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It was _________ that got me into gaming.
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Rogue Agent
Banned
Yeah! My young mind was blown. It sounds shallow now, but it really felt like I was going on an adventure with Sonic.
vicoakland
Member
Mattel handheld football
Berzerk machine at the neighborhood rec center
Zircon version of Fairchild F
So basic. So simple.
Berzerk machine at the neighborhood rec center
Zircon version of Fairchild F
So basic. So simple.
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
This fantastic machine:
... and the wave of rampant tape-copying that took over portuguese youth circa 1983-1986.
... and the wave of rampant tape-copying that took over portuguese youth circa 1983-1986.
blitzcloud
Banned
100 in 1 (most of them clones with different level starts) on a "ninpondo".
I won't forget the box. Robocop was there for whatever reason, lol
i swear mine was a ninpondo, otherwise I wouldn't remember the name... also the controller looked different. But this is the "robocop" I was talking about lmao:
I won't forget the box. Robocop was there for whatever reason, lol
i swear mine was a ninpondo, otherwise I wouldn't remember the name... also the controller looked different. But this is the "robocop" I was talking about lmao:
megatronium
Member
Commodore 128
JustinBbad
Member
I, like many others, came to gaming with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.
I remember, vaguely, playing some Atari games, I remember Operation Wolf on Commodore 64, but in the end, it was Super Mario Bros.
I remember, vaguely, playing some Atari games, I remember Operation Wolf on Commodore 64, but in the end, it was Super Mario Bros.
Rambo first blood on Sega Master system for console gaming. I had an Atari before then but nothing really hooked me the way that game did. It was so challenging and fun.
For PC gaming it was all about the Curse of the Azure bonds (D&D goldbox). I sunk hours and hours into that game. It was everything I loved about D&D built into the computer. So awesome.
For PC gaming it was all about the Curse of the Azure bonds (D&D goldbox). I sunk hours and hours into that game. It was everything I loved about D&D built into the computer. So awesome.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Daytona USA. Seeing that game in arcades for the first time was what got me excited for video games and their potential.
chancellor
Member
My cousin having a playstation originally got me into gaming
After a 2 years or so barely playing games it was buying uncharted 2 on sale that brought me back in and made me spend a lot more time on the console.
After a 2 years or so barely playing games it was buying uncharted 2 on sale that brought me back in and made me spend a lot more time on the console.
SoraanTribal
Member
Even though I had played a few games prior to it, I'd still say that Super Mario Bros. 1 really got me into gaming. I was pretty amazed by it.
Maintenance
Member
Ski or Die on DOS, Prince of Persia too.
1000 Branches
Banned
Super Mario Bros., or Age of Empires, or Pokemon, I can't remember anymore.
Betta Lines
Member
Tomy
Racing
Turbo
Racing
Turbo
Malaussene
Neo Member
Even though I previouly owned some kind of a pong console and an atari 2600, it really was C64 that made me fall in love with games.
JohnnyHustler
Member
Well, at the risk of severely aging myself, it was Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Mr. Do in the arcades that hooked me. After getting hooked at the arcades, I started with the Atari 2600 as my first home console. I remember how my younger self was so happy to play Pacman on the 2600, even though that was a horrific port in hindsight. At least they did a lot better with Ms. Pacman.
The_Intruder
Member
Blades of Steel on NES.
Muffdraul
Member
Phase I: Magnavox Odyssey
We had one when I was 3 years old. According to my older sisters, we only had it for a month and I only got to play with it a few times, but it sure made an impression on me. When I saw Pong a few years later the first thing I thought was "This is just like those games we had on our TV." After that, games started popping up everywhere, and I was drawn to them like a moth to a flame. After I hit puberty, suddenly I didn't care about video games and lots of other "kid stuff" and I stopped playing them.
Phase II: Super Mario World
That might have been the end of it for me, but after I finished college I ended up owning an SNES as part of a scheme to establish credit. Had zero intention of getting back into gaming, but a couple of hours of SMW was all it took. Haven't stopped since.
We had one when I was 3 years old. According to my older sisters, we only had it for a month and I only got to play with it a few times, but it sure made an impression on me. When I saw Pong a few years later the first thing I thought was "This is just like those games we had on our TV." After that, games started popping up everywhere, and I was drawn to them like a moth to a flame. After I hit puberty, suddenly I didn't care about video games and lots of other "kid stuff" and I stopped playing them.
