First video game you ever owned?

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   BfoBarneyposted 12 years ago

   I am not asking the first video game you ever played, instead the first YOU ever owned and played.
   
   For me it was Tomb Raider (1996).

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      zEric7xposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      The game system I owned myself was the original PlayStation. the first game I remember owning was Spyro the dragon.

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      SherryDigitalposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Mario Paint!

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      dungeonraiderposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Alpine Skiing on the Odyssey2 game console.  My friends all had Atari

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      Greekgeekposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Pong.
      
      Followed by Choplifter (1982) for the Apple ][+.
      
      I loved Brøderbund games.

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      PenHitsTheFanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Pong, but way after it was cool and way before it was cool again.

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      Ironman1992posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I think it was super mario on the 64.

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      Anurag2008posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Delta Force 2.

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      Lybrahposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Kings Quest was so much fun!  So were the winter olympics.  I had such an old school computer--Atari ST I think it was called.

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      Stevennix2001posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      the original super mario bros that my parents bought me when i was a child.  However, the first video game I actually bought for myself was Final Fantasy VII.

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   Stacie Lposted 12 years ago

   Mine was Mario Brothers

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   Max Daltonposted 12 years ago

   Super Mario Bros.

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   kids-toy-boxposted 12 years ago

   Tomb Raider in 2001! I got it free with my very first mobile phone--the Ericson T20.

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      David 470posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      +1

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   SimeyCposted 12 years ago

   OMG I am old - the first game I ever owned was Pong. It was a self contained console with two controllers and four varieties of the pong game.

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      BfoBarneyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Being old however is not a bad thing! You were able to witness the birth of many gaming technologies and platforms, I envy you really.

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      Kris Heeterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm with ya - mine was Pong.  I could sit there and play for hours - what a novelty it was back then!

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      helmutbiscutposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Mine was Pong too!  Loved my Atari!  My dad and I would sit and play for hours!

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      Reality Bytesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I had the same console.

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   Matt in Jaxposted 12 years ago

   Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt when I bought the original Nintendo. Definitely an amazing time. I miss that orange gun with the loudest spring trigger I've ever heard.

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   leahleflerposted 12 years ago

   We only had a PC when I was growing up (starting at about age 10), so my first video game was Dig Dug. Followed by Commander Keen and Crystal Caves (gotta love Shareware)!

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   Winterfateposted 12 years ago

   4D Boxing for the PC, followed closely by Legend of Kyrandia, also for the PC.

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   Greek Oneposted 12 years ago

   

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    Greek Oneposted 12 years ago

    second game...
    
    

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    Diane Insideposted 12 years ago

    Atari
    
    Pac-Man

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    Gattiposted 12 years ago

    I believe my first game was either Diddy Kong Racing or Zelda Orcarina of Time can't remember thatt far back to be sure which was first.

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    CyclingFitnessposted 12 years ago

    Not sure if I had Streets of Rage or the Original Fifa Soccer first. Both were fantastic games for the Mega Drive

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    AshtonFireflyposted 12 years ago

    Winner's Circle: Horse Competition
    
    starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
    
    I was like 12.

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    mistyhorizon2003posted 12 years ago

    We were lucky, a friend of our parents owned all the rental 'video games' on the island (here in Guernsey). These were the type you used to put 10p in to play them and they were common place in bars, arcades and hotels. This friend first loaned/gave us a proper 'tabletop' version of 'Asteroids', hence I became brilliant at it because we had it for months and never needed to put any money into it, and then later he swapped it for us so we could have PacMan instead (I also got very good at this). Ultimately the PacMan tabletop 'died', and the friend gave us permission to donate it to a local charity in case they could fix and sell it. No idea if they did or not! Essentially we 'owned' both games at the point we had them as he would never have asked for them back.

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    David 470posted 12 years ago

    I believe it was Sonic 2 for SEGA Genesis or one of the other sonics...
    
    You say you played Tomb Raider? Tomb Raider was also one of my early childhood games. I love that game and still play the new ones, however, Tomb Raider is not as popular like it was in the 1990's
    
    There are restarting the whole Tomb Raider franchise now.

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    jonsswagger1978posted 12 years ago

    Pitfall on the atari 2600 was my first game ever.

