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[ChimpBottle]

GTA III
Not even because of the violence but because at that time exploring Liberty City was mind-blowing to me (still is)

 

[ohNOitsRO]

Mortal Kombat, Doom, Diablo, Quake, Unreal, Killer Instinct, GTA, Turok, Goldeneye, Duke Nukem

I can't remember anymore but I know there was a good amount of violent games in my young life

Edit: I keep adding games that I keep remembering!

 

[Sorral]

My mom got it on a floppy from a guy in her office.

My cousin had that and he also had Doom. Later, we got Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 on the mega drive.

All early 90's/mid 90's. That was all a lot of fun.

 

[njean777]

I played Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil, but that was about it. I didnt really care for most of them.

 

[revolverjgw]

First game I ever played was Rygar when I was like 5. Got my start bludgeoning turtles in the face with a shield.

 

[JollyWolf]

I played Mortal Kombat when I was about 6 or 7. Also, played a lot of the original GTA.

 

[skypunch]

Yes. Now I'm paying the price for it in jail.

 

[TedNindo]

NOPE

I played them all as a kid. I guess it's part of growing up with a PC? lol.
I did have consoles too at the time though.

And I saw Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction as a kid. All 80's and early 90's action movies and slashers.
Same things with nudity. Saw all Kubrick movies before I was 14. And lots of French movies.

So yeah.... I haven't killed or raped anyone...




yet.

 

[Drazgul]

Yeah I played them all and it didn't affect me one bit.

 

[Neoriceisgood]

Are Nintendo games considered violent?

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

I played Wolfenstein 3D when I was 6 or 7.
I never knew I was killing Nazis at that time. I didn't even know that the game was indexed at that time in Germany.
My dad occasionally helped me finish the level because I didn't know what the exit looked like.

Aside from that I also enjoyed vast amounts of hours of Killer Instinct and all of the Mortal Kombat games.

Those were the days...

 

[Deleted member 125677]

I guess my first violent video game experience was when I played Wolfenstein 3d at the age of 12 back in 92, then Doom the year after. Parents new jack about computers back then.

 

[RPGCrazied]

No. Cause the games I grew up with was Atari and NES games. Not very graphical. I still wouldn't though. Not my style of game.

 

[Kid Ying]

Just Mortal Kombat. Wolfenstein made me sick, not because of the violence, but because the maps were claustrophobic and that was awful to me as a kid. Only got to finish the game in the PS3 version.

 

[Always-honest]

Gaming was very different back then.
But yes.Murdering ducks and shit.

 

[EvilMario]

I was playing Mortal Kombat and Doom by the time I was 10, or 11. I didn't really get into shooters until Goldeneye and I didn't exactly stick with the genre. I tend not to play ultra violent video games these days, although I'm not adverse to playing a few fun ones once in a while.

It's entertaining that my parents let me play whatever games I want, but they were heavily against watch television shows at the Simpsons when it was first airing.

 

[JaseC]

My parents bought our household its first modern PC in 1996/1997, which would put me at 8 or 9. While they originally objected to me playing Doom, which I knew my neighbour had, when they went away on a holiday, my brothers snagged it for me. The following year I received Quake for my birthday.

 

[Schweinehund]

I played mortal kombat when I was pretty young, and duke nukem 3D. That's about it, most of my childhood up to like 14 was Nintendo 64/gamecube stuff. After 16 it was pretty much pc gaming.

 

[Keasar]

Doom, GTA, Wolfenstein, Mortal Kombat around when I was 6-9 years old is what I can remember playing.

 

[dragonlife]

Yup. My first violent one was Twisted Metal 2 at a friend's house when I was around 8 or so. The most violent/fucked up thing I played at a young age (12 or 13) was Drakengard. I was so enraptured by how horrible it was.

Technically, I guess Mortal Kombat and--to some effect--Killer Instinct were first.

 

[XaosWolf]

About 11-12 at a friends house.

Resident Evil, GTA2, Nightmare Creatures, Thrill Kill, etc.
And on the PC as they went on with Carmageddon Splat Pack, Wolfenstein, Doom, Soldier of Fortune 2, ROTT, Postal, Everything Apogee made...

I knew that every single one was over the top nonsense, and I've grown up into a normal individual that enjoys a good cartoon platformer over anything else. =)

EDIT: Those were all the "Super Violent" games. Normal Violent ones? Countless others.

Spoiler

God of War 3 was too much. Not in a squeamish way, but in a "I'm nowhere near a hero/antihero anymore" way.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

I remember playing Doom on my uncles computer when I was like 6 and playing Turok and Goldeneye when I was 7.

 

[Moff]

I was 10 when wolf3d an mortal kombat were released. these were the first games I recognised as violent, I played the hell out of them with my friends and we had a blast.

 

[dragonelite]

killer instinct, mortal combat gta when i was 8.
Parents were oke with it aslong as i knew it was just a game. Like any normal person/child should know.

 

[pixlexic]

there wasn't much gore in the 8 bit era.
And really nothing ever seemed too bad until I played modern warfare. the first level where you shoot some guys while they are sleeping was the first time I was ever like" whoaa that's a bit too much"

 

[mugurumakensei]

Yes. Mortal Kombat, Turok, Hexen, Killer Instinct, etc.

