How old were you and maybe most importantly was it worth it ?
Platoon for C64. Saved up for it.
Piece of shit. And disc 2 didn’t work.
What was the first game you ever bought ?
Submitted 2 months ago by 64bithero@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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Krudler@lemmy.world 2 months ago
64bithero@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sorry to hear that mate …
Krudler@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It definitely sucked at the time, but it also taught me some key lessons.
Like don’t assume a game is good because it comes in a nice box. Don’t assume a licensed IP means good gameplay. Read reviews, don’t just make a snap purchase.
It was a huge loss for me at the time but I feel like these lessons actually saved me quite a bit of money/frustration over the years.
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Must have been Gran Turismo 3, during those days I was switching from pocket money to spending my own income so it’s not sure if GT3 was still a gift and GT4 was actually my first self bought game.
I do remember i owned the platinum edition of GT3 and GT4 was bought at release.
It was definitely worth it, Up until today I still dream about owning a race sim setup to do some serious racing and developing my skill. But I never got past a used Logitech G29 mounted to a desk and a chair that kept rolling away from the pedals type of setup.
I had a fairly long term of being unemployed during Covid which ended up in me buying that G29 as I spent a lot of time playing GT sport and finally for the first time ever got all gold on the licenses, so I knew I was making some good progress from all the time spent.
I even dared to try online racing and as I got better slowly managed to hold myself among others, which made me happy.
64bithero@lemmy.world 1 month ago
GT3 was the first game I played on my PS2. Still gorgeous game to this day.
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I dont remember which I bought for myself first since I used to raid gamestop regularly in high school but I remember my cool aunt taking me to gamestop when I was a kid and I asked her to get me Metroid Prime 2 and that shit was excellent
64bithero@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cool story , sounds like an awesome aunt
setsubyou@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some Atari ST game, not sure which. Maybe Spacola? Early teens.
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Left for dead 1&2, I was early 20’s, and I arrived to gaming late in life. Was it worth it? Yeah, I was pretty addicted to zombie shit back in the day. XD I only played the campaigns tho, wasn’t confident in my ability to play with others.
64bithero@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Still love playing these games today ! Great place to start !
julieff7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Just Cause 2
I was 13 and wanted to play it with my friend. God that was awful.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Two answers to this question.
The first game that my parents bought for me was Wing Commander from a garage sale when I was like six.
The first game I bought on my own was Freelancer when I was around fifteen via eBay.
Both were totally worth it.
64bithero@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Space goodness both classics in their own right
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
World Grand Prix for the Sega Master System 2.
Technically the second ever game I owned, as the system came bundled with Alex the Kidd in Miracle World.
Was maybe 6? at the time.
64bithero@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have fond memories of Rocky on my Master System
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Didn’t think I played that, until I Googled some screenshots and it flooded me with unloved memories!
That was from a time when my parents would let me rent a new game from Blockbuster or a Video Ezy once a month or so, to supplement the 1-2 new games I would otherwise get per year.
I ended up playing a lot more than just the handful I remember owning - Bonanza Bros. being the most notable.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Couldn’t tell you the very first game I bought, but I definitely remember one of the oldest being either Ed Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Ed-Ventures for gamecube or Sonic Unleashed for PS2.
I could at least say with certainty my first Steam game purchase was most likely Portal 2 since I wanted the level creator super bad as an xbox port owner.
BaroqueW@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Super Mario All Stars bundled with a SNES. I remember going to the supermarket with my grandmother to get it.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jet Set Willy. It was on a cassette tape, for the spectrum computer. My brother’s and I got probably hundreds of hours out of it.
Minnels@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I can’t remember if I ever bought a NES game but I know I bought the SNES with turtles in time with my own allowance money when I was like 8 or 9. First PC games was Theme park and Transport tycoon deluxe bought at the same time.
64bithero@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Good tastes
TaeKwonDoh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Metroid Fusion. Such an awesomely replayable game.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Blackjack on the RCA Studio II.
keimevo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A cassette tape for my MSX with 2 games by Konami: Hyper Rally and Antarctic Adventure. That was in 1988.
I’ve been gaming ever since.
lakemalcom@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I know we had games. I think we borrowed an Atari for a while. I definitely remember the Superman Atari game.
But the first one I remember buying was when we got an NES. I think my dad went all out and got Super Mario Bros 3 and Megaman 2 all at once. What a day.
lakemalcom@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
We definitely had a Sega Master System too. I do not remember buying that at all
CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was counter strike 1.6 on Steam
hakase@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
First game I ever remember buying was Final Fantasy II. I was probably about 11 and it was definitely worth it. A friend had let me borrow it for a few days and I immediately knew that I needed to get my own copy. Still one of my favorite games ever.
lakemalcom@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
An excellent purchase
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 months ago
Oddworld : Munch’s Oddysee. It’s been 25 years, would love to replay it
altasshet@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I think it was Monkey Island 2.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
GUNSHIP on tandy.
then a few years later the first game I pirated was LHX.
Zarxrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The first game that I specifically remember buying with my own money was TMNT 3 on the NES. And hell yeah it was worth it!
Macallan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Man, that was so long ago. Thinking back it was probably Excitebike or Wizards & Warriors for the NES.
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The first game that i remember buying was Baldurs gate. Real first was probably something for NES, megaman 2 maybe?
BromSwolligans@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Gameboy + Zelda: Link’s Awakening bundle when I was like 6. That was an absolute guarantee gaming would get its hooks in a person.
thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Castle of the winds for windows 1.somethng
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Blaster Master for NES. I was like 11 and had earned some money somehow that was then burning a hole in my wallet. Hey Dad, take me to Toys R Us?
Worth it? Hell yeah, I loved that game.
64bithero@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Played the hell out of that game! Never got very far though :(
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Yeah, it was hard. I had the NES Advantage arcade stick controller and that helped a lot. Between its rapid fire buttons and figuring out that you could grenade the bosses and hit pause and it kept doing damage to them, I got a good ways in, but I certainly never beat it.
I play it sometimes on my little R36S handheld. It’s still hard AF
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 2 months ago
No idea which game specifically. I used to walk to the pawn shop from my parents’ work and buy NES and Gameboy games, cheap af. Prolly something like Turrican on the Gameboy or Tecmo Bowl.
MarauderIIC@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yeah I think mine was from the flea market - Life Force for NES probably. A stall there always had a ton of cartridges for cheap and usually had something running on the TV
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
the first grand theft auto. you had to be at least 13 to buy it and I think I was 12