Earliest Gaming Memory

weiland79

As the title suggests. I was just thinking about the first game i remember playing. It was called Commando on the Commodore 16.
I was ten at the time.1986
The game was little more than the green blocks against the brown blocks.With bigger grey blocks for cover and buildings.


They were simple times.

RedXIV

I remember playing a really crummy game called Myth on my dad's Atari I think. Was terrible at it (I was only 4 or 5 though) but still loved it

Glico Man

I can remember Christmas day in 1993, I was 6 and I had just received the best present from "Santa" ever. A brand new Sega Megadrive. I sat in front of the tv for the whole day playing Streets of Rage 2 (thanks mom and dad for allowing me to play such a violent game so early in my life) and Sonic the Hedgehog.

Its probably the reason why I always seem to talk about both of those games on boards:pac:

I just had to post this...ah nostalgic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0k4uRddNc8

Coriolanus

Predator on the Commodore 64.
Loved it to bits.

Edit: Actually, not sure if it was the C64. What was the one where you used cassette tapes?! That one!

Risteard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1XEd5Q7E7Y

Good Times.

Retr0gamer

1 crediting R-type on my first go.

It's hard to remember, could be ghosts n'goblins or Contra in the arcade or else it was seeing my next door neighbours playing jack the nipper on the C64.

weiland79

aaronh007 wrote: »

I can remember Christmas day in 1993, I was 6 and I had just received the best present from "Santa" ever. A brand new Sega Megadrive. I sat in front of the tv for the whole day playing Streets of Rage 2 (thanks mom and dad for allowing me to play such a violent game so early in my life) and Sonic the Hedgehog.

Its probably the reason why I always seem to talk about both of those games on boards:pac:

Ha thats great Streets of rage 2.What a class game!

weiland79

Nevore wrote: »

Predator on the Commodore 64.
Loved it to bits.

Edit: Actually, not sure if it was the C64. What was the one where you used cassette tapes?! That one!

Yeah the 64 and the 16,with that loud scretching noise when the tape was loading.

PirateShampoo

Playing Crash games that came with a magizine for my ZX Spectrum 128.

Coriolanus

weiland79 wrote: »

Yeah the 64 and the 16,with that loud scretching noise when the tape was loading.

That's the one then!

I used to think you could put in any tape and it would be a game. :pac:

PogMoThoin

I remember playing Donkey Kong on my aunts Zx Spectrum, my first encounter with gaming at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqoWjJIEfWA

But my ealiest arcade memory goes all the way back to these....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYSupJ5r2zo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xqDW7k_e40

Poly

Electronic battleship I bought with my communion money

PirateShampoo

Then after the spectrum i moved on to the Master System II with Alex the kidd in miracle world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OxK_2EP2K4

Lucifer31

Got the C64 for Christmas around '83, which came with Jupiter Lander, which was a cartridge, rather than tape. That's the first game of my own that I remember. Got great mileage out of it too!

Sarky

Pacman in the pub on holiday. I must have been 4-5, bringing empty glasses back to the bar in the hopes of earning the glorious but elusive 10p that would allow me to play some more.

Either that or playing Centipede on the Atari 2600 for so long that the score counter ran out of numbers and reset.

CrinkElite

Midnight Resistance on the C64.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arz2zG4Kl-Q

Listen to that music.

KICK ASS!!:cool:

Coriolanus

CrinkElite wrote: »

Midnight Resistance on the C64.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arz2zG4Kl-Q

Listen to that music.

KICK ASS!!:cool:

How the hell did I forget that! Levelling up your weapons at the end was the best, you could get a triple shot scatter gun!


Edit: Haha, it's in the video. Damn, that brings me back.

Playing Super mario bros 3 on original nes, and pacman on a commadore vic20. Finding the whistle in smb3 when you press the down arrow for ages until he drops through the screen...never forget it!

Nehaxak

This thread makes me feel so old

Had all the usuals, Spectrum, Oric, Atari etc., etc., but if I'm being absolutely honest, the only real home gaming experience came when I got my hands on an Amiga.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUoJBerFDsA

...and who could ever forget the Amiga music scene...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-JFJ8Hjo_g

Not to mention the whole demo and .mod scene, though I can't find a youtube for that :P

Best computer/gaming platform ever made in my opinion.

sink

The Duel: Test Drive II on Windows 3.0 circa 1990, I was about 7.

It looked even crappier than this as it was in B&W on my parents business machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_dUoakQmY

NullZer0

I never post here ... but anyway.

Today I was just thinking of my first computer/game :-)

I believe it was an Atari of some sort and the game was "ET" something or other. It was terrible!

pawrick

used to play the arcade games in salthill Galway as a child can't remember what they were but some of the earliest memories were duck hunt on the Nintendo, Streets of Rage 2 on the Megadrive 2 & Turrican 2 on the C64 (this was one of my first games to buy - got it the week it came out in the shops and was so happy)

sink

iRock wrote: »

I never post here ... but anyway.

Today I was just thinking of my first computer/game :-)

I believe it was an Atari of some sort and the game was "ET" something or other. It was terrible!

That game was so bad it triggered the 1983 video game industry crash.

Corkfeen

Was the original prince of persia on pc. The graphics out do any of this modern ****e.:D

jonnybadd

Aside from watching the Uncle play games on his Atari, the first game(s) I remember playing were on my brand spanking new C64, it was the four game cart that came with the system.

I think the games were Flimbos Quest, Klax, International Soccer and Fiendish Freddies Big Top of Fun.

Jazzy

getting killed by the first goomba in mario bros on my friends nes
one of my favorite moments from that age was finishing megaman 2 for the first time. all the kids from the street came up to watch as we found out you use bubble mans weapon on the last boss!

mawk

hmmm my kness hurt cause im old. on the basis of this video..

pablomakaveli

When i was 5 my parents got me a nes for christmas. The first game i had was Super Mario Bros. 3. I remember when i played it that i found it too hard halfway through the second world so my dad played through it for me.:D

L31mr0d

CrinkElite wrote: »

Midnight Resistance on the C64.

I'll see your Midnight Resistance on the C64 and raise you the Amiga version. Vastly superior

"pick a weapon... weapon... weapon"

If I remember correctly there comes a point where you have to save up points and not buy weapons so you can free your family at the end, I was always like "screw that, I want more weapons, not a family".

I have a vague memory of the end boss being a big face with protruding eyeballs that shoots maggots at you they don't make them like they used to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHwBb4VVz-4

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Then after the spectrum i moved on to the Master System II with Alex the kidd in miracle world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OxK_2EP2K4

OMFG, I remember this game. Ha... I hated it though, got my ass kicked all the time.

When we were kids we didn't have a game system. We eventually got the NES, which was amazing at the time, and we also got a turbo joystick, ha. Anyway, we used to go to our cousins house to play their game systems. I guess my earliest memory is:

Somnus

The original worms game on my uncles computer. He had an illegal version I think, had to load it up in ms DOS and consult a vast sheet of codes every time he wanted to start it up.

I was terrible, I'd always try and use the airstrile but hey I was young.

Pretty soon after I got a sega megadrive and had years of happiness with the likes of Sonic, Streets of Rage, etc. They were so awesome. Still are.