How old were you and maybe most importantly was it worth it ?
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I think it was the GameCube version of Sims 2. I remember going with a friend to get it to play before another friend came over for a sleepover. We loved Sims Bustin Out when I rented it from Blockbuster, but figured Sims 2 was even better cause…I mean it has a number in the title so it was probably the sequel to Bustin Out. I also remember being extremely nervous cause it was rated T and I was like 11 or something.
It’s been a long time ago….
For a console: probably https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaboom!_(video_game)
For a computer: for my C64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_IV%3A_Quest_of_the_Avatar
I really think it was that set of three games, Half Life, Portal, and whatever the other one was. The orange box was it?
Where did I get that first xbox 360? I think it was given to me or traded… I dont remember, but I think I went out and got Portal as my first ever game purchase.
we had games and consoles before that, but I didnt buy them.
I think my buddy back then, got the ring of death, and he got it fixed through the mail. They sent him two xboxes on accident, so he gave me the extra one. I think thats how I got it.
I def remmeber going to game stop to make the game purchas though, I was giddy with excitement
Ultima Underworld.
Saved a whole year for that one. Took a whole day to figure out how to configure the EMM386 line that would enable me to have enough memory to run the damn thing (tears of frustration were shed).Absolutely worth it. Blew my little mind. Never got to finish it though, because of a bug in the quest in the last level T_T
One of those handheld football games with little red dots for players.
If you mean console or computer games, asteroids for Atari 2600.
The football game was too hard for a 5 year old.
I still like playing an occasional game of asteroids to this day.
World Grand Prix for the Sega Master System 2.
Technically the second ever game I owned, as the system came bundled with Alex the Kidd in Miracle World.
Was maybe 6? at the time.
Couldn’t tell you the very first game I bought, but I definitely remember one of the oldest being either Ed Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Ed-Ventures for gamecube or Sonic Unleashed for PS2.
I could at least say with certainty my first Steam game purchase was most likely Portal 2 since I wanted the level creator super bad as an xbox port owner.
This might not actually be the first one, but one of the earliest games I definitely remember actually buying with my own money was Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix 2. I would have been around 7 or so.
Definitely worth it, great game and the demos on the CD introduced me to Transport Tycoon, and the XCom and Worms franchises - and things kind of snowballed from there!
The first game I ever bought with my own money was Metal Gear Solid 1. And the PS1 to play it on.
I wanted FF7 but they didn’t have it. But MGS was a good second choice. It was also the first time ever buying anything from a second-hand store. I wish I could remember the name of the store; it wasn’t Funcoland or EB. They had a logo that was an anthropomorphic SNES cart, tho.
I think it was either Soleil or Dune 2 for the Mega Drive/Genesis. I was 10 or 11 at the time.
Starcraft
Pokemon Blue. I saved up then learned about sales tax at the cashier, so my dad bailed me out with the extra $5
King.
Super Mario All Stars bundled with a SNES. I remember going to the supermarket with my grandmother to get it.
Rise of the Triads. It was not worth it because there was a fault on the 5th floppy disk so it never worked and I couldn’t bring it back to the store because I was 13 and wasn’t supposed to be buying violent games but I bought it without telling my parents. So I couldn’t take it back without them finding out.
Jet Set Willy. It was on a cassette tape, for the spectrum computer. My brother’s and I got probably hundreds of hours out of it.
