Day 1 – Very first video game
Perfect place to begin, though I will admit I am dating myself with this admission. No matter, it’s where my little gaming journey began.
My very first game was a hand held game from Nintendo called Donkey Kong Jr. My mother purchased it for me right before we embarked on a nine-hour flight to Europe. Considering that I was around four years old at the time, it was quite a brilliant move, because I was absolutely engrossed in that game for almost the entire flight.
In fact I became so devoted to this game that I could play it through multiple times in a row.
Strangely enough, this did not result in my becoming a Donkey Kong fan. But I can thank Donkey Kong for being the first reason I became a huge gaming nerd. Thanks DK Jr! <3
For anyone interested in playing it, I found a simulator online. Oh nostalgia! Play it here: http://www.pica-pic.com/#/donkey_kong_jr/
Tags: 30 days of video games, adoration, arcade, jumping, nintendo, puzzle
August 1st, 2012 at 10:43 am
Dating yourself? Geez… so young.
August 1st, 2012 at 10:57 am
I think mine must have been something on the Atari 2600 or my friend’s Commodore 64. Either Adventure or Space Invaders.
August 1st, 2012 at 11:37 am
Well it was a long time ago. =P Funny thing is that i didn’t play any other computer games until later when I could go to the arcade by myself. Then it was Super Mario Bros. Oh yeah!
Space Invaders, nice! Adventure was all reading wasn’t it?
August 1st, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Adventure was like, the first action RPG. Diablo? Totally an Adventure ripoff.
August 1st, 2012 at 1:06 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(Atari_2600)
August 1st, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Diablo was actually an Angband rip off but whatever. Besides Adventure was just a D&D port. =P
August 6th, 2012 at 8:38 am
Pong for me…
August 6th, 2012 at 9:43 am
I thought Pong might have been mine, but I think I would have reached for the Space Invaders or Combat (?) carts first. Flea market Atari, oh man that was a great day.
August 6th, 2012 at 9:53 am
I dont think I ever actually played Pong, only later versions thereof. I wonder if its still possible to play the original.
August 8th, 2012 at 8:38 am
My first game was similar… but I think it was a Popeye game where you had to punch Bluto off the pier.
August 9th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
Oh wow, I forgot all about this game. My brother had it and I played it a few times and enjoyed it. I think my first game of my own was probably Jump Joe (or Janitor Joe).
August 10th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Its funny, this game was not only my first, but also my only game for quite a while. Which means I dont really know about its contemporaries. My gaming has definitely expanded quite a bit ever since I had my own income. Makes a difference being able to purchase the games I would like. Then again if I had had more access as a child I might not have done anything besides play computer games. =)
August 10th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
I was way too much of a bookworm to get too much into video games, but I had plenty that I loved and chose for myself. Getting hooked on tetris meant I got all the variants, facestris, welltris, wordtris, and blockout (3D tetris!). I also loved breakout, think quick, boulderdash construction kit and of course my favorite- Space Station Oblivion. My love of puzzle games was very evident from the beginning. Pretty much all PC games though, my dad worked for a computer store so I learned to use a computer early on. My brother moved to a Sega Master system when it came out, but I still stuck with my PC games until Phantasy Star.
August 10th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Wow! You played far more games growing up then I did. =D
Guess I’m making up for it now. Hehe.
I should loan you the Prof Layton games for the DS. They are great fun and have some decent puzzles in them. Well more like Brain teasers really. =)
August 17th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
some pong knockoff from Sears.