Topic: "The game that got you into gaming"
Mozza (PSN: Mozz-eyes) says: wrote: Tell us DAMMIT!
Well, most of us on here have reached the dizzying heights of HD gaming and have years of experience and stories to tell of what they have achieved throughout the many years of playing.
Some people began gaming with CoD4, others with Sonic the Hedgehog, or perhaps you remember the day when electricity was invented? Yes I'm looking at you zx spectrum fanboys ;)
So, without further adieu...
(Please not this all happened at the tender age of 6)
My first game I ever played was Wario Blast on the Gameboy.
It was during break time at primary school and my mate had this weird box thing in his hand with buttons on. I wasn't really sure what it was so asked and he showed me; to be honest I didn't really enjoy the game - the batteries kept running out so I could never play for more than a minute. I couldn't properly understand why it was fun...
However, when I went round to that same mate's house he showed me this strange thing called a "Nintendo 64" (I used to think it was called "intendo"). Apparently it had "better graphics" than the Playstation, or that's what his older brother had told him at least, I don't know if he knew what graphics even were! Some of my other friends had these "Playstation" things which I imagined as some massive toy which you sort of sat inside...
A week prior to my visit to his place, one of my other friends had been round and apparently got "addicted" to the "intendo". He did nothing else all day but play with it, so I was quite excited to find out what was so fun about it. When Diddy Kong Racing loaded up I shrieked with a mix of surprise, joy, and laughter and animals of all shapes and sizes raced onto the screen in a variety of vehicles. First time I played it I was crap, I couldn't steer properly and to be honest was just completely wowed at the colours on the screen. The 3 pronged controller confused me and I kept holding it wrong but I still had immense fun.
After he got bored of laughing at me crashing into walls he asked me if I wanted to play "Lylat Wars". Once more the colours and combinations of talking animals coupled with spaceships and lasers enthralled me. I could only complete the very first few levels as Star Wolf always took all of my lives. That very weekend I begged my mum to buy me an n64 with Diddy Kong, and after she struggled (women + technology = fail) to plug it in for me into our decrepit old TV the image of an elephant riding a flying carpet burst onto the screen. I laughed with joy. I finally had my own console. Little did I know that this little black box under the TV would not just take my mind off Power Rangers and Tomy Trains but into a rich virtual world of incredible design feats and experiences as yet unparalleled in my childhood. Soon after, fanboy wars began to erupt across the playground as I marshaled the troops to assault the Sony position. Gameboys were promptly banned and I sold my soul to the industry which has now held my hand through all the good and bad times I have had since those early moments.
It is now 11 years later and gaming plays an incremental part in my everyday life. To vent stress or anger I may hunt some monsters to carve their bones into new weapons, or perhaps capture and train them to do battle against others. The amount of friends, online and offline, I have made because of this partiality to electronic entertainment is incredible, and I often give doubters an earful when they dismiss gaming as a naive pass-time. Video-games are art, they are experiences but most importantly they are an opportunity to meet some of the best people out there...
chris says: wrote: HALO 3