The first computer game you ever played?

[gorfias]

Fortress of the Witch King on the Commodore 64. It combined text with a big map that starts out as mostly a black screen, but uncovers forest, mountains, towns and water masses as you send out scouts to map an expanding area. When you have acquired enough troops in this turn based RPG, you enter the fortress which is like a maze until you find and defeat the witch king. There was no back story to explain why he deserved to die, but the name tells you something.

 

[SMILEYkyle21]

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

 

[jmorourke80]

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

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

The one that REALLY got me in to games (yes I was a little older then most at the time) was Crash Bandicoot 2 on the PS1. Absolute awesome.

 

[GrinningManiac]

First one I can remember is either an awesome PC Rugrats game OR Earthworm Jim (which is one of the best games ever alltime forever et all)

First one I apparanrly played ever was DOOM when I was about 3

Apparantly I liked the exciting colours on the screen

 

[MetalMonkey74]

Fruity Frank on the Amstrad CPC 6128

 

[Raptor Defence Engineer]

Sega Master System - Alex the Kidd iirc.
PC: Westwood's 'Bladerunner'

Both around the mid to late 90s.

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

it was either on old cartoon network flash game where you go and collect items so yu can get into a dance club....you played as a cactus. or it was SkiFree...it had a snow monster that ran down your ass once in awhile.

 

[zaiggs]

First computer game I played was Diablo. So many fond memories of that game.

 

[Dorian6]

Well my First COMPUTER game was probably, Lego Island or Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant.

I don't exactly remember my actual first game tho. My Parents had an NES from before I was born Super Mario Bros. probably, or Kirby, or Dragon Quest

 

[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.