Who/what got you into gaming?

>>375867742
Brother and friends.

>>375867742
>dad bought me a NES when i was little
>played it all the time
And that was that, I guess

Two things:

>Played Joust at a pizza place when I was young. First game I ever played and it got me interested.

>Dad bought me a Sega Genesis with Sonic 2 in the early 90s.

>>375867742

My older brother got me into it when i was very young and i continued from there

>>375867742
Got a Gameboy and Pokemon for one of my earliest birthdays

My dad showed me train ticoon
I fucking love trains

>>375867742
I've literally been playing video games as long as I can remember, so I don't even know.

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>>375867742
Parents played in arcades.

They bought the Nintendo in 1989 since it had come down in price, and getting two games included was a huge boon.

I was five at the time.

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>>375867742
seeing Archon( a battle chess game) on an apple or amiga computer when I was 2, as well as exposure to one of those tabletop home light-up knock-off games (pic related) without even having batteries in it.

I don't have memories of playing either, and I was born in '82 so it's not like I reincarnated with any knowledge of video games from a past life; I just knew I had to be all about them.

I didn't get to actually play video games until 4-5, on Atari, NES, and Commodore 64, but it was always love at first sight.

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>>375867742
I had played video games but never really got into them.

Then I played pic related and my life was ruined.

If it wasn't for system shock 2 I might have made something of my life.

>>375869796
this hits me in the fucking feels so hard. I know I saw this in print as a kid and lusted over all of it. I saved up the money for a U-Force, but no store ever carried it in my area. Almost bought Ultima with the money, but the Kay-Bee only had Exodus, not Quest of the Avatar, so I settled for two cheaper games instead, 8 Eyes and Solstice. Better than nothing I guess. Didn't own a QotA cart until I was in my twenties, it was worth the wait.

>>375867742
Mỹ parents getting me a NES. Don't remember why. It was their biggest mistake because I'm their biggest disappointment and a wizard now

>>375870282
>Solstice

I wound up buying it later. Fucking impossible, but that Title Screen was worth the cost of admission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA

>>375867742
Dad was a creep, enough so that the other parents wouldn't let their kids play with me because they were so scared of him. He bought me a nintendo 64 to keep myself occupied and distracted from the soul-crushing social isolation. Been playing ever since.

my dad let me play one of the kinds quests game, can't remember which one

ryoko is best girl

>>375870854
I actually beat it as a kid legit. It took me 6 years, but it happened. The payoff was pretty underwhelming, all potions maxed and permanent with no goals anymore, but I felt pretty good for solving the garden areas and getting through that shitty maze area where you drop like 5 screens and then its a 10x10 area of blue cave square rooms with no features and doors going every which way

Always wanted to try Equinox but never did, even as a ROM

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>parents played arcade games
>had old crappy computer, hand-me-down NES
>eventually get sega genesis
>skating rink down the street had a decent selection of cabs (got me into fighting games)
>my small elementary (that was a few minutes away as well) would do end of the year field trips to the skating rink for every grade
>never skated, just stomped kids at fighting games and got called a 'cheater'
>bigger arcade in nearby city had newer fighting games that I'd go and play

Pretty much that. I still love arcade style games and fighting games.

my next door neighbor had crash bandicoot for the playstation. i loved it, but my mom bought me plug n' play games. finally in first grade, i got a ds