The game that started it all

[Vanguard_Ex]

I'm 16 now and liked games since I was about 5, and the game that started it all for me was Sonic the Hedgehog

 

[flare09]

Some of us have been with games since the beginning, some of us have just began playing, regardless we all started with a certain game.

I'm 15, and have been playing games since I was 4. My first game (I can't remember the title), was a game made in the early 90's. I played it on my dad's old Apple II. It took place in a castle, where you play a character that has to solve a series of questions, to get around the castle. The questions ranged from sports to politics. I was very young, and I barely knew any of the answers, so I just spent my time clicking on random choices (A, B, C, D). Even so, I enjoyed it. If only I could remember the title, I want to start playing again..

Anyway, what was your first game?

I've played that game before. It was too at an early age. I remember playing it at school, and I just guessed.

But my first game was the original doom's demo. It was hilarious I didn't really know what I was doing because I was only 6 or something like that.

 

[joystickjunki3]

Astrosmash on the Intellivision.

 

[SkyScrapper]

I'd have to say bomberman...

 

[Ionami]

Commander Keen and Dangerous Dave and the Haunted Mansion. Oh, Math Rescue, Word Rescue, Zone 66, Raptor: Call of the Shadows. I started playing all of those around the age of 5, can't remember which one I played first.

 

[Jak The Great]

Started with the original Mario Bros. in '88

 

[the_god_father_87]

My First game ever was Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. However did not play it that much the game which really turned me in to a gamer was Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine that game took me a year to complete (mainly because my parents said that I could not play longer that 1 hour a day) and had a wonderful story. Thinking of this game right now it makes me feel nostalgic.

 

[gjkdioepppp]

Donkey Kong 3...and because of it i never picked up a game again until 1995!

 

[messy]

the first sonic game, out on the megadrive

 

[Saylek]

my first game was hello kitty island adventure... uhh i mean it was the might and magic series, altho i had a good old sega (love you sonic games RIP) im a farcry resident evil and a fallout fan now. o yeah i was kiddin bout the hello kitty

 

[EzraPound]

Super Mario Bros. - my lineage is the same as the industry's.

 

[goater24]

Its was but it was renamed lylat wars and came with the rumble pack. Starwing was on the SNES

 

[goater24]

One of my earliest memories is gaming on some Sega system. I can't even remember the game only little flashes of it, the next I can actually remember was StarFox on the Nintendo 64.

SEE ABOVE COMMENT, Forgot to quote

 

[mhitman]

I can't really remember, but it was either-

-Golden Axe on the sega
-Spiderman on the sega
-a game about a spaceman called bob or somethin (he had antenna and was orange kinda)
-pokemon

 

[gregatron08]

im 23 but i was lucky enough to start my gaming on my uncles old Atari. i forget which model it was but i know it was 50% wooden. I played such classics as frogger, pong, space invaders and this AWESOME game where you flew planes or drove tanks.

i believe natural progression then went Amiga 1200 - Syndicate, Skidmarks (haha still makes me laugh that name) and something i think was called Zool or similar. Then gameboy breezeblock (1st one) - tetris/mario 6 gold coins. Various other gameboyincarnations - pokemon etc, then PC - Fallout 1 and 2, rayman spring to mind, PS 1 - FF7+8 (fellow fanboy) and GT...... it just goes on from there

sorry from the rant, i do nostalgia in a big way after a few beers

 

[a7r0p05]

I am 17 and I have been playing since I was maybe 4 or 5.
I started by playing games like Super Mario Bros. cuz' I was a late bloomer in the video game world.

 

[TaborMallory]

17, played arcade games at the ages of 4-8, played a console from 6-present.

Probably the earliest arcade games I remember include:
-One with flying penguins. Very young, probably Balloon fight, or some clone
-A sidescroller/adventure game involving warewolves and other such monsters
-Super Mario World. I'm absolutely sure; don't know why they put it in an arcade machine

As for the consoles, I clearly remember a playstation with Shipwreckers, Skullmonkeys, and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. And the one posted by Alpha Reaper.

Crash Bandicoot ftw!!!

High Five!

The earliest console game I remember, though, is Bubble Bobble. I remember the chibi dinosaurs, bubbles, and fruit all too clearly.

Our old Windows '95 computer had a ton of games on it. Anyone remember Spy Fox [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddi_Fish]?
Also, it had a bunch of Williams Classics games like Joust, Robitron and Defender.
There was also this obscure puzzle/adventure game called Chip's Adventure. I shall now search for it and reap the memories

Holy shit. This Opeth song ("To Bid You Farewell", for anyone who knows Opeth) sounds like porno music. Kinda strange song, coming from a Progressive Death band.

 

[miner0]

well im 20 now i started playing super mario ahha and now im in MMO it really helps me become a pro gamer at the start of playing.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

The original sonic, that's the furthest I remember.