1st game you ever played

batari

EnterNow wrote: »

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...

Midnight Magic??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzbYAUr2Ts

Very common in Ireland, up there with Centipede carts.

My first would have to be Centipede, and I love it still

Et3rnalMo0nlite

well im only 13, but i remember playing Wolfenstein 3d on pc when i was about 5

Myrddin

CathalDublin wrote: »

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

The screenshot looks like the game I remember, but all three have the same screenshot

atariman wrote: »

Midnight Magic??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzbYAUr2Ts

Very common in Ireland, up there with Centipede carts.

My first would have to be Centipede, and I love it still

Nope, the graphics on that are WAY to good for the game I remember

LoGiE

Et3rnalMo0nlite wrote: »

well im only 13, but i remember playing Wolfenstein 3d on pc when i was about 5

Yep this sped along on the old man's 386 he brought home from work. I swear the thing was about the size of a storage heater! Sadly I only ever had the shareware version. I certain you can buy the whole thing on Steam so I might grab it yet.

Lab_Mouse

KungFu Master in a chipper in Kilkee co. clare.Thats also the same place I first ever played double dragon,black tiger and R-type.10p a pop.Still play them regularily enough on mame

Lab_Mouse

Et3rnalMo0nlite wrote: »

well im only 13, but i remember playing Wolfenstein 3d on pc when i was about 5

My mam had a 486 which was the bee's knees at the time.The only game had for it was wolfenstein 3d.Took me ages everytime to get the dam game to load because I could never remember the dos commands!And it was a great little game too

sham69

First game was Trashman on my mates speccie 48k.

On my own speccie it was chequered flag.

First arcade game was either hunchback or Yie Ar Kung Fu in what is now Des Kelly's in Phibsboro (used to be a cinema and also a skating rink)

They had 2 cocktails, boot hill, karate champ (with the sticks) and loads of others.
I remeber it so well, good times.
Sorry for the rant.

Lando Griffin

Spanner Man was the first, then Boulder Dash, hours of fun fixing leaks and digging under boulders.

Dr Bob

Either asteroids or space invaders cabs in a back room of a shop in crumlin(played both that day so not sure which was first).
First home game I played was probably a pong clone (it was a german one , cant remember what model it was for the life of me, thought it was binatone but cant see any of their models that look similar , it was a mad looking black and orange yoke)

Banjo Fella

Lemmings was the first game I ever played, my dad had a copy on his old Olivetti 286 and he used to play it with me when I was 3! Or rather, he used to play while I enjoyed the pretty graphics... my puzzle-solving skills hadn't developed quite enough to get beyond the Fun levels.



The first game I played by myself was Kirby's Dream Land! Santa brought me a lovely black brick of a Gameboy one year, and it was included along with Tetris and Golf. Great times, and a great game too.

djimi

Paperboy on the Commodore 64

I think I was 6 or 7 (I was a late starter tbf) when I first played it on my friends C64. It was either Paperboy or Flimbos Quest; two of my earliest gaming experiences and still to this day two of my favorite games.

LoGiE

djimi wrote: »

Paperboy on the Commodore 64

I think I was 6 or 7 (I was a late starter tbf) when I first played it on my friends C64. It was either Paperboy or Flimbos Quest; two of my earliest gaming experiences and still to this day two of my favorite games.

Did Flimbos Quest come on a Cart along with Fiendish Freddy, klax and Int Soccer?

CiDeRmAn

First game I ever played was on a neighbours Pong machine, not a proper Atari/Sears console but a Grundig or similar euro clone.
It would have been around 76/77 when I was 4 or 5.
Left quite an impact!
First arcade machines I remember playing were Donkey Kong and Battlezone, on a boat heading to Holyhead, again way back when.

djimi

LoGiE wrote: »

Did Flimbos Quest come on a Cart along with Fiendish Freddy, klax and Int Soccer?

Yup thats the one When we got our C64 we got that cartridge, Paperboy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Terminator 2 with. Best Christmas ever tbf

Retr0gamer

LoGiE wrote: »

Did Flimbos Quest come on a Cart along with Fiendish Freddy, klax and Int Soccer?

Yep.

twilightzone

LoGiE wrote: »

Did Flimbos Quest come on a Cart along with Fiendish Freddy, klax and Int Soccer?

indeed it did. the japanese version included fury joker, very rare but sublime game.

mondeo

"Full Throttle" on ZX Spectrum

First Arcade I played was Chase HQ

KeRbDoG

Chequered Flag on the ZX Spectrum 48k
Turned out also to be my first 'sim' too - don't laugh!:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54SMMvbWAkY

Malice

The first game I ever played was Ghosts N' Goblins on a Commodore 64 that my parents bought me for Christmas 1986. For the first few goes I remember just wandering between the start of the first level and the first headstone you come to as I couldn't jump over it. I still remember the feeling of accomplishment when I figured out that you could jump up and right at the same time .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQnaLyYoM4

KaiserGunner

The first game ever that I can remember playing was the first Lemmings game for the p.c. Used to love that. Can also remember around the same time as that playing Frogger and Space Invaders!

mudokon

Mine would have been Oregon Trail on the ZX81.


For arcade games I'd say Missile Command with the Trackball controller would be one of the first.

djimi

Actually, now that I think about it the very first game I ever played was Granny Garden on a BBC Micro in about second class in primary school! Can still remember the music and everything. First time I ever used a computer as I recall.

Jack burton

Oh yeah!!

