The video game that got you into gaming
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Well, I'm not really sure if it took a particular game to get me into gaming, I've been gaming since I was moreorless a toddler. I played Alien Trilogy a fair bit when I was 2 or 3 (first game I played), and I wanted to have the game at home, so my mum got me a PS1 and several games (including Alien Trilogy) for christmas when I was 3, and I've been gaming a lot since them.
Odds are it was Pac Man. This was back when I had to stand on a chair to see the screen. Combat for the 2600 holds fond memories as well. Tank Pong FTW.
For me, it was the following. I'm 32 now and I probably spent my time "gaming" with friends from about age 8 until the current day... the games I played from about 8-14 (think 1987-1993) probably influenced me more than anything else - this was the heyday of the Commodore 64 and the original NES... a "Golden Age" of gaming for many of us in my age group.a ginger491 said:
The games that had the largest effects on me:
* On the NES, Zelda and Metroid. The originals. And Castlevania. I remember playing these titles in elementary school on my friend's NES until I convinced my mom to get me my own.
* On the C64, the SSI "Gold Box" games - I was a D&D nerd even way back then and when "Pools of Radiance" came out on the C64 I think it just about changed my life.
The first game I really recall playing compulsively was even older than that, I must have been in 2nd or 3rd grade, and it was an adventure game called "Temple of Apshai" - not much in terms of graphics but it was a game that came with an accompanying "adventure book" where you would read text paragraphs out of an actual book that described rooms you entered. For example, if there was a secret door in a room the adventure text might say "You enter a 10x10 room and a slight breeze comes from the south..." - So it was old turn-based computer roleplaying games at first and after that probably the classic action Nintendo console games.
I'm not sure if it was Deadly Duck on the Atari 2600 or a version of Dig Dug for an XT PC... I quickly moved on to Sierra adventure games like Manhunt (Which I never got anywhere with) or Leisure Suit Larry (Which I finished even though I wasn't legally allowed to play it XD)
Edit: The original Prince of Persia. It was pretty much the best 'console style' game in PC for a long long time.
Edit: The original Prince of Persia. It was pretty much the best 'console style' game in PC for a long long time.
I think Goldeneye was the game that made me and my friends prefer to pick up a controller instead of a toy. By the time I played Final Fantasy IX (my first console RPG) I was a gamer.
ummmmm I think it was Pong on the Atari
either that or playing Pacman in the Arcade as a child. I think I was 5 when I started and I've loved it ever since. Maybe it was Tetris....maybe that's where my Tetris addiction started...........hmmmmm
either that or playing Pacman in the Arcade as a child. I think I was 5 when I started and I've loved it ever since. Maybe it was Tetris....maybe that's where my Tetris addiction started...........hmmmmm
Had a couple of NES games but I never really got into gaming until Super Mario all stars came out. I used to play it all day after school but I still haven't completed any of the games on it
Sonic and Sonic 2 introduced me to gaming, whereas Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros, Super Mario 64, and Goldeneye really made me appreciate it as the art form that it is.
