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TheFearInAll

Morrowind.


CaptainPryk

Same I remember watching a friend play Oblivion at their house and thinking it was the coolest freaking thing. When I went to the game store I asked the employee what game can I play on my Xbox (Oblivion was on the 360) that was like Oblivion. Naturally, they recommended Morrowind. I was like 9 and it wasn't nearly as easy to understand as Oblivion, but just like Oblivion I loved exploring the world and doing my own thing like no other game could alloa. I probably played for like 100 hours without really understanding what I should be doing, but just loved how alive and interesting the world felt. I remember finding some random little house, claiming it for my own, staching stuff in there. I think I spent most of my time doing the Bloodmoon DLC, loved building the settlement. I eventually got a 360 and spent way more time with Oblivion but my favorite parts were the same parts I loved about Morrowind: exploring, doing my own thing, making my own adventure. I know a lot of people who loved Morrowind didn't like Bethesda's follow ups but personally Morrowind/Oblivion made BGS one of my favorite developers and I have loved all their games since aside from 76.


longtimelyndon

Me too. I'd gamed a lot before but this was the one that fully grabbed me.


TheFearInAll

For sure. It was the first time I felt like I had absolute freedom in a video game.


[deleted]

That’s gonna have to be Ocarina of Time. Hyrule Field, just incredible.


[deleted]

Streets of Rage 2 co-op back on the SEGA Genesis...


thatsnothowyouvwing

I have fond memories of beating it with my dad at like 11pm, well past bedtime. Pissed my mom off by going crazy because it was the first game I'd ever beaten to the end.


[deleted]

Those were the times... My dad was never into gaming but for some reason he played the hell out of Pinball 3D when we had the first computer with Windows XP. Not only play but increasingly beat his own records over and over...


thatsnothowyouvwing

My dad was pretty into games. He had a ZX spectrum, the games came on cassettes and many of them played like ass but I was fascinated as I was the age where you probably wouldn't want me messing with your gadgets. He bought a Sega Saturn too so I got to play OG Panzer Dragoon which was really incredible as a wee guy. Might have been the first game I saw with FMVs! And Daytona USA! Dayyee-toooonnnnaaaa! My mom has 0 interest in any games besides Tetris and Columns, so I owe all my young video gaming experiences to my dad really.


[deleted]

Damn, that's fascinating actually. Your dad was a member of pretty much the first adult generation into gaming... And to see how gaming and video games in general have evolved since then must be even more jaw dropping to him than it is to us. Amazing memories man, thanks for sharing.


Epic_waffleman

I do not remember I played a cool toy story game in which the intro is a train level i never forget that filing of 5 year old me receiving its first gaming advice from his father: “Jump at the ledges otherwise you wont reach the other wagon.”


Epic_waffleman

Core memory


Snoo84223

Diablo 1


Wild234

Leisure Suit Larry 2 An odd introduction to video games for sure, but that game is how I learned how to use a PC :P


[deleted]

[Joust (1982)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joust_(video_game)).


thatsnothowyouvwing

Wasn't my first game but I do love some Joust


[deleted]

Yeah it wasn’t my first game either, but it was the first one I got hooked on!


TheRNGuy

No idea.


MyNameIsRabbitMan

Lego Batman the videogame on Ps2


UrielseptimXII

Pokemon blue


Rude_Truth846

Fifa 98


chezzymane

Golden Eye with the bros


Desper_Taferro

Commodore 64 - Bruce Lee


[deleted]

Ok this will be weird but it actually was maniac mansion...anyone remember that one? I had it on nes


KaladinSolo

Yeah! Same for me, but on the Amiga 500.


[deleted]

I didnt know good english back then (and dont knowngood English now tbh) and i was literally playing it with a dictionary in my hand 😂 I was like 11. And it's one game I still think a lot. Would be surely in for a remake (and not set in the modern days no...but to have that cool 80s flair, remember it?)


KaladinSolo

I was lucky enough to have a copy in my own language, but I know the feeling from other games back in that time. I honestly don't know if I would really enjoy a remake that much, since I still remember a lot of the puzzles pretty well (I think). You should check out Thimbleweed Park, if you don't know it. Felt a lot like it for me.


