What's the first game you ever played?

[Splutter]

For me it was on the rubber keyed Spectrum 48k and was either Horace Goes Skiing or Frank N Stein a Manic Miner type game that no-one ever seems to remember.

[pdRydia]

I couldn't say. It was an Atari game, probably something like Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., Pacman, Burgertime, or that one racing game. I was way too young to remember, I might not have been speaking then.

The first game I played at our home was Pacman on the Atari 2600.

[neuzd]

Most probably Pong or some clone.
Maybe it was something with other Pong based games, I think I remember there was also a one player game (more like a horizontal oriented Breakout), and four player games.
They were all variants of Pong anyway.
I guess it was something like 1978, because I remember that when I saw more advanced games (space invaders, galaxian, pac-man) I was already "ready" for them.

[theUndead_feature]

It was Super Mario Bros. and I was 3, and I kicked ass at it...

[Flamin Skull]

it was one of the atari games back in 1979 or 80...
I remember having many games that my father bought for me. I even had E.T.! I remember getting stuck in the pits!!! I couldnt figure out how to fly outta the pits!

[darthmix]

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9238

...at Circus Circus in Reno. My father had to hold me up so I could reach the controls.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Space Invaders!

First home console game played was probably Super Mario Bros.

[Spore]

Zelda: Links Awakening.

[mixer152]

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/mixer152/00-SF2CE-EURBox.jpg

Made me the Fighting game nut that I am today

Thank god I was bought a MegaDrive
Cant imagine how childhood would've bin without Sonic and Streets of Rage.

[coire]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Super_Mario_All-stars_box.jpg

Super Mario Allstars + Super Mario World on the SNES.

[CastlevaniaTest]

My first game was Super Mario World.

[brooks83]

I don't remember, but the first game my family ever owned was Super Mario Bros with Duck Hunt

[Knuckles-san]

http://www.segasoluce.net/SegaSoluce/soluces_megadrive/sonic/sonic_the_hedgehog.jpg

http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/games/nes/mario3/mario3.jpg

One of them 2

[Joxe]

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the first one for me, think Raiden on the Mega Drive was on second place which is why I love shmups.

[pdRydia]

My father had to hold me up so I could reach the controls.That's adorable. :3

[nsiderforums.org]

Pretty sure it was either Super Mario RPG or Super Mario World.
Good times...too bad my SNES broke. =(

[darthmix]

The first game I ever owned was a Space Invaders cartridge for the Atari 800 computer.

[link64]

super mario bros

[Pit 42]

Donkey Kong 64, at my local Walmart.

[Pocketim]

http://home.exetel.com.au/jezza/blog/wp-content/images/lemmings.jpg

I played this when I was 4, it was so good that I didn't get another Video Game until I was 8 =3

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

I think it was either the Atari 2600 version of the Star Wars or Pac-Man or Artillary or some kind of Atari game. But I really can't remember them much, since in his infinite wisdom, my dad got rid of the system and all the games before I was 3. Still, I can remember them (yes, I can remember stuff from when I was just over a year old).

The first game I actually remember though is playing this NES game where you control a ship that flies through space on a grid on the right hand side. And it can fly through hyperspace. On the left hand grid was a space like field and you had to do something, but I was only three so I didn't know what to do, but it was my first time even touching an NES so I toyed around with it for hours at my uncles house. Still don't have a clue what the game was.

Then at Christmas that year (when I was three) my parents, in cooperation with my uncle, bought me an NES with Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda. The rest is history...

[Radretrogamer]

i remember, vaguely, playing an atari game. pac man, and other arcade classics are a given. some game with tank battles in it, forgot the name. this was probably the mid 80's

[kelvingreen]

It was either Battlezone on the original wood-effect 2600, or Felix and the Evil Weevils on the Acorn Electron.

[pdRydia]

Donkey Kong 64, at my local Walmart.Oh, man! I remember those kinds of game set-ups as a kid! The absolute best was the SNES & Super Mario World at Sam's Club. SC was slightly abandoned, so once the kid in front of us left, my brother and I had full control of the machine--plus we could play off his save. It was great! Mom tragically found out that she and Dad could be out $200 that Christmas, and I was oblivious enough to believe her when she told us not to get our hopes up, because it was just too expensive to afford. (That Christmas was awesome).

[Ragnor]

Alex Kidd in Miracle World, came built in with my Sega Master System II

[DEMON212]

Some Speccy game I believe. Forget it's name, I was about 2, lol.

[Tull]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Adventure
One of the first games i remember getting into.

[Trapster]

Hooo boy, I can´t remember if we got computer first or our NES.

Bart vs The World for NES was probably my first game.

[IDreamInSound]

Bible Adventures for the NES. After acquiring my brother's NES many years ago, it was the first game in his collection I tried.

[Drake]

DuckTales on NES.

[slangman]

Super Mario 64 on the N64. I think i was around 8 or 9 at the time. :)

[MakGonz]

Joust on the computer. Before my NES days.

[mechanix]

Commando, for the Spectrum. Can't even remember if it was a decent version, but I found it too difficult. The second game I ever played was Ghostbusters for the spectrum. and I found it awesome.

I never looked back...

[jackaroo]

Sonic 1 for me.

[TheDudeAbides]

The first one I really remember playing was "Lock and Chase" for the Intellivision. It was a cheap Pac-Man rip off, but I had never played any other game before so I had no idea.

I am kind of dating myself mentioning an Intellivision, but oh well.

[TheDudeAbides]

Wow, I remember playing Ducktales when I was a little fart. Great game, hope they release it on the VC

[The shoemaker]

super mario World when i was 3. Changed my life.

[Jay]

duck hunt on nes for me.

[smrpgfanno1]

I know. SMW changed my life too. That's why I got it on the VC. o you by any chance remember were the blue and red switches were? I NEED to kow.

[dk_xcalibur]

It was too long ago to remember but it was one of these:

Frog Bog
Burger Time
Q*bert
Carnival
Frogger

[Tull]

o you by any chance remember were the blue and red switches were?

Here is a game spoiler -> http://www.csug.rochester.edu/users/ugrads/ebluest/SNES/

[lordbowser]

I do believe Jackal on the NES or Castle of Illusion were the first games I played.

[LoneCynic]

Ah, so I am not the only gamer whose first gaming experience was on the Matell Intellevision game system eh? My father had purchased one, and I remember asking if I could try. He pointed at the box he kept the games in and told me to to grab the game I wanted to play first. I must have been 4 or so, because I hadn't started school yet. Anyway, I grabbed a bright blue box, and tried out the game "Zaxxon". First video game I ever played. I remember that day well.

Here are a couple pics for those who don't know about this awesome console. It was the competition for the Atari 2600, and to those of us who owned them, we felt it had the superior controls and graphics in that day. ;)

I remember some of the awesome titles that system had that I owned. Does the other Intellevision gamer remember Astrosmash, Utopia, and Burgertime? Those were my favorites on Intellevision.

[RichWalker]

It was probably Rally II on the Amstrad but the first game my parents ever bought me was the It Sold A Million compilation for 6128 (oooh Disk Drive) Beach Head, Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Jet Set Willy, Sabre Wulf.

How many joysticks did Daley Thompson break?

Need some Ocean VC downloads... and Codemasters

[Dark]

Super Mario World for the SNES. Was/is an awesome game. First RPG was Super Mario RPG, I hated it at first then it quickly became my favorite game.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

My first RPG was Dragon Warrior, followed by Ultima, Final Fantasy, and the gold box Amiga games. :(