My first console was the Atari 7800, with Akari Warriors, Scrapyard Dog and way too many "space" themed games. But the first games I played were on the Mac Plus in school, like Billiards, Albert's House, Scarab of RA and Dark Castle.
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The first game I played was Mario Brothers on the NES, but I was 4 and had to regularly give my brother the controller to get me past big jumps and enemies. The first game I played myself was Sonic 2 on the sega genesis, and the first game I finished was Spiderman on ps1.
The games I loved the most were Pokemon Red, Goldeneye (though only because it was the one multiplayer game that I could beat my brothers at) and, again, Spiderman.
Today, I'll play games from any genre, so long as they're good. I generally buy old games second hand, like Planescape: Torment, Thief 1 & 2, the GBA Fire Emblems, so on. The newest game I have is Prince of Persia: Two Thrones on ps2, which is nearly 6 years old. I got it for 50p in a store that was trying to clear all it's ps2 games. Happy day
The games I loved the most were Pokemon Red, Goldeneye (though only because it was the one multiplayer game that I could beat my brothers at) and, again, Spiderman.
Today, I'll play games from any genre, so long as they're good. I generally buy old games second hand, like Planescape: Torment, Thief 1 & 2, the GBA Fire Emblems, so on. The newest game I have is Prince of Persia: Two Thrones on ps2, which is nearly 6 years old. I got it for 50p in a store that was trying to clear all it's ps2 games. Happy day
Video games in general: 2 year old and playing Zelda/Mario.
PC gaming: 6 y/o playing Age of Empires. About 4 years later it spiralled.
PC gaming: 6 y/o playing Age of Empires. About 4 years later it spiralled.
Started playing back when I was 3/4/5 on DOS, which I couldn't work so my dad had to start all my games for me.
I remember playing Tomb Raider and Crusader the most but I have a long long long list of games since them and I can't say for sure what the first ones I played were.
First console was my cousins SNES which she was nice enough to give to me when she went to college. Loved Donkey Kong, Batman and some top down survival shooters.
Never owned a PS1 but I played it at friends houses, was always a hardcore pc gamer btw.
First online game was Halo:CE on p.c, played it on a 56k modem.
Now I'm still a PC gamer, playing everything but especially sandbox MMO's like Mortal Online.
I remember playing Tomb Raider and Crusader the most but I have a long long long list of games since them and I can't say for sure what the first ones I played were.
First console was my cousins SNES which she was nice enough to give to me when she went to college. Loved Donkey Kong, Batman and some top down survival shooters.
Never owned a PS1 but I played it at friends houses, was always a hardcore pc gamer btw.
First online game was Halo:CE on p.c, played it on a 56k modem.
Now I'm still a PC gamer, playing everything but especially sandbox MMO's like Mortal Online.
The first game that really had any impact on me what Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey. I'd played a Flight Simulator or two and racing game before that, but as a six year first taking on a game like LBA2 was certainly life changing and well truly got me into gaming. It also set the bar at unreachable heights for game length as it took me about 4-5 months to beat the game the first time (I was six after all, and apparently I had an amazing attention span, which is now long gone) and ever since every game I've finished has felt a bit to short.
I love the grand adventure, and epic scope that some titles have achieved. Here are three games that stood out for me over the years.
Privateers 2 : A stand-out game that got great visuals due to it being a Dos-based engine. The game featured amazing space dog-fights and was mission based so you could pursue the plot missions or noodle around on side missions. Huge story arc, challenging AI & FREEDOM!
DeusEX: All time fond-memory favorite. Played it through 11 times and continued to discover new elements, tactics and places even after the eigth time through. A bit onerous with all the crate-smashing & inventory choices but the level of detail made for great replayability.
Groundbreaking for it's time. (please ignore it's first sequel 'DeusEx/Invisible war': awful.)
Scrapland: A singular delight for the eyes. Everyone who has a beef with 'brown shooters' should find a copy of this game. Works great on a new system with a USB joystick and the graphics scale-up seamlessly. Yes, some people may not dig the on-foot mini missions but this game is worth it for the arcade-style flying. The flyers cannot be pancaked for hitting walls, only shot down by a foe. The racing is a blast with a huge variety of maps and styles.
The controls allow for freedom of movement unmatched anywhere. *Definately not a flight-sim = ]
Thrust forward or reverse.
Hover upwards or downwards (while any other maneouvers are happening)
Pitch up & down.
The side-sliping is half strafe and half roll but very intuative.
On-board afterburners. (Recharge rate dependant on your hull-type)
Grav/tractor beam to help acceration or hook onto the lead racer ahead of you. (like drafting)
Add to that: cool guns great models & animation, & Booster-gates everywhere so...
the game engine allows you to maintain most of your boosted momentum until you bump into someone/wall or the gradual effect of wind resistance slows you to cruising speed. (find the nearest boost-gate or hit afterburners again.) WAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hats off to the developement team & American McGee on this one. No game has such a smooth feeling speed and motion. She just purrs along seamlessly while letting you hone your piloting skills & explore.
