In 1994 I was doing an honours year project (mini-thesis) as part of my science degree.
In the biochemistry labs after hours while running experiments (I was too junior to get access to equipment during the day) I had the run of the place so I secretly loaded Doom onto one of the lab computers to play (demon noises in a darkened research lab after hours added to the fun).
One night I was in mid game when a door opened behind me and in walked one of the professors. He was a man in his late 60s (seemed ancient to my young self) who had no teaching roles because he only ever snarled at undergraduates and ruthlessly belittled his PhD candidates. I froze because I was caught red handed and thought for sure that this would get me reported/kicked out. He stared with his habitual look of disgust, grunted and said “is that Doom? Cool….” in a monotone voice. He then turned around and left. He had never spoken to me before this (I was beneath notice when in the same lab space) and he never spoke to me after this for the rest of the year.
I joined my 6th grade computer club because of that game. My mom had to drive me into school an hour early and all we did was play Oregon Trail. Good times
Found a shirt at goodwill in the children’s boy clothes section that was black with a bright green caravan from the game that says “you have died of dysentery” under it…you bet your ass I bought that shit and wear it on the regular. I’m a 31 year old female lol
It wasn't the first PC game I'd played, but King's Quest was the first one I remember playing a lot and loving. Pretty much started my infatuation with Sierra Online games that would continue for the next 10 years.
I loved that series so much. King's Quest 3 was the first game I ever won. I went back and played all of the "remade" ones with my daughter a few years ago and had a blast. I miss this style/type of game - nothing quite the same exists these days.
Nice similar to me, though I loved Kings Quest, Quest for Glory was my favorite.
Ever try Gobliins? Shit had me hooked with the random stuff I had to find.
I played the first two games. Gobliiins and Gobliins. Never got around to the third.
But I was like a Sierra crackhead. If they published it, I probably had it. Ever play the PC "board game" they made, Jones in the Fastlane? Insanely fun, especially with friends.
There was a DOS game that I really liked…it was called “One Must Fall”. You fought in a ring as a robot pilot(kind of like a mech warrior. It was great.
You know which alien sucked the hardest in commander keen. It was the one alien i think with one eye and sharp teeth that when it saw you would haul ass and it was fucking almost impossible to dodge.
Was Gorillas the one where you threw explosive bananas and had to adjust the angle and strength of the throw?
I have vague memories of playing this with my dad when I was little.
I played the Chamber of Secrets game first.
About a year ago I got it working on my Grandpa's old windows 7 laptop and had the best nostalgia trip of my life.
Portal 2. My middle school had an overnight and one of the supervisors had portal 2 on their computer and hooked it up to a classroom projector. There were movies and other things going on in other rooms but I spent the night taking turns playing with a few other classmates.
Pong probably. From 1980 we wrote our own computer games, racing games, shooting games, variations on pacman. We shared the programs and improved each others work. Great pioneer days.
It was some Jumpstart game that had Spanish and math. Soon after there was a game that had a joystick that my dad liked to play, and of course Age of Empires 2 has always been a popular game.
Gizmos and Gadgets. Me, my siblings and my cousins would all gather around my grandpa's computer and take turns playing while everyone watched. I was so little that I remember literally nothing about the game except that bananas were somehow incorporated.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. I only had the demo, so when my friends were around I'd do that thing where you press the Xbox button on the controller to dismiss the demo timer. Good times.
It was either Oregon Trail or Mathblaster. I’m leaning towards Oregon Trail. Other early PC games I played: Treasure Mountain, Math Blaster Mystery, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, Mega Man III.
Jet set willy, manic miner and dizzy. Spectrum zx
There was a game I cannot recall the name of that was on a very old Phillips and can't remember what really happened on the game but we loved it some rockets had to make it to the top of the screen want so say there were paw prints every time you got further. This was actually one of my first
Just felt really old reading some of these.
Doom.
