What got you into gaming?

[x0ny]

Granny's Garden and the Dizzy series (Treasure Island, Fantasy World) on C64. Granny's Garden was scary shit back then... For a 4 year old.

 

[ShakesZX]

Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon that my Dad bought me. Funny how i never play Nintendo games now, and my dad's always telling me to stop playing games...

 

[Ickorus]

Gex, Return Fire, Killing Time and PO'ed are the ones I would say got me into gaming.

My old 3DO probably still works, now I feel like going and playing some more return fire.

 

[MazeMinion]

Having my father bring home an N64 and bringing Star Wars: Podracer with it.

Played the Podracer game, man...I was hooked.

 

[e2density]

Playing N64

 

[Savagezion]

Went over to my grandpa's house in around 84 and he was playing Pac-man on the Atari. Been hooked since.

 

[thatonekid]

Pokemon Blue version on mah Gameboy Color

 

[joinchoir]

My college age brothers used to have me come clean their apartment in exchange for playing games (no video yet) on their Altair computer. I played Hunt the Wumpus. It still amazes me how scary a text game was. At 3 AM the text said "I smell a Wumpus" and I walked into the room instead of firing my arrow. "Oh no, you've been eaten by the Wumpus!" just about gave me a heart attack. To this day the smell of a Wumpus sends me running.

 

[thatonekid]

Dude no way, Star Wars Podracer was my first Nintendo game too, i played that all the time but i don't think i ever beat it lol

 

[Cid Silverwing]

I was practically born into the video game wars, starting with the SNES.

 

[Lizmichi]

I think it was ether Mario Cart for the SNES or Link to the Past.

 

[Mean Mother Rucker]

Is this a trick question?

Gaming has been a part of my life since before I can remember. My dad playing some super awesome Japanese plane game; which I sadly can't find, with me is my earliest memory.

 

[AvsJoe]

My mom bought me an NES when I was 2 years old. Woo! Gaming provided me some of my earliest memories.

But it was my older step-brother who really cemented me as a gamer. I looked up to the guy and he spent a couple of hours a day on his SNES and 64.

 

[joinchoir]

Is this a trick question?

Gaming has been a part of my life since before I can remember. My dad playing some super awesome Japanese plane game; which I sadly can't find, with me is my earliest memory.

Hellcats per chance?

 

[Zarokima]

My uncle started me off with the NES before I could talk or was potty trained. I remember Mario 1 and 3 (SMB3 is still one of my favorites), Skate or Die, Arch Rivals, and Ninja Gaiden being the ones I played the most.

And it just kept going from there. I currently have all three current-gen consoles plus a Dreamcast and N64 hooked up to my TV, and a computer that can run Crysis on max settings.

 

[Hiroshi Mishima]

The hot chicks

Wow that's a pretty sorry reason to like something.

That aside, what probably got me into gaming was when I was given a Commodore 64 (or an Atari, I no longer recall which was first) and a couple games. I was less than 5 at the time, and being a small child I ate them up like candy. (har har har)

Didn't take me long before I was playing all kinds of games and pretty much being a full-time gamer with a couple of part-time friends.

 

[joinchoir]

i know, great fairies in Ocarina of time were pretty hot, huh?

 

[child of lileth]

My mom got an NES off of her friend way back when I was 3-years-old. I played it with her, and on my own, and that's basically it. I've loved games ever since.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

One word:

Pokemon.

Because of that game I was never far from a Game Boy.

 

[TheTim]

my dad's friend found a game boy pocket with pokemon blue in it and sent it to me when i was 4 or 5, thus starting my gaming era.