Remember as a kid with my dads Spectrum playing football director and roy of the rovers (which if I remember right you had to find a missing team member(s))...never did finish it.
Then it was the Amiga and so many games to choose from and most mentioned on here like:
SWOS, CM, Lemmings, Worms, Settlers, Speedball, Cannon Fodder, Microsoft F1 Grand Prix, Syndicate...ah so many...loved Panzer General and History Line which was basically the WW1 version. Elite 2 as well was another big favourite.
Had the Nintendo consoles of the time as well, first up was the NES with Duck Hunt and Days of Thunder. Then I got a Mega Drive with classics like Fifa, Shadow Dancer, Golden Axe, Sonic, Desert Stike and again ****eloads of games I've probably missed.
My brother had the Nintendo (SNES?) that had Golden Eye, legendary game and the only game I played on it to be honest.
Then the PS1 for me, again Fifa...but Residental Evil was immense and scary at the time! Played it in the dark and still hear them moans now I'm sure! ...Crash Bandicoot, Destruction Derby, Tekken, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider and again loads more I've missed.
From there on I've had both the PS's and Xboxs and gaming is still as good.
Only PC games I really play are FM, Civ and Empire Total War. I am still in Eve (if you liked Elite 2 you'll prob like this)....but don't play it as much as I should due to too much Uni stuff