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• WGTShamWow 924 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 10:40 AM

  Hey Everyone, 

  Its been a while since we have done one of these but bringing it back! As some of you may or may not know, today is National Video Game Day, so lets do a sleeve giveaway! 

  This week we are going to go with everyone's first video game played. Could be a console , computer, arcade game, even one of those Tiger Handheld games. Post your first game played or one that has had the most impact on you along with a picture of the game or boxart to enter the giveaway. Winner will be picked at random and will receive a sleeve of balls of their choice. Will have the drawing at 6pm Pacific today.

  My first or most memorable game would have to be "Arch Rivals" for the NES. Would go over to my friends house on our block to go play and thought it was hilarious that you could punch the other players to steal the ball. But I think the game that really got me into playing video games would have to be Commander Keen. Would go with my dad to the local computer shows to get the new release shareware of this game when they had them, really good memories.  

  

  Looking forward to hearing everyone's and happy National Video Game Day!

  All the Best,
  WGTShamWow 

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 10:52 AM

  When I was young it was a different world we lived in.

  Glasgow International Airport had just opened and my Dad took my two brothers and me to see it. Mostly to see large passenger jets take off and land, you've got to remember this was a long time ago and was genuinely exciting for us.

  In this brave new world was something so new and completely different it altered my conciousness, the first ever video game!

                                                

   

   

   

                                         
  

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 11:00 AM

  PaulTon:

  When I was young it was a different world we lived in.

  Indeed. From back in the days of Atari boxes that you hooked up to your TV. The original Pong.............

  

  Space Invaders  was the real start of the addiction. 25 cents a go and I can't tell you how many quarters got wasted.  :-D

  

• MartyFlanagan 2,488 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 11:11 AM

  my first console was a sega mega drive/ sega genesis, the first game that i played was sonic the hedgehog

  while i was typing this out i looked online and sonic was the best selling game for sega with over 15 million sales, thats a lot of $$$

• CEverett12 14,177 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 11:14 AM

  Not to distract you from the Monday giveaway , great idea by the way ! 

  If you get a chance can  you check the " Lets be honest " thread .  

  Thank you sir !

   

  P.S.   Pong was the first Video game !

• stizzle1988 1,015 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 11:14 AM

  

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 11:28 AM

  This was my first games console:  Ohh the fun chasing a SQUARE around the screen trying to shoot it. But ending up having to get closer & closer to the TV

  

  Got this one christmas......who needed WGT when you had ASTROWARS!

  

  Any one else have this too????............

  

  It was a different world back then.  Our technology was AMAZ|ING!!

  When i managed to get a Commodore 64 and start playing games like this.....could life at the time get any better????? LOL

  

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 11:45 AM

  chrisironsbones:

  When i managed to get a Commodore 64 and start playing games like this.....could life at the time get any better????? LOL

  

  Loading the game on a cassette tape would take 20+ minutes and quite often the load would fail, always in the last few minutes!

  Having said that, this was the game that started my lifelong addiction to virtual golf.

  Funny but I really don't remember titles like Mr. Wimpy or Revenge of the Mutant Camels with the same affection.

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 12:49 PM

  Having been born in 1951, this is the earliest example of a video game that I can remember. It was called "Test Pattern" and the only rule was:  Watch this until you either fall asleep or decide that you'd be much better off reading a book:

  

• ReisR 341 Posts

  Mon, Sep 12 2016 12:51 PM

  Nothing really beats the ultra-realistic graphics of the Magnavox Odyssey 2 Computer Golf from 1979. As you can see in the screen capture, the 2nd hole at Congressional is instantly recognisable.

  This excellent game also had the advantage of being conveniently stored in an easy to carry, wheelbarrow-sized, cartridge.