What got you hooked on gaming?

Am I the first one to mention the Arcade?

I grew up po' and hardly any of my friends had an Atari 2600, which was really the only console available at the time. But nearly every deli, bodega, and corner store had a coinop or two. We used to roam all around the city going to this spot or that spot to play a particular game. And in the summer my family would go to the beach, and the boardwalk would have huge arcades on it that I would be in literally all day.
 
Am I the first one to mention the Arcade?

I grew up po' and hardly any of my friends had an Atari 2600, which was really the only console available at the time. But nearly every deli, bodega, and corner store had a coinop or two. We used to roam all around the city going to this spot or that spot to play a particular game. And in the summer my family would go to the beach, and the boardwalk would have huge arcades on it that I would be in literally all day.
 
Am I the first one to mention the Arcade?

I grew up po' and hardly any of my friends had an Atari 2600, which was really the only console available at the time. But nearly every deli, bodega, and corner store had a coinop or two. We used to roam all around the city going to this spot or that spot to play a particular game. And in the summer my family would go to the beach, and the boardwalk would have huge arcades on it that I would be in literally all day.
 
[quote name='Puffa469']Am I the first one to mention the Arcade?[/quote]

Nope. I went to the arcade as much as possible as a kid. I could actually ride my bike to the nearest one so that was convenient even though my mother hated it there... if only I could have all those quareters back...
 
[quote name='javeryh']Nope. I went to the arcade as much as possible as a kid. I could actually ride my bike to the nearest one so that was convenient even though my mother hated it there... if only I could have all those quareters back...[/quote]

Those arcades at the Jersey shore back in the day were like mecca to me. We had some arcades near me growing up, especially in Hoboken. But nothing that could compare to the Jersey shore. :D
 
[quote name='Puffa469']Those arcades at the Jersey shore back in the day were like mecca to me. We had some arcades near me growing up, especially in Hoboken. But nothing that could compare to the Jersey shore. :D[/quote]

Oh god yes - Seaside, Point Pleasant, Belmar, etc. Arcades were EVERYWHERE. I think there are still a few hanging on but I haven't been donwn there in ages. They sure were fun back in the day though...
 
Well, for me, I was going to have a little brother at the age of 4. So, my parents thought it was a good idea to get me something to show that they still love me. They got an Atari 2600, with 3 games (Ms. Pac Man, Pengo, and Kangaroo). Since then, I've never stopped gaming.
 
The old adventure games like King's Quest and Indiana Jones.

However, my very first "game" was Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. When I bought it, it was a choice between that and some Lord of the Rings game.
 
Arcades, plus the Commodore 64 Games System...

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I had a "triangle" console..I think it was a coleco. It had a gun, steering wheel and a controller. I got into Atari too but the two games that really made me get into gaming was "Oregon Trail" and "Lode Runner" on the Apple.
 
aww man i was living in south america and my cousins were coming back from the us and they brought a n64 with turok and ever since then i have gotten hooked and when i came to the US my neighbor had resident evil directors cut
omg that was the best game ever
 
I played a Comadore64 before I got introduced to the NES and I think I played Atari before that. I also had an Intellevision before I got the NES, but I truely got hooked when I played DUck Hunt for the first time.
 
Well I was three when I used to watch my brother play Pitfall and It looked so cool, but when I was 5 and played Super Mario Bros that got me hooked
 
[quote name='Psykodelik']I had a "triangle" console..I think it was a coleco. It had a gun, steering wheel and a controller. I got into Atari too but the two games that really made me get into gaming was "Oregon Trail" and "Lode Runner" on the Apple.[/quote]

You had the Coleco Telstar Arcade!

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Coleco Telstar Arcade
Released in 1978
The Telstar Arcade is maybe one of the most interesting systems made by Coleco, and also the most advanced PONG system released in America, although it played non-PONG games. Made in a triangular case, the system could play three types of games, each being played on one of the three sides of the case. Obviously, the first side allowed playing PONG games (TENNIS and the like), and the second side allowed playing target shooting games. Nothing very different from most other systems, except the gun storage. The third face was the most interesting: it allowed playing car racing games. Very few systems offering that type of games were released at this time, and the games were only played using rotary controllers or some sort of joysticks.

Coleco used a very uncommon cartridge format: a silver triangular case which connects horizontally on the top of the console. Nothing in common with the other black cartridges with plug vertically. Coleco released only four cartridges. The first one was sold with the system and the others were available separately for the price of $25. Two flyers came with the system to order cartridges #2 and #3.
 
I started with a cheap handheld Ninja Turtles game from Tiger.

Then it was just arcades (SF II, Contra, DK Junior), Commodore 64 PC carts and friends' NESes, I also got a Gameboy w/ Tetris and Ninja Turtles FotFC when I was 4.

At Christmas in 1991 I snagged an SNES w/ Mario World. I think Zelda III is what really got me hooked.
 
I had a NES and SNES when I was growing up, but I didn't really make it into a hobby until the PS1 came out. One of my first jobs was at a video game store, then I really got hooked, and started a collection.
 
I got hooked two different times as my perception changed both times:

Tekken got me hooked initially (though I always loved games, but was never hooked till then) due to amount of depth and possabilitys in a fighting game.

Rez changed my perception on that games are just games... they have the ability to really become a culture clash and rebel in the sense of being unique... ie, art.

this has led me to doing my art (yes, I'm majoring in an art field at my art college.. >_< ) in the medium of video games... so far it's bee amazingly great.
 
[quote name='dallow']Playing Adventure on the Colecovision.

It didn't hard until NES though, then my life was over.[/quote]

I think Adventure was a Atari 2600 game. ;)

*edit* which you could have played on the Colecovision with that converter doohickey...

Puffa Gains +5 Nerd Points!!!
 
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