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    What was the first PC game you ever played?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by anothergeek, Mar 9, 2009.

  1. arpanroy1987

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    F-18, because I want to be a pilot in real world.
     
    arpanroy1987, Mar 10, 2009
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  2. Kevin

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    I played games before it, but the farthest back I can recall a name is the first Zaxxon, back when you had to pop in a cassette.
     
    Kevin, Mar 10, 2009
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  3. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    I think mine was Need For Speed HOt Pursuit 2or 1...i don't remember, but it was fun. ANd i am only 15 so i was like 4 when i first played it.
     
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  4. Mr._Kubelwagen

    Mr._Kubelwagen More machine now than man

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  5. agusman

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    My first was Prince of Persia I, and I used to have a monochrome monitor...

    I remember getting up to level 11, with my last life, and finding potions... It was complete random wether they were "green" (+1UP) or "red" (insant kill) potions, because I coudn't see the color...
     
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  6. lua

    lua Notebook Consultant

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    tetris. on state of the art ms-dos 3.30. on my housemate's top of the line 286. i am proud to say that i managed to launch the rockets a few times, within one game, until i was too tired ...

    ah ... those were simpler and happier time ...
     
    lua, Mar 10, 2009
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  7. MAG

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    It is :D I was trying to play it the other day on Vista, but it didn't run as well as it used too in DOS. It was good enough to remind me of the old days though.
     
    MAG, Mar 10, 2009
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  8. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside.

    EPIC game back when I was younger. This was at least 14 years ago.
     
    Matt is Pro, Mar 10, 2009
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  9. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I played some Aladdin-type side scroller game on an oooold PC, I have no idea what it was. There were three colors in the game - pink, black, and white. I don't remember many details except that I had a lot of fun and I didn't get too far.

    Another game I played was called "Star Crusader", a space combat game. I played it on a 486 and DOS. Here it is:
    http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/130
    Maybe someone else remembers that. I loved it. :)
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Mar 10, 2009
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  10. Ayle

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    I had the demo of that game. But the first game I remember playing was x-wing on DOS... But I had a Master System before that. Alex Kidd was awesome, but when I try to play it now I get my kicked... I think moderm platforming game wussified me...
     
    Ayle, Mar 10, 2009
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    Something called Alpine Adventure on my dad's Apple IIC. Then we got a Mac Plus and I played Shadowgate. There were a couple of other games I had that were put out by the same people who did Shadowgate, called Uninvited and Deja Vu, but Shadowgate was the best.
     
    anodos, Mar 10, 2009
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  12. joshthor

    joshthor 100% Crazy Sauce

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    first pc game: i think it was red alert 2. i borrowed it from my naigbor...forgot to give it back....he moved.

    first electronic game: super mario brothers for super nintendo at my g-ma's house. that game is legendary. i have it on an emulator on me laptop.
     
    joshthor, Mar 10, 2009
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    Yeah, same I had, that game collection that came with the Packard Bell was awesome. I loved the 3D Dinosaur one, and I forgot all about that inside the body game where you zapped virus' and germs.

    And I believe that one with the rooms was called kid space? I played with it for hours on end, clicking on random things to make things do something in the background.
     
    RoGuE1230, Mar 10, 2009
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  14. arktrance

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    My first PC game was Starcraft. Great game...
     
    arktrance, Mar 10, 2009
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  15. v_c

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    I think it was Prince of Persia, on like a 386 or something.
     
    v_c, Mar 10, 2009
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  16. Ovreagr

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    First game on any type of personal computer had to be either Oregon Trail or Choplifter on the Apple IIe. First game on a PC was probably King's Quest or Space Quest. (maybe One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird on the Commodore 64)

    That being said...

    THIS! :cool:
    (wish I still had it!!)

    :p
     
    Ovreagr, Mar 10, 2009
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  17. nizzy1115

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    hmmm i cant even remember the name of it. it was like in a dungeon on the apple IIc but it was in black and white. you shot at things like bats and stuff. I think that was the first real pc game i played on my own computer. I dont remember if we go computers in school before or after that, but i think i owned one before schools got one.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 10, 2009
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  18. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    an fps. can't remember the name, too long ago.
    it was in black and white(either that, or the crt was black n white), and it was in like a dungeon.
     
    tianxia, Mar 10, 2009
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    Skifree here, or at least it's the first game I can remember.
     
    spark_plug72, Mar 10, 2009
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  20. Persio

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    doom (without taking into account minor games)
     
    Persio, Mar 10, 2009
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  21. Jimko

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    Ummm, I know I played some text based and other real old ones on friends' PC's but my first hardcore into it games were Mechwarrior 3, then MW4 and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

    I used to play sega and n64 before that, needless to say i mostly havent gone back to consoles much ;)
     
    Jimko, Mar 10, 2009
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  22. bigepilot

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    Stellar 7 on a 486/33.
     
    bigepilot, Mar 10, 2009
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  23. Levenly

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    i really have no clue what mine was. i have a recollection of games i played, but lemme have a shot at what i remember....

