[–] JoeDougieDouglas ago
I guess my earliest gaming memory would be when my dad, sister and I were sat around the SNES attempting to complete a Zelda game (unsure what one) - I remember we spent hours on that game, still unsure whether we ever completed it.
Wow, I don't know. I guess I was 3 when Sonic the Hedgehog came out. I was able to beat it by 4. I started playing before that but I don't have memories that far back. I guess the oldest thing I can remember is the level select code, but I learned it incorrectly. I always thought it was A B C up down left right Hold A and press start. Turns out the A B C part isn't part of the code...I didn't learn that until my 20s.
[–] Biff-Top-Johnny ago
Mine is weird - "Dizzy Egg" - a fucking old MS Dos game. It woul dhave been like 1992-1994 when I played this with my mum on an old Amstrad PC.
That and another Dos game called "Stargoose".
From there we moved onto the free demos on the Windows 95 CD-ROM - Hover and Hellrider.
I'm not sure which I encountered first.
Beast on a PC at school or Super Mario Bros. on NES at a friend's house.
[–] waldojim42 ago
First game for me was Islands of Danger. It was a relatively simple game I played on a Kaypro 8088. Basically, you piloted a hovercraft ( that looked somewhat amazingly like an hourglass! ) through various islands destroying missile sites without being blown up yourself. It was a lot of fun. It wasn't long after that when I was introduced to ZZT. That game was amazing, and killed many hours of my life as a child.
[–] freshlybakedman ago (edited ago)
My first memory was when I was with my much older nephews at a family reunion. It was the early 90s and they all hovered over the computer. The were playing a diving game. (Like diving from a board into the pool) You had to jump down and try to do cool moves. I found it entertaining. When you missed the pool, you'd go straight trough the concrete. (cartoon-style) Good times!
[–] nonlogicality ago
Contra on Nintendo Famicom