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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!
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.
[–] Cornelious11 ago
Gizmos and Gadgets, its pretty easy to find a dosbox version if you want to play it.
[–] gagnorblu 0 points 1 point 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."
[–] Bojack ago
I remember playing Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards in my underwear on Christmas morning. I was even able to play it on the big TV because my dad was sleeping off the "Christmas morning whiskey."