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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => Hardcore Gaming 101 => Topic started by: Belmont Stakes on December 29, 2011, 02:15:48 AM
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Although the most practical, sexy, and probably obvious would be the first Pac Man (no not Pong circa 1972, me b. 1973) the first game that will always stick in my mind was not so much an arcade pixelated work like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong or Centipede but a driving game. I don't remember the name of it off hand but I can tell you it was basically like a film strip where if you crashed you got a close up of a fiery explosion before continuing the race (for some reason). I will try to get the name of the game but I forget it. I can tell you it wasn't Pole Position.
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My first video game experience was with several different titles and all were on the NES. I was introduced to Super Mario Bros, Zelda II, Contra and Top Gun. My cousins had several different games besides those however I never played them. Trying out all these games seemed magical. It was a world that I was never exposed to, let alone heard about before. I will never forget it :)
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Being born much later compared to most of the people here, my first gaming experiences were all on the SNES as a toddler, from Super Mario World to Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and it was wonderful. My nanny from back then being a natural at various games (can't count how many times I cried for her help, LOL) helped too, I guess.
BTW, doesn't this belong in the HG101 section?
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Although the most practical, sexy, and probably obvious would be the first Pac Man (no not Pong circa 1972, me b. 1973) the first game that will always stick in my mind was not so much an arcade pixelated work like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong or Centipede but a driving game. I don't remember the name of it off hand but I can tell you it was basically like a film strip where if you crashed you got a close up of a fiery explosion before continuing the race (for some reason). I will try to get the name of the game but I forget it. I can tell you it wasn't Pole Position.
Was it Night Driver? Don't remember if it had close ups though, but your car did look wrecked after.
Anyways mine was Laser Blast on Atari 2600 back in 1979 at the tender age of 4, I also remember watching my uncle play an Odysee II back in the day, never got to play it. Atari 2600 was my first system owned, had a lot of fun with it with Pitfall, Pac-Man (not so much this unfinished version now), Donkey Kong, and some other games. My first arcade game was likely if my memory serves me correctly, Galaga, then stuff like Time Pilot and Joust. Never saw a Space Invaders cab till I was well into my 20's, shame really, but still had a blast with it and Asteroids (though I played Asteroids in arcades far earlier).
Also ninja mind move.
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My memory is pretty fuzzy, but it could've been Pole Position (or hell, maybe even Pole Position II) on one of the sitdown-style machines. It was at this restaurant that I barely remember as a kid, save for the arcade and carousel it had. It was either that game or Shooting Master at a bowling alley, I'm not sure which one I played first. I know I couldn't have been any older than 5 either way.
I know the first game to have any real lasting impact on me was Double Dragon, but that came out when I was 6.
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Funny, I was thinking about this some time ago.
I would have to say that although it was not my first game, there was this one game that effected me greatly.
I never was an actual gamer, neither did I own any video-game systems. As a child, I was satisfied with playing games on the PC. It was mostly ported NES games or games made for MS DOS.
And then, I visited my friend and he showed me a game he had. It was probably 1998 or 1999, and I was around eleven years old. The game he played was unlike any I ever played. It had great graphics and gameplay (for the time period), nice sound effects and music, a complex storyline, and best of all, cool cinematic sequences after every level.
Guess which game it was?
It was Dune 2000.
Only around 5 years later I discovered the game was based on a novel, some more years later I discovered a movie and a miniseries were made about it, and only after watching the movies I finally decided to read the book.
The book is a cultural-philosophic tale unlike no other, but back when I saw the game I know nothing about it. It was the first RTS I ever saw and the idea of commanding an army in a sci-fi world I could only describe as "F*cking awesome".
Since then I fell in love with Tiberian Sun, Red Alert the other games by the great Westwood Studios. And then Westwood collapsed and the legend ended. But the inspiration DUNE 2000 gave me lives on in a novel I never take the time to write down.
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First video game experience? 3D Monster Maze and Mazogs on the ZX81 home computer (born '79). After that it befell to me to look for more of this thing they call video games (mostly found on ferry trips across to England - where I was introduced to many and varied games.... Outrun for one, and Ghosts N Goblins for another).
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Watching my brother's play Super Mario Bros back in I think 1989/90.
Then I think Mortal Kombat followed afterwards in like 91 or 92.
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My first video game was some PC game about plane that must bomb enemy's factories.
Then I had Atari with several games and later - NES.
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wow, my first video game experience? Well the earliest memory i have is watching my cousins and siblings play mario paint. Other than that i grew up with a super nintendo.
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I recall my first video game experiences were Super Mario Bros and Double Dragon II on NES. Followed by the other NES Mario games. I was born in 86 so I was around 6 when I first started I think. The first game I remember hating as a kid was Festers Quest. I've never tried it since I was a kid, I remember we got rid of it because we just couldn't figure that one out! I feel sad for all the kids today that will probably never care about these games. Hopefully things like the Wii Shop have gotten younger gamers into some older stuff!
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Setting the way-back machine all the way to the Atari 2600, I think probably my first videogaming experience was Adventure.