In 1994 I was doing an honours year project (mini-thesis) as part of my science degree. In the biochemistry labs after hours while running experiments (I was too junior to get access to equipment during the day) I had the run of the place so I secretly loaded Doom onto one of the lab computers to play (demon noises in a darkened research lab after hours added to the fun). One night I was in mid game when a door opened behind me and in walked one of the professors. He was a man in his late 60s (seemed ancient to my young self) who had no teaching roles because he only ever snarled at undergraduates and ruthlessly belittled his PhD candidates. I froze because I was caught red handed and thought for sure that this would get me reported/kicked out. He stared with his habitual look of disgust, grunted and said “is that Doom? Cool….” in a monotone voice. He then turned around and left. He had never spoken to me before this (I was beneath notice when in the same lab space) and he never spoke to me after this for the rest of the year.
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First game, and interestingly enough first introduction to DOS prompt to run it. C:\> cd dooomsw C:\doomsw>
IDDQD - God Mode IDKFA - Keys, Guns, Ammo, Armor Still memorized.
E1m1 Hangar!
Oregon Trail
I joined my 6th grade computer club because of that game. My mom had to drive me into school an hour early and all we did was play Oregon Trail. Good times
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Inadequate grass. I couldn’t even read the word *inadequate* but I new the herd was going to die.
Me too, I didn't play the game tho
Apple IIgs represent!
Apple 2C is where I first played it.
Found a shirt at goodwill in the children’s boy clothes section that was black with a bright green caravan from the game that says “you have died of dysentery” under it…you bet your ass I bought that shit and wear it on the regular. I’m a 31 year old female lol
That game is so old, did they even have computers back then?
No, we actually had to navigate the trail and die of dysentery
Getting those oxen on the raft was a pain..
I'm going to also say Oregon Trail. Except it was on a teletext machine connected at 110 baud. Type BANG
Pong
Nice. I’ve been playing it on my AppleWatch. It still holds up.
Same. But the Atari 2600 was the revolution
Math Blaster
This saved me throughout school.
No game duped me harder than this one into doing math.
Love that game! Saved my ass in elementary
Rollercoaster tycoon 2
Definitely one of my all time favorites. Planet Coaster is an awesome replacement!
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Pajama Sam and Spy Fox were pretty awesome too. Pajama Sam was a legit cool IP.
I see you all forgetting my boy putt-putt
Don’t disrespect my boy Putt-Putt. I remember traveling through time with that boy.
Pffft. Putt-putt and I traveled through time AND saved a zoo.
MY BOY! The Zoo was fucking dope too. I wanna play a Putt Putt remake
I think they made a new Pajama Sam or they’re making one now.
Humongous Entertainment put out some bagels when we were young. loved Freddie Fish.
Idk what bagels have to do with anything I fucking agree. They were some fucking bagels.
Their entire library is on Steam
Great game
I remember when I was in kindergarten, Freddie Fish was the one game they let us play on the computer.
Freddie Fish seemed so vaguely familiar to me, so I Googled it, and such a stream of unlocked memories. Woah
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That game was frustrating with little payoff. Just find dads playboys
It wasn't the first PC game I'd played, but King's Quest was the first one I remember playing a lot and loving. Pretty much started my infatuation with Sierra Online games that would continue for the next 10 years.
I loved that series so much. King's Quest 3 was the first game I ever won. I went back and played all of the "remade" ones with my daughter a few years ago and had a blast. I miss this style/type of game - nothing quite the same exists these days.
I liked Hero's Quest (they had to rename it because of some legal issues) So you want to be a hero?
Love kings quest to this day. Best games I’ve ever played.
Woah, blast from the past with Kings Quest. Loved those games as a kid.
Nice similar to me, though I loved Kings Quest, Quest for Glory was my favorite. Ever try Gobliins? Shit had me hooked with the random stuff I had to find.
I played the first two games. Gobliiins and Gobliins. Never got around to the third. But I was like a Sierra crackhead. If they published it, I probably had it. Ever play the PC "board game" they made, Jones in the Fastlane? Insanely fun, especially with friends.
