Topic: What's the first game you played? (Read 18922 times)

the_tard · « **on:** 02 Mar 2007, 13:15 »

The first game I ever played was Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle. I was about 5 and couldn't get enough of the pogo stick action. I downloaded it again today for nostalgias sake and beat it in about 3 hours, but it was still fun. What was your first game?

Lukeypoo · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 13:21 »

I can't 100% remember, it was either Masters of Mischief (that educational game, it was for my Mac LCIII) or Super Mario Brothers on Gameboy for christmas.. that was a big day for me. Now I play games for a living!

Valrus · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 13:21 »

Um, peek-a-boo?

the_tard · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 13:41 »

Lol, you know what I mean Valrus.

Liz · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 13:48 »

Way back in the day, I used to obsess over this Jeopardy-esque game on my elementary school's computers. I'm talking about the old, old Apple computers with the two tone green screen with the five in floppy disk. Hells yes. But as for more actual games... probably Oregon Trail in elementary school as well. Nobody in my family had any gaming systems for a very long time. The first system we had was Super Nintendo, and I know Super Mario Brothers was the first game my brother got for it.

Ladybug · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 14:09 »

I think the first video game I ever played was Duck Hunt on a friend's NES.. Or Zelda or Mario, I'm not sure which he let us try first.

ThePQ4 · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 14:25 »

Ummm...I would have to say that it was either Pac Man, or Oregon Trail, on this ancient Apple computer my "best friend" at the time owned. It was waaaay fun. Way more fun then verision you can buy today. Seriously. --Those count, right? Console game wise...errr...I once attempted to play this game called "Zombies Ate My Neighbors", but my friend got so frustrated with me not understanding how it worked that she gook the N64 controller away from me, and had to show me how it was done. I didn't really get to play anything else until my family was finally suckered into buying a PSII four years ago, and I played, I believe...Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat or whatever it's called.

Liz · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 14:52 »

Ah, Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I totally have that on my computer right now.

doki · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 15:51 »

the first game i played that mattered was called "Spaceship Warlock" and if you found it for me right now, i would give you oral

not to mention, of course, Super Mario Bros and Life and Death

TheMusicMan · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 18:05 »

besides the basic NES duo of Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda, id have to say Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Scytale · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 19:35 »

hmm I think it was maybe Boulder Dash or a Space invaders clone captain comic was a pretty early one too.

ampersandwitch · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 20:26 »

I lived in Asia for the first half of my life, so the first game that I played that I understood (you try playing cheap Chinese bootlegs when you're five) I think was Diddy Kong Racing. Maybe Sonic, and maybe . . .ugh, something else. Can't remember.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 22:01 »

duck hunt on my cousins NES, those poor poor ducks

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 22:06 »

Age of Empires.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 22:15 »

Duck Hunt on my babysitter's daughter's NES...followed by some old Mac game (in the black and white days of what I think was OS 3 or 4) called Catacombs or something like that. Easy to get to a certain point, and then it got balls hard. Reminded me of the original Prince of Persia.

Madness Hero · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 22:51 »

Fishing Derby on the Atari 2600. I've been gaming since I was a toddler, and I'm proud of it.

Spike · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Mar 2007, 23:54 »

I can't remember if it was Doom or Heretic.

J_Saunders · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 00:25 »

Command and Conquer Red Alert. I remember hat I could set up a wall of Telsa towers and watch those little riflemen fry for hours! I always thought that video games were a stupid waste of time before that.

The extra letter · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 04:23 »

Wonderboy on Monster Land on a little tabletop arcade machine outside a food and drink kiosk in Townsville one fateful holidays to visit my grandmother.

I would insist on playing it whenever we were near the beach the Kiosk resided next to.

It signalled the start of a long, long love affair with videogames.

Entilzah · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 06:19 »

Damn after reading I feel old.

