The Game...That Made You A Gamer.
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Civilization 2, multilayer gold edition.
Picked up the habit in the 3rd grade...... cant stop, 1k hours into civ5.....
Picked up the habit in the 3rd grade...... cant stop, 1k hours into civ5.....
The cartridge with Super Mario Bro's and Duck Hunt on it. That cemented it so damn firmly that I can never stop loving video games.
Heck, I tried to play SMB with a needle attached to my wrist when I was in the hospital, that game was that good*dreams himself back*
Heck, I tried to play SMB with a needle attached to my wrist when I was in the hospital, that game was that good*dreams himself back*
The first games I remember playing are Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Death Track, Commander Keen, Zork, BBS games, Tradewars, and some I can't remember on an old TRS-80 that were played off the big 5 1/4 floppy disks. I also have some vague memories of trying to play and watching my older brother play Atari games, but I was too young to do much more than Frogger.
My first long overnight gaming session was WarCraft:Orcs and Humans. I think we played that for like 14 hours straight through the night with my buddies.
But I think when it hit full force was when I saw the majesty that was Doom. We used to hook our PCs up with serial cables and play multiplayer even though the early netcoding needed tons of work and the game gradually slowed down until it stopped completely, at which point you just saved the game and restarted.
...And now I complain when my ping is over 120ms.
My first long overnight gaming session was WarCraft:Orcs and Humans. I think we played that for like 14 hours straight through the night with my buddies.
But I think when it hit full force was when I saw the majesty that was Doom. We used to hook our PCs up with serial cables and play multiplayer even though the early netcoding needed tons of work and the game gradually slowed down until it stopped completely, at which point you just saved the game and restarted.
...And now I complain when my ping is over 120ms.
My parents bought me a cheap LCD-Gaming device (To test if i would have fun with something like that - i wanted a Gameboy - but it was to expensive to just buy me one, they wanted to know if i REALLY liked to play and if an expensive system would be worthwhile)
Something with karate. Man i played the shit out of that thing. Got the gameboy soon after. So the cheap, weird karate-something thingie was my first game and i loved it.
First Game where i loved the story: Mystic Quest for Gameboy.
Game(s) which got me into PC gaming (On the mighty 386SX of my mother's shop): Stunts and LHX Attack Chopper
Game that made me LOVE gaming and drove me to a lifelong addiction: UFO - Enemy Unknown
Something with karate. Man i played the shit out of that thing. Got the gameboy soon after. So the cheap, weird karate-something thingie was my first game and i loved it.
First Game where i loved the story: Mystic Quest for Gameboy.
Game(s) which got me into PC gaming (On the mighty 386SX of my mother's shop): Stunts and LHX Attack Chopper
Game that made me LOVE gaming and drove me to a lifelong addiction: UFO - Enemy Unknown
Always so hard to find that one game... but when I break it down: Aladdin for the SNES was the first real game I played and found I could actually play and beat games. Sonic 2 was where I learned about multiplayer and how much fun games were with friends. Pokemon Blue/Red was when I found it was a hobby that could be fun and have a serious time sink.
But Myst was where I learned that games can absorb you, can take you into a new and different world. Myst made me a gamer, and that's why I own 3 different copies of that game.
But Myst was where I learned that games can absorb you, can take you into a new and different world. Myst made me a gamer, and that's why I own 3 different copies of that game.
For me, it wasn't really a particular video game, but video games that made me go for it, at least give games a fair chance. I was fooling around in a hardware and electronics store one day, when I saw a Gamereactor magazine titled: Best Games of 2010. The cover had a bunch of different characters from different games on it, and it just immediately grabbed my attention. I grabbed it (cuz it was free) and saw all this titles, all these names I didn't know anything about, and it set my curiosity on fire.
I know, it's not exactly a game, but if I hadn't read it and started getting into gaming, there's a fair chance I would never have experienced great games like Half-life 2, Bioshock, Psychonauts, Super Mario Galaxy, Fallout 3, The Legend of Zelda (just Zelda in general, mostly), Botanicula, Virtue's Last Reward, Bastion, Portal 2, Analogue: A Hate Story and Fire Emblem Awakening.
