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[kn0wsk1lls]

Halo: Combat Evolved via xbconnet

 

[mug]

Was a buggy mess. You'd constantly not be able to complete a level because an Alien got stuck in a wall. Was still awesome. We played it 24/7.

Ah a fellow Gamestorm user! Been awhile but I remember playing that game forever - was in the [K] squad. My brother was always alien and I was always marine and we would yell at each other across the hall.

Anyway my first PC online game was Duke Nukem 3D and it was fucking awesome once I figured out how to configure everything properly. Followed by NetWar - which was pretty cool for its time.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

It was called "Infantry;" I played it before it was acquired by SOE, on a crappy computer and a 56k modem.

http://www.soe.com/casualProduct.vm?Id=039

 

[sholmes]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned The Sierra Network (at least in the 4 pages I scrolled through). I feel like a pioneer (I'm 34).

PC: The Sierra Network (Paintball, Red Baron, various card games) - Late 80s/early 90s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKHMIKZZjaY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImagiNation_Network

I also had Prodigy before Sierra and assume there were some sort of games on that but just can't remember any

Console: Socom

 

[Felix Lighter]

The first PC game I played online was Duke Nukem 3D and the first console game I played online was Unreal Championship on the Xbox.

 

[CerebralTiger]

PC - Counter Strike
Console - Resistance: Fall of Man

 

[Arc07]

PC - Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

I don't remember much from it other than the SSM launchers were OP as shit.



Console - Quake III Arena (Dreamcast)

<3 Seganet

 

[Carl]

Console: Hardware online, haha.

Never played a PC game online

 

[leng jai]

Dark Reign 2

 

[plagiarize]

by 'online' does direct dial modem stuff count? if so, Doom. if not, Quake.

on console... Mario Kart Double Dash using Warp Pipe, i think.

PC - Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

I don't remember much from it other than the SSM launchers were OP as shit.



Console - Quake III Arena (Dreamcast)

<3 Seganet

remember when us evil PC players invaded your dreamcast servers? ah, memories.

 

[Jarnet87]

Diablo 2 or Everquest for PC, on consoles It would probably be one of the early Maddens on PS2.

 

[Loxley]

PC: City of Heroes (2004) - not only was it my first online PC game, it was the game that got me into PC gaming period. And for that, it will always have a special place in my nerdy heart.

Consoles: Call of Duty 4 - part of me will always question whether or not getting into online shooters on consoles was time well-spent. That said, CoD4 in it's heyday was an absolute blast to play. At least its PC community is still thriving.

 

[Technosteve]

PC? Unreal Tournament
Console? Some Dreamcast game. Can't remember

Hi five

Same

 

[Arc07]

remember when us evil PC players invaded your dreamcast servers? ah, memories.

Played about three games before I realized how awful I was with a controller.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

pc would be some bbs thing, I can't remember the names. quake was the first I remember well.

console maybe GTA iv? don't do a lot of console gaming online really.

 

[flippeh]

PC: Quake 1 QuakeWorld/TF/Mega TF
Console: Quake 3 on Dreamcast

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

PC:

Console:

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Diablo 2 for PC.

Socom 2 for console.

 

[Little Old Man]

Call of Duty and COD:UO on the PC, and damn, Killzone 2 for consoles.

 

[sevenchaos]

ChuChu Rocket and Duke Nukem 3d.

 

[Universaldamps]

Since I can't really remember my first online game all that well, this was my first proper MMO -

Dark Age of Camelot. Played Hibernia mainly, even though the screenshot says otherwise. Twas a rad game

 

[erawsd]

This

Using

I had never even been on the internet before, so I guess this was my first ever online experience.

 

[GillianSeed79]

I was kind of late to online gaming.

For PC I it was an Unreal Tournament game. Console was Halo 3.

Suffice it to say the perception I had from two decades of only local mp that I was actually good at gaming was immediately shattered upon playing online.

 

[Terra Firma]

PC: Age of Empires 2 (if I recall correctly)
Console: Halo 2

 

[legend166]

I think it would have been Warcraft II.

