The Console/device that made you a "serious" Gamer
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For me it was Commodore 64. It wasn't even my own.. It was my cousins, but she like never ever used it. I spent so many hours at their home playing it and doing everything I could. I was just over 4 years old. It is because of that little C-64 I took on coding and made living from it. She even gave that C-64 to me and I still own it and use it.
I became a serious gamer with my first system, the NES.
Mainly the idea of creating these worlds and having such gameplay was what interested me the most.
Mainly the idea of creating these worlds and having such gameplay was what interested me the most.
The SNES was my first console, which my parents bought more for themselves when me and my sisters were in bed (They were big fans of the Donkey Kong arcade game, which they used to play down the pub, so bought it mainly for Donkey Kong Country). I did play it a lot, but I think the one that made me a real gamer was probably the N64, which we got one christmas. I got Lylat 64 (Star Fox to everyone outside the UK). and played the absolute hell out of that game. After that I was definitely cemented as a gamer.
Although, the first one that was actually 'mine' was probably a PS1, as the N64 was more the families console, so that equualy counts I suppose.
Although, the first one that was actually 'mine' was probably a PS1, as the N64 was more the families console, so that equualy counts I suppose.
Sony PlayStation. That's the original PlayStation, or the PS1.
More specifically, the video game Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation.
Before that, I had played games on NES and Genesis and enjoyed them. I played plenty of classic games, like Super Mario, Sonic, Earthworm Jim, and even Comix Zone. They were great games. But they were all pretty simple games with simple stories, gameplay, and no character growth. Most of these you went right, jumped, and defeated enemies. Outside of gained new weapons, or using power-ups, you ended with the same character you started with and saved the day.
Then I played FFVII. It changed my perception of what games could do. You had actual characters with personalities. The story wasn't simply that bad guy does bad things, probably kidnaps someone, and you have to stop them and save the victim. And, while I know there were other games that did it, the gameplay was different from any game I had ever played. It changed my perspective of what games could be.
And I soon was ravenous for other RPGs. So I played Lunar, Legend of Legaia, Star Ocean, and many more on the PlayStation. That's why the PlayStation made me a serious gamer.
More specifically, the video game Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation.
Before that, I had played games on NES and Genesis and enjoyed them. I played plenty of classic games, like Super Mario, Sonic, Earthworm Jim, and even Comix Zone. They were great games. But they were all pretty simple games with simple stories, gameplay, and no character growth. Most of these you went right, jumped, and defeated enemies. Outside of gained new weapons, or using power-ups, you ended with the same character you started with and saved the day.
Then I played FFVII. It changed my perception of what games could do. You had actual characters with personalities. The story wasn't simply that bad guy does bad things, probably kidnaps someone, and you have to stop them and save the victim. And, while I know there were other games that did it, the gameplay was different from any game I had ever played. It changed my perspective of what games could be.
And I soon was ravenous for other RPGs. So I played Lunar, Legend of Legaia, Star Ocean, and many more on the PlayStation. That's why the PlayStation made me a serious gamer.
PC.
Anyone who answers differently is stuck in pre-agricultural revolution while the rest of us have industrialized. :3
Anyone who answers differently is stuck in pre-agricultural revolution while the rest of us have industrialized. :3
Serious as in an enthusiast? Definitely my GameCube then.
Before that I played some DOS games on the family PC, some kind of boxing game, Commander Keen and Duke Nukem 2 mostly. I also had a Gameboy Pocket and eventually Gameboy Advance too but I only really used those to play Pokemon Red and Gold on religiously.
It was only after I got a GameCube that I started to branche out more. Not just on said GameCube but on other platforms as well. I think it was then that I started playing things like shooters more often, strategy games, other RPG's, the works. I also slowly started to care for them as a medium and I slowly started to develop critical senses. Though I must say that my memory of that time is hazy so the details may vary.
But I think it was with the GameCube that "gaming" as such really became a thing for me and not just a Pokemon vehicle and occasional thing between my intense Lego sessions.