Phase II: Super Mario World
That might have been the end of it for me, but after I finished college I ended up owning an SNES as part of a scheme to establish credit. Had zero intention of getting back into gaming, but a couple of hours of SMW was all it took. Haven't stopped since.
TheAngryMonkey
Member
This is a tough one because I was young enough that I don't remember if I played SMB before or after my parents got the family an NES set for Xmas when it was new. We got the system with ROB. I remember my dad saying we could only start/open one game a week and we had gotten maybe 4-5. It was sorta agonizing at the time.
So I guess I can't credit any game in particular as "getting me into gaming" but rather my parents, mostly my dad, for getting me into gaming. We played a lot of 10-yard fight, hogans ally, ninja kid, duck hunt and gyromite. I don't even remember what other games we had initially but I'm almost certain we never actually owned SMB.
tonyh24613
Member
Super Smash Bros.
CloudyTuba
Member
Some of my earliest games:
The first game that had me completely addicted:
The first that convinced me that video game plot could actually be really engaging and good like a movie:
The first game that had me completely addicted:
The first that convinced me that video game plot could actually be really engaging and good like a movie:
I always played games, but there are three in particular that made me a hobbyist:
I missed out on the original, Terror from the Deep was my first.
Again, missed the first. Civ II was the first game that caused me to play until the sun came up. I was 12 at the time.
My uncle gave me this and a really rad joystick for my 13th birthday.
I missed out on the original, Terror from the Deep was my first.
Again, missed the first. Civ II was the first game that caused me to play until the sun came up. I was 12 at the time.
My uncle gave me this and a really rad joystick for my 13th birthday.
Slappers Only
Junior Member
There were others, but this is what set off a decades-long obsession and career.
zorlaczerohero
Banned
In the early 80's playground your position was decided by your choice of home computer. Unless you had a tape to tape deck, in which case you were considered a God.
My Big brother had access to one through the 6th form common room, by association I was considered a minor prophet.
A friend of mine had a GameBoy, i was so hooked with this game, got one as well and became a gamer ever since.
Also, this is the game that made me want to get a computer when i was about 6 years old, and eventually did get one after 2 years. Mindblowing experience at the time for me.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
My Dad. He founded Digital Integration in the '80s and my earliest memories are of just being surrounded by games.
He was always bringing stuff home for me to play, and visiting the office was an absolute joy. Used to come home with armfuls of magazines, demo disks, whatever I could get my hands on.
Retro Gamer UK recently did an article on my Dad and the company: Link
My earliest gaming memories are playing the isometric Batman game and a Ghostbusters game for my Spectrum.
The games that got me hooked though were in an Ocean software combo pack, consisting of Batman, Robocop, Ghostbusters 2 and Back to the future 2. I was only ever good at the Robocop and Batman games but that was the start of my gaming obsession.
It was the Amiga 500 in general and the Monkey Island series that really hooked me. I've enjoyed point and click games right up until now because of it too. Played through the MI series a million times and games like Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2 plenty.
Also, thanks to the OP for making me feel old haha.
The games that got me hooked though were in an Ocean software combo pack, consisting of Batman, Robocop, Ghostbusters 2 and Back to the future 2. I was only ever good at the Robocop and Batman games but that was the start of my gaming obsession.
It was the Amiga 500 in general and the Monkey Island series that really hooked me. I've enjoyed point and click games right up until now because of it too. Played through the MI series a million times and games like Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2 plenty.
Also, thanks to the OP for making me feel old haha.
Me too....feel the same way. Except....before the NES and Mario...it was Pong for me.
That got me initially into gaming. After Pong...Pac Man, Frogger, some baseball ball game....
I didnt really play at the arcades..so playing games in my home was a huge thing.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Super mario bros 3. I had games before that, but super mario bros sparked my interest in gaming a lot more than anything else
fallingdove
Member
Double Dragon and Super Mario Bros - NES
I loved those games.
Later on, Mortal Kombat fueled my love for games like many other 80's born children obsessed with Jean Claude Van Damn movies.
I loved those games.
Later on, Mortal Kombat fueled my love for games like many other 80's born children obsessed with Jean Claude Van Damn movies.