So how long have ya all been gaming?

Luchia Nanami · Post by **Luchia Nanami** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:53 pm

My first time playing a VG was when I was ultra chibi. Just 3 years old! And the game was an arcade game the original Mario Bros. !

I played consistently on a relatives NES a for a couple of years and my parents finally got me my own when I was about 6 or 7 and since then I haven't slowed down!

Lucied · Post by **Lucied** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:55 pm

I played a few arcades here and there, but I didn't really start gaming until the release of FF7 on the playstation

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:24 pm

The first system I've ever played was this thing called the Tandy Color Computer 3. It looked like a huge keyboard, but it let you play some cartridge games like Super Pitfall, Q*bert, and Castle of Tharoggad, an incredibly difficult DQ-like game. It also let you program stuff in BASIC, which to me was the best part of it at the time...geez, I had to have been 10 or 11 when we got this thing...loooong time ago ;_; *is old*

Ojamajo_LimePie · Post by **Ojamajo_LimePie** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:27 pm

Aside from playing Pacman at the dentist's office an the couple times I played Tetris on a friend's Gameboy, my first major gaming experience would have to be when I bought my Gameboy Color and Pokemon Blue in 1999. Considering I was 15 at the time, I'd say I was a late-comer to video games. My family couldn't afford a game consule, I had to wait until I got my own money to purchase one.

Lady of the Light · Post by **Lady of the Light** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:32 pm

Hmm. I have been gaming for as long as I can remember, and some of my best memories is going right up to the screen while playing Duck Hunter, and absolutely destroying every duck in sight.

Ojamajo_LimePie · Post by **Ojamajo_LimePie** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:37 pm

Lady of the Light wrote:Hmm. I have been gaming for as long as I can remember, and some of my best memories is going right up to the screen while playing Duck Hunter, and absolutely destroying every duck in sight.

When I posted, I'd forgotten about playing it at my cousins' house when I was little. Whenever I went to their house, I'd always want to play it. Duck Hunter was such a cool game.

Slrjoecool · Post by **Slrjoecool** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:45 pm

Lady of the Light wrote:...some of my best memories is going right up to the screen while playing Duck Hunter, and absolutely destroying every duck in sight.

LOL! I did the same thing! I first game into video games when I was about young (not sure the age), with my mom's atari. I have since built my collection.

Celexa · Post by **Celexa** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:48 pm

I would have to say since I was five or so. My dad got me an NES and we would always play 2 player Super Mario Brothers together ^.^ Ahh, the memories...

KoiNoVash · Post by **KoiNoVash** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 9:19 pm

When I was four or five my parents got my sister a NES. I royally sucked at playing Mario, but I still loved playing.

yoshmaster5 · Post by **yoshmaster5** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:12 pm

4-5. I first remember playing a game called Monster Bash... the memories...

for X-mas I got a Sega Genisis, and that rocked! First sonic game I played.

Jumbled Thoughts · Post by **MarioKnight** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:49 pm

For life. While I can remember getting my first game system very well, I was playing before then and I can honestly say I can't remmeber a time where video games have not been a part of my life. Just look at my list of consoles in the other thread and you'll see what I mean, lol.

Sailor X · Post by **Sailor X** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:07 am

Since about 2000, when I asked my parents for a GameBoy and they got me a PlayStation. I was a little mad but I must say I wouldn't have it any other way.

Yamato-san · Post by **Yamato-san** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 1:43 am

since as long as I remember, but according to my parents, since I was two. The year was 1988 when I was two, so that means I grew up in the golden age, after the Atari had fallen and after Nintendo saved the dieing interest in video games caused by Atari's downfall, a perfect time to be playing. Judging from what I have from that era (just so you know, I never let go of my games/systems unless they really badly suck, like Home Alone 2 for SNES. One time, I sold Aladdin for Genesis to get 8 bucks, what the hell was I thinking at the time?), I'd say I started with Mega Man 2, Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt (both games on one cartridge), and I think either Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers or Duck Tales (I forget which Disney game came out earlier, assuming either of them came out at that time). I also have very vague memories of either playing and/or watching someone play the original Zelda and Zelda II and Super Mario Bros. 2. It must've been at my mom's friend's house, because I never got Zelda II for myself until 1995 ($15 mint condition. Ain't that sweet or what?), and I got the original Zelda at a pawn shop in about 1998 I think.

Aya Reiko · Post by **Aya Reiko** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:22 am

C=64 4ever

I was playing back when crudely done sprite could scare the wits out of a little kid.

Forbidden Forest, anyone?

Sailor Sapphire · Post by **Sailor Sapphire** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:48 am

I think I was about five at the time, and I watched my dad play Mario for the first time...he also had to help us when we got stuck in the original Zelda

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 12:27 am

My first game was Super Mario World for the SNES (I think it was back in '91 or '92... I was in preschool anyhow). My skills at that age were... not great. I missed out on a lot of great games like Zelda until I was older. I remember my parents being amazed at the graphics of Donkey Kong Country... oh the nostalgia. I also liked Megaman Soccer a lot, although I didn't play a "real" Megaman game until much later. My parents sold my SNES a couple of years ago *sniff*, but I still have the memories. My old N64 broke a monthy before Gamecube came out. I really hope they decide to port some games from the N64, I miss it. I'm very happy with the SNES ports to Game Boy Advance. Yay! Fire Emblem!

SegaKnuckles · Post by **SegaKnuckles** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 7:31 am

It started when I was ten and I got a Sega Genesis with Sonic 2. I played that game so much and it made me a big Sonic fan. I was stuck on level two for the longest time though.

Sailor Sapphire · Post by **Sailor Sapphire** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 10:28 am

I still remember cheering on my dad as he played Mario...then when Super Mario Bros. 3 came out, my sister and i always fought over whose turn it was to be Mario

yoshmaster5 · Post by **yoshmaster5** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 7:09 pm

SegaKnuckles wrote:It started when I was ten and I got a Sega Genesis with Sonic 2. I played that game so much and it made me a big Sonic fan. I was stuck on level two for the longest time though.

First Genesis game for me too. ^_^

I'm still stuck on the last level...

Sailor Sapphire · Post by **Sailor Sapphire** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 8:07 pm

I once dressed up as Link for a Halloween party. It was fun hearing my mom call 'Hi, Link!' as I went past her booth that night. I would sometimes demonstrate a sword move or two, a la Link, with a cardboard Master Sword.