I honestly don’t remember because I was too young. However I do remember growing up on all the classics like Keen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Rise of the Triad, Test Drive (1 or 2? definitely 2), Street Rod 2. The list goes on
You’re making me feel old. My first game was Carnival on the Atari 2600…
Am I really the oldest one here? Sigh.
Pong
Not the only one :)
Pong
Pong was my first game, but I think the one that really got me being a gamer was Sam & Max: Hit the Road from 1993. In between those I played other games on BBSs and MUDs, but Sam & Max: Hit the Road was really where I felt that rush and addiction.
Pong was my first game but not what got me “into” games. That would be Zork by Infocom, played on my beloved Computer 64.
Combat on the Atari 2600.
Specifically the 1v1 tank battles.
Combat! I loved that, especially with bouncy bullets.
Oh dang, used to love playing this!! Also the basketball game, and flight simulator was ahead of its time.
Pokémon Blue, you could say.
Also, RPG Maker. It’s wholesome seeing what people make.
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Oh yes, the golden era of Horror RPG Maker Games. Ib, Yume Nikki, The Witch’s House etc
Super Mario Bros. A game that’s nearly as old as I am, that fully stands the test of time. From the very beginning of my gaming days, this and Duck Hunt got me into it. Dig Dug 2 was the first game I ever got angry enough to flip the tv the bird. Sonic and Tails probably was the second major influence on my life, from a video game perspective. After that I was a gamer and will never turn away from the cathode-ray light!
Ah yes I too am a gamer of a certain vintage. Duck Hunt was great. I also had the Top Gun game for my NES.
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MASS EFFECT!!!
I’d played games pretty casually since I was a kid, but Mass Effect is what turned me into a gamer. Before Mass Effecf, I hardly finished games and could never really master controls, let alone the concept of movement with one stick and viewing with the other.
The Mass Effect story pulled me in so deep that I put in the effort and learned to actually play the game. After, ME I started playing just about everything.
Now, I’m in the process of recording my ME playthroughs and editing them into a show just for fun. I used to be normal at some point…
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Super Mario Bros on NES… About 1991.
Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Elite back in the mid-90s. Jagged Alliance 2 and Fallout 2 a few years later got me finally hooked.
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I still remember that damned theme song!
A fellow child of DOS! My earliest memory is of playing: sango fighters, pang, and comet Buster’s with my two older brothers
Just found out that there’s a remake!
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Definitely has to be full throttle. Such great games by lucas arts back then
Does anyone remember Outlaws?
I once stumbled into my parent’s computer room as a little 6 year old and saw my older brother playing Sim City 2000. That moment literally changed my life.
Before that, I had seen my parents on the computer, but they were always just emailing or faxing stuff. I thought computers were boring machines for adults to do paperwork on.
The day I saw my brother playing Sim City on the computer was the day I realized it could do something awesome.
That was well over 20 years ago, and I’ve been a PC gamer ever since.
We have a Home Movie of me at 3 years old playing Tetris on my cousin’s Gameboy. I don’t remember a time that video games weren’t a part of my life.
The first game I remember realy clicking for me was Donkey Kong Country. I can still play that game off muscle memory alone.
Prince of Persia on our Family PC (Intel 486).
I have played this game more than I’d like to admit. It was difficult, but not impossible. Just an awesome game, and quite good for its time
Same. I don‘t think 8 year old me got even past the first couple of levels but it sure didn’t stop me from trying.
Sonic Adventure and Rayman 2: The Great Escape on Dreamcast
Been playing Nintendo since I could remember. That’s like everyone else’s story.
However, I took a break. 1st kid was born and I wanted to focus on them. 5 years, no gaming… But Factorio… You see, that’s where the trouble began to grow. That factory. That damned factory.
edit: fellow engineers, check the FFF blog, they’ve released news of the expansion!
I have the same issue. Too many kids. Haven’t really gamed in years. The only game that I got that was over 10 bucks in recent years was Doom Eternal. Other than that I usually play D2 mods or emulate. I really wish I could get into Factorio, but that game never goes on sale.
Also stopped gaming when I got kids. But then I got the steam deck. Now i manage to game q#2 hours a day
Been saving up money for a deck. Figured I would get one by middle of next year.
It literally won’t go on sale. The devs are on record saying so.
Ya I saw. Weird stance to take. Honestly the base game isn’t bad. Rimworld takes that to a new level. Not only does it not go on sale, but the DLC is way over priced for things that should arguably be already in base game.
