Your First Video Game?

[Twigg4075]

I'm pretty sure it was Lode Runner, which was on some kind of PC way back in the day. It was such a big deal when my elementary school got computers and I think the only game they had on it was Lode Runner. Besides the actual school work we had to do (this was like second grade) we would get like thirt minutes to just mess around on the computer and I was just spend the entire time playing that game. I think all you did was use the arrow keys to control the character.

[Swarley]

I'm pretty sure it was Lode Runner, which was on some kind of PC way back in the day. It was such a big deal when my elementary school got computers and I think the only game they had on it was Lode Runner. Besides the actual school work we had to do (this was like second grade) we would get like thirt minutes to just mess around on the computer and I was just spend the entire time playing that game. I think all you did was use the arrow keys to control the character.

First game you owned, not played.

[Houston]

Bought them on the same day, still got both.

[Twigg4075]

First game you owned, not played.

Oh, my bad.

Hmm, it would have to be something on the Atari 2600. Probably either plain ol' Football (in which you could cheat and run your defender in the oppsoite direction and he would pop out on the other side of the screen to tackle the runner, and there were only two teams; red and blue LOL) or Grand Prix. I remember always pronouncing that game Grand Pricks because I was a dumb kid.

[KNUBB]

[Sharkweather]

[Hitman]

First game I ever bought with my own money was:



got it and the sega genesis at the same time with christmas and birthday money i had saved. this was coincidentally also the first time i had ever saved money for longer than 3 days..

I was 5 or 6 when the NES came out and I played the shit out of it, but I don't consider that ME owning it or the games.. my uncle did pull us out of school to go buy that thing though..

[padman59]

My first purchase was this piece of shit.



I realized my mistake not long after I started the Practice mission and found there was no way to get back to the mission select without resetting the NES.

[jms493]

My first purchase was this piece of shit.



I realized my mistake not long after I started the Practice mission and found there was no way to get back to the mission select without resetting the NES.

I am sorry man...I bought or rented that game and it was fucking terrible. Fuck you LJN!!!

The xmen games on SNES and GENESIS were pretty good though.

[riley420]

When my parents and I went out to buy our first computer, the Apple IIc, they told me I could buy a game and they would buy one too.

I bought this:

And they bought this:





Each came on 6 floppy disks. I remember the feeling of accomplishment when I beat KQII. So good for a 9 year old.

[MrBill]

[EmpireWF]

Aside from Mario/Duck Hunt that lefty posted, I vividly recall playing these NES titles before other games...



And....this wrestling game:

and

[padman59]

I am sorry man...I bought or rented that game and it was fucking terrible. Fuck you LJN!!!

The xmen games on SNES and GENESIS were pretty good though.

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse on SNES was awesome.

[JayDizzle]

I can still remember the weird spring noise the Zapper gun made.

Also, the squids in the underwater levels of SMB are bullshit to this day.

[Senser81]