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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!

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Super Mario Bros on the NES. I remember getting super frustrated and throwing a tantrum because I couldn't figure out how to jump over the second hole. Hahahaha man I was pathetic.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That first goomba killed me three times in a row. Took a little bit to figure out the jump timing.

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[–] Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pong for me too but on a Sears Sports Center pong console:

DEC PDP 11

Everyone else posting about Atari 2600, C-64, and NES. I think you may also win the thread on the only still supported platform with PDP 11 support extended to the year 2050.

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[–] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

On my dad´s 386 PC: Prince of Persia, Dune II, Doom

On my Amiga 500: Turrican I + II, Street Fighter II, Lemmings I + II

[–] maidenless_prawn@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well my first game I think it was Duck Hunt with my family and I didn't understand how to play it lmao.

But the game I played alone for the first time was Mega Man & Bass on an zsnes emulator on our family pc.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure it was Pong on a dedicated console from Sears. I remember playing Pong when I was super young, but I don't remember if that was at the same time as us getting an Atari 2600 or not.

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[–] Hegar@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

Wolfenstein, in my dad's office on his work computer while he was teaching.

Dad's colleague: [sticks his head in the door] Hey, what are you doing?

Me: Killing Nazis with a Gatling gun.

Colleague: Oh, well that's good [comes in to watch].

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Legend of Zelda back in 1989

[–] isles@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My family got Duck Hunt, Track & Field, and Mario as a package, though I sure remember a LOT of Centipede time.

First PC game I remember was Super Solvers

Or the Apple IIe Glider game was a real fun way to waste some classroom time, barring Oregon Trail.

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[–] Laggindragon@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Mario/duck hunt for NES

[–] angelsomething@lemmy.one 6 points 9 months ago

Total annihilation on pc. That game was dope when I was a young teen.

[–] LaggyKar@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It might be Jak & Dexter: TPL.

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[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it was Paperboy on one of those Tiger Handhelds. Looking them up now brings back memories.

https://www.retrohandheldgames.com/tiger/paperboy-1356

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[–] PlantObserver@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pokemon blue on gameboy or Super Mario 64... both were around the same time I think.

Just got retroarch setup with all N64 games so the nostalgia train is about to start rollin'!

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Pokemon Yellow over here, with by brother getting Pokemon Red.

[–] Melkath@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

OG NES Duck Hunt.

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Minnels@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Got a NES with Mario and Gradius as a Christmas present. Opened the present with Gradius first and had no clue what it was but that would be the first game I ever played. Then running into the goomba in Mario like everyone did :)

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Crash Bandicoot Warped for me.

The Warp Room soundtrack is still stuck in my head twenty years later.

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The original Super Mario Bros on the NES, purchased for me by my grandmother.

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago

I have very fond memories of playing Freddie Fish in our local library while my father thought I was going to children's choir stuff (I hated it and was hanging out in the library instead, just to be back in time, when my father came to pick me up again).

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

First PC game? Math Blaster on a Macintosh 128K

First console game? Super Mario Bros.

First Board Game? Parcheesi/Monopoly

Also was included in my parents D&D group once I was 5 or 6

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[–] kamen@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Jazz JackRabbit on MS-DOS on my dad's computer.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Tetris on the OG Gameboy

[–] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Hairyblue@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

I had a Commodore 64. I played Ultima 3 and Archon (wizard's chest) as my first games I really liked.

[–] hogart@feddit.nu 5 points 9 months ago

Prob some racing game on Commodore 64. Or Mario on NES. It's hard to remember.

On PC though, Little Big Adventure 2.

[–] gabekn@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sonic the Hedgehog on Mega Drive (Genesis).

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[–] Wiz@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago

PONG in the late 70s, at a pizza parlor.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

Mattel Electronic Football

[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Console would have to be the Mario/duck hunt/track and field combo. Pc would be either dos MegaMan or kurstys fun house.

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[–] Penta@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Spyro 3. It was a great introduction into the world of video games, and I still play it regularly

[–] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Pokemon Yellow. I wasn't able to read very well but I still managed to beat it.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Lego Star Wars on a PS2 at a friend's place.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

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.

[–] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Pong on the Atari 2600.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago

Original pong, at the Toronto international boat Show, probably in about 1977.

[–] pickleprattle@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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 ;)

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[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Toejam and Earl on the Sega Genesis

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[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES. I was five and at grandma's house.

[–] d3Xt3r 3 points 9 months ago

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.

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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.

[–] GuStJaR@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Mr Do on the colico vision. There was another game we had Carnival. Good (simpler) times.

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[–] Evrala@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Pole position on the commodore 64.

[–] cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Probably The Incredible Machine (aka TIM)

[–] seedoubleyou@infosec.pub 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

most likely Peek-a-Boo, or outside either Tag or Hide and Seek, if not something like Mouse Trap or Candy Land for board games

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.

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