This Tuesday was a very important day. It was the first day my one-and-a-half-year-old son played his first video game.
The game? Wii Sports baseball. And by playing he held the Wii Remote and kinda swung his arm. My older son doesn’t really play that many video games – instead, he likes to fold paper and play with LEGO. But when he does, Wii Sports is something he likes to play. And now something he can play with his little brother.
Say what you will about the Wii. When you’re a one-year-old, flailing about makes for a delightful gaming experience. Watching your child flail about with a Wii Remote, even more so.
I don’t really remember my first gaming experience. As a kid, I do remember the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong. My cousin had an Atari 2600, and I still have very vivid memories playing that. But I don’t quite remember which was first. You know, that exact moment in which I became exposed to video games.
I’ll never forget, though, when my youngest son did.
Den Bones
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 8:30 PMGreat photo.
My first gaming memory was grannys garden a rubbish educational game in school… it did however blow my mind and get me fixated on gaming :D
Geoff
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 4:46 PMWay to take me back in time with that one! You’ve got the music running through my head :)
Granny’s Garden, POD, Logo and Zork would all be up there as the earliest I remember.
Michael Barnes
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 8:31 PMhes not going to remember that though. his first gaming experience he will remember will probably be with the wii 2 by the time his mind is developed. my first gaming experience was twisted metal 1 on ps1 with my dad. i know i played snes before that, but i cant remember it so…
ERRR
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:51 AMSo did it really happen? Dun dun DUNNN.
Jonathan Betten
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 8:40 PMmy extended family used to holiday at my grandparents place at Old Bar (NSW); at an extremely young age my uncle used to teach me the arts of Super Mario Bros. (NES of course)… by the end of hol’s he had me doing speed runs of levels like a pro (I was 4-5). Its a bit strange that Mario was my first game though because before I was born my dad had a Afterburner edition Commodore 64 pack stashed away for me which I only really discovered after I latched myself into NES mania. Its strange being less then 10 and knowing how to navigate DOS like a pro though, my mum couldn’t make heads or tails of it and left me to my own devices… These days kids wouldn’t have a clue.
Veagor
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 8:49 PMI had dabbled in games in the past, but the game that got me going would have been InFamous. I bought 14 games last year, all from money in my own pocket.
I don’t regret even in the slightest.
Nick
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 9:46 PMEither Impossible Mission or Spy Hunter on the Commodore 64 when I was maybe 2 or 3??
metalisticpain
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:02 PMMy First gaming experience.
Close Combat 1 on PC, i didnt know how to play it and my time was up before I figured out how to open the menu to direct my troops :(
I went on to play that game over and over again :)
legless joe
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:23 PMHmm, could be ‘Alex the Kid’ on sega master system or ‘Fready the Fish’ point and click adventure, or ‘The Magic School Bus’ click and point adventure.
John McWhirter
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:24 PMI remember my first gaming experience quite well. It was Octopus on the Nintendo Game n Watch. I played it for what felt like years trying to “clock” it. I eventually did at age 5.
Brendan
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:52 PMThat would be Mario Bro on NES. Even when I was 6 I was better at in than my mum hahah. “Come and do this level for me” was a common term in my household.
I pretty much played my entire family through their “Donkey Kong Country” nights. Then they would send me away from making them look bad lol.
You know I never realized how gaming centric my family actually was. Thats pretty cool.
CJ
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 11:42 PMfirst game was tetris, for time on a propper console was Goldeneye on the 64. I will always remember killing that scientist as he took a leek.
Viroxide
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 12:24 AMAlex the Kid built into the Sega Master System followed soon after by my first game of Sonic. I still remember doing the whole ‘move the controller in a jumping action in hope that it will make sonic jump further’ thing everytime i tried to leap over a lava pit.
Goraxium
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 12:37 AMIf by gaming you mean video games, then my memory’s a little fuzzy, but it was either Fishing Derby, Frogger, Pitfall, Yar’s Revenge or River Raid on the Atari.
If you meant games in general, then Cricket… Apparently I got in the way and copped a bat to the face, which might explain the memory problems…
Taylor
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 12:42 AMPlaying Bubsy, Mario and some rally game on a SNES at my cousins.
If any one knows what rally game it was, let me know! It was like a top down one, with jumps and such. It might have been Power Drive but I’m not sure.
Dian Hadi
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 1:20 AMMy first gaming experience was my dads NES which had mario and Duck Hunt. i played it first in ’98
Sean Coppleman
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 2:06 AMCan’t remember the name of the game but my dad snuck home a laptop from work one night and showed me this great game that was pretty much a prehistoric version of scorched earth.
just 2 tanks, pick your power and angle and account for wind.
still can’t believe i remember that.
Alex Walker
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 7:41 AMPlaying F11-7A Stealth Fighter with a joystick and crash-landing the black beauty.
I wasn’t very good when I was 2.
Old_Skool_Gamer
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:49 AMMy first gaming experience was Pong, not sure how how old I was, I think under 5.
After that my strongest memories are playing Burgertime on the Intellivision (man I hope they bring that out for the Game Room), Enduro and Pitfall on the Atari 2600 and Super Mario Bros. on NES. Man, that takes me back.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:04 AMI know i played a commodore 64 at a friend’s when i was little but i think that was long after it came out and my first gaming experience was actually the first mario on the NES at a friend’s. then there was duck hunt on the NES at another friend’s. both times all i wanted to do was play them forever.
Brink
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:09 AMCousins Atari 26 here…
Abodi
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:23 AMmy first game was “Xenon” by the bitmap bros on an Amiga1000. i was 5, i saw my dad bring it home the night before, so being inquisitive, when i woke up i turned it on. but the computer was using an old tv as a monitor and the volume knob was missing and it was really loud. to i only played it for about a minute.
good memories
Noel Ash
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:41 AMFiendish Freddy’s Big Top O’Fun and Ghostbusters on the Commodore 64
Adrian Verna
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 10:47 AMI remember my brother getting a Super Nintendo for his birthday, but I can’t remember actually playing it. We had DKC, Super Mario All-Stars+Super Mario World, DKC3 and Yoshi’s Island.
Con
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 10:54 AMUnfortunately, if current thinking is correct, your son won’t remember it at all. Apparently we don’t start forming solid memories until we’re 3 or 4 years old. We’re like sieves until then with only a 6-12 month memory span.
Mine is Zelda and Kid Icarus on a friends NES. The gold cartridge, oh man, the gold cartridge. Think I was about 7 or 8.
Twosheds
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 11:11 AMI go back to Pong. I played that baby way to much. Dedicated console connect to the TV. I don’t remember the brand.
Mikka
Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 11:11 AMmy first game?
silkworm on the Amiga… or maybe speedball 2. i was aged 5