    Duke Nukem 3D (yeah i played this when i was like 8)
    Creepy Nights Pinball (made by Sierra, but i can't quite recall if thats the right name - was really fun!)
    Tetris
    Doom

    i don't really know the name of this one, but i played it so much when i was a kid. you were this dude, and it was a puzzle game, and you have to find keys on the map and unlock doors til the exit. some maps had flippers that you needed to get so you could swim across the water and retrieve a key. i can't remember the name though...

    and i played some math game in school too which was like a detective mystery game.

    and then of course, Oregon Trail (along with Alaskan Trail). played those to death in class way back when.

    my favorite was Duke 3D
     
    Levenly, Mar 10, 2009
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  25. TevashSzat

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    I believe for me it was either

    Civilization II (ah....good times)

    or

    Command and Conquer: Red Alert (ridiculously hard campaign from what I remember)
     
    TevashSzat, Mar 10, 2009
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  26. rdalev

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    Fade to Black !

    Game was way ahead of it's time !
     

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  27. 1337haxorz

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    That was my first game too... I remember that I got seriously addicted to it for like a year on my win 95 desktop, lol.
     
    1337haxorz, Mar 10, 2009
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  28. anodos

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    Ah! Totally forgot about that one! That might actually have been my first one also.
     
    anodos, Mar 10, 2009
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  29. Kazanski

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    gonna have to say Oregon Trail.

    and reading some of your responses, kinda makes me feel old. when i'm not that old.
     
    Kazanski, Mar 10, 2009
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    hehehehehehe!!!

    good post....I don't remember, but I think I played Doom 2, Duke Nukem 3D and Fifa 97 (that was good!!!)

    hehehehehe!
     
    raphaelnariga, Mar 10, 2009
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  31. Pikachu

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    That would be Pacman... classic!
     
    Pikachu, Mar 10, 2009
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  32. jboze84

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    Definitely Oregon Trail on the old Apple I or II. The one with the green and black only screen. Hunting was amazing. Somehow never could finish that game without everyone getting dysentery or some other bull.
     
    jboze84, Mar 10, 2009
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  33. AppleUsr

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    Dig Dug on a 3.5 inch floppy
     
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  34. Saisei

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    bf2 i think.
     
    Saisei, Mar 10, 2009
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  35. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    I think my first PC game was Nightmare Creatures lol
     
    Slaughterhouse, Mar 10, 2009
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    Treasure Mountain! a classic
     
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    Oh my, I had forgotten about that one! I played that too...awesome game.
     
    Pandadeist, Mar 11, 2009
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    Pacman on DOS. Back when they still had dot matrix printers, Byte Magazine, and black and green screen monitors.
     
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    Charles P. Jefferies, Mar 11, 2009
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    The farthest back I can remember is Wolfenstein 3D when I was 7, so that was in 1994. My brother started playing that game when he was 5-6. :D

    My dad has said I started to use educational programs on a PC since I was 2 or 3.
     
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    Starcraft and of course i could never forget that :D The most addicting PC game EVER!
     
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    Hmm the first game I remember playing was in my dad's work computer in Ukraine. It's like the only time I ever got to touch a computer and all I remember is that it involved multicolored balls of some sort.

    What I really consider to be my 'entry' into gaming was Warcraft 2, when we moved to the U.S. and got our own PC. It was somewhere around year 2000 I think.
     
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    Mine was Dangerous dave.
     
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    HAHA! Oh yeah baby...I remember the TRS-80. Model I & III. I played Thirteen Ghosts like a fiend. I loved it.
     
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    Raptor: Call of Shadows
    ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_(computer_game))

    ^Awesome game!

    not my first game, but raptor made me think of the seal pack which had quite a few sweet games in it too, but i cant remember which ones.

    one of my all time favs: STUNTS!
    build your own tracks and race, i think it also had multiplayer.

    also played the commodore 64, and there was a cool skateboarding game but the name is slipping my mind right now.
     
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  46. Levenly

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    ahhhh! thats the name of the thing i played a lot! i couldn't remember it haha
     
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    King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow/ Day of the tenticle <---- best game ever made. Ever.
     
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