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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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[–] ilovecheese@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Atari 2600! Dragster, Centipede and Pac Man!

Got 'em all on RetroPie these days too.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Pitfall, Yar's Revenge, River Raid.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 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.

[–] Locuralacura@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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.

[–] 6368_39162@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] GreyShack@lemmy.world 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.

[–] kindenough@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I remember it even had a 'flight simulator'.

[–] livedeified@lemmy.world 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.

[–] Onlytanner@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] MarcelloRod@lemmy.ml 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

[–] youngalfred@aussie.zone 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!

[–] slimsalm@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] saba@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

mega man 2 was one of my favorite games on nes. first mega man before i got mmx on snes. never had tetris for nes, but we had some game called klax.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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.

[–] Albinoss@lemmy.world 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.

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.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jumpman on the Commodore 64.

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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Atari 2600: combat and ET

[–] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] thisowlis@lemmy.ml 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..

[–] crossfadedragon@lemmy.world 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.

[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] linuxduck@nerdly.dev 4 points 1 year ago
[–] FiftyShadesOfMyCow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 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

[–] crossfadedragon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

deleted. double post.

ok apparently not double post.

i had gta3 up to san andreas on ps2 and pc. played a multiplayer mod for san an, glitchy but fun.

elder scrolls is fun. need to get back to daggerfall unity and finish it.

you dont have to feel left out. grab something like retroarch and dive in.

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[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 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.

[–] LateralUS_DwD@kbin.social 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

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[–] jcb2016@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Atari Frogger and centepide

[–] Pilkins@lemmy.world 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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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.ml 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

[–] sofa-sogood@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] lorez@lemm.ee 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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[–] godless@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I forgot the name, was on a 8086 machine. You controlled a little diamond shaped character and have to squish enemies shaped like the letter H (on higher levels with double outlines) between moveable and immovable blocks. Later they also lay eggs that would hatch faster and faster.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_(video_game)

[–] CharlesReed@kbin.social 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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[–] -hypnotoad-@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

My first memory was "hey, who chewed up this Atari 2600 controller?" Before realizing it was me...guess I was just forming memories at the time.

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Crystal Caves on DOS

[–] DuskLoaf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I vaguely remember playing Aladdin on the N64 and a ton of Super Mario 64, that game was oddly ominous in my memories

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

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

I think it was either Mario Party on the GameCube or Crash Bandicoot on the PS2. The first one I remember well would have to be PokΓ©mon Firered in the GBA SP.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

First video game I remember playing? Short Order on NES (with the pad.) That was followed shortly by monopoly- also NES.

First game I beat? was dad's copy of Zelda (NES,) Which... I wasn't supposed to be playing. I got caught when I saw my dad was struggling with the water temple.
"Dad...dad DAD. you go here. get that. Do this. And then do this that and this."
"Oh. Cool. wait. how do you know this?"
"Oh i beat it last week."
<awkward pause>
"you better pay attention. that's the boss."
"We're not telling mom about this."

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 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.

[–] SecretPancake@feddit.de 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.

[–] OutdoorDining@lemmy.world 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

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super Mario World 3 for the NES.

[–] JoeBidet@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

what a masterpiece! still so charming and fun and challenging today! and OH the music (with an extra sound-chip in the cartridge to add more voices!!) <3

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