Gaming What Game(s) Got You into Gaming?

[CowTipper]

The games that truely got me hooked on gaming were Sonic, Mega Man, and Tekken. Tekken was truely button mashing fun for me (my thumbs literally began to bleed). Mega Man was the game that got me into upgrading and really thinking about how to play (i.e. managing ammo). Sonic was just plain fun on the old Sega systems. What was/were your first games, and what was great about them?

[Sol-Blade]

[SIZE=-3]Hmm...good question. I'll have to think about the answer for ahil...Zelda! No really, playing Zelda for the first NES was what really got me hooked into playing video games. I absolutely loved it, to me...it was just mind blowing. I thought it was actually like being a whole other person in a completely different world. And that was was back [i]then[/i]. Today's games just blow me away, but still won't top classics like Super Mario World or F-Zero. :D [/SIZE]

[Desbreko]

[quote name='Sol-Blade][SIZE=-3']I thought it was actually like being a whole other person is a completely different world.[/SIZE][/quote][color=#4B0082]That's exactly the spirit of the Zelda series, which is part of what makes the games so great. I love being able to go on adventures as Link. ^_^

The first game that really got me into gaming was Super Mario Kart on the Super NES. I had played Duck Hunt on my brother's NES before that, but for the most part, I just watched my brothers play video games. Super Mario Kart was the first game that I actually picked up and played myself.

At first I mainly just played two player grand prix with my brother, but then I started getting good enough to win on my own. Eventually, I got so I could beat 150cc Special Cup without too much trouble. Never bothered trying to do that with the shrinking code in effect, as that just annoyed me, but whatever.

Super Mario Kart was a really good game for just starting out. It was fun, easy to pick up and play, had really tight controls, and had a good range of difficulty. I can't even begin to count the number of hours I spent sitting in front of the TV playing that game, before ever even touching any others. It still amazes me how good I managed to get at it, for how young I was.

Playing our old SNES way back when (i.e. before the days of the PS1/N64) still remain some of my fondest gaming memories.[/color]

[Doc]

[font=Century Gothic][size=1][color=dimgray]I, much like Sol-Blade was hooked on the original Zelda. I don't quite remember it as well now... but it was a game I loved to play over and over again.[/color][/size][/font]


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[font=Century Gothic][size=1][color=dimgray]I now own Link to the Past for my GBA, and it just brings back so many memories... and I can just keep playing it, and playing it. Oh, the nestalgia *sp?*.[/color][/size][/font]
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[Lord Rannos]

Super Mario Brothers for the SNES. My brother was awesome at that game and that was the main game I played for many many years. It just had me hooked until we had to get rid of it.Also, I think that Starcraft was kind of one. At the point that I played it, I didn't really have a console, so it was one of the first I played. Since it was such a good game, I got into real-time strategy games.

Crap, I gotta be the only one here who never owned a Nintendo.

[The Vampire: Ed]

[CENTER][COLOR=Red][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The Atari got me into games, but my obsession came with the Nintendo Entertainment System. I was a huge fan of the Mega Man games on the NES, and I also liked a variety of other titles such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle games, Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, etc. The NES is a huge reason why I got into gaming, but I guess the Mega Man games were more to accredit. My obsession just grew more and more with next generation consoles (SEGA Genesis, and Super Nintendo) with games like Sonic The Hedgehog, Streets of Rage, Mortal Kombat, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 3, etc. So many great games that solidified my obsession with games--but sadly as strongly as I felt about games then, I just don't care nearly as much anymore. I don't really know why.[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER]

[Shinmaru]

Super Mario Bros. 3.

I'd been playing games like Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda for a couple of years, but they didn't hook me, possibly because I was too young to [i]be[/i] hooked (I was three years old when I started playing video games). But when my dad bought SMB3, I played it all day long. And the next day. And the next day. And the next day. I was completely enamored with the game, and I still am. It's a brilliant game.

[satan665]

Hmmm, my very first gaming experience was with the Commodore, but it wasn't really all that great.

Atari was fun, but I definitely didn't play it that much, most of the games were too hard. I really had a good time with River Raid though.

The NES was the big first start, and I think there were a lot of games I was hooked on. I'd say the Tecmo Bowl series, Bionic Commando and Kung Fu were my favorites.

Really what got me into being a "gamer" was Final Fantasy 7. It got me to buy the playstation, and was the first series where I was super excited about the next game coming out. It was the first game I bought a strategy guide for, I started to get PSM magazine. So its not so much the first game I liked and played a lot, but more or less marks the point where I followed new releases and read reviews critically. Since then I have amassed my game library and have become more of a real gamer nerd and can hold conversations about systems, graphics and styles of gameplay.

[QuincyArcher]

i remember the first system i ever had was the Turbo Graphix 16, played Bonk 1, 2 & 3 countless times, that was a great platformer. Then i got a Super Nes many years later and the RPGs on that console turned me into the gamer that I am today. Chrono Trigger, FFVI, Secret of Mana, Super Mario RPG. all great games that i played through many times.