Before that I played some DOS games on the family PC, some kind of boxing game, Commander Keen and Duke Nukem 2 mostly. I also had a Gameboy Pocket and eventually Gameboy Advance too but I only really used those to play Pokemon Red and Gold on religiously.
It was only after I got a GameCube that I started to branche out more. Not just on said GameCube but on other platforms as well. I think it was then that I started playing things like shooters more often, strategy games, other RPG's, the works. I also slowly started to care for them as a medium and I slowly started to develop critical senses. Though I must say that my memory of that time is hazy so the details may vary.
But I think it was with the GameCube that "gaming" as such really became a thing for me and not just a Pokemon vehicle and occasional thing between my intense Lego sessions.
Difficult to say...I have gamed and owned gaming systems throughout the years from mega drives, old brick colourless gameboys, dreamcasts etc etc, but it was always more a background time-passer. Did used to read a couple of magazines during the N64 period, but not regularly and moved on to other pastures within life's many twists and turns. Probably only started taking a deeper interest halfway through xbox360 ownership after a complete breakdown of reality occurred, bringing with it various changes that took to me realigning specific interests within the capabilities of new predicaments. Was that obscure? Hopefully.
So am still fairly new-ish kind of, weirdly but not entirely, dancing around the answer here, ladeedadeedancing and spinning around, but not too close, I think somebody set it alight!
So am still fairly new-ish kind of, weirdly but not entirely, dancing around the answer here, ladeedadeedancing and spinning around, but not too close, I think somebody set it alight!
Nothing pretentious about enthusiasm. Anyway I think there's more pretense in boasting "seriousness".Vigormortis said:
Either is a boast, and it all comes down to context and intent.Johnny Novgorod said:
You could argue 'serious' has a stronger, inherent pretense of 'elitism', but one could just as easily argue that 'avid' is just as deceptively elitist.
Tomay-to. Tomah-to. Ain't language fun?
It's the first time I've heard "avid X" being called elitist. Should we just express everything in grade school English then?Vigormortis said:
If you must. I prefer to be a bit more adult with my language, but if 'grade school English' is the only option...Cowabungaa said:
Also, you ignored the part where I said:
I've heard 'avid' used as a boast.Vigormortis said:
Granted, the guy who did so was a jerk, but it still remains that he used the word as a boast to make himself seem 'superior' to someone else.
That's the thing with language; jerks can take entirely normal and unladen words and make them sound douche-y as fuck. Blame that guy then, not "avid" as such. It fits the bill for gaming enthusiasts just fine.Vigormortis said:
The first console I owned myself was the NES. Then I had a Megadrive, a 32X addon, an N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, and a PC.
When I first began to take gaming seriously as a hobby though was with the Xbox 360 and Mass Effect. There was just something about that combination, more than anything that had come before, that made me sit there and think "yeah, this is awesome!"
I'm back on my PC mostly these days but the first memory that pops into my mind when asked about gaming was sitting there at the Mass Effect title screen and knowing I had something special on my hands.
When I first began to take gaming seriously as a hobby though was with the Xbox 360 and Mass Effect. There was just something about that combination, more than anything that had come before, that made me sit there and think "yeah, this is awesome!"
I'm back on my PC mostly these days but the first memory that pops into my mind when asked about gaming was sitting there at the Mass Effect title screen and knowing I had something special on my hands.
Super Nintendo for me. As a kid, I had a friend who had a Nintendo. I asked my dad if I could have one and he proudly got me a Super Nintendo. Then I started reading Nintendo Power and renting games from Blockbuster video, and became an all-around game nut.
My next console many years later was a PS3, once again, gifted to me by my father when I asked for a PS2. He seemed to like trying to one-up my requests. Thankfully this was the backwards compatible one.
My next console many years later was a PS3, once again, gifted to me by my father when I asked for a PS2. He seemed to like trying to one-up my requests. Thankfully this was the backwards compatible one.
Whichever one RPG Maker first got released on. Honestly though, the answer should be "Extra Credits". Never really thought of games past comsumption before watching some of that series.