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[JustAnotherOtaku]

Space Invaders circa 1987. Life changing.

 

[Barry Burton]

I'm fairly certain it was the original Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt. I was probably 4 or 5, we visited some friends of the family quite often, and their kids had an NES. I don't remember anything before then.

 

[Des0lar]

The oldest (and fondest) memories I have are Starcraft. I've played games before I guess, but I just can't remember.

But Starcraft brought me into PC gaming.
Also I think that's why I am such an awesome person today.


Thanks, Starcraft!

 

[Celine]

I think SMB/Duck Hunt for NES around 1988.

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

my mums friend stopped a few weeks, she put atari 2600 on with pitfall, and it blew my fucking mind.

"so.. i CONTROL whats on screen.."

My little mind was all "dafuq"

 

[robo2000]

Keystone Kapers Atari 2600 (this is one of my first memories of seeing a videogame)
After that games as Space invaders, pacman etc made a huge impact on me.

 

[TheContact]

Nice, OP. Pitfall was my first game too, I was thinking that before I clicked on the thread

Scorched Earth was my first PC game

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

Pacman around 1985. I was four years old at the time and hooked. The magic never faded since then.

 

[marcincz]

Late fall/winter in 1985 I was 3,5 years old. My parents bought Atari 65XE. First game was River Raid.
After years I've bought River Raid again in my game room on X360.

 

[patientx]

In 1993 when I started secondary school. I was around 11-12 I guess. The first computer game I played was Prince of Persia 1 and also at the same time at another friends house I remember playing Wolfenstein 3D. Fast forward 1 year we were playing Quake 1 Demo deathmatch games in our newly established computer lab. in my school. They were brand new Pentiums and they had Windows 3.1 installed on them. We were playing deathmatch in Quake 1 before it was cool (I know games before Q1 had deathmatch , the thing is there were no PC/console culture around my immediate surroundings. A simple entry level pc could be bought for about 2- 2.5 times of my fathers salary. Also no consoles at all.. My first "console" that I laid my hands on was one of friends Gameboy (og) who was given it as a birthday present which was bought from Germany. (No one was selling and knew what a game console was those days)

 

[megashock5]

I was maybe 5,hardcore ever since.

This and my cousins' Odyssey2 in the late 70s. Yeah, I'm old.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

I was maybe 5,hardcore ever since.

Same here, was about 8, don't remember where though, somewhere public, Great Adventure in NJ maybe?

 

[n00bsauce87]

Watching my Uncle play in the living room. I was 3 at the time.

 

[Sini]

Solitaire on my mother's workplace Win 98 computer when I was 7-8 years old.

 

[GK86]

Most of the replies are console games. I think the first time I saw a videogame was through the old arcades that were by my house. I don't remember what arcade game it was. The first console memory was Mario and the NES.

 

[93xfan]

Super Mario Bros on the NES, Christmas morning.

 

[Panthers]

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.

Pretty much the exact same story for me. Got a NES when I was 3 and played Mario/Duck Hunt. That was it for me. From then on I have owned most consoles (only Sega console I got was Genesis and skipped the Wii)

 

[amardilo]

If we are talking about console games I think it was Golden Axe on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

I think I was around 6/7 and was at my uncle's house and he was showing the system to my dad and when I walked in the room Golden Axe was playing. He had several games he showed off after that. I can't remember all the ones he put in but they all blew my mind at the time.

 

[Doomshroom]

First i remeber.

 

[PuppetMaster]

It was space invaders at a small amusement park.

 

[Gwanatu T]

I didn't see it, I read it. Zork. DOS. #winning. So many good memories.

 

[kyser73]

Space invaders on one of these:

 

[TnK]

My first VG experience was SMB1, and my first console was the PSX, go figure lol. And no, I was actually quite young when I got the PSX, before being 10 years old, and almost three years down the PSX life span when FFVII hit.

 

[Goldenroad]

My family owned an Atari 2600 for a few months before I was born (1982), so while I probably "saw" a video game as an infant, there is no way I could possibly remember it.

 

[sinxtanx]

2 years old, Super Mario World map screen at another house

burned into memory forever

I only know it was SMW because I recognized it later

 

[Bydobob]

I'm proud to say it was an original Space Invaders cab. Oh, must've been 3 or 4. I remember barely being able to see above the control panel and pressing the buttons with Game Over flashing on the screen. I've been mesmerized by games ever since and will be 'til the grave.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

I think it was either Super Mario Bros or TMNT II Arcade.

It's been too long.

 

[RaikuHebi]

Super Mario Land on the GB. I have vague memories.

My first console memories are solid though. Can you guess the game?