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What was your first video game?
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crazyrabbits
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Super Mario World.
Had some of my fondest memories playing that game, both on an SNES in 1994 and on emulation in the early 00's.
Had some of my fondest memories playing that game, both on an SNES in 1994 and on emulation in the early 00's.
GraceflAnger
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Either Super Mario Bros. or a volleyball game for NES. Cant recall the name though.
Lollipop Dave
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Sonic 2. Came bundled with my Mega Drive.
Or The Incredible Machine. My grandparents had it on their old computer, not sure what came first though.
Or The Incredible Machine. My grandparents had it on their old computer, not sure what came first though.
Shifty1897
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BATMAN on NES. Played it at my babysitter's house when I was 4 years old.
What proceeded was a childhood obsessed with platformers, teenage years where I preferred JRPG's, college years spent playing first and third person shooters, and now... I play anything that feels fresh and new. So mostly indie games.
What proceeded was a childhood obsessed with platformers, teenage years where I preferred JRPG's, college years spent playing first and third person shooters, and now... I play anything that feels fresh and new. So mostly indie games.
QisTopTier
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SMB1 or DH
dont fully remember, probably DH
dont fully remember, probably DH
Alebrije
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Came to post this.
Same for me as well. If I remember correctly it came bundled with the Atari.
FloppyDelux
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SMB1/ Duck hunt NES...(I think)
I have memories of playing my mom's Pong system.
I believe Commando was the first C64 game I played, although I believe I used some sort of computer at my preschool, may have been an Apple II or a C64 or C128.
I'm pretty sure Super Mario Bros 3 was the first NES game I played, at a friend's house, but I'm not entirely sure.
I believe Commando was the first C64 game I played, although I believe I used some sort of computer at my preschool, may have been an Apple II or a C64 or C128.
I'm pretty sure Super Mario Bros 3 was the first NES game I played, at a friend's house, but I'm not entirely sure.
OceanicAir
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First game that I remembered playing was probably The Manhole (<3 Cyan Worlds) although my family owned an NES, I don't remember playing it 
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One the earliest games that I saw being played was probably DinoPark Tycoon (I still remember that stupid Vegasaurus lol)
. One the earliest games that I saw being played was probably DinoPark Tycoon (I still remember that stupid Vegasaurus lol)
Eclectic Jabber Monkey
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Was the volleyball game Super Spike V'Ball? My friend had it plus a multi-tap, so much fun playing with four players. I came across a copy a few years ago an occasionally fire it up, a really fun game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unbaUXyVymA
I think Asteroids may have been my first game as well, but in my case I remember playing it on a table-top arcade machine. I also remember playing the Popeye arcade game as well from around the same time, so it could have been my first game also.
Yeah, I'm old...
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9090
The Atari 2600 version was pretty graphically inferior to the arcade edition.
Muffdraul
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Simon Says on the original Magnavox Odyssey. I was 3 yrs old. I played it a couple times with my mom, but mainly I remember watching my older sisters play with it. According to them our dad decided he didn't want it in the house and got rid of it after about a month. A few years later I saw Pong in a pizza parlor or something and thought "Didn't we used to have this on our TV?"
Garcia el Gringo
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It's hard to point at one game, because I had peripheral and momentary experiences with many before I sat down one-on-one with enough capability of playing a game with little help. I was born in the early 90's. I liked the characters of Mario and Sonic from the cartoon adaptions and merchandise from that era, before even getting my hands on the games. My parents would walk me through arcades. My first cemented memory of being around a console was watching my god brother play Sega Genesis. He played a lot of fighters with the family that were his age (tweens/early teens). I was shown Sonic upon request. I didn't do much more than observe, but I was mesmerized.
My god brother's parents gave me his NES when I was about 4 with dozens of classic games (his parents didn't want him hoarding a collection of old hardware and software, and my parents would have the same feeling with my games until I was mostly paying for my own entertainment). I was given almost all the iconic first party stuff and lots of good third party titles. I popped in a Super Mario Bros game first, iirc. Even though the SNES/Genesis/Gameboy were the hardware of the time, I so appreciate my introduction to Nintendo now.
My god brother's parents gave me his NES when I was about 4 with dozens of classic games (his parents didn't want him hoarding a collection of old hardware and software, and my parents would have the same feeling with my games until I was mostly paying for my own entertainment). I was given almost all the iconic first party stuff and lots of good third party titles. I popped in a Super Mario Bros game first, iirc. Even though the SNES/Genesis/Gameboy were the hardware of the time, I so appreciate my introduction to Nintendo now.
Sloane_Ranger
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Pong - and yes, I am old.
The old table-top asteroids you used to find at Pizza Hut was a close one thereafter.
The old table-top asteroids you used to find at Pizza Hut was a close one thereafter.
BigWeather
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Sears four-way, can't remember which of the four I played first. I'm 43.
Altered Juice
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donkey kong country or super mario all stars
Valkendorm
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The first game i've ever played was Super Mario Bros. on my cousin's NES.
However, my first games were The Legend of Zelda and Bubble Bobble that my dad bought along the NES for Xmas. So there's no real first.
However, my first games were The Legend of Zelda and Bubble Bobble that my dad bought along the NES for Xmas. So there's no real first.
NoFaceNico
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There's a retro arcade bar in my city and they have one of those. I love the vector graphics
It's so sad when I see people using it as just a regular table. I want to shove them off.And my first game: I don't know if I actually played it that day but my first memory in my entire life was sitting on my dad's knee while he played Congo Bongo on C64 with an ugly green Zeneth monitor. I didn't know C64 was in color until I was an adult! I must have been 3 or 4 at the time.
Version 3.0
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Pong, but not the real thing. It was a Radio Shack clone that my uncle had, sometime in the late 70's.
Blackstarhat
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Pokemon yellow
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