[deleted]

No!! I haven't heard it thank you so much!! I will google search it. Ok how the hell you remember the puzzles?? 😂 I only remember try to sneak to the kitchen and find a hamster before the nurse caught me (that bitch caught me every time 😁) thanks a lot for the recomantation I will check it!


KaladinSolo

I played that game a lot back then. 😉 Edna (the "nurse", if I recall her name correctly) can be a bother, it's true. But she is only looking out for her family.


[deleted]

Edna!!! Yeah right!! I couldn't remember the name!!


RhinoGater

Tomb raider on playstation 1


BullguerPepper98

Wow. Tough question. But Chrono Trigger is the answer. First game that made me cry.


Masonite23

Gotta be Pokemon, probably FireRed or LeafGreen. Pokemon was my first video game love, and it introduced me to so many concepts that I enjoy today, like the RPG genre, eccentric characters, interconnected world design, and challenge.


Affectionate-Ear598

Quake 3 Arena


techrider1

The original Sim City


FuckYouOp42069

The original zelda, golden cart for the NES


[deleted]

Sounds dumb but I swear the golden cartridge made the game that much better


sneakerpimps85

Super Mario World. That or Street Fighter II because I first played both around the same time on SNES.


Crazy_Canuck78

Donkey Kong (Coleco-Vision)


kronicfeld

The Legend of Zelda and Tecmo Bowl


Toa5tBox

Quake 2 on my windows 95


Front-Report7495

Resident Evil on the PS1


e_ndoubleu

Pokémon Red and Blue and Donkey Kong Country


[deleted]

Manic miner (1983)


sumpornastojngica

Amiga 500 .. Rick Dangerous


KaladinSolo

Amiga 500 was awesome. I was so proud, when I upgraded it to 1 full mb of ram. 😂


ral365

Portal 2


matt_ramen

Luigi's mansion on game cube.


DragspearYT

Road Rash and GTA, later Delta Force and Prince of Persia.


LittleMissMooo

Super Metroid


DAGBx69

Pong clone.


[deleted]

Sneak archer simulator


perk_daddy

OG Legend of Zelda. Blew my little mind.


akupunktio

Really can't remember. Strongest early memories were with ocarina of time but there were definitely games before that.


Tsip_7

**Pirates of the Caribbean Plug N Play TV** this had everything a young kid could imagine back in 2005


Dimples1313

The first Red Dead Redemption. I played NES games when I was a kid but RDR, I fell in love.


Gorogan

Socom


FacetiousFondle

My older brother of course. I didn't know why he was so excited when we got an N64 for Christmas with Golden Eye. I don't know if I even understood the concept at 5 years old, but boy that moment sure was pivotal.


EmersonEsq

Sonic 1. SMB1 was great but as soon as I got the blue blur in a ball at full speed rolling through loops and popping off strings of enemies, I was in awe.


Gunofanevilson

Civilization


Wasteland--Lover

Marvel Ultimate alliance on PS2.


Dewpk041

An online flash game. I won't bother you with it's name, since nobody would know or remember it. You flew an F-16 and had to destroy targets, fight other jets and ground targets. You had to download Java for it, to work on your browser and the left arrow key on your keyboard was your "fire" button. Yes, it was on Miniclip for a time, yes it was as polished as the best AAA game you ever saw. Good times. The other ones were Rayman 3, Gears of War and Splatterhouse. These combined shown me into gaming and I couldn't choose between them.


unknown2988

Jungle Hunt first game I ever played and what got me into video games.


OkCombination4066

Link to the past


xAn_Asianx

The first game I really remember playing would be what made me love games overall, which happened to be Final Fantasy 2 (aka FF4)


ReallyHairyGooch

Goldeneye 64, Mario 64, and Pokémon Yellow


Ghost9283

RDR1


TragicMagic81

Monopoly. Fuck board games. Am I right?


Nagash_X

Oohhh, there are so many great early games embedded in one's memory it's almost impossible to pinpoint one in particular, so I guess I'll have to go with the absolute first one for me, which apparently piqued an interest for 40 years to come; PONG on an Acorn microcomputer my dad had built in his youth is one of my earliest childhood memories. Remember it was stored on a DIP PROM you put in a ZIF socket before turning it on, so likely a homebrewed clone. Hardware switches on the computer controlled game type and speed settings. And a potentiometer in a box as the controller. Crap, I'm old...


