Backloggd's First Game
This is a list made for YOU! Yes, YOU! What was the first video game you ever remember playing? Tell me in the comments, and I'll add it to the list. Feel free to add any anecdotes related to your first game, and I'll include it with your entry. Don't worry if your game is already on the list, you will be represented separately.
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✨Rayman M for the PlayStation 2✨
All I can remember is never finishing the first level and I remember I had a lot of struggles performing two inputs at the same time - Pressing tha A and tilting the joystick forward was incomprehensible for me at my wee old age.
We take for granted how many internalized, over the years muscle memory we have build to play games
All I can remember is never finishing the first level and I remember I had a lot of struggles performing two inputs at the same time - Pressing tha A and tilting the joystick forward was incomprehensible for me at my wee old age.
We take for granted how many internalized, over the years muscle memory we have build to play games
@Apocynadeae I've never heard of a school computer lab having emulators on them. I know most schools would be really against that kinda thing so that's really funny to me.
Sonic Mega Collection for the GameCube
The Wii was my first console, and with it my mom got a copy of Sonic Mega Collection and a GameCube controller, since the Wii was backwards comparable and all that. I'm not exactly sure why she decided to do that, but man I'm so glad things turned out that way.
I remember the extras and menu music more than anything else, being able to look at the covers of the Archie comics enamored me so much. They were so strange and enamoring, but just out of reach for me, seeing as I never really got a chance to read them as a kid.
If you're curious at all, my favorite game on the collection was by far and away Sonic 2. I was never able to make it past Metropolis, but the other classic games were just too intimidating and difficult for five year old me.
The Wii was my first console, and with it my mom got a copy of Sonic Mega Collection and a GameCube controller, since the Wii was backwards comparable and all that. I'm not exactly sure why she decided to do that, but man I'm so glad things turned out that way.
I remember the extras and menu music more than anything else, being able to look at the covers of the Archie comics enamored me so much. They were so strange and enamoring, but just out of reach for me, seeing as I never really got a chance to read them as a kid.
If you're curious at all, my favorite game on the collection was by far and away Sonic 2. I was never able to make it past Metropolis, but the other classic games were just too intimidating and difficult for five year old me.
I might have been three or four, but it was a SpongeBob game for the GBC. It was a family reunion at my cousin's home even though I don't remember anyone who was there. Someone must have left their Gameboy at one of the tables because I just grabbed it and started playing. I didn't know how to read well so I didn't quite understand the game, but I remember walking back and forth and controlling either SpongeBob or Patrick.
Mario Paint. I don't recall doing much painting or composing, but I was addicted to the flyswatter minigame for a short bit.
Final Fantasy, Dawn of Souls. My memories a bit fuzzy on it, may not even be my first game, (Pokémon Red's a contender) but it stuck out to me as a simple, yet engaging adventure I'd constantly come back to. Whenever I was in a car, at home, or even on the beach, I'd pop out my gba, make a new save, and relive the journey. It's reminiscent of a DnD campaign in a way, simple premise with a lot of ideas, now expected in RPGs, but because of its simplicity, is a comforting game to replay once in a while.
Lemmings on the ZX Spectrum. All levels were bright mono colours and I was terrible at it but I loved that little tape playing console.
(This is such a cute idea for a list omg)
My first game was Paper Mario for the N64! At least, first game I remember. I don't have any crazy stories about it, but it definitely helped shape my taste in games. I used to love sitting there on the file select with the whistle-y version of the title theme and hum along.
My first game was Paper Mario for the N64! At least, first game I remember. I don't have any crazy stories about it, but it definitely helped shape my taste in games. I used to love sitting there on the file select with the whistle-y version of the title theme and hum along.
I'm coming back to this hours later, since I should correct myself: I meant Mario Tennis, not Golf. I dunno how I mixed it up like that.
@electrode More bizarre is that every time I tried to download Super Smash Flash 2 or Steam it got deleted the next day, but the emulator was always there. So like, I assume the teacher kept it there on purpose?
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
I must've been 5 or 6 but I remember seeing it in the ps1 section at a gamestop in our local mall. Me and my brother would always ask our dad for help whenever we were stumped. He wasnt much better than us lol
Metal Gear Solid 2
Not sure why I was allowed to play M rated shit so young, but my first set of games was it plus def jam, mortal kombat, and silent hill 2
Not sure why I was allowed to play M rated shit so young, but my first set of games was it plus def jam, mortal kombat, and silent hill 2
my earliest memory of playing a video game at all is me playing Smash Melee, but I was so young at the tinr that i didn't understand what I was supposed to be comprehending on screen. NSMB on the DS was the first game I remember playing with intent, though, pretty sure I remember crying when I had to play haunted house levels.
so yea i guess smash melee is my first game
so yea i guess smash melee is my first game
My first game has gotta be the the the old Dune game. Literally the only reason why I remember it is because of the game's buildings because I was a 3 year old who didn't speak English back then.
My first game was the original Super Mario Bros for the NES. My sister and I received an NES for Christmas when I was 6 or 7 years old, and the system came with Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, and the Zapper accessory. I didn't play much of Duck Hunt, but I remember playing SMB fair fairly often, though I never made it very far at that young age. My most fond memory of SMB was probably watching my uncle play it during a summer vacation. He showed me the location of the hidden warp pipes and some odd glitches/exploits (the only one I remember is him continuously jumping on a trapped turtle shell to max out on lives, something I never was able to replicate).
