what was the very first game you played?

[Azagoth]

HMmmmmmmm @Azagoth - that doesn't sound like fun 'old man'

It was far more fun than waiting for 3D wireframe tyres to render, I'll tell you that.

 

[Smit]

On the PC was probably Wolfenstein

First game that I played that need a Gfx card on PC was Turok

 

[Draeger]

As far as I can remember, the very first "game" I played on a PC was way, way back on an old 286/386 machine. It was a text based deal where you had so many Dollars and had to buy in Lemonade and sell it at a profit from your stall. Interesting stuff huh?.

Being an auld goat of 37 years of age now, I look at the latest game titles and look you can't help but be impressed at what we now class as a PC "game".

 

[Pookie Bear]

My first PC game was, I think, Kings Quest I - my friend and I spent hours on it when I was a teenager. Good memories.

First ever video game was Radar Rat Race on the Vic20

 

[Xenoxide]

On the PC? Commander Keen.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

PC - Possibly Sam n Max, Monkey Island or Duke Nukemnot sure

Others,
Atari - Centipede
Apple Mac - Cannon fodder thing
NES - Iron Sword
SNES - Super Mario World
Master System - Sonic
Mega Drive - Alien Storm
PSX - Battle Arena Toshinden
PS2 - Tekken Tag

 

[Blue Cypher]

Original doom for me, and then i think it was the original descent, such good games them

 

[Sleepery]

X-Wing. And still one of the best, sadly enough.

First ever game on a computer was I think space invaders on a ZX81, about 1981, black and white with no sound. Classic stuff

 

[Zeroecho99]

Also X-wing here.

My first ever game was Donkey Kong on ZX81!

 

[tibbsey]

First I properly played was Diablo, although I remember having a go at something on the old BBC.

 

[Dev2]

Doom was my first PC game.

 

[Silverwolf]

First ever game on any computer was " The Very Big Cave Adventure".

This was on a Casette for the Amstrad, I think.

Can't remember what was my first game on the PC, I know it was on 6 Floppies and I had to edit the config.sys, high-mem loading sequence in DOS to get it to run.

The Joys of early PC Gaming before Windows 3.1

 

[jontwhale]

transport tycoon and C&C, followed by warcraft. all excellent games

 

[GWillow]

Think mine was something on a Compukit UK101, it was typed in from a book/magazine - Seem to remember it was very basic and totally **** but at the time it was so cool.

 

[madman045]

1st pc game was Megarace, dos based race game, 1993

 

[sargatanas]

Something on an Amstrad CPC464, don't remember what though. Maybe Mig 29.

first PC game, Aliens vs Predator I think. Never had a PC till I was in high school.

 

[Dsteviedee]

The first game I played was on a DOS pc, and you were basically a gorilla, and you had to throw a banana at another gorilla by specifying the angle and velocity. And it made things interesting by having different types of scenery and wind and stuff. I think you can guess by this point that I can't remember the name Awesome game though.

Oh and snake, again for a DOS pc.

Yep thats mine gorillas written in Qbasic for MS-DOS 5

 

[Gashman]

Descent was my first PC game i believe, either that or Doom, then stuff like Jane's Combat Simulator for windows 95 and Descent II, remember i played Mechwarrior early on as well, been long time fan of Mechwarrior franchise, got into Rollercoaster Tycoon back when it was first released in '95 or '97 i can't remember which and ST: Birth Of The Federation, those are the games i remember most from my early PC gaming days, my favourite being Mechwarrior or BOTF

 

[Kyuss]

I remember the first game i got with my first pc, hexen! Im sure i played pc games before then though but memory doesnt go that far back!

 

[Dakotacs]

First game was Doom if I remember correctly. What a game!