My First Game

[Mambo's Here! Look Busy!]

If anyone wants to hear a little piece of Mambo history; this is my first game. Burnin' Rubber, the 1990 game that came with any Amstrad machine. I had an Amstrad 464 Plus (shown here: farm2.staticflickr.com/1112/4727156028_1999423c08_z.jpg) so it was supplied in cartridge form, but I have a feeling Amstrad also made a short-lived console which had it pre-installed, a bit like Alex Kidd on the Master System!



Before having my own computer (my mum didn't want me to have one as she thought it wasn't educational, but after nagging incessantly she got me an Amstrad because it was a computer, not really a console and she though I might learn something from it or use it for school... yeah, right!!) I would play games at some friends' houses but this was the first one I owned. The video is quite long as it's essentially an LP but if you have the patience to watch it, it shows the day-night-day changes nicely! There's also some dated but very neat sprite work; as the guy says there is an awesome crash scene which isn't shown in the video, and if you can get past the sound the car constantly makes, the other sounds are pretty good such as squealing tyres, scratching paintwork and beeping cars.

As a kid I never finished the game (and as such it caused many temper tantrums!), I got to somewhere in lap 3 but I found a way to cheat! I realised if you qualified then didn't move at all from the start position, the game would actually think you'd won! However it would freak out and instead of showing the four laps and flashing like it does in the video, it would make up new colours, laps and stages and would keep on counting, and counting... and counting. Essentially little 6 year old me broke the game!

After this game, I had several of the Dizzy series, the other verson of Wonderboy made by Sega!! (where he looks like a little caveman with blond hair) and a bunch of other old games on cassettes which I don't really remember. It wasn't until I had Master System and Mega Drive that the obsession really sunk in!

Anyone else want to share their first game?! ;D

[Ringo (2015 Edition)]

My first game was Super Mario Kart back in 1992 when I owned the SNES (I still have it, it's a collector's item)



My mum and dad both combined their money as at the time it was near enough 200 quid. This was the game they bought me with it, 40 quid it was back then. I had a blast playing with my favourite Mario characters as it's what you do when you're a fan. Fond, fond memories that will stay with me forever. Great thread Mambo!!!

[Moo]

Are we talking, first game owned? Or first game personally bought? I'm not sure I remember the former. :T


...or latter. :c

[Mambo's Here! Look Busy!]

Awww.

Doesn't matter which, really. I know the one I posted was my first game I personally had, but I was playing games at my friends' houses way before then. I remember playing Treasure Island Dizzy on Spectrum at one friend's, for example! XD

Just thought it might be nostalgtastic to share!

[Moo]

I think we might have had a SMS since before I was born, so I'm going to say Bubble Bobble, since its probably the game I have earliest memories for.



It's also one of the few games I remember a password for off by heart.

[Beeth]

My earliest memories come from the Atari 2600 my household used to have. We already had a load of games for it, more than half of which I couldn't remember the names of (including my nomination, which I've just managed to track down). While I found enjoyment in all of them, the one that particularly stood out for me was a game called Moonsweeper. I remember being blown away by this as a tot; the illusion of 3D riding along the surface of the moon, the amazing sounds, the stylistic visuals, the switching between two different gameplay styles at a moment's notice. It seemed revolutionary to me at the time! I adored this game, and would love to be able to give it another bash someday.

[L. T. Dangerous]

I’m sure my first game requires no introduction for many of you. Imagine a young, four-year-old L. T. walking through Woolworths with his parents (yes, youngsters, there used to be a shop called Woolworths). On one of the shelves this is what the adorable kid spies:

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How could any self-respecting child not want that?

Sure enough, for my fifth birthday that’s exactly what I got. From that point on, I was hooked on Sonic and have been since (except for that brief, ugly period where Sonic 4 Episode 1 put me off the franchise until I played Generations).

It’s a great game and one of the few Sonic Game Gear games that stands up not just to the test of time but also to comparisons with its Mega Drive equivalent. The Game Gear game is a radically different title and anyone who claims otherwise is a moron. You still start out in Green Hill Zone and a couple of other Zones from the Mega Drive game do show up, but every level is original in design, with many of the Zones and all of the boss fights being brand new.

True, the Mega Drive version is more technically impressive, but that’s all detail. The gameplay of Sonic 1 on the Game Gear is a lovely challenge and tons of fun. Plus, you have to actually hunt down the Chaos Emeralds within the levels (and some of them are really well hidden!) which only adds to the challenge and replayability.

Add to all this an amazing soundtrack by game-musical-genius Yuzo Koshiro and you have a pretty fantastic game and one that any five-year-old child could do a lot worse than for their first ever.