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Interesting question i thought i would ask you guys....
for me i always used to enjoy heading into the arcade when i was young, playing games like bubblebobble, doubledragon etc.
i cant actually remember which game started it all off for me, it was a combination of arcade games and the early console games on the megadrive, ps1 etc........which game got you hooked, which one was the ONE for you?
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omg I must have been 7 or 8, Space invaders and Asteroids appeared
and Tank Command, I put as much money as I could leech from my parents into those, then relatives got those pong consoles, which were sort of fun
The Vic20 was my first home computer, spent the year up to christmas checking out which computer I wanted from a monthly magazine, can't remember what it was called, like an early computer shopper/buyer
still remember the Oric1 in 1983 having 1mb Ram!!!
anyway early games, many typed in were my entry into gaming.
Now I can't get enough, or enough time
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I grew up with Super Mario World for the SNES in 2nd grade, I believe 1998. Used to play that for hours on end. Other honorable mentions were Street Fighter 2, Skins Golf, and Road Rash for the PC.
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The first game i was played was Super Mario, played at my uncles place. I was so addicted to it and eventually became so good at it i could finish whole game without losing a single life and with total count of lives to be 15, if i remember correctly.
Then after that i was introduced to the computer games when I started playing War3. I played it for good 3 years. Meantime i also played other games such as whole NFS and Prince of Persia series. After that I couldnt play games anymore because of the college studies.
I came back to gaming 2 months ago and really enjoyed WoW. I am leaving for time being but continue again soon
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haha....i thought i was the only one....
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Lets see, my first game would have been Jumpman on the PC. Awesome game, took many hours of my time
First online game would be both quake 1 and diablo 1. Especially the team fortress mod for quake, now i'm hooked on team fortress 2....go figure. -
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N64 Mario64
Still play. Amazing game hehe.
Oh my first PC game was homeworld catacylsm, rayman the great escape, they were just awesome them two. -
My first gaming experience was on my uncle's old Packard Bell. 90MHz Pentium processor, 14" CRT and all that good stuff.
The first game I ever played was F-15 Strike Eagle III by MicroProse. A fantastic flight simulator by all accounts. In fact, flight sims were pretty much all I played for a number of years until I played Goldeneye on a friend's N64. Since then it's mostly been shooters for me.
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I've had computer games for as long as I remember...
My first games were Pacman and Bookworm on the first PC we had in the house. Those were ancient! They ran on Floppy Disks (still have them actually >.>)
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Pong and Arcades got me into gaming, especially Stargate Defender and Missile Command and here I am 30 years later and still gaming !
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For me it was Links Golf back in the early 90's. Then it was Flight Sim 4 and then Doom clinched it.
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Your grandma had an Atari back in the day? She must've been pretty hip
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I can't think of too many grandma's who have the hand-eye coordination and dedication required for such games as Pong or Asteroids. The simple though of a grandma gamer makes me smile.
First video game: Super Mario World
First arcade game: Street Fighter 2
First computer game: Probably a Jumpstart game
First PC game: Road Rash
First online game: Tactics Arena Online
Favorite console: Xbox 360
Favorite PC game: Tactics Arena Online
Favorite FPS: Shadowrun
Favorite Wargame: Call of Duty Series
Favorite RTS: StarCraft
Favorite RPG:FFX
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I still remember watching my dad play Prince of Persia on the PC(the one with the blocky graphics and 13 levels). I was about 6. The first game I played was Rayman (do not judge me!
) It was a edutainment game, though at that time, we just played it because it was a GAME.
The next game I remember playing was Age of Empires 1. At that time, the whole concept of civilization building and conquering your enemies was unheard of. So, we had absolutely no idea what to do. Hence, one day, my brother came to the living room where I was watching TV and cried, "I made a person cut wood!". We still didn't know that the "person" was called a villager at that time LOL. "Woah, I had to see this!" I still remember myself saying that. Looking back, I guess I was VERY noobish when it came to games. But after that incident, we became accustomed to the genre and started to explore other genres like FPS (Counterstrike), RTS (Red Alert 2) and MMORPGs (Flyff, MapleStory, Grando Espada:Sword of the New World)
My parents were really strict with my siblings and I when it came to games until it came to a point that we would only dream about owning a PS1 or PS2. In fact, we finally owned a PS1 about one or two years BEFORE the PS2 was to be released! That doesn't mean we didn't have fun with it though! A few years after that, we finally got a PS2. Now, we can only HOPE that the thought of buying a PS3 or XBox 360 would come floating into our parents' heads.
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The first 'real' game I can remember playing was Moonlander (the cartridge version lol) on the Vic-20 when I was about 6 or 7.
Then it was Mario Kart on the SNES, with the N64 getting me very hooked - the N64 with 4 controllers, a lot of beer, a Friday night and several poor aircraft apprentices was a GREAT way to spend and evening without costing a fortune (with plenty to brag about at work for a few days...lol)
Now? (several years later and a few career advancements - just means less time for fun!) when I get the chance its just COD4 or WOW online (COD4 moreso as its a no-brainer for the most part and we have some hilarious chats on Vent with my clan) or good old N64 games on Project64 (Windows) or Mupen on *nix (oh Mario 64 how you STILL rock my world....hehe )
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for me it was commander keen and duke nukem 1
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Lol exactly!!
I cant believe of how many other games I can think of that got me through the days...
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What got you into gaming?
Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mtness, Apr 12, 2009.
