EverQuest completely blew my mind as a younger teen.
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Either Mechwarrior 2 or Star Wars X-Wing, probably. Can't really remember that far back but I remember watching my dad play those on his computer, which probably got me into gaming from that moment.
Yeah, Doom. Ran at like 10fps on my family's 386/16.
The very first Sim City. Before that? Pong. I'd never even seen or heard of a video game before that.
Doom, no question. I was an Amiga owner at the time, and we were used to being the go-to platform for computer gaming. Then Doom came along and pretty much sent the Amiga scene on a quest for a "Doom clone" that it would never achieve.
Earthsiege 2. It had branching mission structures based on previous successes or failures, great resource management mechanics, and a fun plot. I'd love to see a remake.
Quake was pretty mind-blowing. Full room-over-room and all.
This is a good question; thank you for posting. For me it was probably the original Unreal and having a dedicated 3D graphics card for the first time to play it on. I of course had played its historical predecessors in Wolfenstein 3D and Doom and such, which also amazed me at the time. But Unreal felt like a magical leap forward.
Age of Mythology for me after my first ever game of Age of Empires 2 AOK
Ultima Underworld for me. Coming from simple 2D NES games, a 3D world populated by NPCs you could hold conversations with and items that respond to rudimentary physics was mind-blowing.
From the sheer size:
X-Beyond the Frontier
For me I'd say it was probably playing Carmageddon 2 at my friend's place. I think that was also the first time I played a 3D-accelerated game (Voodoo).