How long have you been playing games?

[TheRundownRabbit]

Haven't seen this thread in awhile. Simple question.

I've been playing since conception, lucky for me, my Mom ate a Coleco Vision...don't ask, I never questioned it.

 

[Baron_BJ]

I got my first console (a game boy colour) when I was 7 from my mother, it came with Spider-man and Pokemon Gold. That was a little over 11 years ago.

 

[krazykidd]

Since i was about 3 years old , im turnig 23 in december so it's going to be 20 years . My dad was a gamer too so i had no choice , one of the first games i rememeber playing is mario3 and final fantasy . And that is why i'm such a giant fan of the final fantasy games and will continue buying every game until square-enix start and make movies.

 

[nokori3byo]

If you count hitting the fire button while my Dad played on an old Space Invaders cabinet at the mall back in 1980, it'd have to be thirty-one years for me. My first console came in the form of a Mattel Intellivision a year later.

 

[Episode42]

About 23 years, give or take. I began playing games on one of these:

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The glorious Amstrad CPC 464 with built in Cassette deck and monochromatic green screen. Behold the power!!

 

[Jennifer Darknight]

Mmmmm...

I'd have to say when I was about five years old, with the original Sonic the Hedgehog game on the Sega Genesis (it's why I still have hope for the Sonic Franchise, even through the sloshy mess of games that permeates the series today. Though thank God Generations hasn't let me down!). Though the moment I became an avid gamer was when Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came out, and the rest is history.

 

[DanielBrown]

Since I was five, I believe.
My first console was a Playstation that I got when I was seven years old or something, but before that I played Super Mario Bros. at a friends place.

 

[st0pnsw0p]

Since as far back as I remember, Which is since I was 2, but it might have been even earlier. Both of m parents were (and I stress the were) big gamers back then, so you might say I hit the ground running. The first games I remember playing were PaRappa the Rapper, the first three Crash Bandicoot games and one of the first Spyro games.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

Since "PONG" was it's own console. About 35 years.

 

[scorptatious]

I believe I started gaming back 1997. Back when I first got the original PlayStation from my parents. Although my dad has told me that I played Duck Hunt with him when I was really little. Not sure how little though. So for now, I still firmly believe that I've been gaming for around 13-14 years.

 

[Aircross]

18 years.

First game was Super Mario World.

 

[PunkyMcGee]

can't remember exactly but, defiantly 20+ years

played super mario bros./duck hunt every time I went to visit my cousin.

First counsel I personally owned was an SNES.

 

[Gmans uncle]

I was four years old when I got my N64, this was my first game...

...yeah...

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Since I was about four years old, although I missed a lot of classics because I only had a PC and didn't get that many games for it anyway... and back then, my parents were a lot stricter about ratings so it's unlikely my five-year-old self would have been able to play Deus Ex.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Since my Sister had a Game Gear. So since I was 5 at least... Didn't get good at games for another few years or so XP

 

[thethird0611]

I was four years old when I got my N64, this was my first game...

...yeah...

I just had the biggest case of nostalgia there.

OT: Ive been playing since before I can remember. Mother bought me my first brand new system. A SNES.

 

[edens_shadow]

Since Super Mario Land on the Gameboy. Oh those where the good old days.

 

[wurrble182]

since the age of 5, so 20 years =P earliest memories include "sub attack" on my dads pc, choplifter on a master system with sonic the hedgehog 1 built in and jurassic park on the original game boy =)

 

[King of the Sandbox]

Haven't seen this thread in awhile. Simple question.

I've been playing since conception, lucky for me, my Mom ate a Calico Vision...don't ask, I never questioned it.

You mean a ColecoVision? Neat. I wanna ask, but I won't, since you asked us not to.

Me? I started by playing Mario Bros (Not SUPER, just plain Mario Bros), Defender, Punch-Out and Ms. Pac-Man in the arcade down from my house as a toddler. I'd have to stand on milk crates to see the screens. So, all in all, I've been gaming nearly 30 years now. I'm kind of a pro.

 

[jthwilliams]

Well, around the time I was 8 or so my father kept me out of his hair by giving me a comodor color and a huge book that if you copies all the code over line by line, you would end up with packman. so 23 years or so.