That first game that made you a gamer.
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The Lost Vikings :bigsmile: Me and my sister spent waaaaay too much time playing it.. and then when we hit a wall waaaaay too much time trying to find the cheatcode to pass that lvl. Was no fun when my uncle wanted his computer back :laugh:
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So many games, different platforms in the early days...
Coleco ADAM, Comodore 64, Vic 20, Amiga 128, TRS-80, Nintendo, SEGA Genesis, 486 DX2-66 PC...
Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Blake Stone, Star Trek, Silent Service, WarGames, Rise of the Triad (GIBS!), Zork, Mist...0 -
My mom and dad are gamers,I was playing sonic the hedgehog and mario before i could talk. Ive always been a gamer.0
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Zelda, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog when I was pretty young, and I kind of got out of video games. Until 4 or 5 years ago when I was introduced to World of Warcraft. I'm no longer playing that now, but I've pretty much been a gamer ever since.0
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Playing Boxing on my dad's Atari 2600 and later getting an NES and playing Super Mario totally turned me into a gamer. So many hours were spent playing those games.0
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I had my fair share of Pokémon binges back in the day, but I didn't consider myself a gamer until World of Warcraft.0
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D&D Pool of Radiance. The game was frickan amazing. The worst part of the game was making your characters... You got random stats every time you made the character. So you sat there making and deleting character after character til you got a set of stats you liked. and you had to make a group of 5 people...TOOK FOR EVER!0
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hard to say...
but my most classic memories are from battle tanks/battle city/tank 1990, street fighter, sonic, samurai showdown. others i forget, but they all jumble into a great big gaming ball of nostalgia.0 -
I believe it was super mario on nintendo
.. but I realized I was a bit more addicted to games when I went to visit my friend upstairs, and she immediately said 'I'll put the sega on for you' for me to play mortal kombat with xD my 'neighbourhood' was good, one friend has super nintendo, one had sega and one had an amiga =D 0 -
I started out with Zork on our home computer for a while, but what really made me a gamer, in that I realized I could sit from sunrise to sundown with a single game was Pool of Radiance. That really drew me into games as a medium.
In between Zork and Pool of Radiance I played games like Bubble Bobble, Super Mario Bros, Football Manager, Super Cars, Boulder Dash, and the <insert word here> Games (Winter Games, California Games, etc), but I never got fanatic about a game until then. I didn't even know English when I sat down, so I kind of had to figure out what the stats meant, and I couldn't really follow the story with some of the harder words at the time.
After that, I picked up the rest of the RPG-style games (Stone Keep, Darkmoon I & II, Elder Scrolls). A truly under appreciated game from that genre is Betrayal at Krondor. Completely unplayable because of the interface nowadays (since we've become quite spoiled), but great story and world at that time (unfortunately ruined by the sequel).0 -
Freaking Pong for the Atari... then Radar Rat Race on the Comedor Vic-22 ... Castlevania for NES SNES well Super Mario World... PC it was Doom which turned into UO when MMO's came out then SWG... now HALO and BF ... Mass Effect... these are my new crack along with Spartacus Legends.0
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Pacman was my gateway drug. That led to Arkanoid, centipede, Galaga and Dig Dug.
Eventually, I got an Atari 2600 and a Commodore 64 and was addicted to everything else. Wizards of Wor, Kid Nikki, Double Dragons, ET, Dino Hunters, more Pacman, Pole Position, etc...0 -
The first games I played were on the Super Nintendo. Zelda, Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, Final Fantasy 4, and a few others were my first games. I spent a ridiculous amount of time playing Zelda and Final Fantasy.0
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I read that book in high school. I did not know that they ever made it a video game.D&D Pool of Radiance. The game was frickan amazing. The worst part of the game was making your characters... You got random stats every time you made the character. So you sat there making and deleting character after character til you got a set of stats you liked. and you had to make a group of 5 people...TOOK FOR EVER!0 -
I started gaming with Pong in the 70's (seriously), but I don't think I LOVED gaming until Empire Strikes Back on the Atari2600. Great game!0
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I started gaming with Pong in the 70's (seriously), but I don't think I LOVED gaming until Empire Strikes Back on the Atari2600. Great game!
