I could've sworn I already posted this in these forums... but maybe I'm confusing it with the VGMaps Discord... or my X, Bluesky, Facebook, or Instagram... too many social media platforms to keep up with!
Anyway, if I haven't, here's my image as part of the "10 Games To Get To Know Me" trend on social media where people post an image of themselves, as well as box shots (usually, or some use screenshots) of ten video games that they really like, or define them, or whatever.
I couldn't settle on 10 so I took it up to 11 (like Spinal Tap). Well, I had kind of settled on ten games a few days earlier, but noticed right after posting it that I had somehow forgotten
the game with my favourite map on all of VGMaps.com, Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night! (Thanks yet again, Revned!)
A bizarre thing to forget as it should have been high on the list to begin with. As I saw others were breaking the "rule" (if there ever was one) and posting fewer or more games, and as it IS Hallowe'en, I was like, yeah, I'll stick Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night on there, it's fine.
Obviously,
The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past is there, as the first maps I ever made for VGMaps.com are of that game. But some weren't sure bets, at least not initially. I hesitated on if I should include SimCity Social (a now-defunct browser game on Facebook that didn't even last a year) or specifically the arcade version of SoulCalibur II which I played when I worked at Playdium (especially the Risk-like "Conquest" mode not seen in any of the home versions). Then my brother said those are EXACTLY the reasons why I should include them if I wanted my image to be personally unique, because others likely wouldn't have such strong and specific memories.
So, yeah, that's my eleven games.
(I guess. In my over four decades of gaming, I've played MANY games, so this wasn't easy to choose in the first place... This might be a little different if you ask me about the most influential games in my life if you ask me on another day, if I remember something else... for me to even forget Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night in the first place... wow, maybe I am getting old...)
If you want to partake in this trend, you're welcome to share your ten (or however many you want).