LoGiE

djimi wrote: »

Actually, now that I think about it the very first game I ever played was Granny Garden on a BBC Micro in about second class in primary school! Can still remember the music and everything. First time I ever used a computer as I recall.

Looks like a Predator thats taken Barney the dinosaurs skull as a trophy/Helmet!

Malice_ That longplay brought me back... I will never forget that music as long as I live!

Atavan-Halen

Grannys Garden?! I LOVED that game. My dad was a caretaker for a school and they had that on some of the computers. Sometimes I'd go to work with him during the summer which meant I had basically free reign over all the toys and stuff in the school (one teacher had a jar of sweets so I'd help myself to those ). I remember playing that and loving it but could never remember the name for years.

nitromaster

First game was tetris...on my cousin's original gameboy.

resulted in me getting one straight away for christmas with super mario land :pac: good times

johnny_ultimate

djimi wrote: »

Actually, now that I think about it the very first game I ever played was Granny Garden on a BBC Micro in about second class in primary school! Can still remember the music and everything. First time I ever used a computer as I recall.

I don't think it was the first game I ever played, but that game made computer class fun. It was a **** game (in hindsight) but man it was a treat to get off 'proper' class to play it.

I genuinely can't recall my first game ever. I remember frequently playing Sonic 2 in my cousins' house at the time (which, incidentally, was my first ever owned game, albeit the bastard hard game gear version :pac:), although I was once informed an older cousin also gave me a lend of a NES once. So my first game could have possibly been Duck Hunt or Mario.

landsleaving

Granny's Garden, the sadness that brings me, waiting for ages to play it on one of the 3 somputers in school, then getting about 30 seconds worth of play before being turfed out of the 'computer room'

Made up for it in secondary school though, I put a snes emulator and a pile of roms on all the computers, happy days, until the whole class was asking me to give them copies. Should have charged for it now that I think back :P

First game ever, hmmm, hazy.. something on the Amstrad 464 in my cousins house, ended up getting one myself soon after. Probably harrier attack. I was obsessed with it.

LoGiE

Im pretty sure my primary school had a Apple II and a few BBC micros which you got to use once a month. Had I been old enough I would have had my mail order copy of Elite for the micro in the post! :cool:

There was a game that you had to command a turtle around the screen. Cudos to whoever can rememebr the name of it!

eightyfish

My first game was Castle Adventure in the early 80s on DOS. Ultra basic. Great game at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jnwlCtAF-U

You can play it online here.

mcgarrett

either asteroids or defender in an arcade in wexford town circa 1981 :eek:

CiDeRmAn

KeRbDoG wrote: »

Chequered Flag on the ZX Spectrum 48k
Turned out also to be my first 'sim' too - don't laugh!:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54SMMvbWAkY

You fell off the chair playing that too! Going around a corner, leaning into the turns! Not easy when its controlled by keys! And you were only 3 as well, bless!

Welease

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You fell off the chair playing that too! Going around a corner, leaning into the turns! Not easy when its controlled by keys! And you were only 3 as well, bless!

Now that has got my brain caving in ..

I had a game on the ZX81.. driving game.. loved it.. but corners were not even available yet.. it was speed signs on a straight road..

Anyone remember the name? Cant find it on WOS

CiDeRmAn

I was devoted to Spy Hunter on the speccy, a terrible version but loved it anyhow. Knightlore was another, although I was rubbish at it! Deathchase, now that was a game! First game in the arcade I got good at was Stunrunner, no wonder I love Wipeout.

Triarius

I remember Sonic 2 was the first I played but i always played on two player with my older brother, first game I ever played on my own was spyro the dragon and I managed to complete it without any help (not much of an achievement in hindsight but it felt like one at the time)

batari

Ah the first game you complete is definitely an achievement! First for me was Superman on the 2600, then E.T., then Ghostbusters I think! Great days..:D

monkeyfudge

I was obsessed with the Dizzy games on the C64.

Would have completed Dizzy, Treasure Island Dizzy and Fantasy World Dizzy back then.

Treasure Island Dizzy was particularly tough. 1 life and no energy bar. Miss manage your inventory while under water and drop your snorkel and it's instant death too.

Scorchio MK7

First Game I ever played was the Terminator for Sega Megadrive.... Scared the Crap out of me...

Then I played Sonic the Hedgehog a few mins later and my love of gaming had begun.

I actually purchased The Terminator again not too long ago, it is to my surprise a pretty decent game.

KeRbDoG

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You fell off the chair playing that too! Going around a corner, leaning into the turns! Not easy when its controlled by keys! And you were only 3 as well, bless!

Was that Chequered Flag or Pole Position?

CiDeRmAn

It was chequred flag, one of the pack in titles with the spectrum back in 84, when Santa brought mine! The speccy wasn't renowned for it's racing titles but some were brilliant, Chase HQ, Stunt car racer, lotus turbo.

SuperInfinity

I think it may have been this:



Rally X at the furniture store in cork. A pretty good game.

CiDeRmAn

It was a clone of Rally X on the Speccy, by Ultimate (later to become Rare) called TransAm, they made a series of amazing games, that no one else thought the computer should do, Jet Pac, TransAm, Pssst, they released them on the cart format for use with the Interface 1 as well, gods would I love one of them!

briany

Hmmmm I think it was Pole Position / Pele Soccer / Pacman / Centipede on the Atari 2600. One of those anyway. It would be impossible to remember the chronological order of them exactly at such an early age.