How did you lose your gaming virginity?

[Joshroom]

Yes, this thread is as geeky as it sounds. I was just wondering what games were peoples first introduction into the bright, fantastic and sometimes kinda sad, but in an accetpable way, world of gaming.

For myself I was a late bloomer and was about 7 when I first played on what I consider a proper game, i.e. one that has levels and not just adding numbers, and that was Yoshi's Island on the SNES; which I still consider to this day one of the best games ever.

 

[cheese_wizington]

Battle Tanx.

Bitchin.

I was 5.

 

[TPiddy]

Ghostbusters, Mario Bros / Duck Hunt and Dragon Warrior for the original NES, unless you count playing Space Invaders or Frogger on the Commodore 64....

 

[DrDeath3191]

I lost it to a fat Italian plumber when I was about 3 or 4 years old.

Spoiler: Suddenly...

Hello, Mario. Please have a seat over there.

 

[BioTox]

Doom for the PC I was 3... got to love parents LoL

* Correction * I was 5 =P

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

I think the first game I ever played was either Super Mario 1 or 3 although I am fairly confident it was the former.

 

[mocruz1200]

the game that introduced my love for video games was super mario world.
the game that got me into gaming was team fortress classic

 

[zombiejoe]

Well, I would secretly watch as my brothers and friends took on the controler. But one day, I met a plumber. Either that, or I played around with a gameboy, and deleated some files. It's a bit blury.

 

[Mikkelet]

I got my first toy-computer for my 6th birthday. Later I got a gameboy POCKET! YEAH! with Pokémon! and Zelda! and some random racing game!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Um.. to Liara?

 

[Richard Hannay]

Time Out (a timed version of Break Out) on the original Apple Macintosh.

EDIT: But I guess that's not a proper game by the "distinguishable levels" criteria. I guess it would be Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge on the Game Boy. I don't believe I ever finished it.

 

[Rakenar]

The first Mario bros.

 

[SantoUno]

I played a bunch of games every once in a while for the NES and Atari something like when I was 4-7, but since I didn't truly become devoted to gaming until I got the Nintendo 64 for my 7th birthday along with Super Mario 64, I'm not sure which took my virginity.

 

[JasonBurnout16]

First proper game was Dino Crisis, when I used to watch my uncle play, and then proceed to complete myself. It was a long time ago?

Does anyone remember Dino Crisis?

 

[GamingAwesome1]

I lost it when a little game called Ape Escape for the PS1 came out, my nan (yes my NAN is suffciently awesome enough to be an avid gamer (atleast she used to be) got the game and I wanted one for me so badly that when next Chirstmas kicked around the little grey box was found under my tree and I never looked back.

I lost it further when I got a hold of Crash Bandicoot (before the games blew chunks!)

 

[CD-R]

I was 5 or 6 and I believe it was Megaman.

 

[KhaineII]

Show me here on this doll where the N64 touched you...

...right here where it says 1080 Snowboarding.

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That is how.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I'm not quite sure, been gaming as long as I can remember, bloody terrible memory. It was probably to something on the Nes.