Posted April 06, 2011
I can somehow remember playing on a really old Atari Console. Long time before my first C64 :)
I think my gaming love started there :)
I think my gaming love started there :)
Ubivis
New User
Registered: Sep 2010
From Germany
hercufles
euh what?
Registered: May 2009
From Netherlands
oldschool
I see you!
Registered: Mar 2009
From United States
Posted April 06, 2011
I think my gaming love started there :)
Don't feel bad, English is complicated. I'm trying to learn spanish and it's hard as hell. Your english is pretty good.
Post edited April 06, 2011 by oldschool
nmillar
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Registered: Feb 2009
From United Kingdom
Posted April 06, 2011
My parents never bought me a console when I was young, but one of my first PC games was David Wolf.
TheCheese33
Saves The Day
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted April 06, 2011
First game I ever played was Wolfenstein 3D when I was five or six. My grandpa got into serious trouble for that little stunt. Now I'm 19 (turning 20 in July) and I'm still addicted to FPS titles.
Pheace
New User
Registered: Jul 2010
From Netherlands
Posted April 06, 2011
I think the first game I ever had was a Cartridge I put in the back of our C64, a game called Star Ranger, basically a sidescrolling survival game with several stages. Loved it.
Think that was before I started on the tapedesk at least.
Edit: Can't seem to find it so it may not have been called Moonbase :/
Found it! >> Star Ranger << instead of Moonbase :D Omg so nostalgic xD
Think that was before I started on the tapedesk at least.
Edit: Can't seem to find it so it may not have been called Moonbase :/
Found it! >> Star Ranger << instead of Moonbase :D Omg so nostalgic xD
Post edited April 06, 2011 by Pheace
grainne6
New User
Registered: Apr 2010
From United Kingdom
Posted April 06, 2011
Alex the Kid in Miracle World - It was the only game I had for months and months and I played it hundreds of times. I think I could still get from the start to the end without loosing a life.
Robbeasy
Too Old
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted April 06, 2011
Manic Miner on the old Speccy.
Awesome game...
Awesome game...
Arcall
New User
Registered: Nov 2009
From United Kingdom
Posted April 06, 2011
Probably Lode Runner. I lost hours on that game just in the level editor. I never was very good at it. Actually now that I mention it I think there is a freeware version online somewhere.
Fairfox
New User
Registered: Sep 2010
From United States
Posted April 06, 2011
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Post edited April 06, 2011 by the_voivod
Datajack2050
Om nom nom
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted April 06, 2011
By far Quest for Glory VGA. My dad is a huge fantasy buff but also likes comedy (Myth Adventures for example) so Quest for Glory fit him perfectly. Around the time when Windows 3.1 (I think) came out, he gave me his old DOS PC that auto-booted to some menu that had a list of all installed games. Just press the number and play. Quest for Glory VGA was on it, and I spent every single summer replaying through the game or the series when we got the sequels. Sure, there were other games on their (Win Lose or Draw, Bouncing Babies, Test Drive, Disney's Matterhorn Mountain, Pharaoh's Tomb, Battle for Middle Earth, and a few others I can't remember.)
A runner up would be Leisure Suit Larry. Going through a box of those big floppy disks (Not the standard floppy disks we have today) I found a copy of Leisure Suit Larry. It had the Sierra logo on it so I figured it would be a fun adventure game. My dad knew I had installed it but I don't think he figured I would understand it or get far in it. Since I didn't know many of the words, I wrote them down. You can imagine my moms outrage when she found a piece of paper with the words "buy prophylactic" written in blue highlighter.
How old was I playing these? Probably around 9-10 years old. I played QFG and LSL games on the DOS machine until around 94 or 95, then I had to migrate to using my dads PC since the DOS machine couldn't run games like QFG 4, Kings Quest VI, or Police Quest IV and SWAT.
EDIT: AHA! I knew I forgot one! The very first PC game I played was Hugo's House of Horrors when it was first released back in 1990. I was 7 or so.
A runner up would be Leisure Suit Larry. Going through a box of those big floppy disks (Not the standard floppy disks we have today) I found a copy of Leisure Suit Larry. It had the Sierra logo on it so I figured it would be a fun adventure game. My dad knew I had installed it but I don't think he figured I would understand it or get far in it. Since I didn't know many of the words, I wrote them down. You can imagine my moms outrage when she found a piece of paper with the words "buy prophylactic" written in blue highlighter.
How old was I playing these? Probably around 9-10 years old. I played QFG and LSL games on the DOS machine until around 94 or 95, then I had to migrate to using my dads PC since the DOS machine couldn't run games like QFG 4, Kings Quest VI, or Police Quest IV and SWAT.
EDIT: AHA! I knew I forgot one! The very first PC game I played was Hugo's House of Horrors when it was first released back in 1990. I was 7 or so.
Post edited April 06, 2011 by Wraith
hercufles
euh what?
Registered: May 2009
From Netherlands
Posted April 06, 2011
A runner up would be Leisure Suit Larry. Going through a box of those big floppy disks (Not the standard floppy disks we have today) I found a copy of Leisure Suit Larry. It had the Sierra logo on it so I figured it would be a fun adventure game. My dad knew I had installed it but I don't think he figured I would understand it or get far in it. Since I didn't know many of the words, I wrote them down. You can imagine my moms outrage when she found a piece of paper with the words "buy prophylactic" written in blue highlighter.
How old was I playing these? Probably around 9-10 years old. I played QFG and LSL games on the DOS machine until around 94 or 95, then I had to migrate to using my dads PC since the DOS machine couldn't run games like QFG 4, Kings Quest VI, or Police Quest IV and SWAT.
EDIT: AHA! I knew I forgot one! The very first PC game I played was Hugo's House of Horrors when it was first released back in 1990. I was 7 or so.
HereForTheBeer
Positive Patty
Registered: Oct 2009
From United States
Posted April 06, 2011
You mean the title that got us hooked on the path to being a gamer? Tough question. I think the point of no return for me was Pool of Radiance, the original Gold Box game. I was almost hooked earlier, with the aforementioned Lode Runner (black and white on an Apple II), but then boot camp and schools squelched things for a few years.
Foxhack
Fuzzball
Registered: Sep 2008
From Mexico
Posted April 06, 2011
Super Mario Bros.
Yes, I know. :p
Yes, I know. :p
Ash_Housewares
¯ _(ツ)_/¯
Registered: May 2009
From Canada
Posted April 06, 2011
The game that made me a gamer is probably Dune 2.
I played a lot of the classics including Novastorm so it's hard to pinpoint which game.
Remember Cadillacs and Dinosaurs? xD
I played a lot of the classics including Novastorm so it's hard to pinpoint which game.
Remember Cadillacs and Dinosaurs? xD
Post edited April 06, 2011 by Ash_Housewares