I remember that game, it got pretty repetetive. And the manual said there were AT-STs but I never saw one.
Ah, good ol' Atari games, I was pwning before there were n00bs, haha.0 -
Burgertime
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Castelvania: Symphony of the Night - I was hooked to that game. Still play it.
Yes!
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Zelda was a favorite as well
Zelda is probably one of the best video game franchises (not sure if that's the right word).
The first game never got me hooked... however the second one that well for the most part everyone hated, sucked me right in, then I played them up until the WII versions.0 -
Mine was Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega Genises..I remember my dad playing when I was like 3 or 4, then my brother and I got old enough to play. I miss that game! Then as I got older I got real into the Tomb Raider games, and it just goes on from there lol0
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for me it's Crusaders of the Dark Savant, it was the first game with any depth that I had ever seen. I remember trying to get every ounce of juice out of my 386 to play that game. I must have logged at least 500 hours on it alone.
for console games it would be Xenogears, followed closely by FFVII. I was an instant fan of Square after those 2 games.0 -
GoldenEye 007 was the game the game that got me to buy my first console. Destroying my friends in multiplayer with grenade launchers was highly enjoyable. I got the console for GoldenEye only, and was not interested in any other games.
And then, my brother got me Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the holidays. Games suddenly meant more...
Sharing the same sentiments as the OP, I want to add that, personally, there is nothing more nostalgia-inducing than hearing the first few notes from the title screen music. The melancholic notes are now like a reminder of my youth at the time, echoing Link's growth from innocent child to responsible adult throughout the game. That game is pure heart and soul.0 -
GoldenEye 007 was the game the game that got me to buy my first console. Destroying my friends in multiplayer with grenade launchers was highly enjoyable. I got the console for GoldenEye only, and was not interested in any other games.
And then, my brother got me Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the holidays. Games suddenly meant more...
Sharing the same sentiments as the OP, I want to add that, personally, there is nothing more nostalgia-inducing than hearing the first few notes from the title screen music. The melancholic notes are now like a reminder of my youth at the time, echoing Link's growth from innocent child to responsible adult throughout the game. That game is pure heart and soul.
*Sniffles* Well said
[Single tear rolls down my face]0 -
I was 5 years old. I went with my mom to the laundromat. I saw a car shooting things above and rocks in the front. Jumping over holes. My mom gave me two quarters. I put one in and even though I only lasted 2 minutes and on my tippy toes, it was it for me. I was hooked. Moon Patrol! I owe you my gaming life.0
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I play 'real 'video games.
Defender ,Robotron, Tempest, Joust, Galaga, Gyruss, ...keep your zeldas and call of duty etc.0 -
Started playing games as a toddler via a NES. The first games that got me hooked for life were Super Mario Bros. 3 and Mega Man 2 & 4.0
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BEHOLD THE GOLD CARTRIDGE OF LoZ.
Although I never beat the game as a kid, I still tried with my dumb 5 yr old *kitten* lol0 -
There's a picture of me playing Atari at 2 or 3 years old. I didn't have the hand/eye coordination for the NES controller, but I could rock face with a joystick. =]
I've had the pleasure of being made a gamer twice in my life. The first game that solidified my love for gaming was probably Super Mario 3. I'd play it over and over, trying to find secrets or get through without using items or warps. I was so proud of myself the first time I beat the fast airship in World 8 without using a p-wing.
Then I got out of gaming for a couple years in my preteens/early teens. Too cool I guess. I missed the entire PS1/N64 generation...by the time I got back into it, PS2 was already out. But when I was 15 I started dating my husband, and when he found out I liked games he gave me his old PS1 and a copy of FFVIII. I'd never played an RPG before, and I was totally enthralled. And thus I was reborn as an RPG nerd! lol0 -
Consols:
Nintendo: Battle Toads
Sega: Sonic
PC:
Doom
First MMO:
UO (Still playing this.)
First Hand Held:
Game Boy: Pokemon Red
First RP game: MtG0 -
I really love MtG. I wish I could get back in to it0