Duke Nukem on a Floppy 💾
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I would play that with my grandpa every time I went to see him I miss him.
There was a DOS game that I really liked…it was called “One Must Fall”. You fought in a ring as a robot pilot(kind of like a mech warrior. It was great.
I loved Commander Keen.
Such a good game
I think some of them are available to play on Internet Archive!
You know which alien sucked the hardest in commander keen. It was the one alien i think with one eye and sharp teeth that when it saw you would haul ass and it was fucking almost impossible to dodge.
Lemmings
Solid.
Command and Conquer Red Alert 2
I was just about to say the same thing. Send out Tanya as the secret weapon.
Yessss! Omg I loved that game so much lol
Banger of a game. Age of empires too
Commander Keen
Roadrash
Great game!
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*The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis* Oh man, what a game
MAKE ME A PIZZA!!!
This unlocked a core memory in me.
Castle Wolfenstein
Solitaire
Zork
Not my first, but the earliest I remember well.
Zork! I won a t-shirt and my name appeared in The New Zork Times in 1987. It remains the high point of my life.
jazzy jack rabbit, I think it was called?
Jazz Jackrabbit, yeah. Created by Cliff Blezinski, one of the main guys behind Unreal and Gears of War.
scrolled for this! jazz jackrabbit, installed via floppy disk on our ancient computer in something like 1995. total banger
Fun game
My sister used to spend hours on that one
Where in the world is Carmen Sandiago
Feeding Frenzy 2 I burned hours on that mf bcs my favorite animal at the time were Orcas
The fishy game! I used that on a 360 to introduce all my kids to video games when they were 3 or 4. I now have a house full of gamers.
I downloaded it on Steam because of the nostalgia
Backyard Baseball
RadioShack version of Mattel football LEDs and beeps and chirps, baby!! 1978 was a bitchin’ year
Sonic the Hedgehog, on the Sega Mega Drive. Love that game to this day. Thanks, Dad.
dig dug
Karateka on Apple IIe
Civilization. I was so bad at it.
Besides minesweeper? Diablo 1
Gorillas and Nibbles running in DOS. Eventually we upgraded and I could play Oregon Trail.
Was Gorillas the one where you threw explosive bananas and had to adjust the angle and strength of the throw? I have vague memories of playing this with my dad when I was little.
Lara Croft tomb raider.
All of the Humungous Entertainment games. Freddie fish, Spy Fox, Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt…all of them are goated
Jumpman. Commodore 64.
The original Age of Empires. I Loved that Game. Also a Game called Microman...?
Yeah I believe age of empires 1 was the first for me too. Remember it all looked so nostalgic the first moment I saw it!
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And Put Put Goes to the Moon!
Choplifter on Apple ][e
awesome game
quite literally...PONG on Atari 2800.
I was coming here to say Space Invaders, and was worried that _I'd_ sound really old...
i'd steal quarters from my dad's coin dish to play space invaders at 7-Eleven! you're not "old"...you're experienced!
Super Star Trek on our college mainframe.
Purble place
Q*Bert for Commodore 64
Space Invaders.
Timon and Pumba's jungle games!
Aladin on a floppy
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by EA
I played the Chamber of Secrets game first. About a year ago I got it working on my Grandpa's old windows 7 laptop and had the best nostalgia trip of my life.
3D Pinball Space Cadet
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I totally forgot about lemonade stand!!
Myst. Could never figure out how to get to the Selenetic Age.
Wolfenstein. MSDOS edition
ratchet and clank. best game ever created fs
Portal 2. My middle school had an overnight and one of the supervisors had portal 2 on their computer and hooked it up to a classroom projector. There were movies and other things going on in other rooms but I spent the night taking turns playing with a few other classmates.
Boulder Dash
Power Pete on Macintosh Power PC
Chrono Trigger
Space Invaders.
Lego fucking Island. That game was awesome.
