What games got you into gaming?

Padawanbater2

Padawanbater2

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-Tony Hawks Pro Skater for Playstation - my friends and I played that game non stop throughout 7th-8th grade, I have really good memories of just hanging out on the weekends and after school playing that game being a kid with no responsibilities


-Goldeneye for Nintendo 64 - the single player was well done and the gameplay was really entertaining, looking back on it now the graphics look terrible, but for the time I remember thinking they were great!


-Abes Oddysee for Playstation - one of my all time favorite games on any console. I was blown away by how creative and original the game was, and how much fun a 2D game played in a 2.5D world could be, great game, great graphics, fun gameplay, and imo, it still holds up to today


-Starfox 64 for Nintendo 64 - the very first game I beat on the Nintendo 64, I remember I got it for Christmas and had beaten it before New Years. Fun gameplay, decent story and decent graphics for its time


-Doom 64 for Nintendo 64 - Awesome game! I was a kid when I played it so it was actually pretty scary, good graphics, a ton of levels, cool puzzles and fun gameplay


-Mortal Kombat for Super Nintendo - I must have spent a ton of money playing this game in the arcade as a kid, fatalities, one of the first games to include blood/gore, cool list of characters and decent graphics for the time, really fun, especially against friends!


-Street Fighter 2 for Super Nintendo - same deal, super fun game, tons of cool characters


-Super Mario Bros 3 for Nintendo - I think everyone has played this game, probably one of the most played games in history, super fun, good graphics, entertaining til the end!



-Age of Empires II for PC - one of my first introductions to PC gaming, I couldn't get enough of this game as a kid, unbelievably fun and addicting!



-Battlefield 2 for PC - a friend and I racked up so many hours on this game, there was a time where I knew every level from memory we played it so much!

 
Orithil

Orithil

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Mail Order Monsters, Portal (for the C64, not the newer one), Lode Runner, Rastan, Spy -vs- Spy, and Spy Hunter (for the C64, not the newer one) mostly. Little Computer People for the C64 was awesome as hell, but not really a game.
 
benton OG

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I love oddworld too and it was one on the few games that I completed. I finished Halo on xbox and need for speed most wanted on PC.
 
Rancho Cucamonga

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This piece of shit was the first system I owned, it was given to me by my uncle after his wife made him get rid of it only after a few months because he played it all the time. I played baseball a lot. Nowadays staring at a wall would be more fun than this system.

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Rancho Cucamonga

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benton OG said:
Haha... yeah I love how the players hang on the rim and pull down... Shaq attack!!!

Baseball is where my heart was at though.
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Thanks for the rep. I like to think I'm cool at least.

Ya every time someone would put a good move on someone the people and friends watching would just roar, people would actually be hanging out waiting for us to come in and play on fridays.

For arcade I can't think of or remember any good baseball games but the consoles over the years have had some great ones. I remember my most favorite times playing with friends was a Ken Griffey Jr game for Nintendo 64 I think.
 
Rancho Cucamonga

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benton OG said:
Well I meant I played baseball in my youth. Guess I got off the game subject a bit...:joint:
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lol OK. Yes I played to. I lived in MN during my last 2-3 years of high school and we won state championship one of those years. I was a utility, 3rd base and left field but got to play a lot. When we were younger we use to get high and play ball all the time, but during high school I was never high when I played, I enjoyed the game too much and would of sucked if I was baked.
My highlight was a laser beam 3 run homer in one of the last games of the season in our championship year and a double play from left field to 2nd base in the last championship game. Other than those I was average.
 
benton OG

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Rancho Cucamonga said:
lol OK. Yes I played to. I lived in MN during my last 2-3 years of high school and we won state championship one of those years. I was a utility, 3rd base and left field but got to play a lot. When we were younger we use to get high and play ball all the time, but during high school I was never high when I played, I enjoyed the game too much and would of sucked if I was baked.
My highlight was a laser beam 3 run homer in one of the last games of the season in our championship year and a double play from left field to 2nd base in the last championship game. Other than those I was average.
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I bet the three run homer felt good. I played until I got to high school. I was a pitcher and first base from start. I had an awesome first coach and he noticed that I could be a pitcher and trained me. I made all stars every year and got to travel to dif cities. I hit my first and only home run when I was twelve and my dad was first base coach. I was on top of the world! I started smoking and having sex at thirteen so my baseball days ended up being ruined by hangovers and staying up too late before the game so I quit. I tried out my junior year of high school but I couldn't throw a curve worth a shit by then. Oh well life goes on...
 
Rancho Cucamonga

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Cool. I had to pitch an inning during a very long extra innings game. Two ground outs and a pop up fly out. Got lucky being I pitched to the bottom of their lineup. Ya, I was only able to compete by cutting off weed and drinking a bit, I was only at 75% potential as I did party a lot during HS. Life does go on.
 
benton OG

benton OG

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Haha I remember the dreamcast. I had a 3D0 because I wanted run and gun but the game wasn't called that it was something else. I will figure it out

 
benton OG

benton OG

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Ok I had Demolition man,
fifa soccer no pic, need for speed, and slam n jam was the b ball game but they didn't hang on the rim
 
Padawanbater2

Padawanbater2

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I also had an OG Gameboy, the big gray brick one, again, countless hours, Tetris, Mario, Judge Dredd... I loved it! It's interesting to think about growing up during a time when these technologies were just getting off the ground and compare them to today with modern apps and games on smartphones, in just 2 decades.. blows my mind..

If there's anything to be optimistic about (or invest in!), it's video games! They reach international boundaries and are immune to global conflict. They're here to stay. I think a career in that sort of field would be a smart investment.
 
demonhaze

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Started with Atari, but the original Nintendo was what made me a lifelong gamer. The games were ninja gaiden, Zelda, teenage mutant ninja turtles, duck hunt, and super Mario bros 3. Then I had a game gear in grade school, moved on to a PlayStation, then ps2, now Xbox 360
 
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