocked
PS2
Most underrated Ratchet & Clank game, this shit is heat
TimeSplitters 2
TimeSplitters 2
PlayStation 2
The first first person shooter I ever played. I unfortunately didn’t appreciate it at the time because I was a dumb kid who wanted to be playing CoD 4 like everybody else.
Sonic Battle
Sonic Battle
Gameboy Advance
Monster House
Monster House
Gameboy Advance
Razor Freestyle Scooter
Razor Freestyle Scooter
Gameboy Advance
Crash Nitro Kart
Crash Nitro Kart
Gameboy Advance
Cartoon Network Speedway
Cartoon Network Speedway
Gameboy Advance
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion
Gameboy Advance
Kim Possible Revenge of Monkey Fist
Kim Possible Revenge of Monkey Fist
Gameboy Advance
Disney Princess
Disney Princess
Gameboy Advance
Don’t ask because I do not know
Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog
Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog
Gameboy Advance
The Incredibles
The Incredibles
Gameboy Advance
Metroid: Zero Mission
Metroid: Zero Mission
Gameboy Advance
Game Boy Advance Video: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Things Change
Game Boy Advance Video: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Things Change
All the criticisms of Gameboy Advance Video are extremely valid, but being able to watch TV shows and movies on my GBA blew my mind as a kid.
Game Boy Advance Video: Cartoon Network Collection - Volume 2
Game Boy Advance Video: Cartoon Network Collection - Volume 1
Game Boy Advance Video: Cartoon Network Collection - Volume 1
Game Boy Advance Video Movie: DreamWorks Shrek
Game Boy Advance Video Movie: DreamWorks Shrek
Power Rangers S.P.D.
Power Rangers S.P.D.
Gameboy Advance
Don’t have much to say about the game but this season of the show was peak
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Gameboy Advance
Gunstar Super Heroes
Gunstar Super Heroes
Gameboy Advance
Nicktoons Unite!
Nicktoons Unite!
Gameboy Advance
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom
Gameboy Advance
This version of the game is so bad
The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' da Rules
The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' da Rules
Gameboy Advance
I don’t know if this is nostalgia or something but I remember this one being weirdly good
Dreamworks' Shark Tale
Dreamworks' Shark Tale
Gameboy Advance
Somehow worse than the movie. I also owned the PC version which for some reason is a stealth game???
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance
Gameboy Advance
I don’t care what anybody says, this is some peak
Cars
Cars
Gameboy Advance
Dude why is Chick Hicks so fucking fast in this game?
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Gameboy Advance
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
Gameboy Advance
Shrek 2
Shrek 2
Gameboy Advance
Spyro 2: Season of Flame
Spyro 2: Season of Flame
Gameboy Advance
I put both this and Season of Ice on here not because I owned both but because I can’t remember which one I owned, I just know I owned one of them. Anyway, it seems Vicarious Visions’ calling was converting Playstation 3D platformers into 2D GBA games.
Spyro: Season of Ice
Spyro: Season of Ice
Gameboy Advance
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Gameboy Advance
It’s crazy how good this game is. RIP Vicarious Visions.
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped!
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped!
Gameboy Advance
I feel like if you remember this show you should be legally considered a senior citizen.
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked
Gameboy Advance
Cartoon Network: Block Party
Cartoon Network: Block Party
Gameboy Advance
Never owned Mario Party but my mom made sure I owned plenty of other shitty party games.
Dragon Ball GT: Transformation
Dragon Ball GT: Transformation
Gameboy Advance
Fun story: I accidentally stole this game from Walmart. This happened when I was 7 years old. After getting the game off the shelf, I, absolutely enamored with it, walked around the store with the box in my hands staring at it the entire time we did the rest of our shopping. When we went to checkout I was still holding the box and neither my mom nor the cashier noticed that I still had it, so it never got scanned. It wasn’t until we were halfway home that we realized we had left the store without paying for the game. This turned out to be a good thing because this game sucks.
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits
Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits
Gameboy Advance
My introduction to the pants-shitting cosmic horror of Sinistar
Whac-A-Mole
Whac-A-Mole
Gameboy Advance
My mom let me pick out one game at Walmart, and for some reason, out of all the games on the shelf, I picked this one. It’s a choice I have never and will never forgive myself for. God, they probably had Superstar Saga or Golden Sun and I picked this bullshit.
Yu Yu Hakusho: Tournament Tactics
Yu Yu Hakusho: Tournament Tactics
Gameboy Advance
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Gameboy Advance
Yes, I owned this on both GBC and GBA. No, I don’t know why.
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2
Gameboy Advance
Yes, I owned this on both GBA and GameCube. I was obsessed with Spider-Man.
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury
Gameboy Advance
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
Gameboy Advance
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
GameCube
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
GameCube
I never beat either of the Sonic Adventure games as a kid because I would eventually reach a point where I stopped having fun and turned the game off. But I was always down to play City Escape.

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