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[–] jwinterm 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Playing Joust or that Adventure game with keys and dragons on Atari 2600 (or maybe watching my older brother and his friends play...).

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[–] peanutbudder 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

One of my first console games was the Legend of Zelda for NES. It was probably around 94 or 95, making me about 3 or 4 years old. My uncle had the console and I played while he babysat me one evening. My mother also had an NES so I also have memories of playing Galaga around that time. Around the age of 5 or 6 I recieved a Gameboy from another uncle which came with Super Mario Land and Pokemon Blue. I also had a SNES at that age and played Scooby-Doo quite a bit. My fondest memory of early gaming, though, was playing the display N64 at Sam's Club when OoT was first released. I recieved an N64 that Christmas which came with OoT.

Also, the uncle that bought me my first Gameboy would play King's Quest while I watched him play. I ended up playing quite a few Sierra Online games when I was young.

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[–] Sops 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Probably watching my dad play Wolfenstein 3D.

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[–] gagnorblu 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Mine would have to be Runescape and Pokemon Emerald. I loved both of them because it felt like you were actually exploring a world instead of just going in a linear direction (though more so in Runescape than Pokemon).

I loved the way Jagex did quests, because they felt like actual stories (complete with foreshadowing and callbacks to other quests), instead of just saying "Bring me nine bear asses."

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[–] Dashippy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My earliest memory of gaming is from when I was about 3 I think. It's actually one of my first memories. In my attic we had a small TV set up with a NES and I'd play Super Mario Bros. 3, Duck Hunt, and one of the old Megaman games all day long.

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[–] Cornelious11 ago 

Gizmos and Gadgets, its pretty easy to find a dosbox version if you want to play it.

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[–] Elek1138 ago 

My earliest memory of gaming is watching my friend play Pokemon Red at his house in '99. He was in Cerulean City, but hadn't yet beaten Erika. We ended up watching the anime series too, it was an episode where they were all at the beach. About a month later I got both Red and Blue at my Grandparents, which I also remember quite vividly.

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[–] quagmire ago 

Pretty sure it was in 1981, went on vacation to Disney World (going from Oklahoma) at our hotel two girls I had a crush on were standing in-front of this strange looking box and randomly hitting the bottom of it with their flip-flops. I finally worked up the courage to walk up to them and they let me play what was my first encounter with Pacman. I had no idea what to do and didn't get when I should run from the ghosts and when I should chase them. The hitting with the flip-flops was I guess my first encounter with a 'hack' because instead of dropping quaters they had figured out that by hitting it they would get free games. I was maybe 8 at the time, and I did score a 'bunt' (not sure if that's a thing) but I got to hold hands with one of them while we watched her friend play. First time with a game and my first holding hands. Greatest vacation ever!

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