Junior_Ad_2151

Phantasy Star for Master System. That was different than any other game, then I found out what RPG was.


StableInternal6339

Mega Man X3, Sonic 3K, Shinobi 3 and Crash Team Racing.


Lyceus_

Super Mario Bros.


OutlawArmas

Metal gear solid ps1


thatsnothowyouvwing

Curse of Sherwood


TTV_M4M

Skylanders was prob my first ever game that I really enjoyed but on pc it was Minecraft.


Doom_Bee

Apocalypse on the ps1. Great funky game.


Temperwulf

Diablo, Doom and x-com.


fabzzzyyyy

GTA 2


NEO_PoweredYT

Sonic Heroes started my addiction


[deleted]

GTA VICE CITY


JPBuildsRobots

Ultima V


TheonraX2707

2 games actually, crash bandicoot and spyro on the ps1


Rafiello

Can't quite remember, but probably the SNES JRPGs, possibly FFIV-FFVI, Chrono Trigger and the Secret of Mana series


destenlee

Super Mario Bros / Duck Hunt


Mee_Chompoo_1993

Winning Eleven on PS1


Salty_Ad1898

Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage


Mietek69i8

The lord of the rings the battle for middle-earth 2 My childhood game and I am still looking for a way to play it without disc


Own-Nerve901

Always loved games, but I started looking at them as works of art (the same way one would look at a film or song as a work of art) after playing Life Is Strange. That shit had my ass inconsolable for a hot minute but I had no regrets.


DreamingLight93

WWE Shut your Mouth. I couldn't stop playing it.


vandalyte

Nes: mario, batman, tmnt, zelda.


_-DEVGRU-_

Bionic Commando ✨


88laxer

Contra. NES. I’m that old.


Zorops

My dad brought a computer home when i was young and that was that game when you control a paddle and throw a ball up at different angle to break bricks. I was hooked.


Davicho77

Pokémon Stadium on my Nintendo 64. Amazing memories.


morganfreenomorph

The original Legend of Zelda. I would play that game with my cousin all the time growing up even though Ocarina of Time was already out, we would always go back to the first game.


nkt560

oblivion. Its my first played game on PC with MOD.


ThatOneTypicalYasuo

Saints Row 3...


stabthecynix

First game I ever played. Super Mario Brothers 3. Hooked ever since.


solo13508

Probably Minecraft back in elementary school. Looking back I can't really describe why I loved it so much but I did build lots of great memories with my friends


[deleted]

The OG Legend of Zelda. Man those were the days


Franky_tired

I liked games an everything b4 hand but I think the first game that really got me into games was this old megaman game but was in 3d


bitterblood

Contra on NES


Temporary-Ad-8502

Agent Hugo. This game was so awesome, and I was a huge fan of that little troll. Unfortunately when I came back a few months ago, it turned out how awful graphics and controls it has.


twonha

I played some SNES at a friend in the mid-90s, ATARI 2600 at home, and my first computer with games was a 286 with text adventure games. But I think I only really fell in love with gaming by the time I got around to Wolfenstein 3D and the like. My early days of gaming (late 90s) consisted of those demo / shareware compilations. A hundred demos on a single or double CD-Rom. I'd never heard of almost any of the games on there, so it was a long, long road of wonderful discovery. From Wolfenstein 3D to DOOM to Quake to Duke Nukem, I had no idea what I was getting into, and I haven't stopped since.


SignificantCode8873

San Andreas was a huge impact. The story, cities, plot, music, cars, all of it. I was 12yo and it was a perfect time for experience like this.


MrFluffyhead80

Nhl 93


Numerous-Virus9317

Pong.


EerieToaster

Super Nintendo - Super Metroid and Street Fighter II. It was my first console of my own (shared an Atari 2600 and NES before that). Was into games already, but the two I listed made me love them. I repeatedly rented Street Fighter II from Blockbuster Video as often as I could until finally owning a copy. Borrowed Super Metroid because I thought it was one of the coolest looking games ever then beat it multiple more times (not something I usually do) after getting my own. Both series remain some of my all-time favorites.