The first time you played a video game,

[DNT 2.5]

What did you feel like, it can be anywhere, arcade, console, that is unimportant.
When I first played my Psone, I was just a kid, I was happy with my new toy, but I lost interest fast, In fact, I spent many years not playing games at all, but then something changed, I bought my ps3 and I found myself actually enjoying the games more than I ever had, I say that this was the first time I played a game for REAL.
Your stories?

[Dylan]

Well, I believe that I was 5 years old and I was wandering outside and goofing off. I went into our garage, and after poking around for a bit I noticed a large gray box, or rather an NES. I brought it to my dad and asked him what it did, so he hooked it up to the small TV in his room and I got to play it. The first game I played was Super Mario Bros 2, and I never looked back after that.

[c0r33]

1992 I was 4 or 5 and it was christmas. My brother was always playing sports games on his sega genesis. I would get so jealous cause I wanted to play so bad but I hated sports games. Then on this magical christmas my brother handed me a gift. It said from Shannon to Cory I opened it up and I had been given my own copy of sonic the hedgehog 2! I played it all day I forgot about my other gifts that was the only one that mattered. I wouldn't be the gamer I am today if it weren't for my bro so I say thank you to him

I still have that exact same copy of the game he gave me with box the books missing though damn my grubby little kids hands back in the day

[Haoie]

It must've been something like 1992 or so.

I think it was Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure? Or Commander Keen 2.

Good times, those old Apogee titles.

[bacteria]

Pong in 1975. Remember sat on a wooden chair a few feet away from a 14" black and white televison, playing Pong - made your eyes hurt after a little while though as the white of the bat made your eyes hurt, but worst was the large white "ball" that left a trail of light behind it!

I remember vaguely playing the Atari 2600 when my father bought it when it was released; although best memories of first console being played was when the Intellivision came out, must have been 1980; have fond memories of playing those games and beating my father at the games hands down (eg hockey, tennis, etc) that he used to throw his controller about in frustration - my reactions were so much faster than his! Interestingly enough, i'm about 2 years younger than he was at the time (Intellivision), and I still have good reactions in games (although age slows you down a bit of course).

So, in my case, technically, Pong; have some memories of Atari 2600, however vivid and good memories of the Intellivison; which is why I have recently got a few of those consoles and games, to "re-live" the memories of classics like Night Stalker, Astrosmash, Tron discs, and others!

[Shabba]

Geez you KIDS here (well, not all of you)... Pong was technically my first game, but I remember playing pac-man in the arcade while my father held me up until he was able to get a chair for me to stand on. It was a lot different from the usual pinball machines I liked at the time. 1982 or so I guess...I was 7. Funny thing, I just found my old LP of "Pac-Man Fever" while cleaning crap out from my parents house. Dad bought the 2600 and I've been an addict ever since.

[Lord_Santa]

I was in foster-care; when their oldest son purchased a Commodore 64

was one of the absolute first in Sweden to get one; so it must've been '83 or so

the first game was either H.E.R.O. or Get of my garden; both great titles (Activision, of course; at least H.E.R.O.)

since then my foster-family bought a Commodore 64 for "everyone to play with"; and I've not stopped gaming since

needless to say; my first "console" was an Atari 2600; but that was later (strangely enough, but I've always been a couple of steps behind the current-gen)

[BakaTanuki]

I honestly have no idea, since I was so young and my brother had games. I started really getting into NES around first grade and playing stuff like Kirby's Adventure, Crystalis, Castlevania, and Duck Tales.

[sevin0seven]

I think around 1986 or 87. my next door neighbor built a game room with a lot of famicoms on their big mansion for all the kids in the neighborhood. i forgot how much we have to pay to play but i believe if i give him two coins i could play for 30 mins. i think the first game i played was mario bros. followed by super mario bros. and the real super mario bros. 2 (lost level). my brother and i kept going back for more since it was just next door. oh the sweet childhood memories.

[Capcomwarrior]

Chop Lifter on my cousins Atari-whatev. I always longed for that game on our family
Apple ][c. By the time we obtained it for the Apple, Nes had taken over our lives (sister and I) and I just wasn't quite as excited for Chop Lifter anymore.