how many Years have you been gaming?

[pixiejedi]

1) I was playing the original game boy when it came out, and NES since I had a cool older brother and all. I was probably 6. Almost 20 years, ehh gad! thats long.

2)If I can't use high scores (tetris anyone?) I guess it would be this crappy NES 3 stooges game, it was easy.

3) Alter Ego, or really I'd say Alan Wake.

 

[EGtodd09]

About 11-12 years, ever since I was 3 or 4. My first game was Stunts for DOS.

 

[ShadowHunter474]

I started gameing when I was four I am curently 16
First game I remember finishing was... Suprisingly Harrey Potter for the PS1
Last game I finished is Mortal Kombat 9 by the extent of all unlockables unlocked.
*Sigh* Good Times Dam good times.

 

[Custard_Angel]

15-16 years I suppose.

First game I played was Boulder Dash on an Amstrad.

Yeah suckah.

 

[funguy2121]

Twenty-three.

 

[Zenn3k]

24 years.

First gaming console I played on were the ATARI 2600 and Intelevision. I was 4, and its one of the few things I remember from that age, lol.
Got an NES when I was 9, it had been out for awhile by then.
Got a SNES pretty much right when it came out, had a Super Scope 6 too, that thing was awesome!
I've had various Gameboys, but was never much into pocket gaming, except when Pokemon came out when I was in middle school. Pokemon red/blue, nothing beats those ones.
Had a Sega Genesis, along with a Sega CD.
Went to Playstation from there, then PS2 and Gamecube. Also had a stint as a big PC gamer through my late teens and early 20's.
And currently a 360 and Wii, although the Wii never gets used.

Last game I finished was LA Noire, it was okay.

 

[funguy2121]

Sorry.

a) 23 years
b) Megaman 2
3) Sonic Colors

 

[Sonic Doctor]

*Snip*

A.) I have been gaming since I was four or five years old; I don't know exactly when I started, because as far back as I can remember, my family had a PC and an NES at the time. I turned 25 back in October, so I have been gaming for around 20 to 21 years.

B.) I wouldn't use the word finish, but beat. I don't finish a game; I still go back an play NES games I already beat(If I have 24 minutes to kill, I can beat Mario Bros. 1.) Now for beat first, probably Mario Bros. 1, if not than it was Mario Bros. 2. The game that I probably beat the most around that time, I do remember clearly, and that is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.

C.) I beat Mass Effect a couple weeks ago. A few days after that I bought all the Mass Effect 2 DLC(ME2 has been sitting on my shelf for a couple months waiting for me to start it after ME1), and have been playing it steadily almost everyday. I would say on my next good game playing day I will have ME2 beat as well. All I have left is the IFF mission, Legion's loyalty mission, and the end game mission. Nobody will be left behind.

 

[duowolf]

a) I've been playing games since I was nine so 23 years altogether.
b) The first game I remeber finishing was The Untouchables on the Commodore 64.
c) The last game I finished was Wolfenstein on the X-box 360.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

2)If I can't use high scores (tetris anyone?) I guess it would be this crappy NES 3 stooges game, it was easy.

I played that NES 3 stooges game on an emulator some years back. That game was so messed up I couldn't even tell if I was beating it.

 

[Veldel]

iv been gaming since i was 3 beat was super mario brothers

 

[RN7]

Since I was 2. Yes, 2. 14 years. Started with Crash Bandicoot. I couldn't jump over the hole, or kill the turtle. I was sad. Once I made it past the first minute of that first level though, I never looked back.

 

[WolfThomas]

a)Not really sure but from a young age, below 10, remember playing Doom on windows 95 with my dad.
b)Probably Goldeneye on N64
c)Damn this reminds me of all the games still sitting in my to finish pile. Probably Fable 3 or AC Brotherhood at the start of the year when I was on holidays, in my defense I've practically finished Mount and Blade : Warband (conquered the whole of Calradia as my own faction).

 

[freakydan]

I'm actually coming up on the 20th anniversary. I got my NES for my 5th birthday, and I'll be 25 on June 25. So...yeah, 20 years.

First game I remember beating is the original Legend of Zelda. Had to have a friend show me where the silver arrow was so I could take out Gannon. I'm not quite sure why I remember that...

The last game I beat was Portal 2, but Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is really close to being done.

 

[pixiejedi]

2)If I can't use high scores (tetris anyone?) I guess it would be this crappy NES 3 stooges game, it was easy.

I played that NES 3 stooges game on an emulator some years back. That game was so messed up I couldn't even tell if I was beating it.

Yeah I was like 6, I pretended I got it. I got hit with pies in the face a lot if I recall correctly.

 

[thetrixxxter]

I've gamed regularly since i was 7, we had an Atari, and I'll be 30 in a few months so lets go with 23 years. The first game i remember finishing was Astyanax on the NES and i finished Infamous a few weeks ago.

 

[Baneat]

My first word was "SEGA"

Beat that, bitches.

 

[Broken Boy]

Lets see about a little over 25 yrs now.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

I'm sitting on over two decades here! I'm currently 26 and I've been playing video games since I was 4. I started with the NES Mario games and the original Zelda and have loved gaming ever since.

Edit: I didn't realize that there were specific questions, I just read the thread title and replied right away, so here's my answers...

a) about 22 by my estimations

b) The first game I clearly remember finishing was The Legend of Zelda (the first one). The only reason I finished it is because my great aunt (who loves Zelda and is awesome) had already beaten it and helped my cousin and I play through to the end. Man, finishing games was a big deal back then because of lives systems and minimal checkpoints. Back then, you didn't "finish" games, you "beat" games. If you were gonna finish a game, you almost had to master it.

c) My most recent finish was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I've been on a retro gaming kick lately and SotN was one of those games that I had never played until recently.

 

[John the Gamer]

Since I was 5 or so. The first game I remember finishing (if you look at when I started playing) would be Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine for PC. Took me at least 5 years to finish, mostly because I didn't speak English at the time and I overlooked a few switches, making me stop playing for a while out of frustration. Still think it was a good game though.