The first games I ever played were Pitfall and Donkey Kong on the Atari 2600

beat mouse · « **Reply #20 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 06:23 »

i started on mario brothers nes when i was like 2 or 3, but i too am on the spaceship warlock fapfest. my uncle had it for macintosh when i was young and i remember it being amazing.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #21 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 08:25 »

My first game was Super Mario Bros. for NES. I'll never forget it because my parents got it for me on my third or fourth birthday. The reason I'll never forget it is a combination of the game just being fucking awesuma, how hard I thought it was, how my Dad was the only one who could get to the second level, and the fact that my grandparents had gotten me some kind of slotcar racing track set that I didn't touch for the whole time. My parents had to force me to play with it because my grandparents were pissed off I just wanted to play Nintendo.

Nutsaur · « **Reply #22 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 16:16 »

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade on the ATARI. You couldnt save so I managed to finish the game once after playing for a good hour. People threw knives at you and you could punch them to make them dissapear and you got 50 points. Incredibly frustrating game but memorable.

SilentJ · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 16:31 »

I'm not sure on the name, but it was an Atari game that was a total Frogger ripoff. IT was the exact same thing, only you had TWO roads to cross, not one. And, you were a bright orange chicken. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

I feel old as hell posting in this thread.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 17:43 »

I THINK it was Duck Hunt when I was around 3 years old. My anti social behavior had only begun!

ronin · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 17:49 »

Lemmings on our old C64.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 20:44 »

Well, it must have been some NES game. I'm guessing either Duck Hunt, Super Mario Brothers, or the original Final Fantasy.

Hunter · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 Mar 2007, 22:46 »

Golden Eye for the N64. It became the only reason why i went to a friend's house. And because his mom made the best sandwiches.

Iron_Fist · « **Reply #28 on:** 04 Mar 2007, 01:41 »

donkey kong country.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #29 on:** 04 Mar 2007, 02:39 »

Seriously though mine was PROBABLY Sonic The Hedgehog 2.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #30 on:** 04 Mar 2007, 02:40 »

I was 3.

I have no damn clue, but I'm willing to wager on Super Mario Brothers.

Johnny C · « **Reply #31 on:** 04 Mar 2007, 13:37 »

I don't remember which was first.

lb969 · « **Reply #32 on:** 04 Mar 2007, 21:16 »

PONG.

Seriously.

Quote

I'm not sure on the name, but it was an Atari game that was a total Frogger ripoff. IT was the exact same thing, only you had TWO roads to cross, not one. And, you were a bright orange chicken. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

I feel old as hell posting in this thread.

Freeway.

And Freeway predates Frogger by about ten years.

Frogger: 1981 by Sega/Konami

Freeway: 1971 developed by the University of Washington psychology department on an IMLAC PDS-1 graphics minicomputer.

Narr · « **Reply #33 on:** 05 Mar 2007, 06:06 »

PONG, actually. I'm not that old. However, my grandmother had a pong machine and we used to play it when we were, like, 3 years old.

My first console game besides the 3-game package that came with the NES (you remember the old Mario/Duck Hunt/Track & Field cartridges?) was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the first one. My dad bought it for us after we saw the first TMNT movie.

JJMitchell · « **Reply #34 on:** 05 Mar 2007, 09:25 »

I'm so old I have no idea.
I'm guessing it was asteroids or missle command for atari.

SilentJ · « **Reply #35 on:** 05 Mar 2007, 15:51 »

Quote from: lb969 on 04 Mar 2007, 21:16

Quote
I'm not sure on the name, but it was an Atari game that was a total Frogger ripoff. IT was the exact same thing, only you had TWO roads to cross, not one. And, you were a bright orange chicken. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

I feel old as hell posting in this thread.

Freeway.

And Freeway predates Frogger by about ten years.

Frogger: 1981 by Sega/Konami

Freeway: 1971 developed by the University of Washington psychology department on an IMLAC PDS-1 graphics minicomputer.

Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me

(Seriously? Man, I had no idea. That's actually pretty cool. Thanks!)

KID · « **Reply #36 on:** 05 Mar 2007, 19:34 »

First game I ever owned wass Crash Bandicoot on PS1. First i ever played...? I think it was a Pac-Man platformer fot the Turbografix-16. Or something of that nature.

Abattur · « **Reply #37 on:** 06 Mar 2007, 01:52 »

I am quite sure it was gauntlet on C64, but there is a chance it was either Great Giana Sisters or Bubble Bobble

Scytale · « **Reply #38 on:** 06 Mar 2007, 02:06 »

I did "Intro to Software Engineering" as an elective a while back, last two lectures the lecture went over how to program Frogger and Tetris, was pretty cool, more people were in the lecture theatre for those two lectures then even the first lecture of the Semester I think...

XxSTUPIDNAMExX · « **Reply #39 on:** 06 Mar 2007, 12:29 »

Secrets of Monkey Island, featuring super secret LOOM advertising.

TheBoredOne · « **Reply #40 on:** 06 Mar 2007, 23:55 »

It had to be Super Mario Bros. and Duckhunt for NES.
I seem to remember watching my step-brother playing.. and knowing I was terrible at the game.

Coming Home · « **Reply #41 on:** 07 Mar 2007, 10:50 »

Altered Beast, on Sega.
DAMN...my brother and I never beat it, either...

starkofdoom · « **Reply #42 on:** 07 Mar 2007, 11:59 »

Civilization on a 386.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 Mar 2007, 17:10 »

The first game I ever played was the original Diablo for the PC. That game hooked me on gaming and I've loved the hobby ever since. Everything about that game was brilliant- the atmosphere, the action, the complete randomization. To this day, no game save Diablo 2 has been able to replicate the brilliantly addictive action of Diablo. Hellgate: London might come close because it's all the same team, however. But Diablo holds a special place in my gaming library and a permanent spot on my hard drive b/c it's just so damn good (and, if you play with headphones and the lights off, scary as hell).

est · « **Reply #44 on:** 07 Mar 2007, 18:30 »

I can't remember what game it was, but Pong or something close to it was one of them. I can describe the games and the system though.

The system was some kind of console. It used paddles (i.e: a dial, not a joystick) that had one button.

Games included were:
- a colour version of Pong
- Some kind of cowboy game where you shot at each other from either side of the screen. There were cactii in the middle of the screen, I think. They blocked the shots, but were also partially destroyed by the bullets?
- Some kind of top-down River Raid-esque game where you flew a plane and shot things on the ground.
- Some kind of side-on game where one person played as a plane flying over a field, and the other a tank (I think?) and you shot at one another.

There were others, but I can't remember them.

Jotun · « **Reply #45 on:** 07 Mar 2007, 19:22 »

Megaman on the Tandy.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #46 on:** 08 Mar 2007, 10:33 »

combat and pitfall for the atari, damn, those were the days

thebignothing · « **Reply #47 on:** 08 Mar 2007, 10:55 »

Oooh. Paperboy. Hours of entertainment, right there.

qtownstegy · « **Reply #48 on:** 08 Mar 2007, 11:37 »

Quote from: Vanilla Gorilla on 08 Mar 2007, 10:33

combat and pitfall for the atari, damn, those were the days

I had two ataris and played pitfall all the time. That and Star Wars, drag racing (always blew my motor), and boxing.

Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 Mar 2007, 12:07 »

oooh, that boxing game was tits. i would play pitfall for hours though, that game had me soo hooked

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Author Topic: What's the first game you played? (Read 18922 times)

the_tard

Lukeypoo

the_tard

doki

TheMusicMan

Scytale

J_Saunders

Entilzah

ScrambledGregs

ackblom12

ronin

lb969

Narr

JJMitchell

KID

Scytale

XxSTUPIDNAMExX

Coming Home

Jotun

Vanilla Gorilla

thebignothing

Vanilla Gorilla