The Game That Made You A Gamer

[Boba Frag]

Well for me, the first game that ever 'blew me away' enough that I wanted to do more than just play casually and wanted to seriously get into games was still Halo: Combat evolved.
I loved the action, the cinematic story telling and the general atmosphere. Seriously, it's one of those games that I just loved and couldn't get enough of.

You know, as much as I was enraptured by The Ocarina of Time, my time with it was sadly too short

But the game that really grabbed me by the cojones with it's adrenaline pumping action, cinematic story telling and breath taking graphics was the same as yours.

Halo: Combat Evolved.

The first game I actually finished without cheats, and the first game I *wanted* to finish to see what would happen to the Master Chief and Cortana, and the Marines.... would the Ring be fired??

I still remember my playthrough of The Library.... *shudders*

 

[geldonyetich]

The popularity game the kids in elementary school were playing.

I lost.

;P

 

[NotAPie]

*Ahem*
I've waited patiently for the right moment to post this...
MORTAL KOMBAAAAT

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Hmmm...

I think Pokemon Blue really introduced me to the idea of playing games as more than just a passing amusement. And I still play my first savegame. I am nostalgia's *****.

 

[rddj623]

Space Invaders

That was the first game I remember playing and got me hooked from a wee young age, then my dad got an NES for Christmas and that solidified my gamer-ness.

 

[Tony2077]

I'm not really sure i was a gamer for as long as i can remember

 

[superbatranger]

For me, it wasn't just one game. It was games like Mortal Kombat 3, Excitebike 64, Goldeneye, The World Is Not Enough, Super Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. These games, among others, helped me in becoming a gamer.

 

[Vapus]

Mechwarrior, 31st Century Combat the original game.
Lol I can remember kiting the game box around with me boggling over the coolness 3 full weeks before I got my first IBM PC..
A glorious Pentium 120 with SIXTEEN megs of ram !!! Though many of my freinds considered me Insane {and still do} , always knew I was a Gamer

 

[Rune342]

I would say that Pokemon Blue was the first game that held my attention. After that I decided to give gaming more of a chance an here I am 10 years later.

 

[arbiter592]

Probably the Star Wars Podracer on N64. It was a very impressive game that led me to start playing the N64 and bought even more titles that firmly cemented me as a gamer, Perfect Dark, and Goldeneye 007.

 

[loooooowwww]

for me it was the metal gear solid on the playstation 1. it blew me away and was my favourite game for about 8 years

 

[arbiter592]

And yes, I forgot The World is Not Enough. Possibly the 2nd best Bond game ever.

 

[Reep]

Super Mario 64, i think i was about 5-6 and i got 117 out of the 120 starts, either that or Goldeneye

 

[googleit6]

It's tricky tricky tricky tricky tricky HUH!

Yup, SSX Tricky introduced me to the madness that is the gaming universe. Before I knew it all I did was play that game until I discovered Max Payne which really made me "a gamer".

I LOVED SSX Tricky! It wasn't what made me a gamer, but I spent a lot of time playing that game. I loved me some Mac, for sure.

OT: I was always "interested" in gaming, but Assassin's Creed really sealed the deal for me once I realized what an amazing game could actually be.

(Playing Luigi's Mansion and Wind Waker was a blast, but I never considered myself a "gamer", then. I was too young at the time to label myself like that. Back then, it was just a hobby, not a "lifestyle".)

 

[darkfall594]

A mix of Pokemon Yellow and LoZ Ocarina of Time

 

[EvilGamer89]

Easy, a PC Game called Quarantine... probably the first sandbox ever, which is funny in retrospecive, since I don't like sandbox games that much

EPIC!!!! I could never find the full version, after this post i'm gunna go google whore myself till i find it ^_^

OT: Doom by far introduced me into gaming, sad that it was my first game too...

 

[Chancie]

For me, it was Haunting Ground.

For the longest time, I played Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts only. No other game seemed to exist to me. xD

But then I was interested in Haunting Ground because of your dog companion. I got it and it scared the crap out of me, but it made me love Survival Horror games and that eventually led me into liking games as a whole.

 

[joshuaayt]

Super Mario World, SNES. My childhood memories consist of that game, for hours on end.
And 'special' time. But that's a completely different story.