What got you into gaming?

[RogueOps]

Hey guys, I'm just curious about how you all got into gaming, whether it was from a young age or recently. We have thousands of members in this community and I'd like to hear what your inspirations were and how you view gaming now.

For me, I started gaming from just about the time I could walk. The first game I ever played was Super Mario, but I spent most of my time out doors. Once I was about 7 or 8, my dad introduced me to Half-Life 1, and I got hooked on it quickly. That is why I have been playing shooters and Valve games ever since, 15 years later.

 

[Gerbil]

When I was around 7-8 I used to watch my dad play Half Life 2, Day of Defeat:Source, NeverHood, Dear Esther, and more. He eventually got me my own steam account when I was 8 (probably after playing DoD:S on his account and me dying as a sniper 10 times in a row and ruining his reputation as a decent sniper) and DoD:S was the first steam game I got. I just got back into DoD:S a year ago and have been getting and trying out more games since then.

 

[Fullmetal]

Can't remember specifically what got me into gaming, but I remember starting with the genesis and it being downhill from there.

 

[xFiveSevenx]

Living in a small town of 2600 people, that pretty much sums it up.

 

[Duelpwn]

I'v been playing Video games since I could hold a controller and i don't intend to stop ever... I'll stop when someone pries the mouse or controller from my COLD DEAD HANDS !!!

I grew up Playing Atari and Commodore 64. I even remember having Windows 3.1
Damn... I feel old v.v

 

[Shark]

I grew up playing the old Sonic the Hedgehog games on the Sega.

 

[whoflungpoo]

Three words: Super Mario Bros.

 

[Shaan Gamma]

My father got me into gaming. The first few games I played (around 5) was Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, Baulder's Gate 1 and 2, Crash Bandicoot, and Sypro.

 

[Mini]

Me noob brother (whitemike) got me into it!

 

[tomi87]

Well all started playing genesis after that sega,playstation ect ect....

 

[Sinnamon]

My first console was SNES, played the heck out of some Jurassic Park, Zelda: ALTP, and Super Mario World.

 

[PapaBear094]

I've been playing video games since I was very little like 3 or 4 yrs old. What got me into css was I went over to my step dads and he was playing it and I loved it immediately, I've been playing it since I was 13.

 

[PapaBear094]

Three words: Super Mario Bros.

Exactly on the super nintendo!

 

[Q-tip]

My first console was SNES, played the shit out of some Jurassic Park, Zelda: ALTP, and Super Mario World.

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[Captain]

Battlezone

 

[Mush]

i found bonus.com when I was 4

 

[kuTTer]

I used to repair my friend's and neighbor's consoles when I was younger (colecovision, atari 4600, Intellivision, Commodore 64) in the 80's. We couldn't them. I played every game they owned and returned after I fixed the console. Soon came Nintendo & Sega - all over at that point. Started PC gaming over LAN early 90's with Quake / Duke Nukem - Flipped to multiplayer online in 1998 with Unreal. Earned my moniker "kuTTer" in 1999 in a mod of Unreal Gold, using a buzz saw blade gun. Started playing Diablo 2 in 2000, It was all over at that point.

 

[SturmBruder]

Atari was first for gaming.

But for online gaming.... XTank

Green Screen Baby!! OLD & SCHOOL!!

Shortly after this DOOM. And by shortly I mean 5 years!!!

 

[xFiveSevenx]

Battlezone

YES!!!!!! ah man I used to play that thing like a champ.

 

[Mayhem Death]

My very-older cousin introduced me to CoD2 back when I was a young lad and from then on I have been playing CS 1.6, CS:S, CS:CZ, CoD2, MW2, and many other fun-filled games :lol: