Reading Nethros's thread about adventure games reminded me of them, you know, the VGA oldies that I used to play as a kid. So this thread is to share your gaming history, how did you start in this whole thing?
EDIT: My first gaming thingie was the Atari 2600. Then my dad bought me a NES with SMB and Duck Hunt. SMB kept me awake for many nights. Then he bought me Solar Jetman (never quite understood that game) and SMB 3.....AWESOME. I still have the cartridge.
My first favourites were 2D fighting games that I played at the arcades, Double Dragon, Final Fight (holds a special place in my heart ), Street Fighter, etc.
Then I discovered the PC, at that time 486, and the wonders of adventure games, such as Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, etc. I also discovered Doom, which drove me crazy, it was so inmersive, made you feel desperate, and the music was incredible.
Then, I went with the genesis and snes which were mostly about platformers (super mario world and donkey kong FTW) and fighting games. Then I got the N64, played Star Fox 64, beated it in any way possible, and traded it for a PSX (I know the snes had some rpgs and other stuff, but I ignored them mostly)
With the PSX I discovered Final Fantasy VII which introduced me to the whole RPG thing, and Final Fantasy Tactics, my undisputed all time favourite (followed close by Tactics Ogre). I started playing RPGs then.
Then I tried Baldur's Gate, which lead me into the PC again. After many PC rpgs and action Rpgs, such as Diablo I and II, I ended up in M&B (a lot of time, Diablo II came in '98 IIRC and I tried M&B in 2005, so I played a heck of a lot of games in that period).
Today I mostly play oldies, specially Arcade games, and games from the late 90's and early 2000's. Old arcades are still my favourites, I still duke it out at Captain Commando every once and then.
Edit: added my truly firsts, that I forgot.
EDIT: My first gaming thingie was the Atari 2600. Then my dad bought me a NES with SMB and Duck Hunt. SMB kept me awake for many nights. Then he bought me Solar Jetman (never quite understood that game) and SMB 3.....AWESOME. I still have the cartridge.
My first favourites were 2D fighting games that I played at the arcades, Double Dragon, Final Fight (holds a special place in my heart ), Street Fighter, etc.
Then I discovered the PC, at that time 486, and the wonders of adventure games, such as Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, etc. I also discovered Doom, which drove me crazy, it was so inmersive, made you feel desperate, and the music was incredible.
Then, I went with the genesis and snes which were mostly about platformers (super mario world and donkey kong FTW) and fighting games. Then I got the N64, played Star Fox 64, beated it in any way possible, and traded it for a PSX (I know the snes had some rpgs and other stuff, but I ignored them mostly)
With the PSX I discovered Final Fantasy VII which introduced me to the whole RPG thing, and Final Fantasy Tactics, my undisputed all time favourite (followed close by Tactics Ogre). I started playing RPGs then.
Then I tried Baldur's Gate, which lead me into the PC again. After many PC rpgs and action Rpgs, such as Diablo I and II, I ended up in M&B (a lot of time, Diablo II came in '98 IIRC and I tried M&B in 2005, so I played a heck of a lot of games in that period).
Today I mostly play oldies, specially Arcade games, and games from the late 90's and early 2000's. Old arcades are still my favourites, I still duke it out at Captain Commando every once and then.
Edit: added my truly firsts, that I forgot.