What game made you a gamer?

[sggg]

I was a gamer from as early as I could remember. My uncle had a 2600 and I loved playing it and had to have my own. I loved games like Adventure, Combat, and so many more. I loved going to the arcade and playing Q*bert and Frogger. I loved Game & Watches and played them all the time. I had a Frogger mini arcade system and lugged it with me everywhere...

However, I guess it was when SMS came out that I really became a gamer - since I spent my own money on the games and I was old enough to appreciate it more. At that point the games that I loved the most and played to death were Alex Kidd in Mircacle World and Wonderboy in Monsterland.

I loved everything though. It was my favourite hobby by far.

[Glass Joe]

I had just about every system since the 2600 and I loved many games, but the one that hooked me forever was Montezuma's Revenge on the Colecovision. There was just something about that game that kept me playing it over and over again. I got to a point where I had every room on every level(9 levels if I remember correctly) totally memorizes to the point of being able to play a great portion of the game with my eyes closed. THAT is the type of thing that will hook you forever! I'm 32 years old now and I will never stop playing as long as I have hands and can see.

[kingoffighters]

Pong had me at hello.

[Pepsiman]

Ms. Pacman is the game that started it all for me

[Mzo]

First games that hooked me were arcade games... I remember playing Rampage and Burgertime endlessly, along with Yie-Ar Kung Fu.

As far as consoles, I played stuff before, but the game that hooked me was SMB.

[Gecco]

Considering I played Pong and Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 before I even have my first memory, which puts me playing games around 3 or 4 years of age, it's no suprise I'm a gamer. But what really cemented it was probably five games. Super Mario Bros., Contra, Super Mario Bros 3, The Secret of Mana, and Super Metroid. Not until those last two did I ever spend so much time in front of a television playing a single game.

[DHG Otaku]

When I was six or so saw my uncles playing something on the television and I was like, wtf, you can actually play like...a 'game' on the TV!? All it really took was a few minutes of Black Belt and I was hooked. A suitcase full of other master system games that my uncle let me take back home along with the system was all I needed and I was hooked from day one. Once Genesis came along I was simply in my own world... :P

[Gohron]

My dad used to make games for this computer his school gave him in monochrome...my first gaming was there. Sonic was my first real game though...wasn't too long that I played 3D Wolfenstein which introduced me to the superior gaming platform known as the PC *wink*

[RoleTroll]

Originally posted by sggg
I was a gamer from as early as I could remember. My uncle had a 2600 and I loved playing it and had to have my own. I loved games like Adventure, Combat, and so many more. I loved going to the arcade and playing [everything]...

However, I guess it was when SMS came out that I really became a gamer - since I spent my own money on the games and I was old enough to appreciate it more. At that point the games that I loved the most and played to death were Alex Kidd in Mircacle World and Wonderboy in Monsterland [and Phantasy Star].

I loved everything though. It was my favourite hobby by far.

Only took me a few changes

[Regus]

Sonic 1 or 2 probably, I don't remember.