first gaming experience

[Phenakist]

Bubble Bobble good times...

 

[G-Mang]

Well, assuming we're excluding kiddy learning games and board/card games, the first I can remember is Doom 2. Only 5 or 6 years old, so I ended up using cheats on a lot of the levels.

While we're on the topic, anyone else remember Odell Down Under?

 

[Goomboss]

i played alex the kid, yeah real pwnage

 

[Slash Dementia]

First game was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES when I was about 3 and I most likely thought "this is too hard." I never passed the game to-date and I most likely ever will.

The first game I really played and enjoyed would be Mortal Kombat for the Sega Genesis...
Then, Mario Kart 64 (I love that game), after that, the next game I remember liking a lot is Legend of Mana for the PS1.

 

[ThatJagoGuy]

Haha! This thread is quite telling of how old people on here are.

The first game I remember playing properly was the original Gauntlet or Operation Wolf. Ah, fond memories...!!

 

[Wargamer]

I'm pretty sure it was Chocks Away [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0x5JbmU6HU].

 

[hacha101]

Sonic the hedgehog on the Mega drive
Back when playing games didn't feel like a chore.

 

[Goomboss]

lol if playing games was a chore im not complaining

Sonic the hedgehog on the Mega drive
Back when playing games didn't feel like a chore.

lol if playing games was a chore im not complaining

 

[WillSimplyBe]

Super Mario World. I got it as a wee lad, so excited to play. However, playing scared me, and dying made me scream, so for the most part, I got my mother to play it for me, as it was infinitely better on my nerves.

 

[Wargamer]

Back when playing games didn't feel like a chore.

I know what you mean, my parents are always forcing me to play LittleBigPlanet when I want to be cleaning my room, cutting the grass or taking the garbage out. It's a pain in the fucking ass.

 

[Fbuh]

Well, i used to play my uncle's archaic Gameboy, the old grey one that could be used as cobblestones. I used to play such classics as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rampart, Metroid, and other such fun games. However, I didn't really start into gaming until I was eight, in which every day after work, my mother, younger brother, and I would gather 'round the television to play the original NES Legend of Zelda. We memorized the entirety of the first quest, but never did make it through the 2nd one.

 

[impactsickness]

mortal combat something or other for the dreamcast

 

[messy]

Sonic (the first one) on the megadrive, back when sonic was awesome

 

[Ancientgamer]

MechWarrior 2, It came with the first computer we ever got back in the 90s. Me, my Dad, and my brother stayed up all night playing it.

 

[Shane Hamstra]

Reader Rabbit on the familys Apple II. This was the old school, 1986, version of "edutainment", akin to Leapfrog currently. You learn, to read in this case, by playing a game involving spelling, etc. Seems silly now, but I can recall being determined to get to the next level on that game. And also remember that green display color. Okay, now on a quest to finder retro Reader Rabbit iPhone app.

 

[tenlong]

the first game i remember is dig dug for the atari. it was fun. i had no clue what i was doing.