First game you remember playing?

  • 82 results
  • 1
  • 2
Avatar image for liamo
Liamo

2

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

First game you remember playing?

Avatar image for gtxforza
gtxforza

2177

Forum Posts

5217

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

#2  Edited By gtxforza

For me, it's either F-Zero or Super Mario All-Stars on SNES.

Avatar image for arjailer
Arjailer

229

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#3  Edited By Arjailer

Space Invaders arcade machine in the Butlins holiday camp in Ayr (Scotland) around 1980-ish - we also saw Star Wars for the first time in the Butlins cinema on the last night of that holiday.

Avatar image for chamurai
chamurai

1157

Forum Posts

472

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Super Mario Brothers

Avatar image for csl316
csl316

17001

Forum Posts

765

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 10

Defender on the 5200. I had no idea what was happening!

Avatar image for corporalgregg
corporalgregg

230

Forum Posts

21

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

@chamurai said:

Super Mario Brothers

+ Duck Hunt

Avatar image for spacegg
spacegg

276

Forum Posts

61

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Ladder on Kaypro II

Avatar image for rawdanger
rawdanger

82

Forum Posts

197

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#8  Edited By rawdanger

Alpine Ski in a 7-11 in Riverside CA, probably 82 if I had to guess? I know I played Atari prior to that for sure, but don't actually remember it like I remember Alpine Ski.

Avatar image for sombre
sombre

2231

Forum Posts

34

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Mega Man 3 or Ski Free on Windows 3.1

Avatar image for spacemanspiff00
spacemanspiff00

438

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Hmmm definitely something on my dads Atari 2600. Probably Combat or Breakout.

Avatar image for cikame
cikame

4463

Forum Posts

10

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I don't remember the names, but we had a BBC computer and a simuation game where you make some choices and it determines whether the river floods and destroys your crops or other outcomes.
Also Minesweeper at my uncles house or a side scrolling helicopter game on DOS where you pick people up.

Avatar image for shindig
Shindig

7011

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I genuinely don't know. Possibly Radar Rat Race on the Vic-20. Time's a blur.

Avatar image for ajamafalous
ajamafalous

13992

Forum Posts

905

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 9

SMB1

Avatar image for alianger
alianger

97

Forum Posts

32

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 20

User Lists: 25

#14  Edited By alianger

Not sure but probably one of these:

SMB1, Alex Kidd, Fantasy Zone, Hang-On, Wonder Boy, Astro Warrior, Pit Pot, Ghost House, Mega Man 1 or 2, Castlevania, TMNT (NES), Goonies 2 (NES)

-

We got an SMS near the european launch, and some friends had NES. A couple of years later I played Amiga, Mega Drive and some IBM PC games.

-

Early system progression goes something like this:

SMS

MD

GB

MCD

GG

PC

SNES

PS1

Better PC

GBA

PS2

Avatar image for therealturk
TheRealTurk

1411

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Duck Hunt. Screw that dog.

Avatar image for undeadpool
Undeadpool

8414

Forum Posts

10761

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 20

User Lists: 18

Super Mario Bros.

Ran HEADLONG into that weird, brown owl RIGHT outta the gate.

Avatar image for clagnaught
clagnaught

2520

Forum Posts

413

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 19

The Super Mario World.

Avatar image for killerfly
KillerFly

475

Forum Posts

1765

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 33

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Avatar image for brian_
brian_

1267

Forum Posts

12560

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

One of the first three Sonic games, I think. I also remember watching a neighbor playing that weird Pac-Man adventure game, and playing some Sesame Street educational games on my grandparents PC, but I don't know if any of those came before or after Sonic.

Avatar image for tartyron
tartyron

788

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I could be wrong, but I think it was Mario Bros arcade. Not super Mario bros, but the single screen one with the crabs. Or maybe it was breakout cocktail, as my mom was a bartender and I had to hang out in the bar while she worked and that was in there. Or maybe Donkey Kong? Man, it’s hard remembering that far back.

Avatar image for gloveslipper
GloveSlipper

34

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Asteroids and tabletop Pac-Man. They were available at my parents watering hole. Yes that means I’m super old.

Avatar image for marino
Marino

8608

Forum Posts

1363744

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 92

User Lists: 102

#22  Edited By Marino  Staff
Avatar image for efesell
Efesell

7498

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

That Mario/Duck Hunt combo cart.

Avatar image for leviathan_dive
Leviathan_Dive

106

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Pong was my first I think, been gaming since day one.

Avatar image for wollywoo
wollywoo

1049

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#25  Edited By wollywoo

Wizard on Commodore 64. I'm not quite that old, though, my parents were always just a few years behind on tech stuff.

Avatar image for gtxforza
gtxforza

2177

Forum Posts

5217

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

@marino: This game is a mixture of Namco's Pacman and Rally-X.

Avatar image for malikacheema
MalikaCheema

1

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#27  Edited By MalikaCheema

The first game that I played a lot was Super Mario. F-ZeroX, Road Rush, King of Fighters,

Avatar image for chamurai
chamurai

1157

Forum Posts

472

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@corporalgregg: Alas! I had a Famicom and we didn't get it bundled with Duck Hunt.

Avatar image for clumsyninja1
clumsyninja1

856

Forum Posts

35

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 1

ET in the Atari. Go home all the way.

Avatar image for marino
Marino

8608

Forum Posts

1363744

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 92

User Lists: 102

#30 Marino  Staff

@gtxforza: Basically, yeah. You wanted to get the most dots, but also wanted to avoid the other player/car. You couldn't turn around, so once you picked a lane, you were stuck.

