When Did You Discover You Enjoyed Video Games? - Page 2

Krylo · 02-17-2010, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DFM

I don't enjoy video games they're awful.

This.

I just hate myself so much that I keep 'playing' them.

EVILNess · 02-17-2010, 07:38 AM

I was a latch key kid growing up, so while my single mom was out working 3 jobs to make ends meet I stayed at home locked inside. Hell, I've been mostly self sufficient since I was 5, and not a single time did I start a fire. (Well, once some poptarts got stuck in a toaster...)

There was an issue with me being an evil little shit who made my sitters cry and never come back or be destructive and wandering off when I was alone (I was ADD and ADHD, and very, very bad.) and my mother didn't really know what to do about it so she sat me down in front of an NES I had gotten for a birthday from my dad and went to work. It kept me busy.

Hell, despite what people think I believe that video games made me smarter. I learned to read from early games with some text, and then by the time I got a SNES I was reading at a 12th grade level.

Azisien · 02-17-2010, 09:51 AM

I've pretty much been gaming out of the womb. Some of my earliest memories are playing this tank game on an Atari with my mom.

Fast forward a bit, we eventually got a SNES, and my mom and I would play quite a bit of Mario. I also had a PC, I think the CPU was 266Mhz, those were the days!

In my adolesence I evolved into the jRPG domain, picking up a PSX and eventually a PS2. I also got a better PC. I was PC gaming until the current gen, and now I own 360, PS3, Wii, DS, and PC. I wouldn't mind a PSP but I haven't found one I deem cheap enough yet.

CelesJessa · 02-17-2010, 10:01 AM

I'm one of the people in the "always" category. Because I had two older brothers who liked games I got hooked early, playing Final Fantasy 1, the original Legend of Zelda, and Metal Gear before I could even read properly.

It was a lot more watching my brothers playing, but I played too. All three of us would take turns playing and I remember I always got upset because by the time it was my turn both of them didn't feel like watching me play >:

But I remember epic marathons of beating Rampage and MCKids.

BloodyMage · 02-17-2010, 10:13 AM

Golden Axe on one of those really old things that looked like a personal computer but it's so long ago that I'm not sure I ever used it for anything other than playing Golden Axe and some other games that I don't remember. I maintain that playing Golden Axe way back when is what got me into games like Final Fantasy.

Ryong · 02-17-2010, 10:21 AM

I think I was 5~6 and me and my brother got a Sega Genesis. With Sonic 2 and Mortal Kombat 2. We had bought some 10 games for it, until, coming back from a trip, we forgot to change the transformer from 110V to 220V, which made said transformer burn. However, me and my brother constantly went to the house of our dad's girlfriend at the time, who had a son with a SNES. I don't think I ever won against them in Killer Instinct to date. We thought the console itself had burnt and we ended up never fixing it. Some few months later we bought a Nintendo 64, which we rented games for constantly, since we didn't have any - and they cost too much. 'Til, of course, a friend of my brother "forgot" ( and knew about it and never came get it ) Super Mario 64 in our house. Fast forward some years, got a PC, then a PS1, then sold the PS1 to afford a PS2, then a DS and now a PSP.

I probably started enjoying videogames either because of Sonic 2 and constantly renting Sonic 3 or later with Bomberman. But the first RPG I played was Paper Mario and I guess that's why I like it so much.

And I learnt English playing those video games.

Viridis · 02-17-2010, 10:27 AM

First gaming milestone I still remember is Donkey Kong Country on the SNES. My mom beat King K. Rool for us.

Another old memory is Mario Paint, with the odd music and mouse that plugged into the console.

Aerozord · 02-17-2010, 11:05 AM

when I was six we got our hands on a NES. At the time we had little access to games. Mario 1 & 3, RBI baseball, Duck Hunt, that was about it. Still we loved them. Me and my brother blowing hours on them while my mom would later nostalgically remember how in the original Duck Hunt you could shoot the dog, and we'd envy that. Still we were casual, even Mario Bros 3 can only be replayed so much.

Then we got a sega and SNES, which in itself was more of the same. But we discovered something, you could RENT video games now for like, 3 bucks. Now we didn't have alot of money, and games were short, so about once a week we'd get a game or two and that would be our entertainment for the weekend. For an eight year old with a free weekend that was more then enough time to beat most of them. We played so many games we started running out of things we hadn't already beaten. Thats when me and my brother got our gamer status and got every console since then.

