1st game you ever played

marcuspheonix

whats the 1st game you ever played?

Jack burton

marcuspheonix wrote: »

ok. didnt mean to cause trouble. just wanted to continue the discussion. how do i delete a thread?

An obvious forum expert here

jaykhunter

marcus just in case it hasn't been said i want to say that only that 'troll thread' (should) contain inflammatory statements, we're a real nice bunch of guys here, please don't be put off by any rocky moments here and there on boards! sometimes ya get them but in general boards is well moderated to foster a positive community

LoGiE

Just like I'd hoped, peace and quite. You leave the moderating to me marcuspheonix. When I close a thread I mean it to stay closed ok?;)

Anywho...

The first home 'console' game I ever played was one of those a generic pong machine's. Mind blowing at the time of course! First arcade was a cocktail defender in wexford I think, sometime in the mid 80's...

ghostchant

First game I ever played was pacman on my uncle's atari 2600. In hindsight, I couldn't have picked a worse game (that's not a shot at pacman, just the dreadful 2600 conversion). Loved it at the time though, and led to me getting a NES off santa.

the_syco

It was either the soccer game, or a game of bong, on a 16" black and white TV, with I think was a Magnavox Odyssey 4000? Looks like it, but some buttons on it were a bit different. Maybe a cheaper clone. 8 basic games on a cartridge. Fun times were had with that. I do believe that was the only console that I played on for a long period of time, other than maybe the PS1. 386 ftw!

Retr0gamer

Contra in an arcade in the Airport. Maybe that's why I love hard games.

deathrider

I honestly can't remember what the first game I ever played was, but I can remember the first games I've ever owned. Got a Gameboy for christmas back in then early 90's, with Tetris and Fortress Of Fear. Although I spent a lot of time trying to nab my Gameboy back off my sisters before they ran the batteries dead with Tetris, Fortress Of Fear was the fisrt game to really grab my heart. Spent an unhealthy amount of my childhood playing that one.

Kxiii

Batman on an Amstrad on monochrome green monitor.

kwalshe

My first one on a friends console was Combat on the Atari


My first game on my own console was

Atavan-Halen

First game I played was ridge racer on the ps1 when I was about 5 and got the ps1 off Santa. Couldn't steer for my life and ended up facing walls most of the time but I loved it none the less.

CathalDublin

Hard to remember
In the arcade was Double Dragon(the 1st one) in a games room on the side of a pub in wexford!
At home I cant remember but it was either on the Spectrum 48k(probably booty or jetpack) or the Rowtron games system(pong clone or something)

CathalDublin

atavan-halen wrote: »

First game I played was ridge racer on the ps1 when I was about 5 and got the ps1 off Santa. Couldn't steer for my life and ended up facing walls most of the time but I loved it none the less.

I feel so old
My mate got that with his PS1 when it was 1st released for xmas, think it was December 1995, I was about just turning 16:eek:

Warren3

First game i ever played was call Arcadian on the BBC 32K

Welease

First one I remember was 3D Monster Maze by JK Greye software on the ZX81..





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Monster_Maze

Arcade wise, I'd imagine it was Space Invaders...

o1s1n

It was either Yar's Revenge on the Atari 2600 or Punchy on the ZX Spectrum, I'm not too sure. It was the 80s and I was young!

First arcade game I'm pretty sure was Operation Wolf.

Skerries

in the arcade it would have been Space Invaders or Pac-Man

at home it was when i visited my cousins in England in '79 and their mate had an Atari with Gun Fight, i had just turned 6

LoGiE

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Contra in an arcade in the Airport. Maybe that's why I love hard games.

I just mentioned I'd been playing it recently in another thread. Credit up, 30 seconds later GAME OVER. They sure dont make them like they used too!

The Atari 2600 seemed to have been the platform of choice before the outbreak of personel computers in the early 80's. I owned a c64 and a speccy although Arcades have always been closest to my heart.

Anyone else get a strange feeling when someone says the first game they remember in Sonic?

chopperbyrne

One of the games on a pong console, probably Pong as the rest were crap.

Retr0gamer

LoGiE wrote: »

I just mentioned I'd been playing it recently in another thread. Credit up, 30 seconds later GAME OVER. They sure dont make them like they used too!

The arcade version is regarded as the easiest of the series other than super contra on the NES It's funny now to read reviews of Megaman 2 saying it's one of the hardest games ever made when it was criticised when it came out for being too easy.

Josey Wales

I'm fairly sure it was a game called Mountain King on an Atari. I still remember the music from it.

BenK

Can't remember which one of these classics I played first! Got them with a Nes for Christmas back in the day. I do remember my sister being better at me with the light gun and getting quite upset at the time... Oh the nostalgia...

Warren3

I can not believe I found some info on it and it came on in 1982. I feel old now!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadians_%28video_game%29

Roar

it would have been on my cousin's NES i think, possibly Mario.

Anthony Walsh

I think it might have been tetris, first game I played on a pc was wolfenstein 3d

o1s1n

Now that I think about it, I can also remember playing Bomb Jack on a cocktail cabinet in a hotel in Killiney. That may predate Operation Wolf as my first arcade game

oeb

marcuspheonix wrote: »

whats the 1st game you ever played?

I think it was pacman, one of those cocktail cabinet versions in 86 or 87.

My first true addiction though was the TMNT cabinet in 89 or 90

ntlbell

Struggling to remember but I think it was this.

