Dragon Warrior on NES is what really got me hooked. I'd played games on Atari but Dragon Warrior was my first introduction to rpgs. I'm glad the franchise is still going strong. Have slime magnets on my fridge.
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Dangerous Dave.
Am I a gamer? Not sure. But Oblivion really blew my mind. I pirated it not knowing anything about it, I just googled "best games of last year" and that thing was the suggested result.
I was hooked. Years afterwards when my situation changed I bought it on Steam, along with Skyrim. I don't think I've ever played the steam copy.
Final Fantasy
PokΓ©mon then was reinvigorated but Minecraft.
When I was four or so I my family went to have lunch at another family friends house. Their sons were a bit older than me at the time, and they let me play some games on their new PlayStation console. I canβt remember exactly what order we played them in, but the first game I ever played was either Ape Escape or Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Both games are excellent and hold a special place in my heart to this day.
Gaming in general? First game was Duck Hunt and the game that got me into gaming was Super Mario Bros.
PC gaming? Leisure Suit Larry 6.
Probably the pong game that my neighbours had hooked up to their tv in the very early 80s
I know for sure that Sonic and Knuckles was the very first game I played, or at least that I formed a memory of playing. I also had this handheld Radica Junior Bass Fishing game. And then I think I got to play Cruisin' USA at somebody's house and they had a full steering wheel setup for it.
First games I remember playing, at least on console, were Mario Kart 64 and Super Mario 64 on my cousins' Nintendo 64 (which later got passed down to me). I would frequently get Mario stuck in the castle moat and my cousins would have to get him out of it so I could keep playing, haha.
The first game I played was broken sword on our family's windows 5.2 pc or whatever it was.
Minecraft
In theory, Super Mario Bros. on the NES, because that's the first game I really played by myself. But I'm not sure it really is, because at that time video games were just a thing you did, like watching TV. So I never considered myself a gamer as such, just someone who would casually drop in on games here and there. I was never involved in them, I'd just play for a bit, then go and do something else.
Fast forward to a few years ago, and my wife (who plays a lot of games) suggested I play To The Moon, and that got me hooked. A video game that made me cry - amazing.
Since then I've played more games, looking for ones with a great story. Played RDR2 last year, and nothing has come close to it since.
Probably a Lego Star Wars game for the game boy, I get nostalgic thinking about it
A Sega Mega Drive Car Game called: Lotus Turbo Challenge by EA from 1990
Need for speed underground 2 and burnout 3
Bubble Bobble on the C64 :)
Watched my dad play kings quest 2 when I was a kid.
mario kart wiiiiiiiiiiiii
Pokemon Blue that I got from a girl my mom babysat. But I think really getting into the hobby would be minecraft when I started hosting servers for my friends in middle school. I owe my career to that game.
Super Mario Bros 3. Never beat it until the Allstars version on SNES, but it's the first video game I remember playing. Or maybe it was Gauntlet, but SMB3 was the funner one.
SMB3 was the first game I ever where I won a regional speedrun competition. It was 1992 I think? I blasted Bowser in around 15 minutes on stage, in front of all my friends. I was the coolest kid in school for a couple days.
I've been playing games ever since I was a little kid, I don't really remember any particular "first game". We did have an old SNES that I did all the time so probably Super Mario World I guess.
Super Mario Bros got me in. It was my older sister's game, so it was just something we had around the house for as long as I can remember. I think that's a great first game to get into, because it has wonderful art and music, and simple, straightforward challenges to overcome.
On the flip side, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain got me out of gaming for the most part. I had never been more excited for something than by the story being painted by the trailers leading up to the game's release. I was already a big time MGS fan, and I'd say I still am. I even enjoyed MGS5 basically right up until the moment I beat it, and then I reflected on everything I just saw and felt utterly deceived. Empty open world, lots if time wasting interstitial moments, grind-based mechanics, and an unfinished story that didn't need to take as long as it did to tell (and was stupid, too).
PokΓ©mon FireRed
River Raid
My man!
Halo/a slew of freemium MMOs I'd play on my dinky laptop in the mid 00s
Probably Commander Keen 4 and Prince of Persia in black and white on my dad's 286 pc.
Probably space invaders on the Atari 2600
I didn't have an Atari new I believe it was already an old system when me and my sister got it.
Minecraft, and then Cuphead again
super mario brothers 2 baybeeeeeeee
Sim Park
Idk if anyone else ever even heard of it, it was a late 90s Sim game where you built a wildlife park.