The first computer game you ever played?

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[SuperNashwan]

Mine was Sonic the Hedgehog on the Megadrive (I got them for Christmas when I was 7).

Awesome. Ive got the tune in my head now ...

 

[SuperNashwan]

I'm honestly not sure. I remember plenty of the first games I played in my early childhood, but remembering which one was the first is trickier. Sonic 2 always sticks out in my mind when I think of the games I played in my younger days, so it could very well have been that. And if Sonic 2 really was the first game I was exposed to, it's no wonder I got into gaming.

Picking up all the rings was probably the first truly powerful loot mechanic to get our young minds addicted

 

[Ironman126]

Star Wars: X-Wing. Good fucking flight simulator.

 

[ishist]

I have probably one of the geekiest first game ever. Pong on the TRS-80. But not the cartridge version because we couldn't afford a cartridge, so I had to program pong line by line out of a guide book. We also didn't have any unused 5.25 disks so I couldn't save it, I had to reprogram it every time I wanted to play. I was 7 or 8 years old.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Well, my first gaming [i/]experience[/i] was with the arcade machines at the restaurant that my parents went to often. Little did I know that to actually control the games you have to put quarters in.....

First game I [i/]played[/i] was Combat Mission for the PC. STILL a very fun turn based WWII strategy game.

 

[tstilwell]

If I go way back, I think I remember some type of indy-racing game on the C64. The games I really remember as a kid was Sierra's "The Black Cauldron" and "Police Quest II".

 

[superbatranger]

Oregon Trail, I think. I was terrible at it. Stupid party kept dying.

 

[Lord Kloo]

Doom (the 1st one) on a Windows 98. God that game was scary when you were 5... and so difficult..

I'm not old enough to have experienced the old Atari consoles..

 

[DustyDrB]

Mine was some floppy disk game I remember involving a troll that they had at my school. I guess it was educational. It was black and white. Or was it black and green?

This is the first computer game I ever owned. It came with my computer back in 1995 or so

 

[SuperNashwan]

I have probably one of the geekiest first game ever. Pong on the TRS-80. But not the cartridge version because we couldn't afford a cartridge, so I had to program pong line by line out of a guide book. We also didn't have any unused 5.25 disks so I couldn't save it, I had to reprogram it every time I wanted to play. I was 7 or 8 years old.

Best first gaming story. Ever

I'd like to think that experience lead you to become a top flight game designer, paid millions, as justice ...

 

[JWW]

Age of Empires 2

how do you turn this on

 

[SuperNashwan]

Well, my first gaming [i/]experience[/i] was with the arcade machines at the restaurant that my parents went to often. Little did I know that to actually control the games you have to put quarters in.....

First game I [i/]played[/i] was Combat Mission for the PC. STILL a very fun turn based WWII strategy game.

LOL yeah standing in front of an arcade machine and thinking you were owning, when really it was the demo run.

I found arcade machines were always an expensive prospect, mainly because I was rubbish at them.

 

[great-paladin]

resident evil 1 directors cut when about 6 scared me like hell.

 

[SuperNashwan]

Doom (the 1st one) on a Windows 98. God that game was scary when you were 5... and so difficult..

I'm not old enough to have experienced the old Atari consoles..

Ahh consoles with wood panelling around the cartridge slot - you have truly missed out

 

[Folio]

Super Mario Land on the Game Boy, but it was my sister's. My own first game was Jurassic Park for the Game Boy... I sold it and regret that.

Maybe I'll look for an emulator.

 

[SyIo-]

Starcraft

 

[Mr S]

Doom something, I don't know which one.

My second game was red alert 2, still my favorite alltimer.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Original Metroid. When I was 3 years old. Yes, I have an unusual memory.

Following that, the first game I actually beat was...AD&D, Treasure of Tarmin on the Intellivision, followed closely by Super Mario Bros, Zelda 1, and Iron Tank (a game nobody else has ever heard of, apparently).
Then I played my first Rogue-like (Tower of Doom), and beat Megaman 3 (I couldn't actually find Mega Man 2 until much later due to a shortage).

 

[XMark]

Something on an AppleIIgs - I don't recall whether it was Number Munchers or the Oregon Trail first.