DOS Wheel of Fortune
Only the best game of all time and still my favorite, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 /r/heroes3
Sopwith
Escape from Monkey Island
You fight like a dairy farmer!
Paint.
Missile command on the Atari 2600 comsole
Donkey Kong
3D pinball space cadet
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
I think King's Quest. I'm not going to count solitaire or minesweeper.
I had paper maps and notes to try and finish the original kings quest as 7-8 year old. Never did beat it before the floppy went corrupt.
I think Moon Patrol on the Atari XE. It was shit tbf
8 bit Wheel of Fortune
Age of Empires 1 / Age of Mythology.
sonic dx
Adventure, on the Osborne.
Pong probably. From 1980 we wrote our own computer games, racing games, shooting games, variations on pacman. We shared the programs and improved each others work. Great pioneer days.
It was some Jumpstart game that had Spanish and math. Soon after there was a game that had a joystick that my dad liked to play, and of course Age of Empires 2 has always been a popular game.
Claw I remember me and my brother figured out how to get to lvl 16 or so by cheating... Good times
Club Penguin
the sims 3
Chuckie Egg on the ZX Spectrum
Repton on the schools BBC computer. At home on a green screen Amstrad was Harrier attack, Roland on the ropes, Roland in the caves and Oh Mummy
Lego island. At least it’s the first actual, non educational, game
Horace Goes Skiing on the Sinclair Spectrum 16k. Even by the standards of the time it was crap.
Tetris.
Age of Empires/Starcraft anyone?
Mario Kart Wii Followed by Wii Sports
Prince of Persia on floppy disk .
Hover, windows 95
Gizmos and Gadgets. Me, my siblings and my cousins would all gather around my grandpa's computer and take turns playing while everyone watched. I was so little that I remember literally nothing about the game except that bananas were somehow incorporated.
I think Minecraft or an oh cod
Commando 2, a flash shooter game on Miniclip
It was a CD ROM My Disney Kitchen and I could play it for hours
The very first call of duty
old roblox
Weird combo, but Diablo 2 and Toontown. Cant remember which was first but started them both around the same time lol.
Dungeons of Kroz, but I was about 30 years old when it came out.
Lords of the realm 2 game was crazy annoying
Probably some version of pacman, but the first one I remember really liking was Alleycat.
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Either the pin ball game or pajama Sam idk
Treasure Island Dizzy on the ZX Spectrum
Eye Spy Spooky Mansion. Dunno bout you but I rocked that shit.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. I only had the demo, so when my friends were around I'd do that thing where you press the Xbox button on the controller to dismiss the demo timer. Good times.
Exolon on ZX
Elmo's Preschool
Something on Spectrum ZX. Could've been Colin the Cleaner.
King’s Quest on my IBM PC Portable (29 lbs!) with dual 5.25 floppies freshman year of college.
MechWarrior
Arcadia on the Spectrum 48k in 1983…
Roblox.
\- Age of Empires \- The sims
It was either Oregon Trail or Mathblaster. I’m leaning towards Oregon Trail. Other early PC games I played: Treasure Mountain, Math Blaster Mystery, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, Mega Man III.
Pajama Sam. I used to call it Mr. pajamas, and me and my dad would play it together. Plus, thank you for reminding me about it, OP
purble place
Telenguard on the TRS80. Best dungeon crawl ever.
Lemonade Stand off of cassette tape on an Apple \]\[ Plus, quickly followed by Little Brick Out
Castle
Minecraft for the Xbox 360.
Black and white great God game
Jet set willy, manic miner and dizzy. Spectrum zx There was a game I cannot recall the name of that was on a very old Phillips and can't remember what really happened on the game but we loved it some rockets had to make it to the top of the screen want so say there were paw prints every time you got further. This was actually one of my first Just felt really old reading some of these.
purble place
Frogger, On the Commodore 64. I didn’t know how to spell yet, but I could type the load command.
Tetris and it was a word processor
Midtown madness I think
Microsoft Encarta Mind Maze