First game you ever played? And your top favorite?

[Strider]

An old MS-DOS Sokoban with those pinkish colors.

CGA

 

[acrocosm]

i can't really remember what my first game was. I had an atari immitation with 100+ games on memory so i think those were the first games i ever played but it could be some game like double dragon or golden axe on the coin ups.

as for the games that had the most impact on me and are my all time favourites those have to be (in no specific order):

chrono trigger on the snes
zelda links awakening on the brick
Planescape torrment on the pc


aaahh the momories....

 

[nintendofreak]

I had occasionally played (like 5 min per year

) some sort of sonic game on gamegear from my cousins, but the first game that I really played and was mine was Mario Kart for 64... Now that I go back I say "OMG THIS GAME WAS SOOOO COOOL" it looked soo much nicer back then. After experiencing games today, its just not the same as before

 

[acrocosm]

I had occasionally played (like 5 min per year

)Â some sort of sonic game on gamegear from my cousins, but the first game that I really played and was mine was Mario Kart for 64... Now that I go back I say "OMG THIS GAME WAS SOOOO COOOL" it looked soo much nicer back then. After experiencing games today, its just not the same as before

yeah i suppose everyone feels like that more or less. however there were qualities in old games that you cannot find in the majority of contemporary ones.

the fact developers were so limited back then forced them to come up with ideas and solutions that would enchance and concentrate on pure gameplay something that in today's hyper graphic frenzy is missing in many cases.

also since it was the beggining of the evolution there was quite some space for intuitive design and for new breeds to come up while today they mainly recycle older and established ideas.

there is still experimental game design but you will never see it in commercial releases or at least extremely rarely (darwinia comes in mind)

 

[Darkforce]

the fact developers were so limited back then forced them to come up with ideas and solutions that would enchance and concentrate on pure gameplay something that in today's hyper graphic frenzy is missing in many cases.

No, gaming was pretty much about the graphics back in those days too. I still remember the text on the NES box proclaiming 'outstanding graphics', 'realistic 3D images' and 'vivid colours and sound' lol! Ever since arcade games found their way onto home consoles/computers in the late 70's manfacturers/developers were pushing the their machines/games as having the best and most realistic arcade ports.


My first game was Super Mario Bros on the NES, I think I was probably 5-6 at the time? My favourite game ever, ever is probably Super Mario Bros also, it is just a perfect game and I still play it today, practising speed runs never get tiring. My favourite games of the moment though have to be After Burner Climax in the arcades or Resi 4 on the Wii.

 

[Spikey]

First game I ever played was either Yar's Revenge or Super Mario Brothers... Can't remember... I was too young to remember what I played back then... And I have no top favorite game because there are too many great games to call any one of them my top favorite.

 

[SpectralSounds]

I got into videogames because of Super Mario Brothers on the N.E.S.

As a kid, I used to go ride my bike up to the local KMart. They had a NES on display there with Super Mario Brothers, but you could only play it for a matter of seconds before it restarted. You could make it to the first fireflower and shoot a fireball or two before it reset.

I used to go there everyday and try to somehow make it farther, until eventually my friends parents bought them one. So, SMB definetely holds a special place in my heart. Not to mention its probably the greatest videogame of all time.

 

[square]

Space Invader

http://www.imarshall.karoo.net/handheldpic...texinvaders.jpg

Favorite is Chrono Trigger

 

[warbird]

used to play some car game on an apple at my dads old job. Had to be in 1987 or something. Other game i played a lot was prince of persia.

 

[kellyan95]

Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on SNES when I was 4

 

[haohmaru6]

The first arcade game I ever remember playing was Pac-Man, the reason why I remember it so vividly is because I thought the goal was to go eat the ghosts right away! I was so surprised when it didn't work... I think I was 4 years old.

Growing up in silicon valley, we had access to computers and consoles when they first came out, because the manufacturers were like 30 minutes away at most.

Our first computer was the Apple II+, and the first game I can remember on it was an old Integer Basic game called Cycle Jump. Our first console was the Atari 2600 (it was called the Video Computer System back then,) and the first game I remember on it was Breakout.

From the time I can first remember seeing a video game I knew it was my creative medium of choice. I been playing on every platform I could get my hands on ever since. I've even started writing them.

Nowadays there are a great many creative disciplines you can apply to gaming. The most important thing is always gameplay, though. So many in the industry have lost sight of that because all they see is dollar signs. It is fortunate that there are some who remember gaming's roots and put gameplay first and foremost.

 

[PikaPika]

BTW: Who else can't wait for Metroid Prime 3?I'll kill you I'm looking forward to Prime 3 so much.





it didn't need to make sense

I'd sacrifice myself if the community could get it earlier

(only if I could play it in atheist-hell)

 

[Psyfira]

First game I remember: Pong with twisty-dial controllers. Ouch.

Funny story; on Thursday I was at my sister's house digging through her PS2 games, saw "Midway Arcade Classics" and thought why on earth would anyone want to play this stuff now? After an crazy hour and a half of Gaunlet I knew; old multiplayer games are just plain fun. Old games are too difficult to stick with in singleplayer for long, but with a friend you don't care if you're losing when you're laughing your ass off.

 

[rest0re]

HORACE GOES SKIING

 

[Taras]

Zork on a c64 in 1982

 

[Deadmon]

First game I ever played was Super Mario World on the SNES...great game.

Favourite? Probably the Pokemon series, or Smash Bros Series.

 

[pristinemog]

First game I ever played: Super Mario 3 for NES.

Favorite game of all time: Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne for the PS2.

 

[jayfunk]

1st I can remember was Gulpman on the Spectrum, Pac-Man rip off. We had a ZX81 before that but I cant remember any of the games.

 

[mthrnite]

Yep, back in '76 (I was 12 at the time) the game room of the condo I lived in (my dad managed a resort) had this exact machine. I was in awe. The next year, my folks bought me the home version for Christmas.

 

[.TakaM]

ur old