what game got you into gaming
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First game I ever played was a little yellow digital poker machine my aunt had that I would play with sometimes.
The game that started the passion for gaming? Pokemon Yellow when it came out in europe. I was always a fan of the show and my dad had just bought the family a computer (we had had an old mac but this was something much better). He would sit there looking for cool stuff to do, sample sounds from movies, take screencaps of cool stuff he saw on the web, play those old "1000 Games for Windows" compilations on CD. One day he found the VBA emulator in an early form online, so he downloaded it and pokemon red for me and my little sister, of course this was back when the VBA only had room for one save file so luckily he found "one that actually gives you pikachu at the start!" (he knew way more about pokemon than he probably would have admitted)
So my sis got Red and I got Yellow, and since then we've both been gaming along happily
The game that started the passion for gaming? Pokemon Yellow when it came out in europe. I was always a fan of the show and my dad had just bought the family a computer (we had had an old mac but this was something much better). He would sit there looking for cool stuff to do, sample sounds from movies, take screencaps of cool stuff he saw on the web, play those old "1000 Games for Windows" compilations on CD. One day he found the VBA emulator in an early form online, so he downloaded it and pokemon red for me and my little sister, of course this was back when the VBA only had room for one save file so luckily he found "one that actually gives you pikachu at the start!" (he knew way more about pokemon than he probably would have admitted)
So my sis got Red and I got Yellow, and since then we've both been gaming along happily
Halo Combat Evolved on the original XBox almost a decade ago. Was the turning point from games as something to watch to something to play.
Halo: Combat Evolved, brought me into the internet really, I miss those times of being a youngling.
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Always played games as a kid because both my parents were computer scientists and was thus always around computers. But I never really identified myself as a gamer at all though until Ultima 7.
The first game I ever played was Sonic the Hedgehog. I played that on my uncle's genesis, and then begged my parents for one. I finally got a genesis that Christmas and it came with Sonic 2, which was the first game I ever owned. So basically, the Sonic series.
Pokemon Gold was the first game I played the heck out of, along with Rayman (PS1) and Crash Bandicoot.
Also later on, Super Mario World and hacks for it, they're fun.
Also later on, Super Mario World and hacks for it, they're fun.
Heroes of Might and Magic (the first one)
my two brothers let me play it when i was like...3-5 or something because I was pretty sick at the time. (long story short: I was at the hospital for like...1-2 years,) I needed something to kill time with.
And thus the reign of "[name] the Warlock" began.
It's the reason I'm a gamer, it's the reason I got awesome grades in English class (I'm Norwegian), and it's the reason why no matter how much I suck at those games I still love 'em.
-V
my two brothers let me play it when i was like...3-5 or something because I was pretty sick at the time. (long story short: I was at the hospital for like...1-2 years,) I needed something to kill time with.
And thus the reign of "[name] the Warlock" began.
It's the reason I'm a gamer, it's the reason I got awesome grades in English class (I'm Norwegian), and it's the reason why no matter how much I suck at those games I still love 'em.
-V
My father bought the home version of Pong, and I remember liking it, but I was too young at the time. I think the first time I got really hooked into gaming was with the Atari 2600. A lot of kids my age had one too, or played in friends' houses, so we compared scores and experiences, even though we were like 8 years-old or so. I guess I've been gaming most of my life.
I can always remember. My dad brought the PC version of call of duty. He'd let me and my brother play it. First time I noticed the fun of games. That Christmas, he brought The Big Red One for PS2. Those were the days.