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    • saccublendaS
      saccublenda @Folly
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      Raid on Fort Knox on a Vic 20 cartridge. No joystick yet, only keyboard.

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      • windgW
        windg
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        Jumping Jack for the Atari 2600.

        My English isn't at a good level.

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        • YFZdudeY
          YFZdude
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          Frogger - Atari 2600
          I think I was somewhere around 3 years old at the time. I would mostly run the stick in circles until frogger got splooched in traffic. I loved the sound effect.

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          • Thorr69T
            Thorr69 @DTEAM
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            @dteam
            https://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm

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            • DTEAMD
              DTEAM @Thorr69
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              @thorr69 said in What is your first game ever played !:

              @dteam
              https://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm

              That's an old one !!

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              • Thorr69T
                Thorr69 @DTEAM
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                @dteam said in What is your first game ever played !:

                @thorr69 said in What is your first game ever played !:

                @dteam
                

                https://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm

                That's an old one !!

                It's the FIRST one, so yeah. My parents got it as a gift for looking at condos when I was about 4.

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                  gomineko
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                  Probably Manic Minor on the ZX Spectrum.

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                    sleve_mcdichael
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                    The first video game I remember playing was a Space Invaders knock-off called "Space Creeps." It was on the TI-99 and it loaded off a cassette tape. The early 80s was a long time ago so I might be misremembering, but I want to say my dad wrote it.

                    Another early one I remember was on my Grandpa's computer (a C64?) that I now recognize as an incarnation of "Theseus and the Minotaur," although it went over my head at the time, and I always ran straight for the exit and got caught every time. It was rendered in ASCII text and also loaded off cassette.

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                    • IanDaemonI
                      IanDaemon @YFZdude
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                      @yfzdude said in What is your first game ever played !:

                      Frogger - Atari 2600

                      I was "babysat/watched" by an older cousin at their house. They had Frogger on the Atari 2600... mind blown. :)

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                        barbudreadmon @Thorr69
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                        @thorr69 said in What is your first game ever played !:

                        @dteam
                        https://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm

                        I had the odyssey² (philips videopac) as my first home console, with pickaxe pete as my favorite game.

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                          ts-x
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                          Probably either Snafu or Astrosmash on the Intellivision. I believe Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack arrived at the same time but that game was lost on six year old me!

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                          • ?
                            A Former User
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                            first game i played was a gameboy it was like space invaders i dont know how the name was named

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                            • retropieuser555R
                              retropieuser555 @A Former User
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                              @retropiecase nemesis maybe? That was one of the first Gameboy games we played as kids

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                              • BobHarrisB
                                BobHarris
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                                It's over 30 years ago so a bit hard to remember.
                                It definitely was one of the following:

                                • Double dragon 2 for the NES at a friends house

                                • California games on the Atari Lynx (LOVED that surfing mini game)

                                • Paratrooper on DOS

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                                • ClassicGMRC
                                  ClassicGMR
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                                  My father brought home an Atari 2600 and Space Invaders. My life has been on this path ever since.

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                                  Enjoy the ride!

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                                  • DTEAMD
                                    DTEAM @ClassicGMR
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                                    I’am glad to see we are all from x generation!! 😂

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                                      A Former User @DTEAM
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                                      @dteam is 1997 x Generation?

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                                      • Genos98G
                                        Genos98 @DTEAM
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                                        @dteam Not surprising there since the people who would most likely make a retro gaming machine for themselves are gen x and millenials.

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                                        • hawkes_84H
                                          hawkes_84 @DTEAM
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                                          @dteam if we're talking console it's Super Mario Bros on NES
                                          If we're talking first game ever it'll be something on the Sinclair Spectrum ZX either Impossible Mission, Ghouls & Ghosts or maybe the text adventure the Hobbit. Yeah I'm old!

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                                          • DTEAMD
                                            DTEAM @A Former User
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                                            @retropiecase

                                            @dteam is 1997 x Generation?

                                            I agree, not everybody, but a lot of people are from the 70’s and beginning/mid of 80’s and I'm surprised to see this.

                                            I agree with you, all generations do retrogaming. It's like music, what you have heard young stay with you all your life!

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