Cracking game, must get my hands on an aul CBS

branners69

Mine like most of the old fogies was pong on a pong clone called the Universum Multi-Spiel-Color A, catchy name eh!

The console looked like this but it also had a gun:



In the arcade my first and best game was Pac Land! I can still remember all the hidden tricks even though I havent played it in 20 years! Ah the memories, back when 10p went somewhere!

LoGiE

branners69 wrote: »

In the arcade my first and best game was Pac Land! I can still remember all the hidden tricks even though I havent played it in 20 years! Ah the memories, back when 10p went somewhere!

I'm the same. The locations of the hat, skips , baloons and extra lives have been burnt into my memory. I will always remember playing the c64 version and being so disappointed that they took most of that stuff out. Brilliant game :pac:

twilightzone

marcuspheonix wrote: »

whats the 1st game you ever played?

super mario bros on the NES. my brother received it as a gift from Santa Claus, and i fondly remember countless hours stuck in front of the television, eyes glued to the little man jumping from block to block. a wonderful way to begin a lifelong passion for gaming

twilightzone

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Contra in an arcade in the Airport. Maybe that's why I love hard games.

i personally found contra to be easier than most people

twilightzone

LoGiE wrote: »

Anyone else get a strange feeling when someone says the first game they remember in Sonic?

not at all. sonic is a wonderful first game.

LoGiE

I am of course refering to the fact that I must be getting on in years. Sonic was released in 1991. A lot of the games mentioned so far are late 70's or early 80's. Now how's about sticking the the thread title and giving us the first game you played?

Atavan-Halen

Ridge Racer came out in 95.

I feel so young!

Retr0gamer

I really need to play Pac-Land.

martineatworld

Super Mario World on the SNES. Not the worst place to start off!

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

Ridge Racer came out in 95.

I feel so young!

Damn man, I feel so old!

Mine was some pinball game on the A2600 - have never found the exact one to this day, not even sure what it was called (knowing Atari, it was prob called Pinball) - but I'd love to fire it up for a min on an emu and see how fuzzy/bad my memory of it is...

LoGiE

atavan-halen wrote: »

Ridge Racer came out in 95.

I feel so young!

Well I do remember putting a few coins into the full scale version of the Arcade.

justbrian

Arcade, don't recall. First home game was Alex Kidd on mastersystem.

Myrddin

LoGiE wrote: »

Well I do remember putting a few coins into the full scale version of the Arcade.

RR in a sit down cab was bliss. I remember one on an Irish Ferries boat YEARS ago, RR2, full sit down cab complete with manual gears if wanted...that was some piece of kit. I'd love an RR sit down cab, but NEVER seen one for sale in the wild

Professey Chin

Im pretty sure my 1st game was Space Harrier or Bomb Jack
Cant remember any before those anyway

Myrddin

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Nothing is better than the triple screen F355 setup complete with clutch pedal and open-gate shifter. Myself and my mates used to play that for ages in our local arcade. Plus it had the VMU slot so you could connect your dreamcast save times.

Sounds sweet! Never even set eyes on one...

Damn, must...resist...urge...to...shop...for....driving cab

PS - if anyone sees a Ridge Racer cab for sale - ALERT ME IMMEDIATELY :D

Does that A2600 pinball game ring a bell with anyone? Mmm a description, well it had blocks, within blocks...oh and the ball was a small block

Retr0gamer

I'm pretty sure Quirkeys had one.

Welease

atavan-halen wrote: »

Ridge Racer came out in 95.

I feel so young!

Jeez thanks for making me feel old.. I wrote my first game 13 years before that

o1s1n

Bray bowling alley had a Ridge Racer sit down cab for years. Not sure if It's still there as I tend to avoid the place as much as possible.

I do remember about 5 years ago I heard that they had a load of cabs down in a basement and were selling them off for 100 each and a game. Urban legend? Possibly. Always meant to investigate that one further.

mav79

Ace Racer on the sharp mz 700 what a machine!

monkeyfudge

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I really need to play Pac-Land.

Was a favourite of mine in the arcade as a kid.

First games for me were probably on the VIC-20... so most likely Trap or Gorf.

Earliest arcade game I can remember might have been Spy Hunter. Although I have early memories of Paper Boy and Star Wars too.

CathalDublin

EnterNow wrote: »

Does that A2600 pinball game ring a bell with anyone? Mmm a description, well it had blocks, within blocks...oh and the ball was a small block

Would love 2 daytona cabs myself, maybe when I get a house with a garage/"games room"
There is only 3 games with pinball in the title
check here for a list of all the games though
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atari_2600_games

twilightzone

LoGiE wrote: »

I am of course refering to the fact that I must be getting on in years. Sonic was released in 1991. A lot of the games mentioned so far are late 70's or early 80's. Now how's about sticking the the thread title and giving us the first game you played?

if you look back a couple of pages you will see that i already gave you the first game i ever played. it was super mario bros

twilightzone

o1s1n wrote: »

Bray bowling alley had a Ridge Racer sit down cab for years. Not sure if It's still there as I tend to avoid the place as much as possible.

I do remember about 5 years ago I heard that they had a load of cabs down in a basement and were selling them off for 100 each and a game. Urban legend? Possibly. Always meant to investigate that one further.

it's true. i bought a frogger cab there, its in graystones. i doubt they still are selling but its worth a butchers.