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    ttocsposted 12 years ago

    Pokemon Yellow

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       David 470posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Great game back in the day -- need to catch up with all the new pokemons. Heartgold and black etc..

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    JBBlackposted 12 years ago

    Pong!

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    Chaotic Chicaposted 12 years ago

    The first game I ever owned was for the black and white Nintendo GameBoy (I got it after the color versions came out thus making it affordable) and that was Zelda.  I wouldn't own another system until two years ago when I agreed to get the Wii (ironically another Nintendo system).

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    amberlewisposted 12 years ago

    The first game i ever owned is The Sudden attack. Its a shooting game. i love to play it.After this game in  2011 i didn't purchase any other game.But i think i purchase a new game for my palystation 3 soon.

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    videogamevikingposted 12 years ago

    Pac-Man for Atari

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    A Forest Storyposted 12 years ago

    Ico for the PS2

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    Midasfxposted 12 years ago

    Final Fantasy 1987 for Nintendo
    
    I still play it to this day. ^_^

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    jcmayer777posted 12 years ago

    I'm pretty sure it was megamania for the old Atari system.  That or Pitfall.

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    Johnjfernandoposted 12 years ago

    My first game was Super Mario World 2 & 3 for the first Nintendo.
    

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    heatblast92posted 12 years ago

    Pokemon Red, when I was twelve

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    meldoraposted 12 years ago

    Tetris

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    WhoBeYouBeposted 12 years ago

    Pong, on Atari?... something like that

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    Dallas Matierposted 12 years ago

    Atari 2600. My first game was actually 100 or so games in a single cartridge - all of them kind of rubbish.

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    Shanna11posted 12 years ago

    Kingdom Hearts on PS2.
    
    But then again, I run on the young end of the spectrum here....

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    Al Shieldposted 12 years ago

    Alex Kidd - the built in game on the Sega Master System 2.
    
    Never got around to finishing it though...

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    prowlinggingerposted 12 years ago

    Frogger on Atari

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    prowlinggingerposted 12 years ago

    Frogger on Atari

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    Pong that you hooked up to the TV set.

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       SimeyCposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's what I'm talking about! I had exactly the same thing as my first video game!!!

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    Kaluxposted 12 years ago

    Atari! Warlords. I would love to play an Atari now.

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    Gattiposted 12 years ago

    Command and Conquer Red Alert!  It was an amazing video game.

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    CornrowJezusposted 12 years ago

    Super Mario for NES

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    JKennyposted 12 years ago

    Space Harrier on the Sega Master System.

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    sabrebIadeposted 12 years ago

    Super Mario World (1990)

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    Galaxiesposted 12 years ago

    Super Mario Bro.//Duck Hunt
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 <~epic
    
    had to put both

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    hildredposted 12 years ago

    I honestly can't remember which SNES game was our first/we got with system when we bought it. Maybe Ken Griffy Jr. Homerun Derby? I do know we've had Tetris Attacks (the Mario one) for what seemed eons.

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    InsomniacZombieposted 12 years ago

    

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       dungeonraiderposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Still looks like one of the great things of all-time man has ever created.

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    IzzyMposted 12 years ago

    Atari - Wizball.
    
    I wish someone would bring a version of it out again - I loved that game.
    
    Edit: it wasn't an Atari - it was a Commodore 64. It used to take half an hour just to load the game!

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    truebluewriterposted 12 years ago

    lol i think mine was the war chess game that had to be loaded on DOS. I needed a couple of floppys for that one.

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       truebluewriterposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       if were talking about console games tho then prolly a mario game or pac man

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    Mr Pudposted 12 years ago

    Crash Bandicoot. Great game haha.

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    Jonathan Jancoposted 12 years ago

    Atari Space Invaders for me too. But once I got Super Breakout it was all over.

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    warchild75posted 12 years ago

    Mine was chuckie egg on the zx spectrum, Legend of a game, showing my age though I guess, after that it was the great game Bruce Lee!.
    

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       SimeyCposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Wow what a blast from the past! I forgot all about this game!

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    shin_rocka04posted 12 years ago

    I was 4 years old. We had just gotten the NES. My first game was Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt. Good times.

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    FF Commishposted 12 years ago

    This is a GREAT thread for nostalgia!!

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