What was the first game you remember playing?
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The old Star Wars Death Star trench-run arcade game. It was 20c a play, and I believe I played it at Miranda Fair, in Sydney, around 1984. My grandfather was rather disappointed that I died in about 15 seconds and promptly started demanding another 20c.
I haven't changed, except I die every 30 seconds or so.
I haven't changed, except I die every 30 seconds or so.
Tetris. Can't remember the name of the handheld though; I was really young. Yeah, I remember my dad getting into that, playing it with me sometimes.
Of course I've gone on playing games since then. What kind of a dumb question is that? -.- Thanks for the good memories though.
Of course I've gone on playing games since then. What kind of a dumb question is that? -.- Thanks for the good memories though.
Spectre Supreme.
Oh yeah. My mother would drive and I'd be on the cannon (Spacebar).
Actually, it could be that, Myst, Spelunx, Return To Zork, one of the Living Books games or something obscure like Sammy Science House or Thinking Things or that weird game where you had to find that cat.
Hell, it could be a whole mess of stuff. I even had dreams about Mario (Despite never owning a Nintendo console 'til years later), what I retroactively believe to be 7th Guest, and my earliest dream involved those weird low res flat textures walls you saw in old FPSs (At least, until I entered the crocodiles kitchen. Word of advice, don not enter the crocodiles kitchen, unless there's someone younger with you. And listen to the protests of your youngest son about not entering the kitchen).
Oh yeah. My mother would drive and I'd be on the cannon (Spacebar).
Actually, it could be that, Myst, Spelunx, Return To Zork, one of the Living Books games or something obscure like Sammy Science House or Thinking Things or that weird game where you had to find that cat.
Hell, it could be a whole mess of stuff. I even had dreams about Mario (Despite never owning a Nintendo console 'til years later), what I retroactively believe to be 7th Guest, and my earliest dream involved those weird low res flat textures walls you saw in old FPSs (At least, until I entered the crocodiles kitchen. Word of advice, don not enter the crocodiles kitchen, unless there's someone younger with you. And listen to the protests of your youngest son about not entering the kitchen).
if i go really far back it was doom i dont know what it was on but i do know it was fun and hard near the end
Er... Tetris is a game game, don't be silly. Heroes 3 is quite the game to start with, though.thirion1850 said:
Sounds like the [a href=http://cgrempire.com/2011/03/super-color-volley-x-console-part-1/]Super Color Volley X[/a], except for the football. There may have been many plug-in-and-play (as there still are) derivatives in the 80's though, so hard to say.duowolf said:
OT: Sonic the Hedgehog on the Genesis, I believe. I had a couple others to choose from, but that's the one that sticks out most. I'm told I started playing around 3, so ~'92/'93. I was pretty obsessive about playing games as a child (now it's more about reading about them I guess :/) and thanks to some friends and relatives I can remember instances of quite a few. Lots of these games I didn't know the name of very well (even now in some cases), my concern at the time was playing them. Solitaire, Minesweeper, Pong, Snake, Kroz II, Gorillas, Paganitzu, Crystal Caves, Double Dragon (Master System), Phantasy Star, Altered Beast (Master System), Pharoah's Tomb, Castle Wolfenstein 3D, Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros., Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic Spinball, Dino Land, Ecco, Invaders, TaleSpin (Genesis), Taz, BattleToads in BattleManiacs, Alladin (repeated rental), Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure, Wayne's World, and Krusty's Fun House, likely all before the age of six. I probably played other classics like Pacman and Tetris among many other less classic games, but you get the idea. I can't say I was any good at them, but I do have vivid memories of the intensity I felt back then.
My parents weren't really involved with my gaming (my Dad may have started me out with Solitaire, MineSweeper, some DOS games) and I inherited the Genesis from my sister. Considering my obsession with video games, I tend to consider myself impoverished in terms of actual game ownership growing up. Looking back, the obsession seems quite unhealthy?
First game I remember playing is probably PacMan, first game I remember playing a lot is gauntlet. First game I owned is Oscar.
eh I think I must have been about 5 so it woulda been about 1990, In school we played this game on a BBC computer about a cottage and if you opened the wrong door or w/e the witch found you. At home I think it was Amy's first primer and dark ages. Also at my parents friends house, pac-man! OH THE PIXELS!!!
OH THE PIXELS!!! 
Some random educational game, we had several copies of the fun school series.trains and numbers and such. my dad used to have a pinball game but i only remember watching, probably played it but i cant be sure.
proper games? probably gauntlet or mario on the nes.
proper games? probably gauntlet or mario on the nes.
Canon Fodder on Amiga 500, i never got further than third or fourth level, i think, but i had a ton of fun anyways. The computer was in my father's bedroom, so i had to ask him everytime i wanted to play, and later he hated me being there playing almost all the time so much that he moved the Amiga into our room. So then i was just praying that the sound the floppy made when amiga booted up doesn't wake up my sister at saturday+sunday morning (about 6 or 7 AM, that's the time i used to wake up on weekends). Oh, the year was about 1995.