[MissWem]

[COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]ooooooh nostalgia indeed. Infact I was so young then I was more fond of watching than actually playing. Due to that minor age problem I remember the nintendo that got me into gaming.. we had a huge box of games, most of the corrupt from age now though...

I can hardly even remember the names...

There was that game, where you hit your enemies with a hammer and you could make them fly around the screen. It reminds me of santa gone wild.

As for games I can remember, it would have to be from the SNES:
[b]Super Mario Kart[/b], I've even dreamt about playing that game XD I loved playing that, and how easy it was to beat the computer once you knew the exact way of taking on the course. Now, I remember after the N64 version came out and I thought nostalgically to myself that I'd play the SNES version again. Bad bad bad idea, yet enlightening. I found it so difficult to play because the game play was so inflexible.
[b]Contra Spirits[/b], that is an absolutely classic game. I always found the 'yell' the guy makes when he dies, funny. Both of 'em were good ones.
[b]Sonic Wings[/b], another really good two player game. I liked how because of the programming in those days, the game would slow down when there was heaps of stuff being launched at you. Which just made it easier to get through the level.

Yea, that's about it. I rarely played single player games, mainly because I enjoyed watching my brother play instead.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[XcXChezaXcX]

I think the game that triggered me into being an obsessive rpg player was Kingdom Hearts. I absoulutaly love the game, and ever since I defeated it I love to play rpjs like Xenosaga, the Final Fantasy series, and Shadow Hearts. :love:

[Misaki Mitsu]

[FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=Red] back when i was really littke, pokemon came out and i kinda got hooked onto that crap. now that i think about it, that stuff is now really stupid. also after seeing my friend make a game and layed it, i was stuck to the stores games. now im all drooly over my fav games!![/COLOR][/FONT]

[I, Colossus]

Probably Super Mario World. I was quite young during the NES days, I wasn't even alive for a few of them, so I had limited expirience with the NES originally. Anyway, I just remember my brother getting the SNES packaged with SMW and us playing all day. It was the first game where I was competent enough to know what I was doing. So, that's when I really started getting into games.

SFII, MegaMan X, and Super Ghouls n' Ghosts also had signifigant hands in my early forays into gaming.

[James]

[color=#334366]I had played my cousins' Atari system and found it to be fun. I think that was my first real experience with video games. But I wasn't particularly enthralled by Atari's games, although that may have changed if I'd owned one.

I really began to take a bigger interest in gaming with Game & Watch. When I was in kinder (and when I began school for the first time), several friends had these units and they had become quite popular among young kids. I remember playing a two-player version on a bus one day, as we were going on a school excursion (field trip).

But it wasn't until later in that year (and into first grade) that I played NES for the first time. NES is what really compelled me. And there's one game that did it; Super Mario Bros. That was my very first experience on NES and I remember that I had played it at a friend's birthday party. As soon as I got home I raved about it to my parents (and considering that I was about 5 years old, they probably had no idea what I was talking about).

But, sure enough, they bought me a NES as a surprise. And that really got me going. Ever since, I've had a special place in my heart for Nintendo, but particularly for Mario -- I grew up with Mario and Zelda and the characters from those franchises have therefore become a huge part of my childhood and my life as a whole.

So I can definitely see what Miyamoto means when he says "the Mario generation". I definitely feel as though Mario defined my youth, more than any other source of entertainment or popular culture.[/color]

[Dragonboym2]

For me, it was the Star Wars arcade game in a bowling alley in North Reading 1989. I was hooked on it. But my parents used that old love excuse to screw me out of toys. So for the longest time, I had hardly and G.I. Joes, Masters Of The Universe, Or Transformers. I asked for He-Man for Christmas, and I got..Prince Adam. Prince ADAM?! But I did have the one toy everyone wanted but couldn't find. I had VOLTRON! (Lion Force.) I was like a God for a week. :D Later Nintendo got popular. Everyone had one, except me. Like I said, the old love excuse. :( I was so left out. I loved plaiying Mario and Zelda at friends houses. Later, mom and dad got me a Game Boy. I was happy. Then a Super Nintendo. That was my road to gaming glory. Look at me now, I got a PS2, and a GC. I have to thank Grandma for convincing dad that it was not as bad as he thought it was.

Mike

[Sea Of Chaos666]

I think what got me into gameing was Final Fantasy 3. I was about three when I started play vido game. I got my frist game consle on X-mas when my parents were in the hospital, my gandma gave it to me. And with that came Final Fantasy nut and still am.

[Rei_Man]

Heh, I don't even know when I got into it. I've had some sort of games system for pretty much as long as I can remember, and I thank my brother greatly for that.
But, though I can't exactly remember when it was, it would have had to be the old NES classsics. You know, PaperBoy, MegaMan, that sort of stuff.....

....Admittedly, I wouldn't dream of going back to those sorts of games in this day and age, but yes - they're the ones that introduced me to the world of gaming.

