what game got you into gaming

[thedevildancer]

i saw a thread that asked what was the first games you ever played but thats a stupid thing to ask because you were probably a kid.
but i want to know what was the first game that you said I LOVE THIS GAME and you played it allot and you started to get in to other games and started gaming in a not casual matter and what was the first game you fell in love in. so thats what i want to know how did you start the gaming.

 

[wooty]

Sonic the Hedgehog, waaaaaaay back when dinosaurs ruled the earth and no one had ever heard of "loading times".

 

[JordanHavoc]

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening had a big impact on me when I was about 8
But Tales of Symphonia acted a sort of renaissance for my gaming career

 

[blipblop]

track and field, excite bike and SMB

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Mega Man 2.

When I got old enough, I was 6, I was allowed to play that game since my older brother didn't play it anymore. I played that game a lot and I loved it to pieces, and now I wish I still have my NES.

 

[JesterRaiin]

Jest Set Willy.
You asked.

 

[Shirastro]

I think the first game i ever played was ghouls and ghosts, in the local arcade.

But the first game i actually played properly was super Mario bross 3.

 

[Duke Machine]

Star Wars X-Wing...how fondly I remember that game

 

[AnarchistFish]

Halo:CE was the first game I played and arguably got me into it all originally, but I only started to get properly into gaming with Pokemon Firered

 

[Aptspire]

Sonic Chaos, on the Game Gear

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

F-Zero for the SNES and Super Mario World. Those two were challenges for someone just starting and once I started to progress, I was hooked for life. SO MANY TIME TRIALS!

 

[Shadowstar38]

Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Thats when I started using all my money on games because it was the greatest entertainment I ever had.

Why arn't companion NPCs usefull anymore?!

 

[isometry]

Super Mario Bros!

Mega Man 2.

That was a big one for me too, the wikipedia article makes a nice read, here is a quote from one of the game's creators:

"So we, of our own accord, got together, spent our own time, we worked really, really hard, you know, just 20-hour days to complete this, because we were making something we wanted to make. Probably in all my years of actually being in a video game company, that was the best time of my working at Capcom, because we were actually working toward a goal, we were laying it all on the line, we were doing what we wanted to do. And it really showed in the game, because it?s a game, once again, that we put all our time and effort and love, so to speak, into it, designing it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_2

 

[Sixcess]

Wolfenstein 3D, I guess. At least that was the game that inspired me to buy a Playstation and my true 'first love' of gaming, Doom.

 

[U2K]

Torins Passage was probably one of the first real games I played. But what really got me into gaming was Tekken 2 on the PS... That game is BRUTAL but totally worth it when you're 11 years old.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Super Mario Bros!

Mega Man 2.

That was a big one for me too, the wikipedia article makes a nice read, here is a quote from one of the game's creators:

"So we, of our own accord, got together, spent our own time, we worked really, really hard, you know, just 20-hour days to complete this, because we were making something we wanted to make. Probably in all my years of actually being in a video game company, that was the best time of my working at Capcom, because we were actually working toward a goal, we were laying it all on the line, we were doing what we wanted to do. And it really showed in the game, because it?s a game, once again, that we put all our time and effort and love, so to speak, into it, designing it."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_2

That is an awesome read, and you could tell they put time and effort into making it. When I first played it, I thought it was the greatest thing ever since the jumping and shooting was great, and the bosses were awesome. I loved the music too.

 

[mikey7339]

Video games have been there since as long as I can remember. I have no idea what the first game I played was, but it had to have been something from the old Atari/Intelivision error.

 

[topwomble]

Probably Chocobo Racing on the Playstation