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mine was snafu on intellivision. i think i liked it because it reminded me of the light cycles from tron.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Atari 2600! Dragster, Centipede and Pac Man!

Got 'em all on RetroPie these days too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Pitfall, Yar's Revenge, River Raid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember intellivision. I played pit fall. God damn that makes me feel old

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

remember sears arcade systems? i think that was their knock off of intellivision. white/cream color, and i think its controllers could actually be unplugged.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Intellivision here too. Never did get through a full 50 rounds of Tank Battle

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Still vividly remember the day I saw and plated Space Invaders (1979) for the first time. I was walking home from primary school and there was a new machine, that Was Not Pinball!, in the arcade (called pinball parlours then).

I watched for about 30 minutes while I waited my turn, played 2 games and was hooked and still am 45 years later.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a Sinclair ZX81, which I built from a kit with my brother. I was astonished when it actually worked.

It came with a tape which included about 6 games in BASIC - all extremely simple since they had to fit in 1k of memory, of course. I can't actually recall what they were exactly though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I remember it even had a 'flight simulator'.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A NES at a cabin with gems like excitebike, megaman, paper boy, rush n attack, and tetris.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I remember playing Joust on the Atari 2600. We had a little black and white TV to play it on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Atari Lynx! It was awesome, but it broke all the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

handheld right? never played one but a friend had an atari jaguar.

we played some independence day game for it. i remember being put off by the controller. i was more of a fan of the n64 one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation. I sucked at it then and still do lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was scarred by the OG Crash and it took a long time to convince myself to buy the remastered version. The time it took to go for platinum still haunts me :D

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first one was NES. I was just the right age in the late 80s to be caught in all of it. Funny thing is, I don’t remember asking for it. I think my parents just got me one, but I fell in love with games from that point on.

Heck, my second system was the Genesis, and I didn’t ask, or know about it, either! One of the best memories I have of growing up.

Went to the movies with family friends. When I came back, my dad had set up the Genesis and had Altered Beast playing on the tv. Coming from only knowing the NES, my mind was blown.

Thanks for the excuse to walk down memory lane.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i was mainly into nintendo growing up, except for ps2. dark cloud was awesome. music was catchy but i loved how the weapon system worked.

my favorite memory was getting n64 for christmas. stayed up all night playing san fran cisco rush with my brother.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Atari: Tanks, Pong, Pole Position, Frogger, Pitfall, Pac-man, Megamania, Donkey Kong

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The earliest game I remember is Dangerous Dave that I think was on a 386.

Either that or Gorillas, a DOS game on a similar system. Still remember having to park the heads!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Atari 2600: combat and ET

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jumpman on the Commodore 64.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

GTA San Andreas on the PS2! (Barely remember it though because I was a smol wee little boy)

Other than that, Skyrim! This freakin game introduced me to the wonderful world of Bethesda Games! ❀️

Edit: Boy, there are many people here with decades of experience. I’m just 21, guys, don’t make me feel left out πŸ₯²

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super Mario Land on the original Gameboy.

I invested so much time in this game as a kid and when i replayed it some years ago i was shocked at how short it actually is..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i was put off by it myself because of the graphic style. i beat it but liked mario land 2, and wario land more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Super Mario Bros on the NES. The second game I played was Duck Hunt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Some kind of Pong game. I was really little and it was my grandmother's, so I don't even remember what the actual unit looked like.

Then the Atari 2600 (my aunt's), then the Atari 5200 (my grandmother's - she was unstoppable at Pac-Man and could start from Cherry and work all the way up to nine keys without dying once).

Then there was the day we rented an NES. That day changed my life.

It was Super Mario Bros. Start the game. "Oh hey, the screen moves sideways! Good lord, this is a huge game." Dies a bunch. Find pipe shortcut. "Oh wow!" Finally beat level 1-1. "Yay, I beat the game! Oh wait, World 1-2? WTF?!?!?"

It's hard to explain the feeling when the most immersive game you've ever played was Pitfall.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Mine was an IBM 286 system. Played Commander Keen, Jill of the Jungle, Duke Nukem (1)... It was magical.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super Mario World! My grandma bought a SNES for her grand children but only has SMW and Wheel of Fortune lol

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Commodore Amiga. But before that I remember entering into an arcade room when zi was camping with my parents. It was semidark, and there were all these machines: Dragon’s Lair, R Type, Double Dragons. Boy, I’ll never forget that.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First console was an NES! First games I remember playing were Ghostbusters and the TMNT arcade game. First time I fell in love with a video game...FF7. I'm excited for Rebirth to come out some day lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i played ghostbusters on c64, had a lot fun playing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Atari Frogger and centepide

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

First video game?

DOOM on my grandparents PC

It has to be ran with a smaller image to play but I loved it.

When DOOM 2 hit it was amazing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Colossal Cave on the PDP-11. Yes, I’m old.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Donkey Kong Country on SNES! Still love it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Maze 3D on DOS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mine was The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on a Gameboy Advance

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dynomite on Windows XP

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Duck Hunt FTW!

Still one of the best shooters ever

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I had an off-brand pong, then got an Odyssey game console. Then got a Commodore 64 and played BC's Quest for Tires for hours.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super Mario World 3 for the NES.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The Atari 2600. I don't remember which games we owned, I was about 4 at the time, didn't even understand the objectives of the games. But then our parents got us the NES with the Zapper a few years later and by then I was old enough to understand how to play both Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

All I remember for the Atari 2600 is Space Invaders. I loved that game lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i think i played superman for the 2600. i remember just flying around each screen trying to figure out what to do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

First game might be Lemmings on this huge i486 computer.

First console played was the NES. First console owned was a Game Boy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mega Man X on the SNES. I still have my cartridge. For the longest time, my parents had a poloroid of me playing it for the first time. Idk if they still know where it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oregon Trail on Apple IIGS. I was in elementary school, and those particular Apple computers were already outdated by the time we got a hold of them, but we were from a poor county, and by god it was some great fun. We would have little competitions to see who could get the furthest without having their whole party die.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My first video game system that I ever bought was a NES. I got it back in 1986 I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had one of these bootleg Atari systems because we were poor and these were assembled locally.

Then I made enough money to buy a Mega Drive

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