Oh, and it was Final Fantasy 7 that introduced me to the wondrous world of RPGs, when my brother borrowed his friend's PSOne. Thanks again, Dan...

[BlueYoshi]

[color=darkred]Hmmm, I dunno, really. I don't think it was a certain game that got me into gaming all together. My first major console was the SNES, with my first game being Super Mario World, though as great a game that was, it wasn't "the one" that got me into this mess. I'd played many games previously before that though, many Atari games which were plain shite, but fun, but fun nonetheless. Robocop is the only one that stands out. :cool:

When gaming went to the next generation after that (you know, like PlayStation and DreamCast), I only started to recognise the older more nostalgic systems and got into them. Some were good, some were crap. Perhaps if I had played those older games back in the day when I was wearing nappies, it would've changed my mind for the future, and I wouldn't be here making this post. Oooo... eerie.[/color]

[elfpirate]

[b]I used to go to the arcades with my brothers and father when I was a wee lass, and that's where it began, but the first game that I really fell in love with and became addicted to was Ninja Gaiden on the NES... though I could only play it @ my friend's house. I was so obsessed that I named my new dog @ the time "Ryu".:animeshy: [/b]

[b]After that, I was really hooked, but poor as hell, so I didn't actually get a system until a few years ago, and the first game I lost myself within was Zelda: Ocarina of Time[/b]

[b]Since then, I've pretty much been an obsessive gamer... endlessly annoying people with my yelling at the screen and freaking out when someone plays one of my games and leaves it out (or puts it in the wrong case). Yeah-- obsessive-- thanks a lot, Ryu![/b]

[KlonoaWahoo]

Well, I didnt start playing videogames until 2000, but I really got into them fast. I'd have to say the game that really got me into Gaming was Legend of Mana for the Playstation. The game itself was just a string of sidequests, but the appealing art and music was what I loved..and of course, Lil' Cactus. Im such a Sucker for the Sproutlings and Lil' Cactus. ^_^

[Havokio]

[COLOR=Indigo]For me, it'd have to be Gunstar Heroes for the Sega Genesis. It looked GREAT, the stages were long but not tedious, and had the craziest bosses ever.

The shooter had one VERY addictive feature, which is it's weapon combos.

It had four weapon types...

Flamethrower- short range, high power
Seekers- slow moving, low power, seeks people
Rapid- obvious
Laser- Long range, goes through people

Then... combos, i.e.

Laser + Flamethrower= Short laser- Very low range, VERY hig power.

Anything could be combo-ed.

Even after having these new games and systems, I still go back to Gunstar Heroes.

(Made by Treasure. And you KNOW how good their shooters are.)[/COLOR]

[Iori Yagami]

The first game I remember playing was probably Double Dragon on my cousin's Master System. The levels, the characters, the enemies, and the final fight. The most memorable part of that game was if you played a two player, at the end you'd have to fight each other for the girl.

That game, probably, was the game that got me hooked to video games. After that, I started playing various RPGs like Chrono Trigger, the Final Fantasy series, and Dragon Warrior Monsters.

[Gravy Train]

When I was 4 my neighbor had a Super Nintendo. I remember playing Mario on it but wasn't too interested because he was close to my age and we had no idea how to play it well.

When I moved at age 5, one of my friends had a Sega Genesis. I remember the X-men game and Sonic, but that was all, and I wasn't interested enough to ask for my own system.

Then in 5th grade that same neighbor got the N64 and Goldeneye. I thought Goldeneye was great but I knew I had to get my own system when I played Super Smash Brothers at his house. Took a year to convince my parents to buy me one but you can get anything if you pester enough. I was obsessed with that game and couldn't lose to any of my friends because I used Kirby all the time and did the cheap-ledge blade attack move. I eventually got an N64 just for that game. I got other games of course, but only really enjoyed Majora's Mask, Mario Kart, and Jet Force Gemini.

[drive_monster]

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]The first game that got me hooked onto gaming was probably Super Mario Bros. for the NES. My cousin used to play it all the time, and I always used to admire how good he was. Of course, when I played, I was horrible at it, but then again, I was only 5. :p

Duck Hunt for the NES also got me hooked onto gaming. Whenever all of my family got together, my cousins and I would play, and my family would watch. It was a blast![/COLOR]

[boxybrown305]

[COLOR=DarkRed]Let's see here. My entire family on my dad's side are all gamers (even my grandparents), so we played games all the time. Way back in the day, i used to have a sega genisis, and sega CD (similar to saturn, but no one really ever knew about it). Well me and my dad always played a game i think was called Golden Axe. Or at least i think that's what it was... there was also a sega CD side-scrolling fighting game we often played together. Other than that i vividly remember playing some of the original Sonic games very often. My uncle also got me playing Wipeout, and Diablo on the computer. Later, when my dad got a N64 (i was so amazed by those graphics at the time) we constantly played Mario Kart 64. Now we constantly play Mario Kart Double Dash. Well that's about my childhood of gaming in a nutshell.[/COLOR]