Ocarina of Time was the first to get my juices going; "wow it looks like real grass!" I thought. Must be good then.
Then after becoming an arcade-whore I went bananas over the impending release of Tekken 5 (crazy-ass Korean betas and all). Thing is it was only out when I was on overseas holiday

Searched all around in local arcades to no avail; thank god for the net!
And lastly, I'm sure anyone who knows me knows, Portrait of Ruin. Running up to the Japanese release/dump day, I was all over boards, newsgroups and even bloody mIRC! Gaming nirvana, there's no doubt about it once I finally got it from a friendly surfer who kindly uploaded it ASAP to sendspace. I'm guttered I can't get the anniversary package (ridiculous prices on EBay currently) but I'm still buying 2 copies of the American release; 1 for keeps and 1 for replaying. Yeah, I'll just make my way out of the office now...
Jam it back in, in the dark.