Submitted 9 months ago by Tekkip20@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
Title says it all, what was the first game you remember playing and had fond memories of?
For me it was the PS1, and hearing the OG Crash Bandicoot theme song never gets old for me, got it as my ringtone too!
Spyro 3. It was a great introduction into the world of video games, and I still play it regularly
I have only the vaguest memory of something on what I think was the Atari, but I’m not even sure if we ever actually owned that console. I think the first game I actually remember playing was Super Mario Bros, on the cartridge that also had Duck Hunt.
Pokemon Yellow. I wasn’t able to read very well but I still managed to beat it.
Toejam and Earl on the Sega Genesis
That’s a hard game to have as a first game! Lol
I’m addicted to Soulsborne games now so maybe there’s a connection
Crash Bandicoot Warped for me.
The Warp Room soundtrack is still stuck in my head twenty years later.
This wasn't my very first game, but was definitely an early one I played. I beat the remake recently and it was exactly the way I remembered it.
Console would have to be the Mario/duck hunt/track and field combo. Pc would be either dos MegaMan or kurstys fun house.
We had that, Mario 3, and Marble Madness. I never got more than a few levels into any of them.
Mattel Electronic Football
Pong on the Atari 2600.
Lego Star Wars on a PS2 at a friend’s place.
Pac-Man on the Atari 2600. I understand the complaints about that port, but I’ll always have a soft spot for it for getting me into the hobby way back when.
Pretty sure it was either Excite Bike or Contra on NES at my neighbours house. Also had Radio Shack pong.
The original Prince of Persia, in DOS.
Played the shit out of tgat game. I could probably draw maps of every level from memory.
Same, had a lot of great times with this one af a kid!
Mine was a point-click quest written on visual basic that taught Russian alphabet. I was 2-3 years old, playing while on my Fathers lap. Apparently this created some core memories since once I was 15-17 I found it and still remembered every dialogue word-to-word
I think Pong, but I can’t remember if I played it before getting the Atari XT. The first game I played on that was Galaxian.
Manic Miner for the ZX Spectrum.
It was shit. And I don’t have to tell you why. Just look it up, sound on, that bit is mandatory.
My first ever gamer was a disappointment lmao. I did get super into the Megadrive and everything was fixed. But man.
It was an Apple ii I think and Star Trek of some sort. ASCII based graphics and words. Idk I was 6. Didn’t have a clue what I was doing. It was on my bio father’s computer. He used it as a way to distract me while Mom and him argued over child support. Last time I saw him thankfully. But at least I have that memory of trying to catch a “k”
Pajama Sam: There’s no need to hide when it’s dark outside
Pole position on the commodore 64.
My earliest would probably be Space Invaders on the Atari 400.
But I also did a lot of PC gaming around that time - Alley Cat, Paratrooper, Prince of Persia, Dangerous Dave, GORILLA.BAS, NIBBLES.BAS - these were some of the earliest DOS games I played and still remember them fondly.
When we got a NES later on, spent a lot of time on Duck Hunt. And Super Mario of course, but don’t think I ever managed to get past level 3. Still had fun though.
Mr Do on the colico vision. There was another game we had Carnival. Good (simpler) times.
I loved how in Carnival if you could time it just right you could keep shooting the lowest bear in the bonus level and just keep him going back and forth like 20 times. Also the elusive diamond that would appear in a dropped apple in Mr. Do. I think I only had it happen twice ever in what seemed like thousands of games.
Wow, I remember that now. You’ve taken me back more than a few years. Thank you!
frogger
Oregon Trail on Apple IIGS.
We also had Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, but I wasn't as interested in that as much.
most likely either Tag or Hide and Seek, if not something like Mouse Trap or Candy Land
If you’re asking about video games, Pong on some sort of Realistic/Tandy console system in the late 70s when I would go to work with my father at Radio Shack (back when it was legit) and he would put me in front of the black&white.
For me it must’ve been either one of the Commander Keen games or the original Prince of Persia back in the early 90s. Still damn good games.
Oldest game I remember playing was Lemmings on the Macintosh. Early 1990s. I can still hear the tunes.
Lunatic Fringe, it was a screensaver so to play it you had to wait for your computer to go to sleep, and if you moved the mouse the game would end.
Good old Pokemon Yellow
Mario Kart on N64
I think it was Lost Vikings on an old DOS laptop.
pickleprattle@midwest.social 9 months ago
Jump Man, Space Taxi, and Ghostbusters on Commodore 64. I was using that version of the Ghostbusters song as my ringtone for years, back when I got phone calls ;)
ripcord@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ghost busters!
Nyahahaha ha ha haa