Your first video game.

**GamingWolf** · 04-18-2009, 02:12 AM

What is your earliest memory of playing a video game? I understand that you can't recall everything so just go with what you remember.

As for me, my first game was indeed Super Mario Bros, for the NES. Yep, yep.

Back then I had no clue how to pass World 8. Without the internet though, I cannot imagine how I had figured out the sequence of pipes. Most likely trial and error, but without the ability to save... that would have taken a while.

**Dudebro** · 04-18-2009, 04:04 AM

My earliest memory is hard to place. One that I remember was that really old Tank vs Tank game. You know, one on each side, object between them and whoever peeked out and shot better won. I think it was some version of Atari but it could've been Commodore64 or other PC type things.
The first game I remember really playing and understanding was FF1. Before that we didn't have a lot of access to video games.

**Kugyince** · 04-18-2009, 08:11 AM

First game I played had to be Pong. First game I owned was Donkey Kong which came packed in with the Coleco.

**Some Dude X** · 04-18-2009, 09:02 AM

(off topic) Whoa Tense your THAT old? Wow lol.

(on topic) Mine would have to be The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Good ol' 1998.

**CatalystiCam** · 04-18-2009, 10:22 AM

Dude, I have a celecovision and I'm 13

My earliest memory was playing super mario world in my crib.

**Neutral** · 04-18-2009, 10:46 AM

"Chips Challenge" back in 1997 or 1998, I think.

And a game called "The Incredible Machine":

(Why do I remember it having an white background?:confused

**laserboy1134** · 04-18-2009, 11:27 AM

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for GBC

I was pretty young when I played it, and I just remember playing it, just sitting there and being frustrated. I got to 1-4, then I found out I had to keep going, It's the one game I could remember having a love/hate relationship with.

The first BAD game I played was Buzz Lightyear on GBC. I didn't love/hate it, I just hated it. The controls were horrible, but I still beat it at age 7...

**SSBBrawler** · 04-18-2009, 04:47 PM

Super Mario Kart. First game I played.

I wasn't the only one who played Chip's Challenge!

**Kong** · 04-18-2009, 05:13 PM

@Dudebro [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_Duel"]Artillery Duel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

My (my parents) first system was Atari 2600. I remember playing these around 6 or 7: Yars' Revenge, Moon Patrol, Pit Fall, 3D Tic Tac Toe, Air-Sea Battle, Berzerk, Ice Hockey, Superman, Outlaw and Wizard of Wor

Shortly after that my grand parents got a ColecoVision, then I got a 2-XL, then SMS, then Pong, then Genesis, then Atari ST, then a 3DO, and then a computer.

**Kevin** · 04-18-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenser

First game I played had to be Pong. First game I owned was Donkey Kong which came packed in with the Coleco.

The first game I ever played was probably something like Galaga at the arcade..... when games only cost a quarter! My father would give me 5 bucks and that could last for hours.

But as far as the first game owned it was Donkey Kong that came with my nice new shiny Colecovision. Good times.

**Tails** · 04-18-2009, 07:53 PM

Smb 3

**Slime Slayer** · 04-18-2009, 08:30 PM

i think mine was ice hockey for atari2600

**Dudebro** · 04-18-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kong

@Dudebro Artillery Duel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nah thanks for looking it up but that's not the game. The one I remember was overhead and probably three colors or so. It is kinda like Battle City but much more primitive.

Btw I <3 Artillery Duel.

**Neko** · 04-18-2009, 09:13 PM

my first videogame was sonic the hegendoh (or whatever is typed)
and my first arcade game was street fighter II ( i remenber i wasnt able to play with vega and that really pissed me off) ( i started with videogames really young)

**jink92** · 04-19-2009, 12:26 AM

I remember playing Sonic 2 for Game Gear when I was quite young, but not counting multiple handheld lcd ports I had , the first "system" I owned was Tiger's failed experiment Game.com. Anybody remember that?

**ZedIsDead** · 04-19-2009, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Tails

Smb 3

Same here.

**Kong** · 04-19-2009, 02:46 AM

First arcades were Punch-Out, Space Harrier, '88 Olympics, Dig Dug, Galaga.

**Winnebagel** · 04-19-2009, 02:57 AM

My first game that I played at home was Tank vs UFO on the Commodore VIC20. The thing was on a standard audio cassette and you had to initially program the lines of code into the computer before the game could be played. How times have changed. The first arcade game I really spent time with was Dragon's Lair, but the first played were Ms. Pacman, Galaga, and Donkey Kong.

**Kugyince** · 04-19-2009, 09:21 AM

Chip's Challenge is awesome.

The first arcade machine that I really put a lot of time into was Tron.

Tron, Venture, and Metroid were probably the three games that influenced my taste in gaming the most.

**Winnebagel** · 04-19-2009, 11:07 AM

I used to play Discs of Tron quite a bit. It was sweet. Don't think I ever played Chip's Challenge though.

**Gamenguru** · 04-19-2009, 11:18 AM

I think my first one was "Combat" for Atari 2600. My first arcade game was probably "Defender".

**david man45** · 04-19-2009, 11:54 AM

Smash TV NES

**sezthemank** · 04-19-2009, 12:33 PM

mine would have to be either
alex the kid (the one that was built into the sega master system)
sonic 2 on the master system
golden axe on the master system
or some bike game, cant really remember it

**Kevin** · 04-19-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sezthemank

mine would have to be either
alex the kid (the one that was built into the sega master system)
sonic 2 on the master system
golden axe on the master system
or some bike game, cant really remember it

Hang On? Excitebike? I'm guessing it was Hang On for SMS.

**TrakMastaTom** · 04-19-2009, 03:21 PM

My earliest gaming memories include Chip's Challenge, Doom, Gertrude's Puzzle, Oregon Trail and TMNT 2 for the NES was probably the first console game I played/owned.