What game got you into gaming?
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I hate to admit it, but it was Sonic CD for me. As a child would always freak out when the bosses showed up, to the point where I thought that if my character lost all his lives in the game, I'd die in real life.
You can imagine how I felt when Doom 3 came out.
You can imagine how I felt when Doom 3 came out.
I had brushes with video games when I was really little (2-5) but I didn't start till I was exactly six. On my sixth birthday to be exact, and I remember the first moments...
I sat there on the small two person sofa, and slowly drew the strange object from the unmarked cardboard box that had been it's prison. It was an oddly proportioned, green rectangle with two buttons and and a cross on it's face, just below a grey blank square.
Inspecting it carefully, I noticed it had something written on it, in bright letters that stood out on their black background, letters that seared themselves into my memory, even though at the time I could barely read them.
GAMEBOY COLOR
As odd as it is to remember now, I was confused by the thing. I had no idea what it could possibly be for. It was obviously electronic, and had a hole in the top something would fit in, but I couldn't fathom just what it was, and could never imagine how it would change my life.
I stared at my parents quizzically, but they said little that I can remember. They did, however, hand me another box, this one much smaller.
I removed the wrapping paper gingerly, and looked at the box. It was almost completely covered with a picture of a raging orange bird surrounded by flames. I had to get my mother to read the title, It said "POKeMON Gold Version". I opened the box and inside, was a golden square.
Now, it didn't take me long to figure out where I was supposed to put the square, and it was at that point I began to understand what all this was leading up to.
At this point someone realized we would need batteries to continue, so we all herded into the kitchen. My father then spent the better part of fifteen minutes trying to figure out how to get the thing going. (He was never any good with anything that might be spoken about the same sentence as the word "electricity")
After what felt like ages, he finally handed me back my new toy. I hopped over to the wicker couch we kept near the window, and switched it on.
I won't tell you too much about what happened after that, but suffice to say I've never been the same since. The course of my life changed that day, and I'll always remember it as one of the greatest moments in my life.
I sat there on the small two person sofa, and slowly drew the strange object from the unmarked cardboard box that had been it's prison. It was an oddly proportioned, green rectangle with two buttons and and a cross on it's face, just below a grey blank square.
Inspecting it carefully, I noticed it had something written on it, in bright letters that stood out on their black background, letters that seared themselves into my memory, even though at the time I could barely read them.
GAMEBOY COLOR
As odd as it is to remember now, I was confused by the thing. I had no idea what it could possibly be for. It was obviously electronic, and had a hole in the top something would fit in, but I couldn't fathom just what it was, and could never imagine how it would change my life.
I stared at my parents quizzically, but they said little that I can remember. They did, however, hand me another box, this one much smaller.
I removed the wrapping paper gingerly, and looked at the box. It was almost completely covered with a picture of a raging orange bird surrounded by flames. I had to get my mother to read the title, It said "POKeMON Gold Version". I opened the box and inside, was a golden square.
Now, it didn't take me long to figure out where I was supposed to put the square, and it was at that point I began to understand what all this was leading up to.
At this point someone realized we would need batteries to continue, so we all herded into the kitchen. My father then spent the better part of fifteen minutes trying to figure out how to get the thing going. (He was never any good with anything that might be spoken about the same sentence as the word "electricity")
After what felt like ages, he finally handed me back my new toy. I hopped over to the wicker couch we kept near the window, and switched it on.
I won't tell you too much about what happened after that, but suffice to say I've never been the same since. The course of my life changed that day, and I'll always remember it as one of the greatest moments in my life.
I don't quite remember: Cauldron, Saboteur, Monty On The Run, The Rocky Horror Show, Green Beret, Bomb Jack. One of those probably, or all together.
Noelveiga" post="9.355476.14145130 said:Oooh, we are doing one of those in which nobody ever reads anybody else's posts?I read yours.I read all the posts out of curiosity to see how much of a dinosaur I am. Apperently I'm not the only one...
Oh, man, nostalgia! Well, back when I was 2 or 3-ish, my parents rented a beach house from one of our neighbors. Every so often, my uncle who lived in the vicinity would pop by to say hello, and he always brought his Gameboy. My first game was either Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, or Pokemon Red Version, as those were the two games he brought with him when I first asked to play. I forced him to read the words to me, as I was too young to understand them. I have since indefinitely borrowed both games from him, and still play Zelda when I'm feeling like returning to my childhood.
Another user said that'd read on the postsNoelveiga said:You may not count.Lucem712 said:
For the sake of polling, I'll tell you I haven't read a single post other than this and my own.
So 50/50 split there for the moment
I think they tried to quote you but didn't close the
, so it didn't go through
(I also many not count cos when I venture into threads, if it's interesting enough, I'll read allllll the posts haha)
Well, being a normal kid in the "noughties" (damn I hate that word), I played a large variety of games; Pokemon, Mario, Ratchet and Clank etc.
What made me become what people would call a gamer nowadays? I'd have to say good ol' Oblivion. I played that game to death and it was the first non-kiddie game I got seriously hooked on. Ended up playing 200+ hours and getting to the max level, doing all the quests I could find and playing through all DLC.
Nowadays I wouldn't call myself a gamer, what with no good games coming out recently (in my opinion) but around Christmas I was averaging 7-8 hours a day at the weekends. I know I've gone way off-subject but yeah, some useless info for you.
What made me become what people would call a gamer nowadays? I'd have to say good ol' Oblivion. I played that game to death and it was the first non-kiddie game I got seriously hooked on. Ended up playing 200+ hours and getting to the max level, doing all the quests I could find and playing through all DLC.
Nowadays I wouldn't call myself a gamer, what with no good games coming out recently (in my opinion) but around Christmas I was averaging 7-8 hours a day at the weekends. I know I've gone way off-subject but yeah, some useless info for you.
I've played games before this one, but I didn't really develop a love for them till Chrono Trigger. The story and fighting style, all of the options, and concepts just really made me love the game and definitely turned me into a RPG gamer. I do love other types of games now as well, but RPGs will probably always be my favorite type of games.
Thomas the Tank Engine for the SNES. No, seriously, that was the first game I played as a kid.
In reality though, while I had been exposed to video games and played them all throughout the NES and SNES lifespans, the first game that really made me sit down and tell myself, "Hey, these video games can be good. You shouldruin the rest of your life with them play more of these and pay attention to what they're telling you," was Ocarina of Time. Yeah, yeah, cliche.
But I was a kid. I had fun with it. And the game is still incredibly good, even to this day. I loved the puzzles, loved the action and loved the visuals. (N64 was still new) Everything about OoT engrossed me and I can confidently say that it was because of that game that I went out and proceeded to play every game that I could get my hands on see if anything else could give me that awestruck feeling again.
And I found out a lot of games did.
In reality though, while I had been exposed to video games and played them all throughout the NES and SNES lifespans, the first game that really made me sit down and tell myself, "Hey, these video games can be good. You should
But I was a kid. I had fun with it. And the game is still incredibly good, even to this day. I loved the puzzles, loved the action and loved the visuals. (N64 was still new) Everything about OoT engrossed me and I can confidently say that it was because of that game that I went out and proceeded to play every game that I could get my hands on see if anything else could give me that awestruck feeling again.
And I found out a lot of games did.
