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What is your earliest gaming memory?
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PaddyOCanager
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Watching my Dad play something on an Atari - too young to remember what it was.
We got an NES soon after, Mom played Tetris and Dad and I played Tecmo Bowl a lot. I then began playing games on my own - Dynowarz and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle game were my favorite. Mario came with the system, but I don't remember caring too much about it.
We got an NES soon after, Mom played Tetris and Dad and I played Tecmo Bowl a lot. I then began playing games on my own - Dynowarz and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle game were my favorite. Mario came with the system, but I don't remember caring too much about it.
nightmare-slain
Member
definitely one of my earliest memories was playing this at a friends house. we didn't have a NES at home.
this was probably around 1995-1996 so a good while after the game launched. it felt like it wasn't until 95/96 that consoles from the 80s disappeared with the release of the PS1. i was just a young kid at the time so my memory isn't clear.
edit: i'm forgetting about the Sega Mega Drive + SNES. we had a Mega Drive but not a SNES. 3rd and 4th gen is a blur to me. the first consoles i really remember is the PS1/N64
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makaveli60
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I think watching my father showing Doom to some neighbors, then playing it together
HiFiVideogameMusic
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Playing Turrican 1 on the Atari ST
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
I dont consider it my true beginning in gaming. But I remember Popeye on the Atari 2600.
My parents rarely let me play. And when they did, it was for a couple of minutes. Mostly my sister played, and we were required to put the console back in the closet. And it would stay there a week or so.
My real start as a gamer was when I got a Sega Genesis in the early 90's. With Sonic 1 and Golden Axe II
My parents rarely let me play. And when they did, it was for a couple of minutes. Mostly my sister played, and we were required to put the console back in the closet. And it would stay there a week or so.
My real start as a gamer was when I got a Sega Genesis in the early 90's. With Sonic 1 and Golden Axe II
Putonahappyface
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Probably one of these games.
clarky
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One of my earliest memories full stop was me and my older brother hunting for Christmas presents, finding the Atari 2600 in the loft. In November. Played that fucker every time the parents went out. By the time christmas day came round we'd waxed the 3 or so games we got and Dad couldn't figure out how his 5 year old son was so much better than him at this shit.
I still have that console to this day.
I still have that console to this day.
clarky
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I also used to play "Doom" at the neighbors, then come home and play videogames with the kids. Alleviated the guilt somewhat.
MiguelItUp
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anthony2690
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Oh man, some days I feel genuinely old, then I come into a thread like this and start to wonder if I'm one of the youngest members XD
Anyway a lot of memories are sega Megadrive/Saturn with my siblings & dad, amazing times
Anyway a lot of memories are sega Megadrive/Saturn with my siblings & dad, amazing times
clarky
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Hero. What a game.
DJ12
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I've played various version more recently than I have any "modern" game lol
Cannot get enough.
BusierDonkey
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My grandpa had his fourth heart attack (he was nearly electrocuted while in the military) and the doctors told him that was the last one he would survive, and he'd likely never fully recover as his heart function was so diminished. While healing he bought a Frogger mini arcade game to pass the time. He recovered and gave it to us, then built a garage like a normal 60 year old guy who had a severely damaged heart does. He died a few years later, from a heart attack.
The power on tune is the most memorable thing ever created.
Last year my younger brother and I found another one in the box and bought it for my older brother for his birthday.
The power on tune is the most memorable thing ever created.
Last year my younger brother and I found another one in the box and bought it for my older brother for his birthday.
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Like a lot of others, something on the Atari 2600. Friend of the family used to lend us it at the weekend kind of thing.
First computer was ZX Spectrum 128K with the heat sink - however must have been a dodgy batch at the store as we had 3 and they all over heated. Swapped for Commodore 64 then that was lift off really...
First computer was ZX Spectrum 128K with the heat sink - however must have been a dodgy batch at the store as we had 3 and they all over heated. Swapped for Commodore 64 then that was lift off really...
My aunt bought me and my siblings an NES and we each got to pick a game. I got kung fu, my sister got excite bike and I can’t for the life of me remember the third title…Probably one of these games.
I got super Mario bros 2 for my birthday and it was my favorite game forever. My dad would play Kung fu with me but never got past the second boss and pretty much stopped playing games.
I beat kung fu so many times I remember trying to challenge myself beating levels with nothing but jump kicks or punches.
Deputy Moonman
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dcx4610
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I don't know and I wish I did. I got an Atari 2600 Jr when I was very young. My family was not into tech and I have no idea what inspired me to ask for one. My only guess is it had to be Pac-Man related since those machines were everywhere.
I definitely remember seeing the NES for the first time though. My cousin got one for his birthday and has playing Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt. I couldn't believe the graphics and of course, that's what I ended up begging for and getting for Christmas that year.
I definitely remember seeing the NES for the first time though. My cousin got one for his birthday and has playing Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt. I couldn't believe the graphics and of course, that's what I ended up begging for and getting for Christmas that year.
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Putonahappyface
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I was six when I got my hands on Super Mario Brothers 2 and it was probably my favourite game on the Nintendo. I loved the art style and colour pallet. So much nostalgia games from the eighties.
Rockondevil
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Either Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt or Wolfenstein 3D.
Couldn’t say which came first to me but probably the NES before the PC.
Couldn’t say which came first to me but probably the NES before the PC.
Holy shit. I came in here to post this too. Junior me had no clue what i was really doing. But I remember it being so cool as a kid. Blew my mind at the time.
Sleepwalker
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Playing super mario kart and killer instinct in bed with a broken leg.
Efren is G.O.A.T.
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Soodanim
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One of the Master System games I had. It's one of:
Shinobi
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
R-Type
Flintstones
Hang-On
Flintstones was probably the most difficult of all of them, strangely. It may have only been 3 levels, but I think I only saw the last one once. Barely ever saw the second.
Shinobi
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
R-Type
Flintstones
Hang-On
Flintstones was probably the most difficult of all of them, strangely. It may have only been 3 levels, but I think I only saw the last one once. Barely ever saw the second.
GladiusFrog
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This, except it was a hand me down because my cousins got a SNES.
Kindergarten Graduation gift from my folks. How could they know they were creating a monster?
Fret Runner
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playing gaunlet on the NES with my sister.
Used to piss my mum off cause we only had one TV, so she had to always carry this old CRT tv up an down the stairs for us. Bless her.
Only time I ever had a Nintendo console.
Used to piss my mum off cause we only had one TV, so she had to always carry this old CRT tv up an down the stairs for us. Bless her.
Only time I ever had a Nintendo console.