Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Tecmo Bowl got a ton of mileage out of any kid circa 1988-89.
A couple other games are possible, but those in that order popped into my mind first. The Mac-imported first person point-and-click games comes to mind too.
I lost track of video games with the first Play-Station. The
Castlevania game for that platform was a fitting coda/end to video games, IMO. "Gaming" (no one called it that back when) now is a different animal than what I can remember. The 3D action stuff now is just something different.
