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[–] greenwithasideofred ago 

Playing centipede on the Atari in my run down house back when money was tight. I cherished that console and played the shit out of every game. Qbert was the best, spent hours playing that.

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[–] opticon ago 

Fishing Derby on the 2600. I remember playing other games on the system. That was the first.

Fuck that shark.

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[–] MaximumRex ago 

My first video game was Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Genesis. It was technically my brother's console, but I think I put more use into it than he did.

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[–] AlamoLlama ago 

Playing a Tetris clone where you stacked Veggietales characters on bigidea.com.

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[–] alteisen_riese ago 

I remember my cousins got an N64 that they brought on the family trip to Disney World. I think I might have had more fun playing Yoshi's Story and Mario Kart 64 in the hotel room than at the theme park.

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[–] dootdootcalcium ago  (edited ago)

I was about five, and being babysat while my mom was out. The house I was at had an NES console and I played SMB 3 for hours. That was my first gaming experience, and next Christmas I got a Game Boy.

That started me off on my gaming adventure, and twenty odd years later I've owned every major console up to the XBOX 360. In between the years I've played on PC and console, lately having been more of a PC gamer in the past few years. Having made the switch is great, I don't have to own a lot of consoles to play the games I love. I still own a PS2, because it has such a huge library of amazing games.

I also play some tabletop RPGs, like Dungeons and Dragons, Fate, and GURPS. I'd say in some ways having that experience is more fun than electronic gaming because you get to really be creative, there is no set path past what the GM sets up.

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[–] deathlogic ago 

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/9/93770/2361161-nes_batman.jpg

didn't get to play but watched the neighbor kid play. memorizing to 4 year old me.

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[–] Stalins_Moustache ago 

I took apart my older sister's Gameboy (cause I was that kid that took everything apart; Walkman, TV, VCR, etc.) and hid the different parts all over the house because she wouldn't let me play Tetris. That and Doom on Windows 95.

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