What was the first video game you played?

Mine was Mario and duck hunt (Like I expect a lot of people), but I wonder what your first game was.

I had more fun as a kid with duck hunt than the first mario, but I was bad at platformers.

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austinfloyd@ttrpg.network · 4 pts · 224d

Either Pac-Man or Galaga at the arcade. Man those cabinets seemed thirsty for quarters as a kid.

EchoCranium@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 224d

I remember playing games on a Commodore PET computer when I was 10-11 years old, had to be loaded up using a cassette player, took about 5 minutes and didn't always work. Haven't a clue what any of them would be called now.

But, first video game I remember loving was Lode Runner by Broderbund. Played it on a Apple II PC in the early 80's. I was lucky and had a free pre-release copy. My parents had started a computer business back then selling Apple computers and some IBM stuff as well. They listed me as their software guy so occasionally companies would send me free games to try out, which was awesome!

capuccino@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d (1 reply)

Super Mario World, can't remember the year, but I can remember the SNES box (N64 was already out).

mesamunefire@piefed.social · 2 pts · 224d

Such a good game :)

RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d

I think it was Donkey Kong 3. The church my parents dragged me to as a kid had an arcade cabinet of it on free play that I would use when I could.

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 224d (1 reply)

Some Olympic sports game on my brothers C64. I vaguely remember weightlifting being part of it.

First game I played extensively without someone else telling me which buttons to push when was The Incredible Machineon PC or Mario on NES. Not sure which was first.

pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 224d

Some Olympic sports game on my brothers C64. I vaguely remember weightlifting being part of it.

There's a pretty good chance that was Epyx Summer Games.

Looks like you can play it - in browser - here if you're nostalgic.

https://c64online.com/c64-games/summer-games/

There were also Winter Games, California Games and Summer Games 2 for C64.

thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 224d

Shufflepuck Cafe

mohab@piefed.social · 3 pts · 224d

Either Dangerous Dave or the original Prince of Persia. I hated both 😂 But they were video games, so I played the shit out of them.

First video game I enjoyed so much I couldn't drop until I beat was Streets of Rage 2.

JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 3 pts · 224d

Batman SNES, then Mortal Kombat, then Super Mario. My dad got a SNES for Christmas when I was like 5 years old and I never looked back.

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 224d (2 replies)
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pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 224d (1 reply)

Dang. Those are some bangers. Whoever assembled your first Atari collection had great taste in games.

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 224d
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Caesium@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d

the first game I remember playing is the original Diablo

droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 224d

Earliest I remember was street fighter 2

Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 224d

I am trying to wrack my brains but it's actually kind of hard. It might have been some semi-educational game on the daycare/school PC early nineties, as an after school activity waiting to be picked up by my parents? I know there were some of those, absolutely no idea about the names, though.

Otherwise it would have been Super Mario Land on the Game Boy.

Sharkticon@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 224d

Probably Super Mario.

hesh@quokk.au · 1 pts · 224d

Probably an arcade game like Rampage. For home gaming, it was definitely Super Mario Bros

squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi · 1 pts · 224d

Prince of Persia, if I remember correctly

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 224d

Probably Pepper II on Colecovision

bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 117d

Either frogger on dos or chips challenge on win 95/98

BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 224d

I think the earliest memories of playing games was GTA III & Kingdom Hearts at my neighbor's house when she would babysit me. The strange mix probably explains alot about me...

doc@fedia.io · 1 pts · 224d

Pretty sure it was frogger on a Commodore 64.

bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 207d

The earliest memories I think i have are of chips challenge and skiing on win 98.

SPRUNT@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d
tamlyn@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 224d

I would asume it's mario bros 1, very blury memory about a mario game i played on a nes at a friends place

SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d

Super Mario on NES.

Ashtear@piefed.social · 1 pts · 224d (1 reply)

The original King's Quest on an IBM PC Jr.

mesamunefire@piefed.social · 1 pts · 224d

Oh kings quest!

HubertManne@piefed.social · 0 pts · 224d

mmmmm. I know space invaders is the first I saw but I can't remember if I actually played it. It was a pin ball arcade and space invaders was its first video game it ever had and I was very young and many people wanted to play. I don't know how but my dad actually got a pong system like before I even knew at home systems existed. That might be the first thing I played if it was not space invaders.