Playing Galaga, Tetris, Dig-Dug, Pole Position, Pac-Man & Wizard of Wor in the arcades with my dad and older brother. Galaga was my first favorite game. This would have been the late 80's.
My first home gaming experience would be Super Mario Bros 1, Zelda and Metroid on the NES. Couldn't tell you which game first, but I really enjoyed them all. I liked how fast Mario played, loved the huge open world of Zelda, and thought Metroid had the best music ever for any game I had played at that point.
[–] canyonwinds ago
Star Control 2 - some friends came over for a sleepover and installed it on my computer. I lost that summer of my life to hunting down aliens and saving the earth!
[–] stillborn86 ago
It was Road Rash on the SEGA Genesis at a BEST store. It was on display and I was just a kid... so young I don't really remember any of it other than the fact that it happened.
My parents "lost" me while we were shopping (I probably just wandered away like children do) and they found me playing the SEGA. The next Christmas, my father bought me both a SEGA and Road Rash. I remember spending almost all of my childhood (nearly all of the fond memories that I can remember) playing this with him... this and Ms Pacman.
My older cousin and I playing paper boy on the NES, which ultimately lead to playing Mike Tyson's Punch Out. We would always see who could get farther in that game, and I remember we both got stuck at Soda Popinski. Im pretty sure the feeling I got when I got past Popinski before my cousin did is what go me hooked on gaming. I can still remember the look on his fat face when I got it.
[–] 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!