The game that got you into gaming

[ZCAB]

Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. I'd played the original Prince of Persia on an (even then) ancient desktop before DKC, but that was too slow-paced and frustrating for my attention span-less 7 year old self.

 

[GentleMad]

-The original Spryo trilogy (more the second and third one)
-Sheep dog wolf (I think it was called)
-Rugrats: Search for Reptar (oh yeah)

 

[Naeras]

First game I ever played was Super Mario World as a 4 year old, but "the big one" was probably Super Mario 64 as a 6 year old.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

I guess Tekken 3 on the PS1 was the game that got me hooked, other games helped, but Tekken 3 was the game that I think got me really interested in games

 

[Poetic Nova]

Double Dragon II on the NES.

 

[CriticalMiss]

I was basically fascinated by games since the first time I saw them at age, I dunno... four?

There wasn't any "that one game" for me.

Basically this. We had a Sega Mastersystem II when I was just a larva so Sonic, Pacman and Alex the Kid where some of the first games I ever saw/played. Whether they got me in to gaming I don't know. I would say that I was more influenced by Tetris, Banjo Kazooie and Ocarina of Time. Nintendo certainly seemed to get the ball rolling even if I abandoned them later on, although I did keep to their handhelds for the Pokémon games.

 

[freaper]

I had played games before, but my "gate-game" has to be Runescape. Ever since I played that game I've been a big fan of RPG's and MMO's in general (shitty ones too).

 

[Happiness Assassin]

Depends on the milestone: the first game I played was a Toy Story game. The first game I played extensively was Yoshi's Island. The first game I beat was Donkey Kong Country. The first game where I cared about the stats was Pokemon Blue. The first game where I cared about the story was KotOR. The first game I played online was Halo 3. The first game that got me into online game discussions was Mass Effect. Each were important to me in different ways.