Lee

What was the very first video game you ever owned?

For me, it was Frogger on the Atari 400 system.

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Lacedaemonian

I actually had a batch of games for my sleek Atari 800XL (Yeah that's twice the power of your machine lol). I believe that Frogger was one of the games in that batch, along with Spyhunter, Pogotron, Gauntlet, and afew others. I spent most of my time playing Spyhunter and Pogotron.

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Foxbat

My first was Moonlander (I think that was its name) on the ZX81.
You had to land an 'A' on to a row of 'B's.....err......does that count as a video game?........

Lee

Not to mention that you had the FUNCTIONAL keyboard. The Atari 400's keyboard was the flat surface type. A person had to make an extra effort to press a button, making quick homerow typing impossible.

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I, Brian

First computer was a Spectrum 48k - not sure what the first game was exactly, but the first I remember playing properly was Knightlore by Ultimate.

ravenus

Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Samurai 8-bit console.

Morning Star

Well...it wasnt mine to own exactly...but I remember playing games on a machine that took little cassette tapes. How many old consoles did that? Could it have been a Spectrum? I just remember my big sister made me cry so my old man and I played video games to cheer me up. I was like 3 or 4 or something.

ravenus

A cousin of mine had a Commodore which used tapes to keep games and stuff.

I, Brian

So did the Spectrum 48k.

Lacedaemonian

As did the Atari 800XL and the old Amstrads.

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Morning Star

I'll have to ask the old man when I get the chance.

scalem X

I guess I'm to old for this conversation, but I remember beating my sister in an old pc game called; Bang Bang. You had 2 canons in a 2-D landscape and a wind speed and you had to type in the angle and the strength of your shot (turn based off course) and if you hit the other's cannon you've won. Woohoo

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Lee

I remember that game. It was back in the day when the term "floppy disks" were referring to computer disks that were actually floppy. For some reason, I always sucked at that game, and I have the feeling the reason is tied into why I am no good at pool.

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scalem X

Ah that's where my pool aim comes from!
Well and now that I think of it, it's called : 'Bang Bang!'
forgot the !.

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I, Brian

That's Worms!!