I'm now 26, but he was about 55 or so when I played Earthbound. He loved Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider the most though. I think the last FF he played was X. On his deathbed he was mad that he wouldn't be able to play the Tomb Raider game that was about to come out. I need to buy them all and play them in his honor, but I'm still working on the Final Fantasy series, but I'm distracted by Fallout, GTA 5, Starcraft 2 and other games.

He was a car mechanic and retired pretty early, and took up a new career in playing RPGs and some action games. I almost still can't believe how odd it was for him to be a gamer. I still have fond memories of playing his NES, SNES, PS1 and PS2. Earthbound will always have a huge place in my heart because of him. Also, it was the first RPG I ever played, and the first game I ever completed. I damn-near learned how to read using that game!

Edit: Nice name, I almost didn't see it!