I know, it's not exactly a game, but if I hadn't read it and started getting into gaming, there's a fair chance I would never have experienced great games like Half-life 2, Bioshock, Psychonauts, Super Mario Galaxy, Fallout 3, The Legend of Zelda (just Zelda in general, mostly), Botanicula, Virtue's Last Reward, Bastion, Portal 2, Analogue: A Hate Story and Fire Emblem Awakening.
Zelda A Link to the Past was the first game I played that I knew what I was actually doing and from there on I didn't stop playing until 95-96 but then in 97 Final Fantasy VII came out I was hooked and went on gaming until late 2003. I stopped playing games once I started college and it wasn't until 2011 that I started playing again
so yeah: A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy 7 are the primary reasons I became a gamer
so yeah: A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy 7 are the primary reasons I became a gamer
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro for the PS1.
Back in elementary school, I came home and beat that game once a day and then see how far I could get through it again before my parents said time was up. Every day.
Back in elementary school, I came home and beat that game once a day and then see how far I could get through it again before my parents said time was up. Every day.
Legend of Dragoon on PS1. I still need to actually finish it, but that game left a huge impression on me as a young child. Probably going to pick it up off of the PSN store sometime...when I can be bothered to get a PS3.
My dad had a PS1 by the time I was born (he was about 20 at the time) and the first games I played were Crash Bandicoot, Battle Arena Toshinden, and Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012, and I loved them all.
While I've been playing video games since the NES, I would have to say that it was Final Fantasy 8 that made me into a gamer. Up until that point I'd really only played video games if I had nothing else to do. When Final Fantasy 8 came along it quickly became my main hobby.
I actually haven't played it in a few years. I think I'll give it another go.
I actually haven't played it in a few years. I think I'll give it another go.
Metal Gear Solid, for me.
Not the first game I played, or the first I played to death.
But it was definitely the first time I thought of myself as a gamer.
During one of the codec calls with Miller, he recommends to "trust your instincts as a soldier, as a gamer".
That was the first time I ever really heard the term, and I've been followed that advice in game ever since.
Not the first game I played, or the first I played to death.
But it was definitely the first time I thought of myself as a gamer.
During one of the codec calls with Miller, he recommends to "trust your instincts as a soldier, as a gamer".
That was the first time I ever really heard the term, and I've been followed that advice in game ever since.
Definitely going with my purple pal Spyro, from the first installment Spyro the Dragon on the Playstation. I still remember the opening jingle, the Insomniac logo, the poor gnorc that gets his patootie kicked off that mountain, Spyro gliding in and making eyebrow jiggles, the "bling" of selecting the menu options, choosing a save file and hearing that jingle, starting in the Artisan home world, freeing the first dragon and realizing how super awesome it was to be talking to this guy, jumping straight off the beginning balcony, running around and collecting gems, watching Sparx grab the ones I missed, charging the gnorcs, flaming the sheep, running through that hedge maze, exploring the nighttime environs of the first level (I skipped Stone Hill, sue me), recognizing that certain enemies were weak to fire or bashing, exploring the underground caves, collecting a key to open a chest that spat out a veritable trove of gems, finding that one ruby that tried to sneak past my attention before I left that cavern, finding the end of the level and discovering I could light the campfires for the heck of it, wondering how on earth I'd be able to take down that humongous gnorc with the club and then realizing I could just sear his soft behind, laughing at the idle animations, going to Stone Hill (finally), chasing the egg thief, jumping down the well, cross-charging the bulls, learning how to do that sick side-roll I never used again, jumping on the rooftops of the small acropolis, gliding out and realizing I could land on a small beach by the waterside, getting 100% on that level and uncovering my true nature as a completionist, entering the Town Square level (okay, I'm not good with names), adoring the change in scenery (from daylight to dusk), frying poor chickens, falling in the water several times before getting that gliding right, taking the time to get those difficult gems, flaming the gem-in-the-boxes, nearly killing myself by charging metal treasure chests, collecting my first one-up dragon trophy, taking on the deceitful Sheep-on-Stilts that was the first boss Toasty (man, I hated those dogs and did I mention I forgot how to roll), taking my first steps in the desert hub world, getting mooned by the enemies, speedrunning Dr. Shemp, skating through the ice level, firing cannons, entering my first-ever flying level (wooooooh), getting at all those nooks and crannies of every level, flying, flaming, butting horns, talking to more and more dragons, fighting gnorcs,
Well, you get the idea. Musta played the game a hundred times.
Well, you get the idea. Musta played the game a hundred times.