what game got you into gaming

[FoolKiller]

Pac-Man for my Atari 2600.... I blame my parents for my love of gaming.

And everytime they say that I should stop wasting my money on games since I am an adult now, I point out that it is their fault.

 

[Awsomeotaku]

When I was in elementary school it was basically everything on the gamecube that nintendo released; LOZ: Wind Waker, That one kirby racing game, that one 3D sonic game that was also about racing, and mario sunshine. Of course I wasn't any good at them until just recently when I realized you can play them on the wii and revisited them.

 

[me.vicky]

I fell in love with gaming in a few stages.

In stage one, I was 4 years old and there had been a death in the family. We had a SNES with Mario Paint and Street Fighter III that I pretty much devoted my life to dealing with my Mom's subsequent depression, until we got rid of the system some 5 years later.

Flash forward to age 11, when I get my first Gameboy and discover Super Mario Bros., and eventually Pokemon Crystal (quite by accident; there was a Gameboy and Pokemon Gold at my dentist's office a few years earlier that I played for a few minutes, then spent considerable years trying to replicate that experience.)

Flash forward to age 14, when we borrowed a family friend's Gamecube while she went on vacation, and Super Mario Sunshine entered my life (we have been in love for seven years now.)

Flash forward to age 16, when I got a Gameboy Advance SP and Pokemon FireRed for my birthday (instead of a car). Eventually I got my hands on a copy of Harvest Moon: Friends Of Mineral Town, which lead to another feverish obsession.

Finally, at age 18, I got my hands on a DS Lite, and a copy of Animal Crossing: Wild World. I've been a Gamer ever since.

 

[Lataziba]

Banjo Tooie....not even the first one i skipped to the second one for kicks...it changed me into the gamer i am today

 

[Kikyoo]

like many others I got started into Video games with Space invaders on the Atari. But I didn't really get into gaming proper till Super Mario. Never got very far, but it's just the game that got me started on this path.

 

[bruunwald]

Pong

Noobs.

 

[sky14kemea]

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Ummm, yeah. Could you not use bright red text when posting on the forum? Thanks.

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

"The Wizards Revenge" and "Granny's Garden" on the BBC Micro.

An example of the latter can be found on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2J5dLZNRQ. Honestly. You console kiddies have got no idea how good you have it these days.

 

[i love headcrabs]

spyro the dragon and james bond on the ps1. good times good times

 

[Fearzone]

I played games before it, but Donkey Kong made me a gamer.

 

[Gincairn]

Space invaders in the arcade, both I and the game were 4 years old

 

[Tabbles]

The first game I ever played was Sonic The Hedgehog, but the game that REALLY got me obsessed with gaming is FF7, I was so young, and just got hit with so much awe.
I still love the game, nostalgia glasses withstanding.

This. In its entirety.

 

[anon_gamer1001]

Super Mario Sunshine on the Gamecube

 

[Omnific One]

Oblivion.

Yep, I haven't been seriously gaming for a long time. Didn't have a console in the house until 2008 or something.

 

[Mersadeon]

Well, back when I was small, I would watch my father play PS1 games like Syphon Filter, Metal Gear Solid and I think the one that still influences me today was one of the Legacy of Kain games. But the one that really got me into gaming was when I got a Nintendo 64 and bought Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64 was its name in the rest of the world, I think) from a friend. The other games were fun, yes, and Lylat Wars wasn't my first, but when I played that, I just KNEW that gaming would be my hobby.

 

[LittleBlondeGoth]

Augh, and how could I forget "L - A Mathemagical Adventure"?!
Surely I can't be the only person to remember these classics?

 

[Mark Fairfield]

Super Mario World

 

[ContinuumDude]

Started playing games with Sony's MSX and after that with Commmodore 64, but I really got into gaming with Amiga. Goldbox(AD&D), Ultima series & adventure games(Larry,Monkey Island) turned me into gamer.