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Itβs been a hobby ever since the beginning, I think. First games I played were Spyro and Crash Bandicoot on the PS1. Went on to play the sequels, and eventually got into RPGs with Legend of Dragoon and Final Fantasy 9. Hooked ever since.
The first game I ever played was Mario Kart DS. I have been a Mario fan ever since.
I remember clearly that someone brought an Apple II to my preschool. This would be early/mid 80βs. It had a color monitor and they showed off some maze running math game (probably Number Munchers or something like that), but for some reason what really grabbed my little 3 (4?) year old mind was just this simple graphical program that displayed multicolored <<< shapes that lined up and spiraled outwards. I remember thinking, βhey it looks like my living room rug!β
But thatβs when I realized that there was this magic box under the monitor. It was covered in buttons AND IT LET YOU CONTROL WHAT WAS SHOWING ON THE TV!! It set my little brain on fire and Iβve been hooked ever since.
Adventure on the Atari 2600, also Pitfall and Chopper Command. Sort of fell out of it for a while until I played Halo. I've been on Xbox ever since
Minecraft Demo version on my grandpa's iPad. It blew my little 5 year old mind.
I really enjoyed secret agent on dos.
Pilot wings 64 and mario 64 played at my friends house. Only access to games prior to that were Prince of Persia, Myst and spooky-ass Iron Helix on an old Mac II and they were not particularly exciting for a pup of that age.
Super Metroid when I was 5 years old. Brothers finally let me play it after a hernia surgery because they felt sorry for me. Got to sit on a comfy couch with an applesauce cup playing it.
Elder scrolls V: Skyrim. I got into gaming at a pretty high age(31yo) even though I had played a bit when I was younger, but I wouldn't consider myself a gamer before Skyrim.
OG Fallout.
Believe it or not, Angry Birds.
Commander Keen in my early years. But the first game that really got me into 3D gaming was probably Acclaim's ShadowMan. It's still an absolute masterpiece. Great visuals, amazing storytelling...and that creepy soundtrack is just burned into my brain. Probably had some nightmares from that when I was a kid. π
I think it was Tetris on the GameBoy, then Super Mario Land 2 and Kirby's Dreamland.
After the mandatory army service I stopped, studied and began gaming again with Portal 1&2.
Sonic on sega was the first game I played, FF7 was the first game I loved.
Moraff's Revenge
Wobbly Life on PC, coop with the kids, I really, really recommend that game for kids. Since then we mastered BOTW and TOTK on Nintendo Switch and now are working the ranks in Fortnite.
Civilization 1.
My uncle showed me the doom 1 demo when I was 5.
Been fucked up ever since.
I played a lot of games beforehand, but one(s) that kicked off the three decades of gaming were Lufia and the Fortress of Doom, and Final Fantasy 4(was 2 here in the US). Honestly don't remember which one I played first.
Zork 2 & for a graphical game, windham classics "below the root"
Quake 3 was my first but Ultima Online is the one that made me fall in love.
Hello Kitty No Hanabatake I believe was the very first video game I played when I was like 4. PGA Tour Y2K was a banger too.
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan, Railway Tycoon, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella and some car racing game with a Ferrari Testarossa in it (that wasn't Outrun)
I think... Gran Turismo?? I am a big fan of racing but the handling of TOCA Touring Car Championship never agreed with me despite my love for 90's BTCC. I had a better time with the more sensible handling of GT1.
I have fond memories of a yellow Impreza. I couldn't drive the RWD cars back then. I also remember me trying to use a racing wheel, I was equally bad at it but at least I was having fun!
The first one for me was Alley cat in the early 80s. Later test drive for DOS and Mario bros.
I saw links awakening on my brother's friends Gameboy, just walking around digging with the shovel was enough to get my interest,