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[–] pyromaster55@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I played games before, but my first obsession was Pokemon Blue, Diablo and 2 got me stuck into RPGs, and Halo CE got me into shooters.

[–] nekahat@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AverageCakeSlice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When I was four or so I my family went to have lunch at another family friends house. Their sons were a bit older than me at the time, and they let me play some games on their new PlayStation console. I can’t remember exactly what order we played them in, but the first game I ever played was either Ape Escape or Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Both games are excellent and hold a special place in my heart to this day.

[–] Rogueren@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

PokΓ©mon Blue on a used Gameboy color when I was like 8. All downhill from there.

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Sly Cooper.

Zillennials rise up.

[–] dlok@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Probably space invaders on the Atari 2600

I didn't have an Atari new I believe it was already an old system when me and my sister got it.

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[–] PoetSII@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Halo/a slew of freemium MMOs I'd play on my dinky laptop in the mid 00s

[–] NaoPb@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Probably Commander Keen 4 and Prince of Persia in black and white on my dad's 286 pc.

[–] ggnoredo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Ultima online

[–] Xilo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

First game I ever played was Donkey Kong country 1 at 4 years old and it shaped my hobbies up until recently. So definitly that

[–] mikwee@lemmyverse.org 2 points 1 year ago

Minecraft, and then Cuphead again

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] FishSoupy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Flash games. Like the ones on Newgrounds, Y8, coolmathgames…

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I got a Sega Genesis at 5. I had Sonic 1 and 2, and tiny toon adventures. Tiny Toon Adventures slaps.

[–] WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Chopper Commando on the PC Jr and River Raid on the Atari 2600 were my first gaming loves.

[–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Portal. I have terrible FPS skills but love puzzle games. Having a FPS where I could proceed at my own pace and wasn’t constantly letting down teammates let me develop the skills needed to actually play.

[–] locan@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bastion by Supergiant Games.

I'm actually not sure how precisely it happened, but a good decade ago as a teenager I somehow stumbled upon a torrent of the game. I didn't really know anything about the game, but I distinctly remember reading the description and looking at the art and being like "this is so cool", and then being like "this is even cooler" again when it turned out Rucks basically narrates the entire game with that deep hopeful voice.

And that was that; my early gaming continued with things like Hawken, Detective Grimoire and Machinarium, but Bastion definitely holds a special place in my heart.

More than a decade later, I've played (bought) and replayed basically all of Supergiant's games several times. Such a wonderful studio. Darren Korb is a fantastic composer as well, just doesn't miss a single vibe :)

[–] WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hawken

I still feel like this had one of the best atmospheres in gaming. Something about it felt so visceral. I had such high hopes of playing it in VR eventually, but by the time VR really came out, Hawken was already dying away.

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[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Need For Speed Underground 2 and Burnout 3. Got it as a combo deal for Christmas as a kid.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I think Super Solvers - Gizmos and Gadgets was among the first games that really got me excited for gaming.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Does jump-start pre k count?

[–] murderpixel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] TheDubh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Monuments of Mars and later Command & Conquer were the two biggest.

[–] sock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

gaming chooses you. you wake up one day and youre grinding something and u have a vague memory of games you played on these "old consoles"

COD:MW2, Halo 3 and Fallout 3

[–] chooglers@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

super mario brothers 2 baybeeeeeeee

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Sid Meier's Civilisation. Got me hooked like what I imagine crack cocaine and meth would do to you.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Ocarina of Time. There's, like, a whole world out there. I can walk around and see stuff. There are people to talk to. Hey, big owl. Scary monsters wtf. This shit's awesome.

Been chasing that feeling ever since :(

Frankly it's why I'm so into TTRPGs now. Video games can rarely give me a true sense of wonder, of exploring the unknown and unexpected anymore.

[–] renlok@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The first game I played was broken sword on our family's windows 5.2 pc or whatever it was.

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[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

In theory, Super Mario Bros. on the NES, because that's the first game I really played by myself. But I'm not sure it really is, because at that time video games were just a thing you did, like watching TV. So I never considered myself a gamer as such, just someone who would casually drop in on games here and there. I was never involved in them, I'd just play for a bit, then go and do something else.

Fast forward to a few years ago, and my wife (who plays a lot of games) suggested I play To The Moon, and that got me hooked. A video game that made me cry - amazing.

Since then I've played more games, looking for ones with a great story. Played RDR2 last year, and nothing has come close to it since.

[–] lukini@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

How do all of you even know? I was like 4 and played an NES at a friend's house then got a game boy. Did you all get in at older ages? My memories at 4 are mostly gone.

[–] Piers@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It wasn't the first game I played, nor the first I was really drawn in by but Ultima IV on the Master System just seemed like a miracle. There could be an entire world with a rich history, populated by diverse characters where I got to step into the role of the protagonist of a story like in a fantasy novel only I had the freedom to make my own choices about how to respond to the story, the gameplay rewarded careful thinking over twitchy reflexes and the game world was so big it expanded into real world artefacts. I had no idea of the potential of the medium until I encountered that game but it all unfolded before me once I had.

[–] NAM@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I know for sure that Sonic and Knuckles was the very first game I played, or at least that I formed a memory of playing. I also had this handheld Radica Junior Bass Fishing game. And then I think I got to play Cruisin' USA at somebody's house and they had a full steering wheel setup for it.

[–] Propinquity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

While there was a bunch I played before it, Quake 2 and the rabbit hole of mods for it, were what really got me hooked. Really loving the remaster that just launched and what that is bringing to the mod community that is still going strong to this day.

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