 

[Man]

Quake or Quake 2 was my first online game but I can't recollect clearly.
I can clearly recollect playing CounterStrike Beta 4 in summer of 1999.

First online console game would have to be Socom US Navy Seals on the PS2.

First online handheld game was either Mario Kart DS or a PSP launch title, whichever came first.

 

[darkiguana]

PC: Quake
Console: Super Smash Bros Brawl

 

[hgplayer1]

Console: one of the Sega Saturn games via NetLink

PC: FFXI

I find it odd that so many first online experiences were with MMOs.

 

[Zaphod]

GEnie Network.

Mechwarrior Online 9600 baud edition.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

First online console game:

First online PC game was either one of these two as I bought them both in 2002. I can't remember but here they are:

 

[Pennybags]

PC: C&C: RA2
Console: Halo 3

 

[spyhunterzero]

oops didn't see thread title well
Console: PSO on Gamecube
PC: TF2

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

Console: Halo 1

PC: CS or Battlefield 1942, can't quite remember which came first for me

 

[Currygan]

Console: one of the Sega Saturn games via NetLink

PC: FFXI

I find it odd that so many first online experiences were with MMOs.

well a connection is mandatory to play them

 

[Haliela]

 

[Mangotron]

Can't remember the first console one.

 

[Saucy_XL]

I think Halo 2 and Warcraft 2, although maybe Age of Empires

 

[Willy Wanka]

PC: Doom on a 33.6k modem against my friend who lived down the street. I think this was '96 or '97.

Console: Chu Chu Rocket on the Dreamcast. My gateway drug to class A PSO.

 

[lingiii]

PSO 1+2 for Gamecube.

Battlefield 1942 or CS for PC.

 

[hwy_61]

Console: PSO

PC: I dabbled in Counter-Strike, but my real answer is Dark Age of Camelot. Loved that game.

 

[ArachosiA 78]

Console: Halo 2
PC: Diablo 2

 

[Melfice7]

PC:

Quake 2

Console:

 

[DJ88]

PC:

Console:

 

[Deleted member 8095]

Fun thread!

Console:

Dreamcast mother fucker! Bought the thing on 9/9/99 with like 5 games.
The fact that you could control your player during the "cinematics" was amazing. Pulling a late hit in this game was one of the best things ever! I remember playing this online with TheMissingLink and Depward and we were down by like 30, we missed a field goal late in the 4th and the announcer said, "He missed the kick AND LOST THE GAME!" It was hilarious!

PC:

Airport and the road! Loved this game!

 

[Conrad Link]

PC, Quake (1) possibly. I think it was.

Console was PSO on GameCube. I don't think I ever went online on Dreamcast. Not sure though.

 

[Mupod]

Does Doom 2 over modem count?

For consoles, PSO (Dreamcast). It was a miracle that it ran so well on 28.8 dialup, but I have many fond memories of the game. Not too interested in the sequel though.

But yeah, thanks to said dialup internet I generally shied away from online PC gaming until ~2002 when I finally got broadband. I stuck to LAN parties and such in high school. I did play quite a bit of mechwarrior 4 online though, it ran pretty well on dialup too.

 

[NullPointer]

PC:



Consumed my existence for a while there. Used to play for an hour or two at work, and then some more when I got home where I'd crank the volume, blast music and unleash doom upon everyone. Those were the days.

Console:



I sucked horribly and brought defeat and humiliation to my teammates. Especially so if they were unlucky enough to provide me the opportunity to drive a tank. I'm still working through this trauma in therapy.

 

[delta25]

PC - Duke Nukem 3D
Console - Halo 3 beta

 

[Row]

PC: Starcraft demo

Console: Tribes Aerial Assault (PS2)

 

[hgplayer1]

well a connection is mandatory to play them

I was thinking more along the lines of having to pay a sub to play them. Especially for the people that said PSO on DC. Pretty cosly entry into online gaming.