The game that got you into gaming

[Vex]

I believe it was Pokemon Sapphire. I was too young and didn't really understand the concept of video games before, I remember playing Goldeneye for the N64, but didn't know how to finish levels. Until I played Sapphire, it took me a good 15 tries before I figured out you could even save, which is pretty funny thinking about it. But that game is just a classic for me, really introduced me to the gaming world.

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

Probably this idiot right here

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Very first one would have to be Heretic. For those who don't know, it's id Software's follow up to Doom, back in 1994. It was the first shooter I ever played, and it was instantly my favorite game. More than that, my brother, my dad, and I had hundreds of hours of fun playing it together when I was a kid. It made video games a much bigger part of my life.

But the best answer to the question is Bioshock. I was never what I would call a gamer; I played games when I could, but I was always years behind and never cared about the culture around games. After I played Bioshock 2 years ago that changed, and that is why I am on a game website responding on this forum.

 

[SgtMcgee23]

Crash Bandicoot 2, what a wonderful game. I never had a memory stick for the PS1 so I played it for long sessions when I was young.

 

[Jason Rayes]

Pong.

No, really.

I've been around, literally, since the dawn of gaming and had Pong on the Atari 2600 which was one of the first consoles.

Haha! Me too. Then Super Pong afterwards. Ah, those fragile paddle controllers. Yar's Revenge or Pitfall were probably my fave games of the 2600 era but that was what got me into gaming and Ive followed it faithfully every since.

 

[YCRanger]

Final Fantasy VII. I had owned a NES and a Genesis before and played Mario, Mortal Kombat, etc. But I had no idea video games were capable of such stories and worlds. FFVII blew my mind. To this day I still play any good JRPG I can get my hands on.

 

[luckshot]

my gaming history started with the nes and other nintendo equipment, but i dont consider that what got me into gaming. then came games like counter strike but i dont really consider that what really grabbed me.

no Knights of The Old Republic is what did it, played at a friends house when it came out for about 2 days straight, even now i still play it just to make sure it isnt all just rose colored glasses still great

 

[thejackyl]

Behold: The Magnavox Odyssey 2, My first gaming system, and the first game I ever played. And the only one who's name I remember.

Spoiler: My First Game

It's glorious, no?

But the game that REALLY got me into gaming as a main passtime was most likely Super Mario 3.

 

[Insanity72]

I honestly cannot remember. Any of these games would be it probably.

Battle Toads
Jill of the Jungle
Age of Empires
Jazz Jack Rabbit
Crash Bandicoot
Spyro
Mario
Pokemon Stadium
Neopet games.

 

[Sylveria]

My first game was Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Heroes of the Lance and it was horrid. The first game I played that didn't make me want to take a bat to my NES was Super Mario Bros. However, I'd say the game that got me "in to gaming" came many, many years later in the form of Secret of Mana for the SNES. That was the game that made me jump from "This is something to do when I'm bored and it's raining." to "This is something I enjoy doing."

 

[his1nightmare]

Donkey Kong (arcade port to NES)/Super Mario Bros. 3.

These were times..

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Pokemon Stadium was the game that made me want, and subsequently obtain, an N64.

From then on it was Super Mario 64, Mario Kart and Ocarina of Time that kept me hooked until the Gamecube came out. Since then the ball has kept on rolling.

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

Though I had a NES and N64 My first actual gaming.... game ... was the first spyro along with my old ps2 that I still have upstairs next to each other on display.
God I'm a nerd.

 

[DonTsetsi]

I would have to say Doom 2. I played some games before that, but they were not as significant for me. My first games were really old, one of them was Karateka (I was dying over and over to that frigging gate at the end of level 2) on a Pravetz.

 

[AlbertoDeSanta]

If I had to say One Game, that one game would be: Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Excellent game.

 

[Vern5]

Megaman X brought me into gaming in general.

Morrowind expanded my horizons towards computer gaming specifically.

Dwarf fortress hammered the final nail into my gaming coffin and now I can never be free. It also gave me an unusually high tolerance for difficulty but only if there's something funny about my defeat.

 

[bluerocker]

Back when I was a wee little thing I always used to watch my mum playing Age of Empires. Eventually I started to play it myself, and since then I've basically been playing games my whole life.

A similar thing happened to me when I was little. I used to watch my older sister play a plethora of games, but the ones that stuck out most were the Resident Evil and Final Fantasy series. It didn't help the calling when my parents got me a copy of the first Spyro game; followed by Pokemon Red. I've been playing games from then on, and it's safe to say that I think it was worth it.

 

[purf]

somethingsomething
oopsi. Wrong thread.

soo..uh, .. Boulderdash?

 

[Arcadian Legend]

If ut wasn't Super Mario Bros 3, it was Zelda A Link to the Past. If not that then it was Illusiion of Time/Gaia. I love that game, though the spiritual sequel, Terranigma was better. Didn't end up completing it though until about halfway through the sixth console generation.

 

[juyunseen]

I was handed a game boy color at age 6, turned it on, and that now-familliar Game Freak chime played, opening up the Jhoto region for the first time.

Pokemon Silver hooked me on games before the night was out.

 

[roaringlion510]

I think I can point the metaphorical finger at Ultima IV pretty definitively in my case, when I was 10 or 11. I grew up with 'edutainment' games - the Super Solver games, Reader Rabbit, Carmen Sandiego, that sort of thing - but Ultima IV was the first game that I played that had something to say, a story to tell. I remember emailing back and forth with my cousin, who'd introduced me to the game, about my progress and he'd drop me hints regarding what to do next. It gave me the first glimpse into what games are really capable of, and I've been fascinated by them ever since. Even now, Ultima IV is still the game I keep coming back to when I need to unwind for a bit.