how many Years have you been gaming?

[Grabbin Keelz]

When I was three I went to a babysitter's house. There were three other guys who hung out there and played games. I watched them play Sonic 2 and Super Mario 64 and instantly fell in love with the whole thing.

I'm 18 now and I got my first SNES when I was like 4, so I guess 14 years.

 

[William Ossiss]

since i was able to pick up a controller. first game? the original mario. last game? portal 2. for the fifth time.

 

[Srs bzns]

a) 10 years, which pales in comparison to some.
b) Crash Bandicoot: Warped
c) Halo: Reach. So many on my to finish list, so little time. That includes replaying Reach on Legendary.

 

[RanD00M]

Since I was 10 or 11 so 6 or 7 years now.

 

[stygN]

I was around 3-4 playing snake and frogger on MSDOS, but I never really completed those games.. I'm 24 now, so that makes it 20 years plus..

First game to complete was Price of Persia, but we used cheat codes.. So I guess it doesn't count..

First I completed legit.. Dang.. I think we have to go as recent as Red Alert 2... That somehow makes me feel young..

Last game I completed was Mount & Blade: Warband to the extent that you can complete the game (it doesn't have an actual goal). Had an awesome character, awesome companions, an awesome army, a ton of cash and the faction I supported owns every single bit of land.. So yeah.. I guess I completed it : )

I play a lot of games, but many times I don't finish it, or play games that you cant really finish.. Like.. Counter Strike..

 

[Vault101]

Id say properly about a year

however Ive been obsessed and playing everything I could get my hands on since forever, mainly old PC titles and the N64

 

[nbamaniac]

18 years.. started during the MSDOS era. And I'm 21 years old.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Since I was three. So fourteen years.

 

[infohippie]

I've been gaming since I was six years old, so about thirty years. I can remember the release of Donkey Kong in the arcades. I used to play that, as well as Galaga, Gyruss, Defender, and a bunch of others lost to the mists of time.

The first game I can remember finishing was... something I can't remember the name of. It was on the TRS-80 and written in BASIC. It was like a stripped-down version of Nethack. This would have been when I was around eight in 1983. The first game I can remember finishing that I can also remember the name of, was a vertically scrolling shooter called Exerion, in the arcades, sometime in the early eighties. Of courser, finishing a game in those days just meant it looped back to the start to play through again.

The most recent game I've finished was The Witcher 2. I'm doing another playthrough of it now, to see how a different path play out.

 

[Xman490]

since I was 4, now 19
Super Mario 64
Brutal Legend

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I've been playing games since I was 18 months old and am now 18 so 16.5 years.

I honestly don't know. I know I played a lot of games but I don't remember finishing any of the ones I owned until we got a PS1. I think it was Crash Bandicoot 2.

The last game I finished was Portal 2 just a few days ago. Next will be LittleBigPlanet 2 in a few days (playing in short bursts).

 

[BodomBeachChild]

For 17-18 years now. Started on the NES when I was like 4. First game I beat was either Mario or Kid Niki Radical Ninja. Last game I beat was TW2.

 

[SkullKing84]

a) For how many years have you been playing video games?
I think i started when i was 4. So over 23 years.
b) What is the first game you REMEMBER finishing
Metroid.
c)what is the last game you finished
Mass Effect 2 (for the 8 millionth time)

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

My first video game was the Legend of Zelda on the NES. I remember picking it out because of the gold cartridge. I played it on my cousin's NES at my grandmother's home.

I didn't really get into gaming until I was about seven in '97 when my dad gave me a PSX with Tomb Raider. I used it to play games such as Parasite Eve and Final Fantasy with my friend on the weekends.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

a) About 22 Years. Ever since my best friend got a Colecovision for his 7th birthday.
b) Super Mario Bros 3.
c) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. I've beaten it before years ago, I was just replaying in on Virtual Console for nostalgia sake. If you mean most recent game I've finished for the first time, that'd probably be Quest for Glory V: Dragon's Fire. Got into that series over the last several months. Hard to find too, even harder to get to run on Windows 7 x64.

 

[Death God]

Since the GameBoy Advanced came out in 2001, so 10 years. And proud of it!

 

[Mauso88]

It will be 20 years on October 4th 2011. 20 years since I was bought a NES for my 6th birthday. I think a beer fueled Super Mario Bros. 3 marathon will be on the cards in celebration of my first ever game owned/played/loved.

 

[jakkuss]

Started playing Odyssey back in the late 70's then got an Atari 2600. So let's call it 33 years of gaming.

The first game I 'finished' was probably pitfall, but you didn't really finish pitfall, you just made it all the way around and kept going.

The last game I finished was Portal 2.

 

[jakkuss]

oops, double post

 

[ChickenZombie]

Playing games, ten years or so. You know, gameboy color, N64, from that era.

Actual gaming though? Where it was a considerable hobby of mine and I focused on it? A year, maybe 2.