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First game I remember playing was Sonic 1 so yes

I don't think so...

Point and Click detective games. Board games that have a video. Those were some of my earliest experiences gaming. I still like that sort of thing. Clearly

I'm not sure what the first game I played was.

The first game I owned was SMW though.

TMNT (NES), I cried and my brothers friends made fun of me. Then I fell through the ice on the river and almost died cuz they kept making me go out and test it, and my mom was still mad at me. That was a fuckin day for sure.

Probably KidPix, an art game, or some other DOS game.

probably Mario or some DOS platformer idk

Pitfall on the Atari.

Parsec on the TI-99. It was a side scrolling shooter.

Think of a primitive Gradius

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Yep, OG Super Mario Bros

Don't know. If it wasn't Super Mario Bros., then it was Duck Hunt.

Although platformers were my primary genre for like 10+ years

1st game I remember playing is Age of Empires, so nope

The first game I specifically remember playing was probably the Star Wars arcade game with vector graphics.

Kirby's Adventure

Donkey Kong Country BABY!!!

Yeah prolly Mario

I'm not sure if I played other games before it, but the first game I owned was Donkey Kong Country.

If I couldn't play a game or only got to try it out, I used to replay the memory in my head, turning it into a pseudofantasy of both what I wanted the game to be as well as what I thought the rest of the game would be, based on what I've seen already. And that practice evolved over time. I became interested in critiquing and dissecting games, and honing my expectations. Like many of you

before i vote, is NBA Jam or Mortal Kombat considered platformers?

Nba jam maybe but idk

Yep. NES Super Mario Bros. at my aunt's house.

A short while later, I got an SNES with Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars for Christmas.

Im not 100% sure what the first game I played was. It was either a Pac Man arcade cabinet, or Combat(2600)

The first game I have memory of is probably Spy Hunter 2. Played it when I was 2, my dad held me up while I went ham on the wheel, and was absolutely fascinated by the gearstick. Like, what does it do??

I think my first was Pong in my grandparents' basement. Then I remember playing that blocky old school Pac Man at my uncle's house. The whole family sat around playing it like it was amazing but it sucked and the adults were hogging the controllers

I dont think so? Its hard to remember. Maybe it was Mario on the NES but I feel like I played Duck Hunt first

It was either the original Mario or Duck Hunt, and they came on the same cartridge. I assume I played Mario first, so yes, but maybe I played Duck Hunt first, who knows?

My first platformer was either Commander Keen, Monster Bash, or Duke Nukem 1. Could also have been Boy and His Blob for NES.

No. It was a game on the commodore pet called Star Trek.

The first game I played was Pokemon Blue, so no

Briefly played Zelda before SMB.

Yes, Donkey Kong Country

Or maybe it was Street Fighter 2...

i'm pretty sure my first was wolfenstein 3d

Nope. But it was the 2nd game i played.

1st was Tekken 3
2nd was Crash Bandicoot 3

Yes. Super Mario World

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no, Outlaw for Atari 2600.

First game I ever played was Warcraft Orcs & Humans.
I believe Pandemonium was my first platformer.

No. First game I remember playing is Pac-Man

The first game I played was either Golden Axe on an arcade cabinet at my local swimming pool, or Super Mario Bros. on my cousin's NES.

I can't remember which happened first.

No, my first game was technically Mortal Kombat.

Don't like fighting games at all nowadays funnily.