What Was the First Game You Owned?
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. It pretty much shaped my taste in gaming for my early childhood and became one of my favorite games of all time, I still replay it from time to time and find it to be nearly perfect.
Castlevania II was the first I remember. My dad pulled a total "oh, and one more thing..." on my birthday. I can still picture that glorious box art. Been a fan of the series ever since.
First game I owned would be the 3 in 1 cartridge with Super Mario Bros., Tetris and World Cup from the NES Super Set. Best NES bundle.
First game I bought myself new and full priced was Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. I was so hyped for that game. Loved it then and still love it today.
First game I bought myself new and full priced was Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. I was so hyped for that game. Loved it then and still love it today.
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Not sure if I got an extra game immediately with my Game Boy but Tetris was definitely the first either way although there is a possibility that I had a second game on that very same day, probably Super Mario Land. We had some family computers and consoles before that but the Game Boy was the first that was mine completely.
That was it. I received it for me birthday.
First I bought myself might have been Metroid used for the NES. That might have been later, and I just think it was first because of it being on NES. I want to see the first game I really remember buying myself was Illusion of Gaia for the SNES. I remember I had a pocket full of birthday money and there was some video games show on TV where they showed it and reviewed it. Shit was mind blowing looking to me. I went right to my parents and told them I wanted it. My Dad asked me if I was sure, and I remember my mom saying "well, he knows how to pronounce it correctly, so he seems serious." We drove the hour to Best Buy and my brother and I played the shit out of it. I also rocked the fuck out of the tshirt that game with it for a long time.
I remember skipping school one day to play it. I was at the part where you are in a cave and have to look for the wind blowing through Will's hair. I couldn't figure it out. Spent the whole skip day running through that fucking cave. Literally right as my brother and sisters were getting home from school, I figured it out.
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Oh I thought you said, your dad pulled a "one more thing", so I was wondering what came before (assuming it wasn't game related).
Super Mario World, as it came with my first console, the SNES.
The first game I bought with my own money was a $95 copy of The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse. I'd rented it (at least once, but probably more) from a local mom and pop video store, and then asked them to order me in a copy.
The first game I bought with my own money was a $95 copy of The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse. I'd rented it (at least once, but probably more) from a local mom and pop video store, and then asked them to order me in a copy.
Oh yeah. I had opened the rest of my presents when he pulled it out. It wasn't even wrapped, which NEVER happens. Birthdays are a big deal in my family, and I don't think I have ever received another non-wrapped present. I'm guessing it was just some last minute thing he saw on sale and grabbed that day or something. He isn't one to pass up a sale. Which is funny, that last minute random video game grab is the only present I remember.
"Reads all the posts" Man talk about feeling old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_(1977_video_game)
Though for me it was, I believe, 1981 pack in with Atari 2600.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_(1977_video_game)
Though for me it was, I believe, 1981 pack in with Atari 2600.
Super Mario Sunshine. You'd think I'd love it and be all nostalgic about it, but I absolutely LOATHE the game. Shitty and frustrating levels designs don't mesh well with kids. The game was unnecessarily saccharine and spooky for a Mario game, too.
I am kind of embarrassed because original Nintendo wasn't in India back then, (hell it still is barely present) so all I had was cheap knockout NES and its games, so don't think that counts.
First legitimate purchase was this; Damn EA.
First legitimate purchase was this; Damn EA.
The first game I ever owned (given as a gift)?
The first game I personally bought for myself?
The first game I personally bought for myself?
Pokemon Yellow!
My grandmother had this weird phase where she bought a bunch of nintendo consoles for herself, including a few gameboys and a Nintendo Gamecube. She mostly played puzzle games. She thought her grandkids might like in on the action, and bought me a silver GBA and gave me the copy of Pokemon Yellow that she hadnt seemed to enjoy.
My grandmother had this weird phase where she bought a bunch of nintendo consoles for herself, including a few gameboys and a Nintendo Gamecube. She mostly played puzzle games. She thought her grandkids might like in on the action, and bought me a silver GBA and gave me the copy of Pokemon Yellow that she hadnt seemed to enjoy.
Mario/Duck Hunt for NES, I think. Came home from my grandma's cabin one summer to the NES being set up.
Donkey Kong Country 2 on SNES was first I remember buying with my own money though. I got in trouble, because I was told to open my first bank account with it instead.
Donkey Kong Country 2 on SNES was first I remember buying with my own money though. I got in trouble, because I was told to open my first bank account with it instead.
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Super Mario Bros Deluxe for the GameBoy Color
Not exactly my favorite game but I'll always cherish it for introducing me to gaming and also being one of the few games that me and my cousins would play together. We eventually unlocked Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels but, man, were those impossible. I don't think any of us ever beat them. We found the first Super Mario Bros already challenging, let alone Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Not exactly my favorite game but I'll always cherish it for introducing me to gaming and also being one of the few games that me and my cousins would play together. We eventually unlocked Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels but, man, were those impossible. I don't think any of us ever beat them. We found the first Super Mario Bros already challenging, let alone Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
