Mine had to be playing Brutal Mario / Super Kitiku Mario back in high school. This is what got me into Mario Mods and just seeing Mario go through worlds and fight bosses from other games was insane.
I adored this ROM and still do to the day. Weirdly, nothing else wowed me like this or blew me away and I still play Mario Romhacks to this day. I guess the closest feeling I got since playing Brutal Mario when I was 14 was playing B3313 aboit 2 years ago.
But enough about me, what about you? What were the best moments you had in gaming? What was your high moment?
Not the best overall, but it's very recent, just 1 week ago. I joined a simracing championship, and it has a solid roaster, including the best player in my country; he's eSports level, top 100 in the world and has represented my country at international level.
The race was time-based instead of lap-based, which means you don't know exactly how many laps will there be, and it depends on things like leader's pace, whether they change tires, etc . I was fighting top 3, and everybody at the head was fuel saving for +1 lap, which meant they would have to do an extra pitstop. I did the math, and found that saving for +2 laps only in the second stint would save me a few seconds overall, just barely enough to offset the time loss of the aggressive fuel-saving required.
So anyways, it comes the first pitstop, I decide not to change tires which gains me a few seconds, and end up leading. This dude catches and easily passes me, as I'm almost 6 seconds slower than him, but I keep calm and trust in my strategy. We reach the final lap and he has to box, and the distance between us is small enough so I'm unsure if he'll catch me. When I realize he probably couldn't, I became so anxious that I just forgot to drive lol. In the end, I crossed the finish line ans my engine runs out of fuel 200 meters ahead, but it was enough for me to baaaaarely win him. It felt amazing, specially knowing I had no chance at beating them driving, so I ended up beating them at maths :).