Nostalgia and some early D&D'esque influences

[El Mahdi]

I liked the Owlbear talking to his "pet" owl the best.

"I hate Sorcerers, they never pay...I go to collect my money and the next thing I know, I'm hypnotized into not wanting it..."

Sweeeet!


Yeah, that video for Dragon Strike, as cheesy as it was, made the price of the game more than worth it. I don't have the game anymore, but I kept the figures and the videotape.

 

[Kinneus]

FRUA, anyone? Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures? Back in elementary school, I had a blast cheating up my party to level 54 or something, flinging around fireballs and meteor swarms like they were Halloween candy. And then when that got old, designing my own dungeons and campaign worlds kept me entertained for years. Apparently, there's still an active community... I might have to check it out, just for nostalgia's sake.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

Though I was already interested in D&D when they came out, the Infinity Engine helped fuel my enjoyment of tabletop gaming. Oh, and (I admit somewhat shamefully) the Lone Wolf book series helped keep me in as well.

 

[ProfessorPain]

I started gaming at the tail end of 1E, so my experience might be different from the OPs. I remember watching the D&D Cartoon and He-Man as a kid. At about the same time there were a bunch of fantasy and sci fi movies that came, which I also remember: the Never Ending Story, The Last Unicorn, Excaliber, Yor, The Dark Crystal, Last Starfighter, Dune, etc. Growing up I played lots of those text based games the OP mentioned. Also played the King's Quests and Zork. There were a bunch of D&D choose your own adventures that I remember reading too. It is funny, but these influences have become my measuring stick for flims, books, and games in the fantasy/science fiction genre.