For me I remember the magical day my dad brought home Duke Nukem 3D, I had hardly even played games up until that point. I just remember being so blown away by how awesome it was, for me the game was perfect. I think i was about 6 or 7 and I played through and beat that game like 15 times...ahhh the good ol' days.

So what about you guys, what game or maybe games really got you hooked on Pc gaming.

NeverWinter Nights, absolutely loved that game! Alas my pc gaming didnt last very long, bout 50 hours i would say.

Diablo 3

Test Drive 4.

"Diablo 3"

I think the first Diablo but  it may have been something previous.  My memory is kind of spotty these days.

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"Diablo 3"

lol nice
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Jazz Jackrabbit, COSMO, Commander Keen, Doom, Duke Nukem 2d... God those were the days!!!

Edit: OMG AND HALLOWEEN HARRY!!! LOVED THAT GAME!

Wizardry

Hey Psynapse, thanks for saying COSMO I completely forgot about that game... other games that got me gaming on PC were Command & Conquer, Jazz Jackrabbit, and Duke Nukem

Sim city was the first game I played on the PC.

It was either Prehistorik, Prince of persia or Jazz Jackrabbit. What really hooked me in was Doom though...

Wolfenstein 3D. I remember it being a pain in the ass getting it to run on the 286 or whatever we had back then.

Watching my friend play the first UT on his dad's alienware (back before alienware was crap) inspired me to play games but my first two that i bought were Roller Coaster Tycoon and Battlefield 1942.....Otherwise i was at my friends house every day watching him play UT....that was back when i was 7 i think....

First PC game I remember playing: One Must Fall 2097
First PC game that actually made me pay attention to PC gaming: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
The game that took me from console gamer to PC fanboy: Medal of Honor Allied Assault

Wolfenstein 3D.  I saw it at my friend's house,  back in the day when Wolf3d was fairly new, and right then and there I knew I needed a PC.

I guess Jazz Jackrabbit, just because that was my first.

But the games that really got me playing PC games were Baldur's Gate one and two.

The game that converted me from consoles was Counter-Strike: Source. Loved playing that with friends.

"The game that converted me from consoles was Counter-Strike: Source. Loved playing that with friends.
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I think the first game I played was Age of Conquerors

My 1st 2 PC games were X-Wing Vs. Tie-Fighter and Total Annihilation... both for Windows 95.  Before that I'd only ever used a Mac, so they pretty much sold me on Windows as an OS too.

"Hey Psynapse, thanks for saying COSMO I completely forgot about that game... other games that got me gaming on PC were Command & Conquer, Jazz Jackrabbit, and Duke Nukem
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Commander Keen. You cant possibly say that I'm not hardcore on that one. :P

Red Alert.

starcraft 2, i wasted many hrs on that game.

Half-Life I think.

"starcraft 2, i wasted many hrs on that game.
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Either Quake or Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2, not sure which I played first.

Deus Ex

I feel like a broken record...starcraft / diablo.

Into real PC gaming? Dungeon Keeper II

The games that got me to the PC initially were those little flash games on Fox Kids website though ( I know, I'm a dumbass )

The sims bundle (sim copter, city, safari and whatnot) and TIbia. Back in like 1999 :)

Diablo 2

Quake 3 and it's mods

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Sid Meier's Colonization

Commander Keen and then Red Alert 2

dead serious ... the first PC game i ever played was MATH BLASTER! in elementary school ... it was there in those short little mini games of addition and subtraction goodness that I found out how much I loved PC games and also how much I sucked at math.  I LOVED COMPUTER ROOM DAY but when it came time to print out the results on those old dot matrix printers ... eh ... not so much ... :p

but beyond that ... and into the actual games ... the first game I played that I really enjoyed was Doom.  It scared me shitless and I remember I used to have this older friend that lived down the street.  I would literally stalk him when he was home just so I could use his computer for an hour or two because my family was crap and didn't think we needed one.  It was good times ... come to think of it ... I was probably really annoying.  Sorry Eric ... where ever you are today!

"dead serious ... the first PC game i ever played was MATH BLASTER! in elementary school ... it was there in those short little mini games of addition and subtraction goodness that I found out how much I loved PC games and also how much I sucked at math.  I LOVED COMPUTER ROOM DAY but when it came time to print out the results on those old dot matrix printers ... eh ... not so much ... :p

but beyond that ... and into the actual games ... the first game I played that I really enjoyed was Doom.  It scared me shitless and I remember I used to have this older friend that lived down the street.  I would literally stalk him when he was home just so I could use his computer for an hour or two because my family was crap and didn't think we needed one.  It was good times ... come to think of it ... I was probably really annoying.  Sorry Eric ... where ever you are today!"

"Quake 3. Amazing times on that game. I used to sneak downstairs in the middle of the night and play it ti' I had to go to school."

Lucasarts, back in their hey day, I firmly believed they could do no wrong.

Captain Comic ! :D

Had it on a floppy

Age of Empires collector's edition

Police Quest and Maniac Mansion

I played a lot of games before actually getting "into" it. As someone else mentioned, a lot of educational games, but also Doom, Kings Quest, etc. I actually enjoyed them, no doubt, but it didn't drive me to the point of saying I LOVE MY PC!!. I'd venture a guess that it was either C&C Tiberian Sun or Diablo. I blew a lot of time playing C&C over LAN with my three brothers but I spent every day after school on battle.net.

Starcraft started it for me

Halo CE.

Reader Rabbit

As a kid, I used to piss around on the PC a lot.  Jazz Jackrabbit, for sure.  The Muppets Treasure Island interactive computer game!  Then, there was Monkey Island, which set an abnormally high standard for adventure games.

And then when I was about eleven or twelve, I got introduced to Unreal Tournament.  And I have not stopped fragging since.

cs 1.6, i kept playing until i got good, even though that took a year.   :~)

my first real big game was Red Alert. Im not really a RTS fan per say but i loved it! also games like Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2, quake 2 and maybe older games like Commander Keen when i was a kid.