An epic quest to return a sacred chalice to it's rightful castle, it had a sword that looked like an arrow, dragons or many colors, mazes, a magic bridge, and a a really annoy bat that could grab you and fly you indefinitely all over the kingdom. Was obnoxiously simple graphically speaking, but in the mind of my childhood self, I was on an adventure.
You can play it for free online here....
http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/adventure (http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/adventure)
You are the block. Use arrow keys to move. Touch items to grab them, press space bar to release them. Key open castles of the same color (touch the key to gate). Enjoy.
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Holy crap, I didn't realize how young I was compared to everyone here :o
Anyway, I played either Super Mario Bros or Duck Hunt when I was 3 (1991-1992). I don't really remember much about it though, I've kind of been playing games as long as I can remember :c
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The coin arcade machines, Double Dragon, 1942, Super Mario Bros (before the NES) and of course I was a pinball freak! As far a my experiences before the NES, I had an Atari 2600. Space Invaders and Ms Pacman were my favs. As for the NES when I got one, Super Mario Bros, Zelda, Mike Tyson's Punchout, 3D Worldrunner, and of course, Castlevania I was hooked!
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my first experience was grand theft auto 3... yeah I KNOW IT'S PRETTY LATE BY RETRO STANDARDS but I loved the game back then.
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Was it Night Driver? Don't remember if it had close ups though, but your car did look wrecked after.
Anyways mine was Laser Blast on Atari 2600 back in 1979 at the tender age of 4, I also remember watching my uncle play an Odysee II back in the day, never got to play it. Atari 2600 was my first system owned, had a lot of fun with it with Pitfall, Pac-Man (not so much this unfinished version now), Donkey Kong, and some other games. My first arcade game was likely if my memory serves me correctly, Galaga, then stuff like Time Pilot and Joust. Never saw a Space Invaders cab till I was well into my 20's, shame really, but still had a blast with it and Asteroids (though I played Asteroids in arcades far earlier).
Also ninja mind move.
First thing, sorry about posting in the wrong forum. Second, nah wuddn't Night Driver. I think this game may have been produced before I was born even. Third, the game I played was played in Salem Massachusetts at the Salem Willows Park. I will say this game is my first memory but Pac-Man is what started the madness for me. Before Mario, Pac Man was the Godfather of games. But when you think about it Pinball would have to be the foundation of all arcade experiences. I just pulled this up off the web.
http://www.bmigaming.com/videogamehistory.htm (http://www.bmigaming.com/videogamehistory.htm)
After watching this I don't feel so old now.
Happy New Year everybody. Almost...
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http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/adventure (http://www.atari.com/arcade/arcade/adventure)
You are the block. Use arrow keys to move. Touch items to grab them, press space bar to release them. Key open castles of the same color (touch the key to gate). Enjoy.
LoL! You won. A fuckin' block? *facepalm*
I believe my friend made a similar game in JAVA once.
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It kinda sounds like losing some sort of virginity ha ha, sorry tacky joke :)
The first video game I played was Kirby Super Star.
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My first video game... was DOOM.
I was five or six at the time, and I saw my dad playing a cool game on his computer where you fought and killed monsters. I wanted to give it a try, although it looked scary. He showed me how to play. I was horrible at it then, but nowadays I can tear their alien demon asses apart no problem.
That was my "first time". ;D
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like most of gamers,my first experience was mario.
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It was either '88 or '89 (I was only 4-5 at the time, so I can't be sure) when my parents bought my sister an NES with SMB/Duck Hunt. It didn't hold her interest for long, but for me it was a different story. Less than a year later I beat my first video game - CV2, with the help of a cousin who told me where to go.
My dad was trying to get me into baseball at the time, so it's quite possible that if it weren't for video games I would have grown up to be a dumbass high school jock. Given my proclivity for all things fitness nowadays, I'm almost certain that would have been the case.
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Space Invaders on the Atari 2600, circa 1984. We inherited my aunt's 2600 with 9 games. The first system I had that was all mine was the Atari Lynx, circa 1989, and then the Jaguar in 1994. It wasn't until about 1998 that I got my first non-Atari system: the NES. I had played it at my friends' houses over the years along with the SNES and Genesis, but was never allowed to own anything mainstream until then. My parents thought I only wanted Nintendo so that I could be like all the other kids. :)
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kirby's adventure on the nes, i first played it when my older bro was watching me and i couldn't figure out when to push the a button at the right time to get the best bonus possible after each stage XD
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My first was Frogger. On a table-style cabinet.
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After that was either Jumpman, Winter Olympics, or Captains Of Industry on the Commodore 64. My first NES experience was of course Super Mario Bros. at my daycare. I remember when Mario3 came out, all the rage. And my first violent video game was Tecmo Knight, which I played in the arcades. ... And by violent I mean O_O my mind was raped.
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First video game ever? Resident Evil on the PSX. Greatest memory of my younger days.
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First video game ever? Resident Evil on the PSX. Greatest memory of my younger days.
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I take it that you still remember this from your younger days? :P
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I take it that you still remember this from your younger days? :P
Brings tears to my eyes... the nostalgia...
...And the bad voice acting. Yeesh.
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Pokemon Blue Version. Followed by Super Mario Brothers Deluxe.