That being said, I'm not too fond of most shooters. I like Halo, Half Life, Turok, and Goldeneye. That's my list of FPS and TPS games I like (I don't consider the Mass Effect series overall an TPS).

 

[Goldenroad]

Yes, but when I was a kid games were not as hyper realistic as they are today. If I had a kid they would not be playing games like Call of Duty or Battlefield, but that's me.

 

[Burnburn]

I played GTA 2, but I have no idea how old I was at the time.

I don't even know how I got the game in the first place...

 

[Dipswitch]

I played plenty of violent games (Mostly of the arcade variety) growing up. Note that I consider violent and graphic to be different things. Most of the shoot em' up games would be considered 'violent' in my book.

I didn't play a lot of graphic titles while I was young. Occasionally a title would slip in something gratuitous, but that was a rarity.

 

[fastballspecial]

I played Doom, Wolfenstein, Mortal Kombat, Hexen, Duke Nukem, etc, etc, when I was a kid. All when they were first released other than Wolfenstein.

 

[Mononoke]

I did. In fact, I remember playing GTA III when I was only 12, and DOOM, Goldeneye, Mortal Kombat, Turok etc. before it.

My mom was actually pretty strict when I was younger too (not at all anymore), so I'm actually surprised she didn't stop me from playing violent video games. To be fair, at the time I don't think she really understood video games. And just assumed...they were "games".

Then again, I was also heavily into Tarantino at the age of 13. So maybe my mother was always more laid back when it came to media violence. Truth be told, I had really great parents that taught me love and kindness (not to sound cheesy) before anything else. I think that made me a really well rounded person to begin with, and so the media stuff was just entertaining and cool to me. An afterthought that had no influence on my attitude or behavior.

Just my experience. But I can honestly say games haven't had a huge impact on me at all, in terms of how I act, and the things that I do. Same with film. At best, they just helped define my taste in entertainment.

 

[Quackula]

Mortal Kombat and Doom, like everyone else. Still love Mortal Kombat II.

 

[Host Samurai]

Yeah. Been playing violent games since I was a kid. Grew up playing Double Dragon, Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil long before I entered even 7th grade.

 

[lethial]

As a child of the 80s all I remember is violent movies and games. My parents didn't censor media.

 

[Shion]

Well, if games like Contra and Streets of Rage are considered violent, I guess I did.

 

[Foffy]

I played GTA III when I was 12. My parents had talks to me when games like that got in the news, but they only reminded me that the game was fantasy, and not marred in reality. I actually hate firearms, but I can play games with them just fine.

Playing Manhunt when that came out was very troubling to me, but even now that game disturbs me with its violence..

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Boring answer, but there weren't any video games when I was a child, let alone violent ones.

 

[Shadow of the BEAST]

sword of sodan.

 

[Melchiah]

From the top of my head...

C64
Nemesis the Warlock
Friday the 13th
Commando Libya

Amiga
Barbarian I+II
Operation Wolf
Mortal Kombat

 

[FordGTGuy]

Most definitely and I still do.

 

[Lumination]

My first violent game was Goldeneye at 14. I distinctly remember bringing the game up to my dad and telling him, "This is an M-rated game, which means it's for 17 and up, but I want you to know that I want to play it and you can trust me." lol.

 

[pwack]

Wasteland on PC.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

ABACABB

if you know what that is, then you know my response.

 

[RionaaM]

My dad downloaded the Duke Nukem 3D demo when I was 5 or 6 years old, showed it to me and I fell in love with the game after trying it for 3 minutes. He then introduced me to Doom Ultimate and 2, and the Quake demo too.

I think I grew up pretty normal, though every now and then I get the urge to kick ass and chew bubblegum.

ABACABB

if you know what that is, then you know my response.

I know that Abacab is the name of both a Genesis album and song. What's the extra B?

 

[AlimNassor]

My dad let me play Duke Nukem 3D. It was a secret.

 

[MuddyDonut]

Yes Doom, Turok, Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, Silent Hill all that jazz. Although silent Hill was 2spooky at the time so I never beat it.
I also had GTA2, but it vanished somewhere. That game was pretty fun.

 

[sappyday]

Yes but game with a sexual innuendos and drug references went over my head and I didn't understand them until I got older.

 

[Pezking]

Hell, yeah! Good times on C64 when I was 10 years old!

 

[Lumination]

ABACABB

if you know what that is, then you know my response.

MK cheat code! I don't remember what it did though.... Was it something like extra gore or extra blood?

 

[f0nz0]

Yea, I'm 33 now had every major game system up to the ps360...shooting slash slicing cuz my shit is fucked up my way through..

I turned out ok, funny thing is that when it comes to real life violence I am completely sensitive to it.....I can't bring myself to see any of the gore on the Internet ..I almost watched that Daniel pearl video only to minimize the window when the bad part was gonna start, stuff like that affects me so much..can't stand senseless real life violence , but have no problem shooting up people in game..