The first computer game you ever played?

[SuperNashwan]

Half-life
How bout I DONT push this crystal in?

It would have saved an awful lot of trouble wouldnt it

 

[PixelJunk]

Colossal Cave Adventure

 

[SuperNashwan]

Once mastered you could pull off some incredible maneuvers, such as circle strafing in two axis at once. The trick to avoid motion sickness was to learn the subtle art of changing the direction of "down" at will. See Ender's Game for further explanation.

Believe it or not, there was also a PS1 version that was actually quite playable.

I've got a whole article on it here
http://muyuubyou.blogdns.org:45987/apache2-default/?p=391

Sounds a bit like a helicopter sim sort of thing. Bet that gave you great co-ordination

 

[SuperNashwan]

The first game I can remember playing was Digger on the PC.

I didn't even know how to run the DOS program to start the game. I'd beg my father to turn it on and have at it. I thought the digging vehicle was some sort of underground fish with wheels and a green mouth...

You can bet your ass I downloaded Digger HD when it became available.

Just looked this up on youtube, it looks like fun

 

[DethVanXan]

Either Diablo 1 on my dad's laptop or Duke Nukem 3D, I think I was about seven when I first played that. Awesome parenting skills!

 

[SuperNashwan]

The most common ones seem to be Oregon Trail, Doom, Duke Nukem, Quake, Mario Bros and Sonic

 

[SuperNashwan]

Lode Runner anyone? More specifically The Legend Returns?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode_Runner:_The_Legend_Returns
Ahh best game and at 5 years old the level skip button was invaluable for my primitive brain

Nope, add that to the list of other good games that clearly breezed past me

 

[SuperNashwan]

Computer - Punch & Judy on the Commodore 16
Console - Missile Command on the Atari 2600

Wow I had never seen a commodore 16 before now. Commodore life began for me with the 64, then the amiga I loved those machines!

 

[EqualNOpposite]

I remember this : the original Prince of Persia. Not with the original graphics, mind you-this was the mastered version, where he actually looks Arab and has a turban, etc.

 

[Do4600]

Ascendancy

Ooooh...love that game. I still play it. Have you tried Sins of a solar empire? Reminds me a lot of it but it's real time.
I remember playing the original Warlords and some ultima games on my dad's 386.

I have not tried Sins of a Solar Empire, but looking at it now it looks excellent.

 

[Daffy F]

I think it was Croc, legend of the gobbos on the Playstation. I'm only 16 years old, so that was my first I think

 

[Jacob.pederson]

Once mastered you could pull off some incredible maneuvers, such as circle strafing in two axis at once. The trick to avoid motion sickness was to learn the subtle art of changing the direction of "down" at will. See Ender's Game for further explanation.

Believe it or not, there was also a PS1 version that was actually quite playable.

I've got a whole article on it here
http://muyuubyou.blogdns.org:45987/apache2-default/?p=391

Sounds a bit like a helicopter sim sort of thing. Bet that gave you great co-ordination

You just reminded me of Comanche, another great game of that time period, featuring real live VOXELS!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_series

 

[Quazimofo]

first game i remember playing is a toss up between pajama sam and........ uhh.. god i cant remember the name of it but it was a kid themed point and click about two fish and im pretty sure the main char was yellow.
all i could remember about that one is you could make your sidekick drink various drinks in a bar for some humorous responses. that was way back in early 97, when i was one and a half ish.

around three i moved into strategy games with star wars galactic battlegrounds and eventually red alert. then i got a nintendo 64 at age 5-ish and played sarge's heroes and battle tanks and smash bros and mario kart till like 2002 when i got back into strategy games and got a ps2 (kingdom hearts hands down favorite ps2 game ever, destroy all humans in close second)

HOLY SHIT i just realized i wasted my entire childhood up untill about a year ago playing videogames. though one must admit racking up 12 years of semi-hardcore gaming by age 14 is really something. something sad true but still something

No way is that a waste, just think of all the killstreaks and unlocked perks those years of practice probably help you to get now

well i never really play shooters anymore save mass effect, i really like RPGs and strategy games, OH and fallout too. getting new vegas as soon as i find time to beat broken steel

 

[miscelaneous]

Probably Starcraft.

 

[PunkZERO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SST5Y1Io7ME


Rollerball on the MSX....

My first Steps in videogaming took part on that "console". Those were the days.....