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I was always into gaming, but it was only when I played Devil May Cry, everything changed for me, I got it on my 9th birthday and from there on out gaming become such a pivotal part of my life & a hobby I never lost interest in.
Jazz Jackrabbit
Zelda OOT
Chex Quest lol
Probably Burai Fighter on the NES
A:\DOOM\SETUP.EXE
Then the rest is history...
for me it would either be dragon age origins or final fantasy x
Devil May Cry 3 and Armored Core PS2
GTA Vice City was the first game I touched and then I started playing other games
Halo CE. I got into clan scrims and never looked back
The Yakuza franchise. I’ve actually started learning Japanese cuz of the series as well
Space Invaders
Final Fantasy 8
Probably The Incredible Machine on PC when I was like 7ish? Followed by the Magic Schoolbus game and then Ocarina of Time when we got an N64.
Mario 64
I have been playing games for as long as I can remember, I don't know the first one I every play but it was likely Zelda :3
Honestly, probably Duck Hunt + Mario Bros. Played it obsessively as a kid. But I would say Zelda OOT / Banjo Kazooie took it from an arcade-like hobby into a full blown obsession. N64 was a life changing experience for me lol
I started out as a snes gamer but I became a real gamer during my n64 days. Starfox 64, I remember doing no hit campaign runs on hard mode when I was only 8 or 9 yrs old lol. Super Smash bros, I got so good at the game I would challenge myself by fighting against 3 cpus at max difficulty and handicap lol. I think that's when I started to really challenge myself in games. I'd go to Eb games and they would have a demo station with smash bros and I'd go and play against other randoms lol.
You know, there was a similar question a few days ago about gaming background, and I did my usual semi-essay length ramble.
But this specific question reminds me of something I didn't add into that because of that terminology, gamer.
See, I played games. I even played arcade games as a fairly dedicated hobby, but I can't say I was a gamer. Same with the early Nintendo or even later console games. I played a lot, but I wasn't a gamer because it was something I really only did occasionally.
It was mmorpgs that turned me into someone that would buy a dedicated gaming PC, spend entire days playing, and run guilds and shit.
But the one that started that wasn't even one I played.
I had a friend/patient back in the early 2ks. Patient first, became a friend. He was dying, so we kinda did whatever the fuck he wanted. Dude was in his twenties, and fucking dying, so I ran him a d&d campaign, made sure that if he wanted to party, he could. I even got him laid a couple of times.
Anyway, he played this game called "Kingdom of Istaria" (iirc, it may have been spelled different). He'd play while music was blasting, and I'd keep his pills in order so he could just play as long as his stamina would let him.
Anyway, I hadn't done much in the way of gaming in years at that point other than the occasional mariocart insanity with my sister. Seeing what could be done with graphics, the crafting and the mmo aspect drew me in. But, by the time I got around to setting up a PC, checking things out, the game was dead. So I tried other things and did so for long enough to meet the woman that became my wife while gaming.
But if it hadn't been for that game, I might not have gone looking at all.
Geometry Dash
The original Ratchet and Clank
Super Mario World on the SNES was my first.
Quake 2 on PS1, this is like my oldest memories
Sonic 2 on Genesis, and Doom on MS-DOS.
Mega Man 2
I started with the OG Nintendo and Legend of Zelda was my obsession.
Mario
Spyro The Dragon
Crash Bandicoot
Metal Slug X
Project IGI you couldn't call yourself a gamer in India in 2015 if u hadn't played that. It made you the cool 'kid' and it sparked my interest in fps games then I played counter strike 1.6 then source then CSGO and then started playing other games and soon enough I found myself fully engulfed in this hobby. My laptop is broken now so everybody pray for me so that I can get another soon
Mario 3!
Prince of Persia (floppy disc game)! And got official after playing Tomb Raider 1!!
C&C and I still haven't beat the damn thang
Mario 64 sealed it for me. First game that absolutely blew me away.
Mega Man 2 and the OG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Ocarina of time (N64)
Soul Reaver
I remember when I first played DMC thinking the have was awesome but I didn't think it was his be very popular for some reason. I just thought it was going to be some B side game that would get a cult following. I'm happy I was wrong and it got popular. Everyone needs to play these games.
Pokemon Red.
I didn't know games could have this kind of depth until this game. This was no side-scrolling platform adventure. This was a journey, and I was a kid, and I had no idea what to expect until I played it.
Not sure I'd have the patience to replay it now, but I never tire of replaying the memories in my head.
Choosing my starter---always Charmander, always in my lineup---and the slow, joyful payoff of leveling him up and evolving him into Charmeleon and then the mighty Charizard.
The different cities. The system of woods and fields and caves between them. The thrill of catching some new Pokémon I hadn't seen yet.
The music.
The satisfaction of grinding through trainer after trainer, wild Pokémon after wild Pokémon, until finally breaking through to the next town or city, the next gym or mystery, the next set of people with weird and silly and strange things to say.
The sheer anticipation every single time I threw a Pokéball, watching it quiver there in the dirt, hoping to hear the chime of the thing locking in whatever rare Pokémon I was walking up and down through the tall grass to find.
The heart-pounding excitement of encountering the legendary birds.
Beating the elite four. Gary. Mewtwo. Team Rocket. All with an awesome endgame lineup that always involved Charizard, Gengar, Gyarados, and Alakazam.
And, of course, the time and age. Childhood. Summer. No responsibilities. Sitting in the family room recliner, both my parents still living, watching TV, smiling at me from time to time as I squirm with excitement over something.
I'll never forget it, man.
Minecraft
Final Fantasy on NES made me the gamer I am today, but Defender of the Crown for the Commodore 64 was probably my very first game played, I think. Certainly my most memorable early gaming experience. I was like 3 at the time?
Got an NES when I contracted chicken pox right before 1st grade graduation (private school) from my mom in the hopes it would prevent my scratching my spots. It mostly worked, too busy stomping koopas or blasting ducks to register an itch. Few months later I grabbed Final Fantasy at a used video game place out of the bargain bin. I still play it from time to time, on the original cart, 30 years later.
WHOAAAA SLOW DOWN BABEEEE! nature calls? It's in the back
For me is Contra and Megaman way back in the early 90s. I played it in Nintendo.
People really have forgotten how absolutely ESSENTIAL that first Phantom boss fight was for the future of all action game bossfights.
He really shook people back in the day, he had no chill at all.
Astrosmash.
Mana Quest, GameBoy, back in centuries.
Half life or Starcraft cant remember which came first in my history 👴
Shit my earliest memories are with a controller in my hand so I can’t say I remember, but the top 5 games that meant the most to me around ages 3-4 were sonic adventure 2, smash melee, crash 3, Mario duck hunt combo, and here’s a deep cut, Grabbed by the Ghoulies. That last one is a little unknown but it’s the first Rareware game to come out after Microsoft bought them. I still remember my dad walking in with the Xbox and joking he forgot to buy the games which were stashed in his jacket.
Brain lord was for sure one of the first!
Always gamed my ass off. DMC made me give up on a game for the first time ever & realize whatever that pro skill is that people have to do that shit is not in my tool box. Prolly could get it done with hundreds of hours, but I got omelets to eat.
Runescape
God of war 2018. I saw my friend playing it and then i bought a ps5 which is my first console