What was the first game you ever played?

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by carvercasey, Jan 23, 2010.

  1. TheSkaffer

    TheSkaffer MDL Senior Member

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    Duke3D in W95 on an IBM Aptiva with Cyrix CPU...
     
  2. strollin

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    Text only Adventure game on an IBM PC with green screen in 1983.
     
  3. Tiger-1

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    good times those... in 1974 I worked with an IBM Mainframe out there you can get an idea and today using Windows 10 I still use Pinball which I think is a masterpiece does not even require to configure in compatibility mode :D
     
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    it was 4D Sports Driving on pc (MsDos)
     
  5. dexterk

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    golden axe MSDOS in my uncle´s 386 clone. that floppy disk was alien tecnology for me
     
  6. exander3000

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    mortal kombat on the OG gameboy
     
  7. ABM

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    Star Raiders on an Atari 800xl back in 1982
     
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    Mario Kart 64 back in 2001
     
  9. LinHongJun

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    Super mario.
     
  10. acer-5100

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    pong (on standalone consolle) end of '70s

    then munchman (a pacman lookalike) and parsec (horizontal shooter) on TI99/4A, 1982 circa.

    Parsec is still incredibly fun to play in 2022.
     
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    Game & watch GREEN HOUSE / Game boy / Atari / PS / PC
    that's sort of a time line
     
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    Mattel Football
     
  14. dudeluv

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    Asteroids
    1979
     
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    I'm very vintage so Pong on a BW TV
     
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  17. zen45

    zen45 MDL Addicted

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    vic 20 then commodore 64 i think the first game was Asteroids after that it was the Amiga thats when the games got better !
     
  18. BonesJones

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    I think it would have to be Hang Man, on a Tandy 1000? Tandy something. 5 1/2 floppy disk. At my grandparents house, there was other games on floppy disks too, I can't remember them.

    Either that or something in school, like oregeon trail or one of those other MECC games from the "computer lab" in like 2nd grade or so. I'm 41 now.

    I've played all the nintendo games, like tecmo bowl, that dirt bike one... super mario, duck hunt, etc etc you guys know.

    But my first real game that really got me into gaming was Chrono Trigger on the SNES. Then I seen a friends father playing Diablo 1 on a PC and I never went back to consoles after that.
     
  19. nodnar

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    from my msdos days; prince of persia 1.
    from my windose days; mount and blade [first version].
     
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  20. zen45

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    i think it was asteroids not sure if it wasnt on the vic 20 by commodore