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[Carnby]

I do. It was Pitfall for the Atari 2600. I must have been 2 or 4 years old. I had no idea what I was seeing at the time. I only remember walking into my cousin's bedroom and being mesmerized by it. I will never forget the day. It was beautiful.

Side note: Also remember that when ever I wanted to play a game on the Atari, it wasn't available, there wasn't enough time, or I heard the excuse "Video games ruin television screens!"

So,do you remember the very first time you ever saw a video game?

 

[Cess007]

My oldest memorie about watching someone else playing a videogame, was watching my brother play this:

At that time, that looked so awesome!

 

[JinjoUnchained]

I may have seen my cousins' Atari before and don't remember it, but my first memory of seeing a video game was getting NES for Christmas at age 4 and playing Super Mario Bros. Now that's a hell of a first impression!

 

[Soulflarz]

Sonic at my grandparents? Probably 1-3 lol

 

[Felix Lighter]

My earliest memory of seeing a game was Combat on 2600.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I got an NES when I was 3 and had Super Mario Bros... and that's it. So I'm pretty sure it was that.

 

[Neverfade]

+1 2600.

Chopper Command.

 

[Winterfang]

I don't.

 

[TAJ]

No, but the first one we got at home was a Pong unit. It was a prize from a Halloween costume contest. 2600 had just come out, but it was still expensive as fuck.

 

[revolverjgw]

No. My earliest memory of gaming is playing SMB1 on Christmas morning, but I know that wasn't the first game I played or saw. I just can't remember exactly what it was.

 

[jf DOOM]

First that I can remember was super Mario at my aunts house when I was 4 or 5.

 

[Zoc]

Seeing Super Mario Bros. 1 in my friend's basement when I was three or four. He offered to let me play, but I was too terrified of falling in a pit.

 

[SoraanTribal]

I don't really remember, but I know it was an Atari game because that was my brother's first console (he is 2 years older than me). The first game I remember playing is Duck Hunt and Mario, though. lol

 

[iJudged]

I was maybe 5,hardcore ever since.

 

[Matrix XII]

I can't remember exactly either sadly, but my first games were Commander Keen, Aces of the Pacific, and Hugo III: Jungle of Doom for PC.

 

[Daingurse]

Nope, not really. First game I owned was Sonic 2, I know this, but I frankly can't remember stuff too well. My childhood memories feel fabricated, not true memories, but generated from me watching old home movies and shit.

 

[otapnam]

Excitebike mario track n field on the nes at daycare when I was maybe 3-4 ('87-'88)

 

[BocoDragon]

I really don't.

I got a NES when I was 5.... but my parents tell me I had been asking for it for awhile, so I must have seen at friends' places or on TV?? Who knows.

 

[The Cowboy]

Yes, it was when my dad brought home a weird box with 2 controllers with twistable knobs on it, it was PONG!.

I was hooked onto gaming for life.

 

[Deified Data]

 

[Sentenza]

Yep.

 

[jbartee]

Yep, was The Dungeon of Doom on my dad's modified Lisa 2. I was probably 3 years old or so.

 

[Steel]

I just looked up a screenshot for the first game I ever played. I can't find any. It was taskmaster on my father's black and white laptop. Fairly fun RPG. The computer still works too, built in trackball and all.

 

[IxmagicmanIx]

If you don't remember the first time you saw a video game, how would you know that you don't remember it?

 

[CF22]

I know it was Super Mario but don't remember when. I do remember the time my dad gave me a plastic Tetris handheld when I was 4 or 5. I still have it somewhere, must be like 20 years old.

 

[Novak]

+1 for Atari 2600

It was River Raid, Grand Prix or Pacman. Not sure which one was first but I got those 3 games with the system. I played River Raid the most.

 

[neos]

Excluding arcade machines, i think it was prince of persia or willow on a 386 at friend's house. can't remember the exact order they showed me the games. That's a day i won't forget

 

[Eraser_Arcade]

The earliest memory that I can recall of a video game, is that of my brother playing Donkey Kong on the Colecovision.

 

[Puru]

Rick Dangerous but it definitly wasn't the first i played (if i remember well it was Rodland but not 100% sure).

