The first computer game you ever played?

[Sorafrosty]

ahhh Spyro 1
back in 1998
it was a good old classic
and i only 100%'d it 2 years ago
10 years after i started that slice of brilliance

Mine too. What a fantastic piece of game that was...

 

[SuperNashwan]

The 5.25 floppy drives were scary, you'd just ease them in and wait for the "KA-CHUNK" that shook the whole table and your hand would reflexively shoot back.

God those disks were so flimsy too. It was a relief when the slightly more solid 3.5 inch ones came out. Still made a hefty THUNK when you put them in though And if you had a corrupted disk, the dreaded "neeeurrrggghhhhhhhhh"...

 

[bassdrum]

Are we talking computer games, as in games played on a PC, or are we talking video games played on any system?

If it's the former, then Portal was the first game I really played on a computer (and then it was Half-Life 2 that got me to be serious about PC gaming--I know that I was late to the party, but hey, at least I showed up); if it's the latter, then it's Frogger.

 

[Tsaba]

Air warrior

 

[The-Story]

Gladly poffessing myself a fanboy, Starcraft 1


Well, not really, I remember playing put-put and pyjama sam and such, but my first 'real' video game was starcraft

 

[SousukeSeg]

Jazz Jackrabbit. Good times, good times.

 

[Reynard Wrecce]

Can't remember if it was The Hobbit text adventure on my BBC Basic, or Chucky Egg on my friend's BBC. Christ, I'm old.

 

[Polyg0n]

I've been told that I've played something on Commodore 64, but I have no memories of that. The first one I remember playing was Lotus Turbo Challenge (or maybe Chip's Challenge, not sure) for the PC.

 

[SuperNashwan]

Are we talking computer games, as in games played on a PC, or are we talking video games played on any system?

If it's the former, then Portal was the first game I really played on a computer (and then it was Half-Life 2 that got me to be serious about PC gaming--I know that I was late to the party, but hey, at least I showed up); if it's the latter, then it's Frogger.

Yeah any platform or format is fine Its just my antiquated use of the phrase "computer games".

 

[WOPR]

for people naming gameboy games I should remind them this says COMPUTER GAMES!!!

mine was WarCraft (the first DOS one)

Its all good - any platform is fine I just wanted those nostalgia moments the first time folks came into contact with gaming, its nice to hear people's different experiences.

Because I am old as well as being hopelessly British, I call them 'computer games' where I guess most folks would say video games. Basically anything that had video tech in it ad let you play a game

I take it back, it wasn't WarCraft, it was SkyRoads

 

[SuperNashwan]

I've been told that I've played something on Commodore 64, but I have no memories of that. The first one I remember playing was Lotus Turbo Challenge (or maybe Chip's Challenge, not sure) for the PC.

Lotus Turbo Challenge was awesome. God that game sparked so many fights between me and my friend back then. When we werent fighting over who's machine was best (he had an atari ST, I had an amiga, therefore I won lol) we were fighting over who got the best joystick when we played on each others machines, or who cut who up on the road

Eventually I bought two identical joysticks, and unfortunately one had a slightly faster autofire. Guess who got that one

 

[Orthon]

The first computer game I ever played(I think) was a game in which you ran around in first person perspective and saved dinosaurs from their impending extinction by finding their 2D images before the timer ran out.

I must've been like 3-4 years old and when I couldn't save them all, I cried. ;(

 

[Madara XIII]

Legend of Zelda: The Magical Lamp Shade

LOL Loved Newgrounds

 

[Tuken]

Digger

then

Sopwith

Both in 1995 when I was 3 on a very old computer, great times.

 

[Alcamonic]

I remember playing a game where you were an ant collecting fruit(?) in the ground, but you were chased by other ants/bugs. It was in color and I think it was on C64.
Anyone know what the game could be?

 

[vance32]

Starcraft all i remember is making the enemy very easy and making max zerglings

 

[SuperNashwan]

The first computer game I ever played(I think) was a game in which you ran around in first person perspective and saved dinosaurs from their impending extinction by finding their 2D images before the timer ran out.

I must've been like 3-4 years old and when I couldn't save them all, I cried. ;(

Shedding a tear over video games is ALWAYS allowable

I shed a small tear at the end of Half Life 2 Episode 2 amazingly enough, aged 30. As I dont know how to do that spoiler thing I wont say why

 

[SuperNashwan]

I remember playing a game where you were an ant collecting fruit(?) in the ground, but you were chased by other ants/bugs. It was in color and I think it was on C64.
Anyone know what the game could be?

That sounds oddly familiar yet I have no idea

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Rollercoaster Tycoon on the PC. It's older, pixelated, and a bit complex for someone at my age, but I fucking loved it.

Loved? I mean love. If you love sims or tycoon simulators you have no excuse to not have played this game.

 

[SuperNashwan]

then

Sopwith



Both in 1995 when I was 3 on a very old computer, great times.

That second one reminds me of a game on C64 called 'Blitz' i think - you bombed buildings, and occasionally King Kong would climb one. If you killed him you got a bonus