in no particular order. maybe i'll order after

Warcraft III and the expansion (but I only ever played custom/party games l m a o)
Age of Empires II and the expansion (a birthday gift from one of my older brothers)
Zoo Tycoon and expansions
Pokémon and Spin-offs (i had blue)
Super Smash Bros games

i kinda cheated oops

but mainly the first of all listed above were the most impactful

honorable mention goes to Minecraft just because apparently it only came out 11 years ago so I was already late teens??? wild. feels like it's been longer than that. i don't recall exactly how soon after the beta came out that i got it

but boy it was early on... before beds... and back when land generation was Wild and often made crazy caverns and floating islands of land. good times

crazy enough, i can still vaguely recall the youtube video i saw that had me going "omg??? this is so cool and i need it Right Now"

for a whopping $9.99 baybee

chinhands

there was also this game that i cannot recall the name of for the life of me that i've tried to find without success

a sort of strategy game played in an underground setting where you mined for gems (gold??) and tortured opponent enemies to convert them