Submitted 2 months ago by 64bithero@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
How old were you and maybe most importantly was it worth it ?
Sid Meier’s Civ 5, and I was 24 😆 (growing up, my family was piracy-only, so this was the first game I actually bought)
and was absolutely worth it :) I paid ~15 GBP for the base game + some expansions and DLC, and so far put 500+ hours into the game. I still reinstall it every few years.
The first game I ever bought with my own money was Metal Gear Solid 1. And the PS1 to play it on.
Remember the old days when people ran out of stock on game copies ? MGS is no slouch of a purchase either
With my own money: Link to the Past. Most definitely.
Crash bandicoot 3.
Considering how uninformed I was back then, it was a hell of a success.
Please keep them coming and please please tell your stories. It’s the best part of gaming really
The first game system I ever had was a Game Gear when I was 6, but I think every game I ever got for it was a gift. We got a Sega Genesis the following year, when I was 7 (1996). Little did I know at the time it was actually obsolete at that point, but that’s why my parents got it for me when they did; it was dirt cheap. So were the games. I kid you not when I say I could walk into a FuncoLand with $10 and walk out with 20 used Genesis games, most of which were $0.25 each. So as a result, I have no idea what the first game I bought was, because my brother and I bought a plethora of games all at the same time. In that haul though, probably, was Vectorman, Jurassic Park, Clayfighter, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (we already got Sonic 1 and 2 with the console, as well as a couple of Mortal Kombat games that our parents made us return when they realized how violent they were, because I guess the title left it ambiguous).
My first personal system was a game gear as well. Still have it too! Parents bought it for me in the early 90s
Let’s see… when I was 4 I got a Sega Genesis for my birthday. It came with Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Granddad took me shopping to pick out two other games for it. I picked Sonic the Hedgehog and Ms. Pac-Man, and both were bangers. The Genesis port of Ms. Pac-Man had a bunch of alternate modes with different mazes.
I became a big fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog games. I got Sonic 3 for my next(?) birthday, and Sonic and Knuckles the Christmas after that(?). I was convinced that Lock-On Technology was going to be the future of video games!
What an awesome story ! And very cool games for sure
I grew up with many of these games!
I remember going to pick out PS1 games. Spyro the Dragon was the one I put the most time into.
On the Genesis, I also remember picking “Streets of Rage 2” simply because I liked Street Fighter 2 on the SNES and I thought it’d be the same kind of game. Best decision I made about a Genesis game!
Fallout 3, when I was 15. I had read the strategy guide (with no pictures) at my library, and struggled to even comprehend a game that expansive.
Hell yeah, it was worth it.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater for N64
Can’t remember if I purchased it or asked for it, but it is the first game that was just for me on the PC and would have been in my early teens. Wanted it as a computer version of the tabletop Battletech game that I was introduced to by a friend’s older brother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BattleTech:_The_Crescent_Hawk%27s_Revenge
The play speed was tied to the CPU speed, so when we upgraded the family computer a couple years later all the movement happened at ludicrous speeds! Good thing it was turn based.
BATTLETECH 2019 was like a modern version which was pretty awesome and hit all the nostalgia buttons!
Learned way later in life that’s what turbo mode was far. Slowing games down. Wish I knew back then haha
The name was confusing!
I think it was KotOR 🤔
the first I remember buying with my own money probably The secret of monkey island
Fun fact creator of monkey island has a Mastodon account . He’s quite fun to follow !
I know he even replied to me once or twice :) ❤️
Can’t remember the specific one but probably one of the Dizzy the egg games for the Spectrum.
I think, it was Duke Nukem 3D, or Warcraft 2, and I’m pretty sure it was on a pirated CD of 100 in 1 games, but maybe those were later
Pretty sure it was Quake
Could your computer run it xD mine couldn’t :(
It might have been a used copy of Guild Wars 1.
Great game, I was playing again last week
StarCraft. I tried to make friendly AI by messing around with the editor, to make the AI do what I want at certain times, mimicking an ally.
That’s neat! Never dug into that much just beat bad even by the “ai”
Back when I was 12 or 13, I saved up money for a PSP bundle. It came with a leather case and… Ridge Racer . Unfortunately, I didn’t think of a proprietary Sony memory card so I had to play it from scratch every time I turned the PSP back on. Once I got the memory card, I also got myself Ghost Rider which was surprisingly good for a licensed Marvel game. Basically, it alternated between hack & slash/beat ‘em up levels and racing segments with obstacles to avoid and enemies to beat up with your chain. It also had unlockable comics for collecting certain skulls in levels/during challenges, so I spent hours with it either playing or reading comics on a tiny LCD screen.
PSP has always been a cult favorite still gets a lot of love today. Hope you still have it !
It was either Lost World: Jurassic Park, or Williams Arcade’s Greatest Hits for the Game.com. I think I was the only kid in the world who had a game.com lol
It’s kind of a rare treasure now. Looked neat for the time . I’ll admit I never played one
Yeah, kinda wish I still had it. I remember selling it in a garage sale for money to put toward a gameboy hah.
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers.
The 3.5" floppy version for PC.
In a box, off the shelf at Kmart.
You seem like the type of person who would eat a candy bar he found in the park …
Park candy is the fancy stuff.
In all seriousness my brother and I tied buying a copy of that game but store was sold out when we got back. My cousin ended up pirating us a copy of his game. Loved the old space quest games
Tales of Symphonia, GameCube.
Baldur’s Gate 2. The manual was so good, and the map. You’d pay $200 for some kind of special edition for that quality these days. Totally worth it.
Don’t make me them like they use to
I think it was the GameCube version of Sims 2. I remember going with a friend to get it to play before another friend came over for a sleepover. We loved Sims Bustin Out when I rented it from Blockbuster, but figured Sims 2 was even better cause…I mean it has a number in the title so it was probably the sequel to Bustin Out. I also remember being extremely nervous cause it was rated T and I was like 10 or something.
Sims games can be very addictive. And I won’t tell you played before the box said you could
I really think it was that set of three games, Half Life, Portal, and whatever the other one was.
Where did I get that first xbox 360? I think itbwas given to me or traded… I dont remember, but I think I went out and got Portal as my first ever game purchase.
Orange box was a great deal
One of those handheld football games with little red dots for players.
If you mean console or computer games, asteroids for Atari 2600.
The football game was too hard for a 5 year old.
I still like playing an occasional game of asteroids to this day.
Seen commercials for them never played one
Fun for a couple of hours then boring.
Ultima Underworld.
Saved a whole year for that one. Took a whole day to figure out how to configure the EMM386 line that would enable me to have enough memory to run the damn thing (tears of frustration were shed).
Absolutely worth it. Blew my little mind. Never got to finish it though, because of a bug in the quest in the last level T_T
Oh nooo classic series but evil bug :(
That was thirty four years ago or thereabout and I still remember the absolute panic of not being able to start the game I had just spent a year of pocket money on…
The feeling when I found that bug was very similar, except I never found a way out.
Still, amazing memories!
Starcraft
Same. Was playing custom maps with a 33k modem. Oh the memories…
En Taro Adun!
I think it was either Soleil or Dune 2 for the Mega Drive/Genesis. I was 10 or 11 at the time.
Final Fantasy IV, completely worth it and I still have it. My parents were mad that it was $40 used.
I didn’t sell many games back, but for some reason, I sold that same game store Mega Man V for Game Boy complete-in-box, probably for a pittance.
Philippe23@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The Legend of the Red Dragon (L.O.R.D.). (A BBS “door” game.)
Absolutely worth it.