What gotcha into playing video games?

[Chaotix]

So I ask what gotcha into playing video games for the first time and was it a friend?, Family? or something else?

For me it was when I was a kid watching a cartoon called "teenage mutant ninja turtles" and one day this commericial aired (below)

I know it's cheesy and all but I asked my parents if I can a super nintendo plus this game and I did a few months later with the help of straight A's in school.

That's pretty much how I got into video games and what about you?

 

[Mariah]

I'm not really into playing video games.

 

[Kapriznyy]

I don't remember ever not playing them, honestly, so I'm not sure how to answer. I was always messing around with some sort of game and it just naturally integrated into my life that way.

 

[Acruoxil]

my dad bought me a nes when i was 8 months old

 

[soda]

despair

 

[Emizel]

Only a word: Bunnyz.
Yes.
I always saw my sister played with it.
So, I really wanted a ds lite, and I got one for my birthday with nintendogs. (My ds was cotton pink, I loved it). ♡

 

[Alienfish]

my gameboy color and ps1 i/we had ages ago.

also one of my closest friends who got me more serious into it

 

[Zane]

Idk I can barely remember a time when I didn't play video games, my family had a NES/SNES since before I was alive so I always played Super Nintendo games with my older sisters as a kid. My mom used to be into gaming a little and even when she wasn't anymore she still bought us systems. I guess I really got into it when we got a N64, and a GBC we were all supposed to share but later became mine.

 

[epona]

my brother got crash bandicoot on playstation when it came out and i was only like 2 and i just thought it was the coolest thing in the whole world i used to sit and watch him play it for hours on end and sometimes he'd let me play but he'd do all the difficult stuff for me and it was just the best and then for christmas in 2002 i got a gamecube and animal crossing from my parents and yeah that was it really

 

[Rasha]

when I was only 3 I would watch my mom play the nes everyday and I just really wanted to touch that controller...
first game for me was galaxian. I still love that game

 

[cornimer]

When I was 8 I went to this summer camp where they had a "wii room", which literally just had like 10 wiis. I had never played any sort of video game prior to this but I really enjoyed the wii and asked for one for my birthday. The rest is history.

 

[mintellect]

In first grade, I picked up my first-ever game: Zhu Zhu Pets for the DS, which I wanted because I liked the actual toys. I got addicted to it, and wanted to try out other games.

 

[Belle of Pripyat]

I was a kid in the '80s and my family had an Atari 2600 in the living room. I remember I loved "Pitfall" and "Adventure." A few years later, my older sister got a Nintendo NES that she hooked up in her room. I used to watch her play games and I'd play when she wasn't home (with her permission). I'm not much of a gamer, though, and never have been. I like a small handful of games.

 

[focus]

a random sonic game i had on my gameboy. it was incredible

 

[TheGreatBrain]

When I was a kid, the only video games we had were in stores and arcades. You had to put quarters in them to play. Most of my money was spent on playing Pac Man, Burgertime, Joust, Centipede, etc.

As a teen, my friend had an Atari, we played pong, and a bunch of other lame games that were pretty addictive.

As an adult, my boyfriend had a nintendo, and got me hooked on tetris and dragon Warrior.

 

[Earth Wolf-Howl]

If I recall, my family's always been mildly interested in gaming, so when the N64 was released, they decided to get it. It was there when I was young, so of course, I tried it out (I think it was Super Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time that I played) and loved it. Since then, I've basically grown up with video games.

 

[chronic]

A very long time ago, at the age of 4 I was introduced to GAMEBOY

"I like this!"

Remembering that day fondly. From there it was PLAYSTATION 2 and then the almighty... NINTENDO WII oooweee!

 

[MapleLeafKangaroos]

Probably my dad :')
When I was in preschool, he bought me a white DS lite and I was so happy.
I'd play that one Build-a-bear game and I absolutely loved it. When I was in first grade he introduced me to Animal Crossing, and I was absolutely obsessed since that day. It's been 6 years since my obsession with animal crossing started.
wow i feel so old

 

[ShinyYoshi]

I can't remember which one was first, but I remember getting a Gameboy Color with Pokemon Red for Christmas when I was really young. Or we got a Nintendo 64 before that with some now classic games.

Video games have pretty much been in my life since I was 3 or 4 and I never even knew why my parents bought the 64 or GBC in the first place. I'm glad they did, though

 

[Chris]

It runs in the family. My Dad is a huge nerd gamer. Right now I'm sat in his living room watching him play Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited on PS4.

From about age five or six he started letting me play his video games instead of just watching. The first title I played on PS1 was Spyro the Dragon. I kept stealing his Gameboy to play Metroid II: Return of Samus, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Taz-Mania, and later when he let me reset his Pok?mon Yellow he never got that game or his console back until he eventually bought me a GBC for Christmas haha. The first games that were completely my own were Gameboy Gallery and Mickey's Wild Adventure (PS1).