What was your first video game and what was your favorite memory associated with it?

[UberDerp]

The first video game I ever played was Halo: CE. My favorite memory associated with it was getting the absolute shit scared out of me by my brother when we were first introduced to the flood, jumped about a foot off the couch.

[EngulfingDarkness]

First real game has to be Heroes of might and magic 3, goddamn i loved that game and play it still. First memory is doing the campaign with my shitty english not knowing whats the objective for days, goddamn was that fun.

[Alexrd]

Sonic the Hedgehog, for the Sega Mega Drive. I don't think I have a favourite memory, other than nostalgia for the whole thing. I guess reaching Star Light Zone for the first time was nice. Considering the inability to save, after the torment that is getting through Labyrinth Zone, reaching a "peaceful" level with great music felt like an achievement.

[Raiju Thunder]

My very first game was super Mario world 2 for the Super Nintendo. My favorite memory back then is when I first discovered the star road. It was an actual shortcut to Bower’s castle not to mention you can pick any of the different color Yoshi. As a kid I always picked red as it is still my favorite color.

[Zenryu]

The earliest game I can remember playing was Michael Jackson: Moonwalker for the Sega Genesis. I remember dying over and over and over on the first and second levels. Don't know if I ever beat it tbh.

If not that game, It could be Sonic the Hedgehog as I had that game alongside Moonwalker, but don't have much memories of it...

[nmlss]

My first one was Sonic on the Sega Mega Drive. First Christmas present I ever remember. And I can remember being unable to beat the first Robotnik fight!! For some reason, I tried hitting the wrecking ball but, obviously, it always killed me. I even asked a son's neighbor (he was 20 or so) if he could ask me and I showed him a screenshot of that boss that appeared in a promotional poster that came with the console. His answer: "I don't know, never played it, but try hitting that little device with lights under his ship". I did and accidentally realized that hitting Robotnik would beat him.

I wasn't the smartest kid around.

[Thatoneuser]

My first video game was Spiderman 2 for the Ps2 and I remember completing that game over and over for a year because my parents wouldn't buy me any new games until Christmas.

[Tartarus]

The first Video Games i played were Duke Nukem 1991 & 688 Attack Sub, i don't have too many memories of DN91 but as a kid i always loved crashing my submarine down upon the ocean floor

[Fifi]

Super Mario World on SNES... I love everything about that game

[aileron]

I can't remember the exact game. It was an old arcade game at a corner store. Not as old as Pong but one of those black and white ones that they just put a colored film over so it would be green and black or orange and black for example. Could have been a newer Pong like game, the one where you could move the paddle left and right as well as up and down. Anyone remember that one?

[Celevin]

I started young, I am not sure if it was Ernie's Big Splash, Space Invaders, or Load Runner. All three where put to shame by Fort Apocalypse.

[Ivlr.Club]

Ninja Gaiden : The many attempts to kill the 1st boss at the age of 7 lol

[Grimsayer]

The first game I ever played was Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle on my dads pc when I was 4.
I love this game and still go back and play it to this day.

[MetroidJunkie]

I can't say for sure but the first game I still remember vividly is probably Doom. I'm especially fond for Doom II: Hell on Earth. I had to resort to cheating to make progress, I was quite young and the default controls aren't exactly user friendly.

[JackofTears]

I don't even remember the name of my first game, it was an Atari contemporary system but it actually saved your progress in some of the games. The game itself was about you being chased through a maze by a caterpillar, which you had to kill by eating all of its segments. It was a wonderful game for its time but, what I remember most, is that it was a family activity in those days and we'd all sit around and play the game together, for hours at a time.

I also played Pong and really enjoyed it.