Did you have a game that scared you or was otherwise too intimidating to play as a kid and you later picked it up and...

Me neither. Gotta get a new copy or emulate it

i couldn't play shadowman when i was a kid but if you ask me which game did scare me but i ended up loving it;

half-life.

aside from controversies on Holla Forums, this game is the game of my life. when i was 7 or 8 i met this game thanks to my close friend. first time, the atmosphere was scary enough for me to close the game 1 or 3 times. then i started to love it, even when i am not playing the game and running around in my grandma's house i was pretending like i was in black mesa. i am not a faggot who overreact things but something in this game just hit me in the head. i loved everything about half-life for some reason but i hated hl2 since the atmosphere was gone.

half-life is still have a different place in me.