I was instantly entranced watching my friend play final Fantasy IX for the first time. A few months later he let me borrow it, beat it in about a month, and gave it back. He had the game for 3 years before I got a hold of it, so he was a bit furious when I showed him the ending, which he had yet to complete.

Bought it for myself about a year later, finished it multiple times, and still haven't lost interest in the game.

Haven't picked it up in a good minute, but it still projects itself somewhere in the good old cerebral cortex every once in a blue moon.