What game got you into gaming?

[CoL0sS]

Ooooh boy. First it was Super Mario Bros, Super Tanks, Contra, Wild Gunman, Duck Hunt that came integrated into one of those fake, Italian bought, Super Famicom looking consoles.

Than came PS1 & PC era with titles like FF VII-IX, Metal Gear Solid, Monkey Island, Broken Sword, Call of Duty (and many LAN parties). Good old days.

 

[Akytalusia]

i started with and liked super mario, and some TG16 games, but it wasn't until FFVI on the snes (called FFIII at the time...) that i really started to realize how epic games could be.

 

[Wintermoot]

as a wee little lad me and my dad played Tomb Raider I really got into gaming with Half-Life 2 which I got when I was about 16

 

[Coldster]

Halo 2. My next door neighbour bought an Xbox 360 and lent me his Xbox with Halo 2. I loved it. Played the campaign about three times in a week and played the offline multiplayer with three of my friends all the time. It was great too because most of my friends seemed to play Xbox 360 as well and they coached me on how to become a better player etc etc. Finally I bought an Xbox 360 in early 2008 and been playing that and sometimes TF2 or Republic Commando on the PC. It feels great to be in a such a great community of gamers.

 

[Truman Soutar]

I had an original Nintendo. You know, the gray box with the red lettering that looks like it should contain nuclear secrets. I used to play Super Mario Bros and a top down war game who name escapes me but consisted of driving around a pixelated desert in a jeep dodging missiles and collected GI s who's head were half their sprite. I remember distinctly sitting on a 10 gallon bucket in my unfinished basement playing it on a 10 inch TV that sat on a different 10 gallon bucket. Oh ya, also had duck hunt.

The first game that got me into gaming though, as in I played it everyday was the original SSX for PS2. We bought a big screen TV from the Sony Store and they had promo going where they gave away a free PS2 with the TV. Before that I only had the Nintendo and the only non pixelated gaming I did was at friends houses.

 

[BlueMage]

I'm an 85 boy, so we're talking Wonder Boy, Alex Kidd, Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt.

Still, I played the Atari 2600 before I got any of those, so maybe it was Secret Quest, Road Runner, Donkey Kong and Pitfall that really got me in. Who can say?

 

[Chemical Alia]

Duck Hunt/SMB when I was in around 2nd grade at my cousins' house, and Commander Keen on the PC a couple years later. I always wanted an NES, but my mom got me the Sega Genesis in 1991 with Sonic, and that actually pretty awesome.

 

[MorganL4]

First game I played was the original DOOM but what made me a "gamer" was Diablo II.

 

[therandombear]

First game system I had was the old black and white, big enough too murder someone with, Gameboy.

On that I had Super Mario World: The 6 Gold Coins. That's what got me into gaming.

 

[Virtual Connor]

On the NES - Bionic Commando, Mario Brothers, and Mario Brothers 2
On the 64 - Goldeneye, Rogue Squadron, and Mario Cart

From there I got a job (at 16) and have been through hundreds of PS2, XBox, and XBox 360 titles...

.

 

[afroebob]

So, I'm sure this has been done to death (But not by me, so it doesn't count! >)

Actually no, I've never really seen it done before. To answer, though, it was Goldeneye and Ocarina of Time. Cliche, I know, but my older cousin was really into those games and I spent a lot of time with him and those are the ones we would play most. Not a bad beginning if I do say so myself. OoT is still my favorite game, followed closely behind Fallout 3.

 

[RickyRich]

I played Super Mario Bros. on my family's old NES, but the game that really got me into gaming was Jak 2(Jak & Daxter 2), I spent days on that game just going around the cities and shooting at the guards and finally beating the game.

 

[Ddgafd]

Crash Bandicoot 3. I played it at a relatives house and I thought it was awesome. It gave me the incentive to buy my PS2, which I still have today.

 

[Elgnirp100]

My first ever game was Pokemon Yellow...
My first ever console game was Spyro: Year of the Dragon...
But what really got me into gaming was my first ever PS2 game: Ratchet and Clank. Such an awesome game (HD Collection FTW!!)

 

[Ruedyn]

The first game I ever played was Pokemon Red, and then a few months after that started my cousin showed me this great game called World of Warcraft. I guess Pokemon got me in, but I don't think I'd be half the nerd I am now without WoW.

 

[Jodah]

Hmm, not sure if it is what got me into gaming but I remember playing this old Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers game on one of those really old dos only PCs. Back before GUIs were common. I could never talk my parents into getting a gaming console or anything but I eventually talked them into getting me a Game Gear and an original Playstation. Fun times those were.

 

[scarecrow350]

I was intoduced to steam via the orange box in 2008
from there on is history

 

[TheOneMavado]

The Adventures of Captain Comic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Comic]. First game I ever bought...

 

[Lucem712]

So, I'm sure this has been done to death (But not by me, so it doesn't count! >)

Actually no, I've never really seen it done before.

Really? Huh. Awesome!

 

[JaceArveduin]

Honestly? No idea, all I know is I was staying up to 3 AM playing Mario when I was 3 or so.