what game got you into gaming

[Tfirmin002]

The first game i played when was the incredibly awful game 'Death-trap Dungeon' for the PS1

The first game i really enjoyed was 'Crash Bandicoot: Wrath Of Cortex'

 

[Medimorpho]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

 

[-Dragmire-]

Mario and/or Zelda for the Nes.

 

[R3dF41c0n]

For me it was the original Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega Genesis. That game got me into the Sonic series and into gaming in general. I still own copy and a system to this day.

In the late 90's I started to get into PC gaming with Doom and SimCity but I still regularly gamed on console.

At the turn of the millennium I played Half-Life for the first time and decided to jump into PC gaming with both feet. I couldn't afford a prebuilt gaming computer but my parents had sent me to an A+ summer class where I learned to build my own. About six months after the class I had saved up enough money to build my first gaming computer. I went to LAN parties, played a lot of FPSs, RPGs, and dabbed into RTSs.

Today I own a 360 and my gaming PC and play on both regularly. Taking that A+ class helped get me into the IT industry where I currently work. If it wasn't for an interest in PC gaming I probably would have never taken that class. If it wasn't for Sonic I might not have been into gaming. The way I see it that little blue hedgehog got me to where I am today. Life's funny that way.

 

[kelsyk]

Golden Axe for Sega Genesis. Then Doom 2 for pc.

 

[Jhooud]

I'd have to say B-17 Bomber on the Intellvision - with the Intellivoice module no less. At least that's the one that comes to mind as having the biggest impact for me...

 

[Jegsimmons]

well i played games all my life, but felt like a true gamer when i first played.......wait for it.........Halo: CE.

Since then i have played games like a zombie and i own every halo game. I absolutely adore that series.

 

[Desert Warrior]

Crash Bandicoot 2, fucking awesome game.

 

[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.