What game got you into gaming?

[Aurora219]

Tiberian Sun was the real kicker for me. I'd played bits of Red Alert and it'd grabbed me a little, but then that came out and I was hooked for life.

 

[MrGseff]

It was either Sonic the Hedgehog on Megadrive or Super Mario Bros 3 on NES... can't remember what I played first

 

[Andy Shandy]

The Sonic trilogy and a game where you flew around in a helicopter picking up people and crates and stuff if I remember correctly. Desert something

 

[someonehairy-ish]

The first game that I remember playing much was Spyro the Dragon on the PS1. Then Crash Bandicoot and the later Spyro games that were still done by Insomniac. I think I went through the same pokemon phase as everyone else at about 6 too.
I also played the first halo game when I was... 8? That was probably the game that really got me into gaming. I thought it was awesome.

 

[Apocalyptore]

Age five (or so), at my uncle Richard's trailer visiting with my mom; no other kids, no cartoons, no playground, no nothing. Only a Sega Saturn, my mom's back turned, and one game to play:
Mortal Kombat II.
Thank you uncle Richard.

 

[ChaplainOmega]

Star Fox 64, and Mario Kart 64 were my first games ever, so they get some credit. It was Star Wars: KOTOR though that got me serious about it. Been a huge Bioware fan ever since

 

[tthor]

Spyro is what I first really played a lot, but it was Ratchet & Clank that got me serious about gaming~

-Tho I played games before spyro, I don't think I ever got all that into them

 

[Andrew Giarrusso]

Banjo kazooie, but since Rareware is dead i moved on to Bethesda as my dream company.I loved banjo kazooie because of how fun it was.I still consider it one of the greatest games i have ever played.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

The fist game I was ever hooked on was Little Big Adventure 2

Just look at the draw distance... to be honest though, the draw distance being like that really made the island feel a lot bigger than it was!

Great story, and great fun! I really love that game still! (Yes... i re-bought it on GOG.com!)

This made me want to get a console (I was young and was only allowed on the PC for short bursts at the time... also more people needed to use the PC!) so I asked for a PS1 with Spyro the Dragon for Christmas! What an aweseome game that was! It lasted me ages... and I eventually completed it! Great stuff...

Credit still goes to LBA though! That was what kicked off my gaming career!

 

[Angry_squirrel]

Metal Gear Solid 1
I played Doom and The Incredible Machine before them, but MGS got me hooked

 

[klaynexas3]

the first game i ever got was Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. it wasn't the first one i had played, but the first one i owned...along side my brother. the first games i played were the first two spiderman games for the ps1, the crash bandicoot games, and the spyro games. and a demo disc with medievil on it and some squaresoft game about a samurai i think. thank you distant relatives! you have inspired my passion today!

 

[Something Amyss]

Peer Pressure.

>.>

I started playing with a second hand Odyssey 2, but I think Zelda really hooked me. However, Mario was the game I played all the time. With friends, when alone, and even just trying to beat my high score.

 

[xchurchx]

well it was either Bugs Bunny lost in time, collin McRae dirt racing

 

[nathan-dts]

Super Mario 64, Crash Bandicoot 2, Spyro 2, Pandemonium, Croc, Rayman. Platformers, both 2D and 3D are why I started up. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 was the first step to super hardcore though; found IGN, kept up with the news, realised IGN was full of ads, bullshit and was overall clunky before settling down at Joystiq.com

 

[lunam-kardas]

The very first videogame I was exposed to was FF7 when my father bought it and a PS1. After that I grew up on Pokemon, Spyro, and DIG.

 

[adamtm]

Arkanoid, for ZX Spectrum, though not until Prince Of Persia 1 on Amstrad did i consider it a serious hobby.

 

[kennripper]

Classic Doom, when I was 5. I remember playing coop with my father, him always complaining about friendly fire...

 

[Sean Hollyman]

I honestly don't remember, Jak and Daxter maybe...

 

[BlumiereBleck]

This is my earliest game I can remember playing, my brother never let me play his pokemon until he a year after Gold and Silver. This game IS the greatest Star Wars video game, and I thank it because it got me to play more video games, to the point where I hate going outside...