Your First Video Game

[icehorse]

What was the first non-arcade video game you played, and what system did you play it on?

well pong at a railroad station in the mid-70s, but maybe you're counting that as an arcade game?

Probably missile command on an Apple II, I'm guessing late 70s?

Then in the early 80s I got addicted to Asteroids played in saloons

But the first game I ever coded was Nim, on an HP programmable calculator in 74 or 75

And the first paycheck I ever got as a programmer was on an IBM 1130:

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Pong on a Sears Atari and Mario 1, Donkey Kong Classics, Tetris, Legend of Zelda and Castlevania on NES.
Tetris and Castlevania were the ones to really leave a lasting impact, and probably why I love classical music. And was so good at loading trailers I used less space than the computer allotted me.

 

[We Never Know]

I don't remember which system we had but:

(Note to everybody: don't bother watching the whole video. It doesn't get any more interesting)

Atari. It was launched as ....
"Pong, groundbreaking electronic game released in 1972 by the American game manufacturer Atari, Inc"

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Anyone else remember the TVs with the built in NES?

 

[We Never Know]

Anyone else remember the TVs with the built in NES?

It was marketed as a game television. I think less than a 1000 were made. The price was too high.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It was marketed as a game television. I think less than a 1000 were made. The price was too high.

I thought I remembered something about not that many of them being made, but that's been so long ago I don't remember.

 

[We Never Know]

I thought I remembered something about not that many of them being made, but that's been so long ago I don't remember.

I was off by 800, but its under a 1000 lol.

"An estimated 200 units were made, but it is unknown how many still exist because many were thrown away once the Nintendo Entertaiment System was outdated"

Television With Built-In NES

The Television With Built-In NES (or Game Television) is the name given to two offcially-licensed 19" televisions created by SHARP in 1989 - 1990 with a built-in Nintendo Entertainment System known as the SHARP 19SV111 and SHARP 19SC111. The SHARP 19SV111 is the first television with built-in...

nes.fandom.com

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I was off by 800, but its under a 1000 lol.

"An estimated 200 units were made, but it is unknown how many still exist because many were thrown away once the Nintendo Entertaiment System was outdated"

Television With Built-In NES

The Television With Built-In NES (or Game Television) is the name given to two offcially-licensed 19" televisions created by SHARP in 1989 - 1990 with a built-in Nintendo Entertainment System known as the SHARP 19SV111 and SHARP 19SC111. The SHARP 19SV111 is the first television with built-in...

nes.fandom.com

Wow. I feel really special now having gotten to use one once.

 

[sun rise]

It was not a "video" game because I played it on a teletype ask33/ksr33.There were two games - one was "Hunt the Wumpus". I don't remember the other but if you did not feed the peasants enough, they'd revolt. I found it PDP-8 Baron Game