The first videogame you ever played

[Headsprouter]

Methinks it was some Sonic game on the Sega Dreamcast/Genesis.

"Played", I was so young I just kind of held the controller and continued watching my brother while Tails incessantly checked his watch. Or so I'm told. It's weird that that may have been the first because I've always hated the playstyle of Sonic, since.

First game I actually played? Probably one of these: Super Mario Land, Pokemon Red and Metroid 2.

 

[Karoshi]

I don't truly remember, but one of the first games I played was the very first GTA which was released in 1997.

Kill people and steal trains! Drive around in cool cars!

... I didn't like killing people, though. It made me uncomfortable, but, hey, in what other game could you hijack a bloody train? I loved to control it and act as if I was the designated train driver and stopped at train stations, let people out and allowed them to go in and then I drove to the next station. It was awfully fun.

 

[Undomesticated Equine]

Well first game I ever remember playing was Doom or Quake I am not sure. It was at my neighbours a looooong time ago. I remember seeing your avatar's face on the hud and that i shot badies with some weapon and that they exploded into tiny bits and I liked that very much I think i was not even ten years old when that happened.

 

[Artemis923]

Kaboom, on the ol' Atari 2600.

 

[Artlover]

The very first? That would be Coleco Telstar pong in 1977 when I was 6. If you mean more traditional consoles, then that would be Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 in 1980.

 

[WongKy]

Command And Conquer Generals and i still play it

 

[pastureofmuppets]

Game was called Scramble, on a console (if you could call it that) called a Vetrex. Either that or Frogger using cassette tape on Commodore 64. (Push play on tape. LOL) Feeling old now .

 

[Evil Smurf]

Microsoft solitaire was my first game. Also still a good game.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Pokemon Red, first proper game that is.

 

[Dirge Eterna]

Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Centipede and Moon Patrol on the Atari 2600. I was about 5 or 6 and I got bored of them fast. Then I got into the NES with Super Mario. Our family was too poor to buy a NES so I would ride my bike to a Walmart nearby and play on the demo game until the 10min timer went off and reset the game. 1st PC game was Command & Conquer, I was hooked on RTS from then on.

 

[Chris Tian]

My first Game? I am not 100% sure, but I think it was Prince of Persia (the very first). I played it on my mothers PC back then.

Oh boy, I still remember little me cringe, when the Prince fell on those spikes.

As to how it aged... well, I can't compare it to newer games. Thats feels like comparing a good drawing of a 8yo to a painting of Bob Ross.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Pong. I barely remember it though. The first game I owned was a 3 way tie between SMB, Duck Hunt and Excitebike as I got them for Christmas when I got my first console, the venerable NES. Which I still have and it STILL RUNS.

 

[Armanox15]

Warlords 3. See now I had no idea what I was doing but as long as I was clicking on stuff I was happy.

 

[pyramid head grape]

Batman on gameboy, and a few Gamegear games I can't remember!

Also Jurassic Park PSone was so badass!

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Age 5, Wolfenstein, in a gas station car garage right next to a hoisted car and a tray of oil. And this is the exact reason why I'm always drawn back to this series each time a new game comes out. I just can't help myself.

 

[CC17]

The original Age of Empires. I loved that game so so much.

 

[ClockworkAngel]

My first game ever was StarTropics for the NES. I loved it, and I love it still. I am especially fond of the music. Even today I randomly catch myself whistling or humming the tunes.

 

[Ickorus]

I think for me it was Alex Kidd in Miracle World but I can't absolutely confirm that as I was very young at the time.

 

[Scott Rothman]

Super Mario Bros. or Bubble Bobble

Both hold up perfectly. Fuck you if you try to tell me otherwise.

 

[Scott Rothman]

My first game ever was StarTropics for the NES. I loved it, and I love it still. I am especially fond of the music. Even today I randomly catch myself whistling or humming the tunes.

Did you ever play Zodar's Revenge? Those games were the BIGGEST Zelda worship. They even had matching title screens I think.