What’s the first video game you remember playing?

Rusty Kuntz · Post by **Rusty Kuntz** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:47 pm

Mine is the Skiing game for the Comodore 64. This was back in the early to mid 80’s. I used to play the shit out of this game

jffl_commish · Post by **jffl_commish** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:43 pm

Oregon Trail, the OG version. GOAT!

YBBR · Post by **YBBR** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 7:18 pm

Super Mario Bros. My brother was 3 years older than me and he must have been super young when we got an NES. Because I don't remember not having one as I grew up. So like 3 years old I remember playing Super Mario Bros.

LordNu · Post by **LordNu** » Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:59 pm

I am sure I played something on someone else's system before getting anything of my own, but I remember Battletoads on the original gameboy that I got for my birthday when I was 5. As for console game, same situation, christmas gift, SNES with Mario All-stars.

Rusty Kuntz · Post by **Rusty Kuntz** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:24 am

My first console was the Sega Master System. I was pissed my parents got that instead of the NES. I remember playing Out Run on the Master System non stop as my first console game

mlhouse · Post by **mlhouse** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 8:28 am

Jimi_Thing · Post by **Jimi_Thing** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:48 am

Combat on the Atari.

Drunken1 · Post by **Drunken1** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:49 am

Pong at Beek's Pizza

Night Train · Post by **Night Train** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 12:03 pm

Pong.

But first one with joystick on the TV, which was revolutionary at the time was Combat on Atari probably.

Ski · Post by **Ski** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:08 pm

Well, pong if that even counts. First one that blew my mind was:

Sad actually...

Post by **Abe Froman** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:07 pm

weimy froob · Post by **weimy froob** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:09 pm

Ski wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:08 pm Well, pong if that even counts.

it counts. pong here too.

Moses Scurry · Post by **Moses Scurry** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:38 pm

Still have it, still works!

Den Den · Post by **Den Den** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:27 pm

my bobsled record time still stands

salamander · Post by **salamander** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:45 pm

The first video game I actually remember playing is either Where's Waldo or Mario Bros. Can't remember which came first.

salamander · Post by **salamander** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:46 pm

Moses Scurry wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:38 pm Still have it, still works!

Oh shit! If that's a video game the first one was this baseball game that's looks like it's from the same creator as that game.

It was just little lights and you could play two player.

LordNu · Post by **LordNu** » Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:34 pm

salamander wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:46 pm
Moses Scurry wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:38 pm Still have it, still works!

Oh shit! If that's a video game the first one was this baseball game that's looks like it's from the same creator as that game.

It was just little lights and you could play two player.

So Nintendo Game and Watch's included?

Then I reckon that original one with the parachuting.

Moses Scurry · Post by **Moses Scurry** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 8:59 am

Many Atari hours dumped into this.

Herky · Post by **Herky** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:29 am

ForCaleb · Post by **ForCaleb** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:26 pm

Pole Position (arcade)

King_Vi · Post by **King_Vi** » Tue Feb 08, 2022 7:05 pm

Pong

Obi-Wan · Post by **Obi-Wan** » Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:05 am

Herky wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:29 am

Photoshopped Ken stabler and lydell Mitchell.

Vulcan Vidiot · Post by **Vulcan Vidiot** » Mon Feb 28, 2022 2:28 pm

Defender

Self High-Five · Post by **Self High-Five** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:45 pm

Like most, it was Pong.

First arcade game was Ms. Pac-Man. The small town I grew up in, the grocery store had it. The place they plugged it into was the freezer section...ha

When the game consoles like Atari came out, my parents didn't want to get us kids that. Instead, they bought the learning console called Texas Instruments...

When my parents divorced, mom bought us Nintendo. Parent war began, as dad bought us Sega.

I enjoyed playing the handheld football game as we played it on the bus all the time. Good times!

Post by **Abe Froman** » Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:22 am

NotRasho wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:46 pm Mouse trap on colecovision. I think it was a pac man rip off.

I actually remember playing that game on either our Intellivision or the Atari 2600. It was a Pac-Man rip off.

salamander · Post by **salamander** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:09 pm

What are you guys talking about? This is totally not a Pac Man ripoff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5y3JvOMDo

Mandatory · Post by **Mandatory** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:15 pm

Oregon Trail in school on an old Apple

Flight Simulator 95

Post by **Abe Froman** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 8:07 pm

salamander wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 1:09 pm What are you guys talking about? This is totally not a Pac Man ripoff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5y3JvOMDo

Good point. It's a Ms Pacman ripoff.

ocsid · Post by **ocsid** » Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:54 pm

On a console. An early version of Pong at the neighbors house.

As an arcade game - I think it was probably either Space Invaders, or possibly that big table Atari Football with the X's and O's and the track balls. I was looking for one of those and they're rare and very expensive now.

shatminster fuller · Post by **shatminster fuller** » Mon Jul 18, 2022 8:01 pm

Played some game at a friend's house whose Dad worked for Control Data. You were in a Starship, and you were fighting the Klingons, and Romulans, but I remember what was so weird (for the time) was that the people in the other ships were in Montreal and Boston and Denver, etc. I seem to remember the name of "Plato", but I don't know if it was the name of the computer system or the game.
Other than that, Pong, but I don't count that.
First game that I was really in to (like lining up quarters on the machine) was Space Invaders.

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