First time I ever touched a game was at like 4 years old, when my brother gave me his old Game Gear to fuck around with and it had Sonic 2 in it. Don't remember much of playing it, I mostly just remember not being able to get past the antlion boss, because it's Game Gear Sonic 2 and the antlion boss is impossible. Frankly a miracle that I didn't hate video games from that point on with that being my first experience. Prolly because I played Pokemon Red shortly after and enjoyed it much much much more.
Pokemon Emerald!
My dad bought me a GBA SP + this game in 2006. I remember fondly how I basically only used Blaziken and Rayquaza lol. Still up there for one of my favourite games nowadays. Hoenn's vibes and creatures will always have a strong place in my heart.
My dad bought me a GBA SP + this game in 2006. I remember fondly how I basically only used Blaziken and Rayquaza lol. Still up there for one of my favourite games nowadays. Hoenn's vibes and creatures will always have a strong place in my heart.
I'm a bit behind on this, but rest assured I'll get to it! I got a little overwhelmed by how many submissions came in 😅
@FastBlueApple Would you be able to remember which Dune game exactly? There seems to be several older ones.
@GutterTrash I love the disparity between people whose first game was Sonic 2 on Genesis and Sonic 2 on Game Gear. It's like the meme of the kid on the split path with a dark and stormy castle and a bright and sunny castle.
Emperor's New Groove on my hand me down PS1. Its an okay spyro knockoff but I could never finish it cause I didnt have a memory card. So I was very familiar with the first few levels, including the weird stealth sequence and the mission where you race kronk by sliding on your turtle shell downhill. Also the panther chase "button mash" sequence that taught me from a young age that QTEs are bullshit. The soundtrack is great. I have gone back to beat it as an adult, its okay.
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Christmas 1998. I was 4 years old and didn't have much of an understanding of anything--let alone what video games were.
When I unwrapped a box labeled PlayStation (and my parents helped me sound out the word on the box), I didn't know what to expect. I had this mental image of a train station filled to the brim with various toys (I was a huge Thomas the Tank Engine fan). My parents only knew a little more about the 0% I knew about video games so they didn't buy any games with the console. It came with a demo desk and it took us hours to even get that going. What followed was a trip to the local Captain Video where I proceeded to grab a box that looked cool.
Since then I've loved that nasty little garbage marsupial man, tight but forgiving platformers, bright Saturday morning cartoon vibes, and all things too loud, vibrant, and joyful.
"Whoa!"
- Cash Banooka
Christmas 1998. I was 4 years old and didn't have much of an understanding of anything--let alone what video games were.
When I unwrapped a box labeled PlayStation (and my parents helped me sound out the word on the box), I didn't know what to expect. I had this mental image of a train station filled to the brim with various toys (I was a huge Thomas the Tank Engine fan). My parents only knew a little more about the 0% I knew about video games so they didn't buy any games with the console. It came with a demo desk and it took us hours to even get that going. What followed was a trip to the local Captain Video where I proceeded to grab a box that looked cool.
Since then I've loved that nasty little garbage marsupial man, tight but forgiving platformers, bright Saturday morning cartoon vibes, and all things too loud, vibrant, and joyful.
"Whoa!"
- Cash Banooka
the original sonic the hedgehog is the first one i remember! whenever my mom would shop at kroger when i was like 4 she would drop us off at this day care place they had, and they had a genesis. i know they had a bunch of games, but the one that stuck out the most to me was sonic. i could never get past green hill zone at the time, but it left such an impression on me. little did i know the game would start sucking right after that zone! lol
@darklink20001 I resent that statement! Marble Zone is peak.
The first game I can remember ever playing was Kids Tetris back at a kindergarten friend's house. I'd like to think that I've grown past it since
The first game I remember playing is the 2008 Kung Fu Panda game which I believe came out for PC, Playstation and Xbox.
There was a store we as a family used to frequent and past the checkout line there was a machine with the game on it . Me and my sisters would also play like 10-15 minutes chunks of it until my parents were done paying and we had to go home.
We begged to get the game (and a pc I suppose) at home because we loved it so much. So that's kinda where my journey as a gamer started. I still have the disc of it in my desk and I replayed it not too long ago just to feel the nostalgia again.
There was a store we as a family used to frequent and past the checkout line there was a machine with the game on it . Me and my sisters would also play like 10-15 minutes chunks of it until my parents were done paying and we had to go home.
We begged to get the game (and a pc I suppose) at home because we loved it so much. So that's kinda where my journey as a gamer started. I still have the disc of it in my desk and I replayed it not too long ago just to feel the nostalgia again.
Spyro No Ryu as well. I was a wee lad of 4-5 when my parents brought in a PSX, mostly to play Road Rash 3D and Syphon Filter, but had a 4-in-1 disc for me as well. It had that Hugo game, Asterix (I never figured out how to play it, it was turn based tactics?), Gex 3 and Spyro, whom I chose first because I thought he was a bat, my favorite animal at the time. A formative memory I can conjure up in my brain 25 years on, probably the reason I get nauscious whenever I see 3D graphic glitches, I think I perceive a virtual space same as the real one.
Moister
7 months ago
Have to be honest, that Crash default death animation was scary to me, the uncanny look in the eyes, ugh. I had the Crash Bandicoot Collection so I always skipped the first just for that reason and went directly for the second and third game. Really fun trilogy of games that oddly enough worked with the Dualshock controller.
The other one would probably be Tenchu 2, but I don't remember anything from that one in particular.
And the last one is Super Mario World, on a really old build of Snes9X on Windows XP. Computer wasn't mine to begin with and I remember vividly it bluescreen on me while playing. I thought the worst since I never knew what a bluescreen was.