Privateers 2 : A stand-out game that got great visuals due to it being a Dos-based engine. The game featured amazing space dog-fights and was mission based so you could pursue the plot missions or noodle around on side missions. Huge story arc, challenging AI & FREEDOM!
DeusEX: All time fond-memory favorite. Played it through 11 times and continued to discover new elements, tactics and places even after the eigth time through. A bit onerous with all the crate-smashing & inventory choices but the level of detail made for great replayability.
Groundbreaking for it's time. (please ignore it's first sequel 'DeusEx/Invisible war': awful.)
Scrapland: A singular delight for the eyes. Everyone who has a beef with 'brown shooters' should find a copy of this game. Works great on a new system with a USB joystick and the graphics scale-up seamlessly. Yes, some people may not dig the on-foot mini missions but this game is worth it for the arcade-style flying. The flyers cannot be pancaked for hitting walls, only shot down by a foe. The racing is a blast with a huge variety of maps and styles.
The controls allow for freedom of movement unmatched anywhere. *Definately not a flight-sim = ]
Thrust forward or reverse.
Hover upwards or downwards (while any other maneouvers are happening)
Pitch up & down.
The side-sliping is half strafe and half roll but very intuative.
On-board afterburners. (Recharge rate dependant on your hull-type)
Grav/tractor beam to help acceration or hook onto the lead racer ahead of you. (like drafting)
Add to that: cool guns great models & animation, & Booster-gates everywhere so...
the game engine allows you to maintain most of your boosted momentum until you bump into someone/wall or the gradual effect of wind resistance slows you to cruising speed. (find the nearest boost-gate or hit afterburners again.) WAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hats off to the developement team & American McGee on this one. No game has such a smooth feeling speed and motion. She just purrs along seamlessly while letting you hone your piloting skills & explore.
I'm pretty sure it was Super Mario World was my first
I loved the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot series as well as Yoshi's Island and Link to The Past.I started making up differant stories for the game because I played them so much.
Now I play mostly JRPGS and some action games on occasion.Though I still do love platformers.
I loved the Spyro and Crash Bandicoot series as well as Yoshi's Island and Link to The Past.I started making up differant stories for the game because I played them so much.
Now I play mostly JRPGS and some action games on occasion.Though I still do love platformers.
Started playing DOOM2 When I was 5
Moved onto Duke Nukem
Shadow Warrior
Hexen
All these on PC
Then I got my first SNES
Super Mario - The Full Catalog
Zelda - A Link To The Past
Super Mario Kart
Stopped for a while until I got my first PC and started playing very mainstream games;
Diablo II
GTA3
UT 04'
I've played a few games over the years, but... I still need to play a lot of the games that matter.
(I.E) Psychonaughts. Mass Effect. I've missed a lot
Oh. And there's The N64 in there as well.. but I figure the List is long enough as it is.
Moved onto Duke Nukem
Shadow Warrior
Hexen
All these on PC
Then I got my first SNES
Super Mario - The Full Catalog
Zelda - A Link To The Past
Super Mario Kart
Stopped for a while until I got my first PC and started playing very mainstream games;
Diablo II
GTA3
UT 04'
I've played a few games over the years, but... I still need to play a lot of the games that matter.
(I.E) Psychonaughts. Mass Effect. I've missed a lot
Oh. And there's The N64 in there as well.. but I figure the List is long enough as it is.
as far as I can think, the first thing I played was probably Duckhunt. Maybe mega-bomberman or streets of rage or goldenaxe.
I don't quite remember my first game, as my parents are gamers and there has always been games lying about the house. I know I played a lot of King's Quest and other point-click "RPG"s, and I remember my first FPS being Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders. I got a GameBoy and Super Mario World back in England when I was 6; N64 and Zelda only came four years later.
My first games were platformers, like most people. I had Sonic, Banjo-Kazooie, Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot. One thing I didn't enjoy was the puzzle aspect some had, or how vague areas you have to be are.
When my brother got the Halo series when the XBox came out, I was hooked on FPSs.
Now, most of what I play are FPSs: Fallout 3, Team Fortress 2, Battlefield, Mirror's Edge...
When my brother got the Halo series when the XBox came out, I was hooked on FPSs.
Now, most of what I play are FPSs: Fallout 3, Team Fortress 2, Battlefield, Mirror's Edge...
Oh yes My gaming roots started here, I wasnt allowed a console as a kid.. but my Dad had an amiga 500 with a half meg of ram extension to do his work accounts on. So i started out gaming with such classics as Battle Squadron, Speedball 2,Chaos Engine, Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer and New zealand Story.. Then my first Pc. the joys of L.A.N parties at each others houses playing Quake and unreal tournament...benzooka said:
I remember saving up to buy an xbox and having my mind blown by Halo C.E and then by Doom 3.
Now i have an Xbox 360 and still love the halo games, gears of war, Fallout 3+ new vegas, Mass effect and Forza 2+3.
Kids growing up now have no idea how lucky they are to have their gaming roots with systems that are as advanced as the current ones, No lugging a computer that weighed as much as a house round to your friends and spending an hour linking them all up to play quake. Or waiting 10 minutes for bubble bobble to load. Then again it's probably a sad thing they wont get to experience that either as it really does make you appreciate what we have now......