 

[TheGrue]

I was maybe 5,hardcore ever since.

/brofist

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Either watching my brother play through MGS, or Resident Evil 2 on PS1. Good times


edit: Scratch that, playing Donkey Kong on SNES. Also good times

 

[Loxley]

Back around 1993 when I was in day-care, a bunch of kids were playing Super Mario Bros. 3 on a SNES - that's the first time I ever recall seeing (and eventually playing) a video game.

 

[jts]

Oh man we played this in IT class. I loved it!

 

[Steel]

You know it's funny. The game I was talking about, Taskmaster, was actually Taskmaker. That word was the only voiced thing in the entire game and I always thought it said master not maker....

Either case, found a screenshot:

 

[ghibli99]

Can't remember the very first time I ever saw one, but remember the first few:

Pong cocktail machine at my friend's house when I was there for a Cub Scout meeting. I was blown away that someone had an arcade machine in their house.

Some rear-projection racing game at (I think) the Redondo Beach, CA pier. It had a crash picture that scared me as a kid. I think the fiery engine looked like a burning body or something. Don't know what that game was, but I'm now feeling compelled to find out!

Asteroids... again at a beach arcade. Died pretty quickly, but it made a very positive impression on me. Now that I think about it, I still suck at that game.

 

[dumbyugi]

I remember watching my Dad play Sonic 1 when I was 2 or 3. The first game I remember playing myself was Kirby's Dreamland when I was 3 going on 4.

 

[mothball]

The first one I ever saw was also the first one I ever played, Rodent's Revenge on my mom's Win 3.1 machine when I was 2.

 

[Zimbardo]

it was either Pong or possibly a game from Sega called 'Killer Shark' ...which was also shown in the trailer for Jaws.

the first game i really remember playing at an arcade was Space Invaders ...and i was so small that my father had to hold me up so i could reach the controls.

 

[FOOTE]

No. I do remember my parents being serious NES gamers when I was less than 5 years old. They had all sorts of games. :lol

 

[enanogrande]

I got a Genesis with Sonic 2 when I was 4 or 5, although I'm pretty sure I had at least seen someone playing a game before. I also played a lot on my dad's old Mac back then, but I can't remember what (some Broderbund mouse game? Amazing I still remember the company name after so along, considering how crappy my memory usually is) or even if it was before the Genesis.

 

[BLunted]

I was maybe 5,hardcore ever since.

Same for me

 

[SJRB]

My mom likes to tell stories of how my dad was playing Pitfall on the Atari 2600 and when he'd fall in a pit and die I always cried because I didn't want my dad to die. Videogame immersion man, part of life since the earliest years.


I was only a little kid, I remember the game but I cannot remember the title.

Commodore 64 [or Atari? I'm having doubts now haha]. It was a two-toned game [I think?] where you play either a knight or an archer, it was one-screen stage based [no scrolling] and it had an Frankenstein-esque setting and I thought it was creepy.

 

[Leflus]

My earliest memory is probably Super Mario World on the SNES. The game clicked with me from day 1.

My father bought the SNES and the game for my sister and I as a shared birthday present. Iirc, we were on vacation in Denmark and Germany at the time.

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

It was an Atari shoot 'em up. Can't remember the name.

 

[SirVilhelm]

I was maybe 5,hardcore ever since.

This was it for me, my dad brought it home. I must have been about eight

 

[Chezzymann]

Probably some N64 game when I was at my friend's house when I was like 3.

Spoiler

I think I probably made some people here feel old....

 

[lmpaler]

I got an NES when I was 3 and had Super Mario Bros... and that's it. So I'm pretty sure it was that.

Replace Mario with Metal Gear and Ninja Turtles and this is me

 

[Creaking]

Earliest video game memories are of Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Duke Nukem.

Pew pew!

 

[IAmRandom31]

Something on the Commodore 64 my dad brought home when I was 5. I know that much, we got a NES that Christmas. Ice Climber was my first play.

 

[digita1alchemy]

Jungle Hunt on the Atari 2600, I must have been 4 or 5. I was so terrible at that game.