Avatar image for constantk
constantk

232

Forum Posts

539

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Cabbage Patch Kids for Colecovision. Shameless Pitfall clone but I didn't know the difference. Thought it was awesome.

Avatar image for bulllee
BullLee

51

Forum Posts

4

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Moon Patrol on my friend's Atari 2600 Junior. Must've been 1987 or '88.

Blew my sweet 9 year old mind. It's crazy how far technology has come since then.

Avatar image for danielkempster
danielkempster

2825

Forum Posts

28957

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 2

First game I ever played was Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the SEGA Master System. I was about four years old at the time, and I don't think I ever made it further than the third level. I ended up revisiting it a few years ago in the format of a This Is the Run-style series, beating it on the seventeenth run. It... doesn't hold up all that well, truth be told. The jumping physics are weird and the hitboxes for making contact with enemies are pretty dubious if not straight-up busted. Nostalgia carried me through, though.

This all reminds me that there was a remake in development which released a few months ago May have to check that out if it's reasonably priced.

Avatar image for paulwgraham
paulwgraham

171

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I don't know if I played it but the first game I remember seeing is Elevator Action for the Atari.

Avatar image for strathy
Strathy

279

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 0

A game called GORILLA GORILLA that was on an IBM XT. It was a BASIC programmed Donkey Kong clone that only used ASCII. I've had a look around to see if I can find any reference to it, but nothing comes up. It may well have been something that a dude at the university my parents worked at just made and it got distributed locally.

Avatar image for avantegardener
avantegardener

2491

Forum Posts

165

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 11

#36  Edited By avantegardener

I think it's probably Space Invaders in an arcade or possible an Atari 2600. The game I probably remember most vividly from early on, is Ocean's Batman in 89 on a friends Amstrad 464.

Avatar image for ralphmoustaccio
RalphMoustaccio

485

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Pitfall on the 2600.

Avatar image for world_turtle
World_Turtle

11

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Shaq Fu and The Lion King on the Genesis.

Avatar image for cstrang
cstrang

2417

Forum Posts

2213

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Thinking it was Little Nemo Dream Master or Kirby on the NES

Avatar image for styx971
styx971

708

Forum Posts

10

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

PC - beauty and the beast from infogrames on dos on my uncle's pc
Console - sonic spinball on my mother's then bf's genesis , its what made me a gamer honestly ,my sister (6 yrs older) had a nes before i'd played that and used to play bubble bobble and mario on it but i was never allowed to touch it . if not for always wanting to play his when he moved in it wouldn't have led to getting me my own genesis and i doubt i'd be here today or at least leaned towards consoles/controllers the way i do.

Avatar image for jamesensor
jamesensor

39

Forum Posts

29

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I think it was Peanut Butter Panic for the TRS-80 Color Computer.

That or Asteroids at the local Kroger.

Avatar image for krelmoon
krelmoon

98

Forum Posts

462

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Galaxian, I had to have my mother hold me up so I could reach the controls. it was an upright arcade machine at a submarine sandwich shop, walking distance from the apartment complex my parents lived in. That building still exists and is now Mexican food place. Until recently it was called ” In and Out Burritos”.

Avatar image for heelbill
HeelBill

299

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

First game ever: Frogger arcade machine

First console game ever: Metroid on NES

First game I ever owned: Super Mario Brothers + Duck Hunt

Avatar image for newhaap
newhaap

551

Forum Posts

79

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

First game ever was between two DOS games - either Digger or Alley Cat.

What I can remember:

In Digger you play a sort of digging creature or vehicle underground, making tunnels collecting money and avoiding enemies...

In Alley Cat you play an umm... alley cat jumping onto people's window sills, getting inside to catch mice while avoiding dogs...

Avatar image for ginormous76
Ginormous76

509

Forum Posts

114

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 11

Avatar image for hermes
hermes

3000

Forum Posts

81

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

I don't think it is even listed in the wiki.

It was a He-Man game for the spectrum. The footage on Internet doesn't match my memory, which is closer to Pitfall with a sword, but maybe it was a bootlegged version.

Avatar image for snaketelegraph
snaketelegraph

126

Forum Posts

10

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 0

Excitebike, I think?

Avatar image for cornfed40
cornfed40

809

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Mighty Bomb Jack

Avatar image for monkeyking1969
monkeyking1969

9095

Forum Posts

1241

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 18

It was likely Gran Trak 10 (1974), Sub Hunter (197?) or Monte Carlo (1971). By at least 1975 I was playing video games or the earlier electro-mechanical games. If you are 53 years old or older you probably played an electro-mechanical game. Most of teh earliest arcades had both because in 1975 there were only a dozen really wide spread vidoe games.

Up until a few years ago I had forgotten that some of the early games I played were actually mechanical games. I was lucky enough to live near what would be later called a "family sports bar" in Abington Mass. It has both early video games and electro mechanical games.

Chexx was a common electro-mechanical game
Chexx was a common electro-mechanical game

The game at the left is Chexx and if you went to an early arcades in the 1970s there is a 99% assurity you saw this game. Games like this dominated araches in the 1960s and 1970s. But this game stayed in many arches into teh 1980s because it was pretty good - easy to understand how to work - like foosball.

Avatar image for ben_h
Ben_H

4812

Forum Posts

1628

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 5

Either Super Mario Bros. + Duck Hunt or Super Mario Bros. 3. I played both a whole bunch when I was 2 or 3.