Oh the days when finding good games was dumb luck. It was like going to the dog track. You have no idea what you are placing your bets on, you just pick one that looks good and hope for the best

Yrcrazypa · 02-17-2010, 11:29 AM

I don't remember what the first was anymore, but I was 3 when I started, and I haven't stopped for a good 17 years now.

Donomni · 02-17-2010, 01:57 PM

I was about 6 or 7 when my family got an NES, and it's all gone downhill since then.

Hell, I could have been 5, actually.

02-17-2010, 10:01 AM	#14
CelesJessa DA-DA-DA-DAA DAA DAA DA DA-DAAAAAA! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Zanzibar Land Posts: 6,531	I'm a loser I'm one of the people in the "always" category. Because I had two older brothers who liked games I got hooked early, playing Final Fantasy 1, the original Legend of Zelda, and Metal Gear before I could even read properly. It was a lot more watching my brothers playing, but I played too. All three of us would take turns playing and I remember I always got upset because by the time it was my turn both of them didn't feel like watching me play >: But I remember epic marathons of beating Rampage and MCKids. __________________

02-17-2010, 11:05 AM	#18
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	when I was six we got our hands on a NES. At the time we had little access to games. Mario 1 & 3, RBI baseball, Duck Hunt, that was about it. Still we loved them. Me and my brother blowing hours on them while my mom would later nostalgically remember how in the original Duck Hunt you could shoot the dog, and we'd envy that. Still we were casual, even Mario Bros 3 can only be replayed so much. Then we got a sega and SNES, which in itself was more of the same. But we discovered something, you could RENT video games now for like, 3 bucks. Now we didn't have alot of money, and games were short, so about once a week we'd get a game or two and that would be our entertainment for the weekend. For an eight year old with a free weekend that was more then enough time to beat most of them. We played so many games we started running out of things we hadn't already beaten. Thats when me and my brother got our gamer status and got every console since then. Oh the days when finding good games was dumb luck. It was like going to the dog track. You have no idea what you are placing your bets on, you just pick one that looks good and hope for the best __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

02-17-2010, 11:29 AM	#19
Yrcrazypa Not your babies daddy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 491	I don't remember what the first was anymore, but I was 3 when I started, and I haven't stopped for a good 17 years now. __________________ Killer of threads.

02-17-2010, 01:57 PM	#20
Donomni Would you deign to supply me food? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida Posts: 2,004	I was about 6 or 7 when my family got an NES, and it's all gone downhill since then. Hell, I could have been 5, actually. __________________ Dance your cares away! Chirrrrrrp. Also, dead blog.

02-17-2010, 09:51 AM	#13
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	I've pretty much been gaming out of the womb. Some of my earliest memories are playing this tank game on an Atari with my mom. Fast forward a bit, we eventually got a SNES, and my mom and I would play quite a bit of Mario. I also had a PC, I think the CPU was 266Mhz, those were the days! In my adolesence I evolved into the jRPG domain, picking up a PSX and eventually a PS2. I also got a better PC. I was PC gaming until the current gen, and now I own 360, PS3, Wii, DS, and PC. I wouldn't mind a PSP but I haven't found one I deem cheap enough yet.

02-17-2010, 10:13 AM	#15
BloodyMage I'm not even in the highscore. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 667	Golden Axe on one of those really old things that looked like a personal computer but it's so long ago that I'm not sure I ever used it for anything other than playing Golden Axe and some other games that I don't remember. I maintain that playing Golden Axe way back when is what got me into games like Final Fantasy.

02-17-2010, 10:21 AM	#16
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	I think I was 5~6 and me and my brother got a Sega Genesis. With Sonic 2 and Mortal Kombat 2. We had bought some 10 games for it, until, coming back from a trip, we forgot to change the transformer from 110V to 220V, which made said transformer burn. However, me and my brother constantly went to the house of our dad's girlfriend at the time, who had a son with a SNES. I don't think I ever won against them in Killer Instinct to date. We thought the console itself had burnt and we ended up never fixing it. Some few months later we bought a Nintendo 64, which we rented games for constantly, since we didn't have any - and they cost too much. 'Til, of course, a friend of my brother "forgot" ( and knew about it and never came get it ) Super Mario 64 in our house. Fast forward some years, got a PC, then a PS1, then sold the PS1 to afford a PS2, then a DS and now a PSP. I probably started enjoying videogames either because of Sonic 2 and constantly renting Sonic 3 or later with Bomberman. But the first RPG I played was Paper Mario and I guess that's why I like it so much. And I learnt English playing those video games.