What was your first game?

[mfortunato]

My first games are hard to remember.  Fondest PC game - Defender of the Crown for the Commodore 64.  Now they've put that game on every platform.  But for some reason now the damn game is so hard!  I have it for the gameboy but it's impossible to win now!  Anyway, I loved everything about that game - from building up my army, raiding a castle, and saving a princess.  That game was excellent.  And the music was beautiful.  I remember the tune very well (of course it's been recreated in the ports to other platforms).
Oh, and Karateka - I thought the animation was amazing in that game!

[Oldbushie]

Anybody want to feel old? This even makes me feel old, and I'm only 19:
http://www.egmmag.com/article2/1,4364,1338730,00.asp

It's a bunch of 10 year olds reviewing games from the 70s and 80s...

[mfortunato]

I read this in the magazine.  It's quite funny!  They all liked Pac-Man, though .

[Yonkey]

I can't believe they didn't like Mario Bros!  That game ruled!  

[mfortunato]

Ah - the Pokemon generation.  I can't get into those games.  I just don't like collecting monster cards, which is essentially what that is.  It's the same reason I don't play Magic:the Gathering.  Although, I have a sneaky suspicion if I did play it, I'd get sucked into the void that is card-based gaming.  It's bad enough that I'm addicted to Elder Scrolls: Morrowind.  This game is amazing!!! I can't stop playing it.  And I have artwork I have to finish!!!  ARGH!! WHY DID I BUY THIS GAME!?!?!?!?  Because it was less than $20 previously played, that's why.  *sigh*

Mario still kicks a$$!  The original is still fun to play (I have it on the gameboy).  Although his later incarnations (Super Mario 3 and Super Mario World) are even more amazing and fun to play.  And I love Mario64 and Sunshine.

[Oldbushie]

All the Mario games rock! I like Space Invaders too, though I do prefer some of the later reincarnations.

[Jeysie]

It's the same reason I don't play Magic:the Gathering.  Although, I have a sneaky suspicion if I did play it, I'd get sucked into the void that is card-based gaming.

Heh. Magic:The Gathering is actually an extremely interesting game to play. Just do yourself a favor and go for a program like Apprentice instead of collecting the actual cards. It'll do diddley for preventing time waste, but at least your wallet will be spared.

And yeah, I read that article, 'Bushie. I mean, I'm only 23, and I grew up playing all those Atari and NES games, and I thought they rocked. I dunno. I always feel sort of conflicted. It's like, do I feel angry at those kids for not appreciating true non-flashy gaming, or do I look back and realize that, yeah, a few of those old games really did suck, and the only reason we thought they were da bomb is because they were the best things available? <G> I guess I'm just sorta in the middle, like I am on most things.

Of course, my stint in a toy store made me feel even more old... "Goodness! Why the heck is *that* back? There's a *reason* why that toy concept went out of style, you know!", but that would be even more off-topic. <G>

Peace & Luv, Liz

[copycat]

First game ever played: Asteroids on my Atari console, with sound.
First game played on pc, don't remember. Best guess: LSL1.

[Storm]

We also had an Atari with all the best games - pacman, defender, space invaders and my personal favorite - Pitfall! Back then my knowledge of the English language wasn't even enough to read the cartridge title, so we just called it Tarazan, after the jungle-call the guy made when you finally got him to swing on those ropes

[Say]

lol this thread is hilarious

Yeah the old mario games kicked ass and I think they still do everyone knows mario one way or another (like him or not ) I do like these old old games, and wtf mike I loved karateka too!! hahaha the music!!! OMG!!! !!!! hhahaha hilarious

Monkey Island was also a GREAAAAAT game! ! omg lots of old memories about it

And hahah I dont feel like a noob at all I've been on this team longer than I can remember and like it or not, knowing or not I did have to learn A LOT about kq games, story line, etc, I just didnt happen to convert into it like a regular fan but that doesnt mean Im not one!! I AM a KQ9 FAN !!, would I be here if I didnt believe AND liked the project?

[mfortunato]

I'm currently playing the original Phantasy Star on my gameboy.  The graphics are horrible, but the game's still fun!

[Kobold]

Hahaha, mario games were great, i enjoyed a lot Mario bros 3 in my old NES

I cant remember if my first videogame was Mario bros 3 or the arcade Street fighter 2 (another classic )

[mfortunato]

Definitely want to get Mario Kart Double Dash.  It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.  I loved Diddy Kong racing on the N64, so I am looking forward to this game.  Of course, I never buy a game new, too expensive.  i'll wait a few months and then by it at a much cheaper price previously used.

[Louisiana Night]

I think Rampage was one of the first games I played(CoCo).

Since I grew up around computers, it's hard for me to know what the very first video game I played was.

[Jafar]

Since I grew up around computers, it's hard for me to know what the very first video game I played was.

I know what you mean. I have no idea what the first game I ever played was.

[dew7]

I think Cosmic Crusaders in 4 colors for the IBM PCjr was the first game I played.  However, KQ1 for the IBM PCjr was my first real adventure game that I played.

[Yonkey]

I think mine was some DOS-based pinball game.  But there might have been one before that.  

[racx_00]

Atari was one of the first consoles i ever played , i loved Space Invaders and all, the first Atari game i played was one where a flying saucer shoots at you and you have to dodge the bullets (I think, cant remember the gist of it but i know there was a saucer )

Mario was really good, but i hate Mario i prefer Luigi , of course there was also the good old Battletoads and Donkey Kong

[Jeysie]

It occurred to me I guess I never actually answered the question posed by the thread title...

Mostly 'cause I don't really know. It might have been one of Sierra's Disney games, a Sesame Street game, one of my father's program concoctions, a random game from his magazine subscription disks... I would've been like 4 or 5 at the time. Or it maybe might have even been an Atari game... I don't recall how old I was when we got our console.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Louisiana Night]

I prefered the Atari game, where you were the flying saucer(not the other way around).

Jeysie, did you ever play the rubber ducky game(sesame street)? That was fun!

*thinks about what he just said*