WHICH GAMES TRULY CHANGED YOUR LIFE?

Readers reveal the gaming obsessions that developed into something more

Jen

It’s Sonic for me too; I actually met my husband because of Sonic! We met on a Sonic forum in the early Noughties, with him being in the US and me in the UK, so we wouldn’t have found each other without that. We both also have an amazing group of friends who we met on the same forum.

Dean Foster

GTA IV. It made me quit smoking cannabis. Badman was becoming very paranoid through smoking and I could relate to his psychosis. Schizophrenia and paranoia are not fun. Crazy that it took a videogame character to show me.

Cubism

Goldeneye 007. Before that I never played multiplayer with friends. A chance discussion with an old friend on the bus home from school revealed we’d both gotten N64s recently. We gathered up two more friends and ‘Goldeneye Night’ became a Friday/saturday night ritual. Still friends!

Dale Muir

Donkey Kong Country 2 – it really made me pay attention to music. Now I play in a videogame cover band!

Dan P

Alex Kidd In Miracle World on the Sega Master System which I played as a kid whilst in hospital. After that I received one as a gift and my fascination with videogames began.

Anthony Bull

Playing The Black Cauldron as an 11-year-old, after I had been obsessed with the books, made me decide I wanted to learn to program, which then turned into my career.