what game got you into gaming
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Tekken 3.
For reference I'm 21 and until I was 9 my days consisted of playing outside with other kids.
Thank the PS1 for saving me from that load of bullshit, right? Am I right guys?
For reference I'm 21 and until I was 9 my days consisted of playing outside with other kids.
Thank the PS1 for saving me from that load of bullshit, right? Am I right guys?
Ironically I once won a bicycle in a raffle. I sold it and bought Spyro 2 with the money. Imagine my face when I found out that the drummer for The Police did the soundtrack.LiquidGrape said:
Well, I played the classic NES games first, you know, Mario, Super Mario. Zelda, etc. However the first game that really got me going was Doom for the PC.
I remember playing lots of games as far back as I can remember.
I can't really say just one of them got me into it, so I'll list all of them.
-Zombies Ate My Neighbors
-Sonic 2
-Super Mario 64
-Super Smash Bros.
-The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
-The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
-FF7 (kind of)
Diablo 2 and Counter-Strike aided in bringing me over to PC gaming, but it's actually TF2 that made me switch to mostly PC.
I can't really say just one of them got me into it, so I'll list all of them.
-Zombies Ate My Neighbors
-Sonic 2
-Super Mario 64
-Super Smash Bros.
-The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
-The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
-FF7 (kind of)
Diablo 2 and Counter-Strike aided in bringing me over to PC gaming, but it's actually TF2 that made me switch to mostly PC.
Since I'm an old fart, the first game that hooked me and my 2 brothers on gaming was Questron on the Commodore 64 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questron]. It was the one and only game my dad ever bought for us.
We played it so much that we started to wear out the old 5.25" floppy discs and it stopped saving. Just meant that me and the brothers had to do marathon sessions playing from start to finish without a save.
We played it so much that we started to wear out the old 5.25" floppy discs and it stopped saving. Just meant that me and the brothers had to do marathon sessions playing from start to finish without a save.
No, I don't believe that is a stupid thing to ask. Mainly because my first game, as with most peoples' first games, are what got them into gaming, because that's what a first game is: an introduction.
Anyways, Spyro: the Dragon was mine. To this day I still play and love that game, and most of the rest of the main franchise, up until A Hero's Tail. That one was okay, but it kind of ruined it for me.
Anyways, Spyro: the Dragon was mine. To this day I still play and love that game, and most of the rest of the main franchise, up until A Hero's Tail. That one was okay, but it kind of ruined it for me.
Well, I've never been a full time gamer. I played some video games when I was 6 or 7, but I never particularly considered myself as a gamer. The game that changed this was CoD 4. I had never been so interested in a game before in my life. Multiplayer was a life changer in my life ("I'm playing ONLINE?!?!"). So yeah, that's kinda the answer you wanted.
It happened somewhere between -
Lode Runner (Apple II)
Sabre Wulf (Spectrum)
Phoenix (Arcade)
And Mickey Mouse (Game & Watch).
Each hooked me for a different reason. But it's so long ago I can't remember. These days I only play games for a couple of hours a week
Damn, whenever these topics come up I head straight for ebay and start buying retro games...
Lode Runner (Apple II)
Sabre Wulf (Spectrum)
Phoenix (Arcade)
And Mickey Mouse (Game & Watch).
Each hooked me for a different reason. But it's so long ago I can't remember. These days I only play games for a couple of hours a week
Damn, whenever these topics come up I head straight for ebay and start buying retro games...
I cannot really remember but I would say Mario or something of that or perhaps it was pac-man or the mickey mouse adventure games. Something like that.