what game got you into gaming

[StalkCityBaby]

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, I grew up playing NES and have vague memories of Atari, but Link to the Past to was and still is one of the best games ever...in fact I think I'm due for annual ROM play through

 

[mitchell271]

The port of the original Super Mario Bros. to GBC called "Super Mario Bros. Deluxe". It had Boo races, the second Super Mario Bros. (Japanese, not Doki Doki Panic) and a bunch of other unlockables. And you be Luigi if you really wanted to. Augh, I still have the game, and I still love it. And it really says something when this happened when I was 6.

 

[Cyrin]

I had played a few educational children's games on a flickering green computer screen that vaguely remember.

What got me into gaming was Super Mario World, the first time it was released.

 

[poundingmetal74]

Final Fantasy 4 (2 on SNES) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES / DOS.

 

[Meg Galuardi]

What got me into gaming every now and then was Wind Waker. What REALLY got me into gaming was Assassin's Creed 2.

EDIT: Actually, I lied. Wind Waker got me into console gaming, but gaming period was Pokemon Yellow.

 

[blaqknoise]

My dad and his super nintendo

 

[Ikky Terabusui]

Half Life and Quake III Arena are the 2 games that got me enthused and serious about gaming. I still play Q3A in the form of Quake Live all the time.

 

[rayen020]

Super Mario Brothers.

Also a two month stretch obsession with Battletoads. My grandmother had an NES and i stayed over at her house after school everyday. it only grew and flourished from there.

 

[Wintermute_]

First game I ever beat was Jak and Daxter at a friends place and it remains my favorite trilogy in gaming.

the first game I ever owned though was Pikmin. I love that damn game. Have beaten it so many times, even though seeing all the little fuckers die or get eaten could reduce 7-8 year old me to tears.

I want Pikmin 3 so much...

 

[GartarkMusik]

Jet Set Radio Future started it, but it was Star Wars KotOR that really got me into gaming.

 

[DevTrek]

Command & Conquer. Just couldn't quite get into the third one though, for some reason. Makes me a little bummed out.

 

[ciancon]

That would be Ape Escape. Once i figured out how the hell to swing the net i loved that game!

 

[shrekfan246]

and

Closely followed by:
Nobuo Uematsu, you're a god.

Banjo-Kazooie did its job too, but it was mostly those three.

 

[NaramSuen]

My first console was an Atari 2600 and I loved Pitfall and Ms. Pac-Man, but the first Legend of Zelda was the game that really hooked me.

 

[j0k3r.ig]

The first game I played was Super Mario Bros. but Resident Evil 2 was the game that changed my whole outlook on games

 

[Ktownknight]

Of course the classics infleunced me, but the big three were Pokemon, (Blue was the one i had...still have it somewhere, im sure), DK64 (my first introduction to console gaming, and probably one of my all-time favorites), and, for PC gaming, a very buggy but fun game based on the D&D adventure, Pools of Radience.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

PS1 demo disc. Included gems such as Spyro the Dragon, Metal Gear Solid, MediEvil, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Wild 9 and Tomb Raider 3.

 

[jetricx]

The original Spyro.
Such a great game...

 

[Move127]

The first game I played a lot was Pokemon Red, so I'll say that.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

I do believe it was this game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKND2:_Krossfire
Either that or Final Fantasy 7.