The first videogame you ever played

[Lusty]

Not sure what it was called, but my Dad had a computer (think it was an IBM clone) and we used to play some text based adventure game on it. Can't remember what it was, but you had to escape from some sort of maze.

Earliest ones I can remember would have been on the Spectrum. I remember Gregory Loses his Clock, Streaker, Renegade and one of the Dizzy games. My friend had a C64, we used to play Paperboy on that.

First console game was I think SMB3. I came to consoles fairly late, and I remember getting the game for Christmas off a relative. Trouble was I got that present before Christmas day, and my main present was the console itself so I had to wait. It was bloody torture, hard to explain what an event it was when that game came out. I remember the console was second hand and it came with Zelda, SMB1/Duck Hunt, SMB2, Robocop and The Adventures of Bayou Billy. Bliss.

Remember me and my cousins going mad for Double Dragon in the arcade as well, might have been earlier.

 

[Abiding M]

Wolfenstein 3D - still play every now and then when feeling nostalgic, because it's still fun and also a reminder of what got me interested in videogames. Own a copy on Steam as well as the 360 version (using a controller instead of a keyboard and playing it on a 50" screen feels weird).

 

[JourneyManRick]

My first game was Tekken 3 (90's FTW!!!). However, I didn't grow up with a console at home. I had to go over to my aunt's apartment to play it. She didn't have a memory card, so until I got a PS2 and a PS1 memory card, I had to unlock all the characters over-and-over again. I didn't get Dr. Bosconovitch, though. I probably never will, either, because Tekken 3's Tekken Force mode can kiss the darkest part of my ass!

 

[Rick Jacobson]

Mine was Crash Bandicoot still one of my favorites today

 

[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.

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

I played it years later on a NES emulator. I remember enjoying it, but not enjoying it as much as the first one. Could've just been because StarTropics had many years of being special before I even heard they made a sequel.

 

[karma9308]

When I was about 2 I would play doom 2 with my grandfather. I don't remember if it was the first though. I know that I also played Super Mario World and Killer Instinct with my mom (she would kick my butt with Spinal). So it was one of those games.

 

[Almack]

Godzilla destroy all monsters melee

 

[pearcinator]

Super Mario 64!

What got me into gaming

 

[PrimitiveJudge]

Mine were Defender 2 and Pitfall for Atari

 

[Austin Howe]

Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis.

 

[ShipofFools]

Oh, I remember all right.
I must have been 5 or 6 years old, when I got an NES for my birthday. My parents bought some games with it; Dr. Mario, Solstice and Kabuki Quantum Fighter. The console itself came with Mario/Duckhunt.

We played Quantum Fighter first, because look at the box:

A fun action plat former, where you have to go into the computer world to destroy a virus that has taken control of the world's nuclear weapons. Also you are a Kabuki dancer in the computer world, and you fight with your hair.

It was a weird game, and the stages were the weirdest of all. High Tech mixed with ancient ruins mixed with weird organic components.
Weird things are fun for a kid.

 

[vv85]

Ghost and Goblins - C64

This screen would load for what seemed like hours...

....I loved that C64...

Also:
- Pogo Joe
- Impossible Mission (STAY A WHILE..... STAY... FOREVER!!!!)
- Boulderdash
- Short Circuit

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

The earliest game I remember is Tecmo Bowl. Those were some fun times.

 

[purf]

not too sure... Pac Man and Pong were around, of course. But my memory is telling me something like...

Spoiler: Boulder Dash

I very well remember the first game which sucked up insane amounts of my time:

Spoiler: Wings

 

[Mistilteinn]

It was either Super Mario World or Megaman X. I can't quite remember which was first, but I still love going back to play them every now and then.

 

[rethsun]

The first ever game I've ever played was this handheld Star Wars Darth Vader game.

If this doesn't count, that damn Superman game on the N64.

 

[White Wizard]

Lemmings on the Amiga, can't imagine I was very good at it

 

[TWEWYFan]

I think it was either Baldur's Gate II or Dark Forces II, I inherited them from my dad.

 

[Clade-170]

My first game period was one of the Mario Nintendo games. My first 3-D game was ocarina of Time, which is undisputably one of the best games ever made in my opinion. (Who ever disagrees probably never played the game lol)