What got you into it??

Anominity · 16 Nov 2010 at 11:06

Went on holiday to the states in '95 my cousin had Doom on his home PC.... Life derailed shortly thereafter...

Jezcentral · 16 Nov 2010 at 11:07

For me, it was the Atari 2600. That got me into gaming.

The journey started on PC when I was playing Microprose's F117A Stealth Fighter on my Dad's 286.

nex20 · 16 Nov 2010 at 11:10

The original CS and Unreal Tournament.

Judgeneo · 16 Nov 2010 at 11:11

commander and conquer was the first computer game I played

AlyCat · 16 Nov 2010 at 11:21

Ultima online
to this day the best game i have played in my opinion
I should really say unreal tournament too
Good times them were =D

'Wes · 16 Nov 2010 at 11:24

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was the first game i ever played on the PC, amazing game.

Ravenger · 16 Nov 2010 at 11:56

Oxy said:
The death of the Amiga

Same for me. I was a massive Amiga fan, owning an Amiga 1000. In the end it didn't keep pace with PC development and was just too slow compared to the newer PCs that appeared.

jas72 · 16 Nov 2010 at 12:02

Oxy said:
The death of the Amiga

This actually although I had a PSone and

Commodore CD32 in between

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32

MOHAA was my first stab at online gaming.

Rhys-M · 16 Nov 2010 at 12:13

BBC Mircro was my first experience with Repton and Elite
The Atar ST (poor mans amiga except it was just as good)
Then moved onto a 286 with Prince Of Persia and early Apogee games (Crystal Caves, Commander Keen, Duke Nukem)

'Wes · 16 Nov 2010 at 12:24

jas72 said:
MOHAA was my first stab at online gaming.

Same, loved it.

Afran · 16 Nov 2010 at 12:38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQbL0gbWe_E

This was my first PC game, can't believe I found it on the first search.

Would've been 7 then!

anything I don't mind · 16 Nov 2010 at 12:52

Doom 2 on a 486 and red alert on my p133 and then diablo on my p200mmx and my ati 4mb card.

Anyone remember mdk ? lol

First game i ever bought was fifa 97

But i have to say that quake series is what i played the most and of course counter strike, started playing cs in beta 4, back then the m4 was known as the colt carbine and it had a zoom/scope.

krooton · 16 Nov 2010 at 12:53

Prince of Persia and pretty much the entire back catalogue of Sierra and LucasArts games.

iv-tecman · 16 Nov 2010 at 12:57

krooton said:
Prince of Persia and pretty much the entire back catalogue of Sierra and LucasArts games.

LucasArts games... What happened to you..?

Dark Forces
Dark Forces II
Tie Fighter
X Wing
DOT
Sam n Max
Full Throttle
KOTOR

LucasArts made fine games.. Their last Star Wars Game... force unleashed II a complete turd even on the consoles... !!

Now, who remembers Quake using open GL with a 3dfx card, or was it glide? I just remember Quake using 3D cards for the first time and was floored by the graphics and the speed... Wow such a great time..!! Until Quake II was released.

krooton · 16 Nov 2010 at 13:02

Oh, and:

Operation Wolf
Iron Man Racing
Stuntdriver
Death Track

Rezident · 16 Nov 2010 at 13:05

half-life

anything I don't mind · 16 Nov 2010 at 13:05

My friends uncle had a voodoo card because he owned a computer shop, he also had altec lansing speakers. We played diablo until like 4am on the weekends back in 1997.

jakspyder · 16 Nov 2010 at 13:12

age of empires on my cousins heap o junk PC, then her mum got a shiny new awesome pc (at the time) with freelancer, and from there onwards my life has spiraled down hill into the dark sunless screen lit madness it is now

Wouldnt change it for anything..... kinda want to play freelancer now

Relentless81 · 16 Nov 2010 at 13:47

For me it all started with an Atari 64XE that I barely remember bought by my Dad for my Brother and I one Christmas, loading games via tape at that age was interesting.
My first proper PC was a 486 Packard Bell that I had my first taste of PC gaming with Day Of The Tentacle and Doom and it went on from there!

Admiral Huddy · 16 Nov 2010 at 13:50

I needed a break from pron!