I can't remember much of my childhood, but I still remember the day my dad brought the Coleco home. Was such an exciting moment for me, as a six year old.
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On what platform did you play your first video game? (poll)
- Thread starter Phediuk
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ZX Spectrum baby! Still got my original computer boxed. No idea if the thing works anymore, I tend to emulate Spectrum stuff these days to avoid those tape loads.
Star Wars the arcade game from the 1980's with the Death Star trench run. I was 4? We were at Showbiz Pizza (like Chuck-E-Cheese's). There was no way I was reaching the controls without my dad but I had to play. I loved Star Wars.
Shortly thereafter, a cousin got the Atari 2600 and the Empire Strikes Back cartridge... honestly it wasn't as good as that arcade experience.
Shortly thereafter, a cousin got the Atari 2600 and the Empire Strikes Back cartridge... honestly it wasn't as good as that arcade experience.
Exactly the same as OP - Atari 2600, combat
My godmother also had a intellivision and I remember being obsessed with the cards you slid into the controller for each game. I can't remember any games I actually played in it though
My godmother also had a intellivision and I remember being obsessed with the cards you slid into the controller for each game. I can't remember any games I actually played in it though
Dads were wonderful back then. Mine lifted me up to play space invaders :)
Now, they look at their mobile and give you the tablet.
are you one of those "gamecube was my first system" posters
Pretty sure we had an NES before a PC, and my first clear gaming memory is The Legend of Zelda.
It's possible it might've been some home computer thingy that my Pop brought home from work. I remember playing Bad Street Brawler early on, but I'm pretty sure it was a 2600. I remember Barnstorming specifically and thinking hitting the birds or whatever was funny and Berzerk! the loud noise that came out when you touched a wall scared me.
It's sad because it's true. :(
I go out of my way to try and stop myself from being like this with my kids and even then, it's hard.
I'm in shock as it dawned on me that I don't actually remember. I can't remember with certainty what the first game I ever played was. 😯
I don't recall that aspect, lol.
I was probably too caught up in the awesomeness of it all to notice.
Looking back at images of it though, no idea how the heck I used that thing. A big round knob and a number pad. O.o
Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES in the hospital at likely 1993. It's one of the reasons I'm a Nintendo fan to this day. :)
I think it was the SNES. Would walk around aimlessly in Link to the Past when I was like 3 or 4.
Sega Genesis
We used the Sega Channel thing, and those are some of my earliest memories really. I remember playing Bomberman, Flicky, Pac-Man, Sonic, and some other stuff.
We used the Sega Channel thing, and those are some of my earliest memories really. I remember playing Bomberman, Flicky, Pac-Man, Sonic, and some other stuff.
It's difficult in covid times, don't be too hard on yourself, believe in you and you'll manage !
There are some quality memories up for grasps when opportunities come back.
2600 or Intellivision. Can't remember exactly which was was first. The first I truly played and understood was NES, though. I was too young to play the others appropriately.
Aha I've found it... The Ingersoll X400 Tele-Sports Mini!
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/18429/Ingersoll-XK400-Tele-Sports-Mini-TV-Game/
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/18429/Ingersoll-XK400-Tele-Sports-Mini-TV-Game/
