What gotcha into playing video games?

[Quill]

I'm definitely aging myself here, but my brother got a SNES when I was about six or seven. And watching him play turned into him teaching me how to play, and that kept up til I bugged my parents about Pokemon so much they got me a gameboy color when I was twelve with Pokemon Blue.

 

[Soot Sprite]

Well I think the main thing was playing on my cousins nintendogs game when I was really young, but I didn't really get into many games until I bought HG/SS, then moved from only nintendo to Playstation a few years ago^-^

 

[Quill]

Oh my gosh, reading through this thread has me feeling so old ;-; All of you guys like, "I had a wii when I was a kid!" And like... I had kids by the time the wii came out. I'm dying over here.

 

[dawsoncreek]

my cousin had a Nintendo and I watched him and my uncles play mike Tyson's punch out and I was scared and intrigued at the same time..

 

[DarkDesertFox]

I was hooked when I played the SEGA Genesis at my grandma and grandpa's house the first time as a little kid. I would play Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) whenever I went over along with other games I remember. I even played a Barney hide and go seek game on it. I've been playing games ever since.

 

[Squidward]

I was like 4 and this boy was the only kid in my neighbourhood so we used to play a lot, but he always had the newest playstations etc. so when we played together I really liked playing it so I guess that's what got me into videogames.

 

[Tao]

My step dad had a SNES and Super Mario World was awesome...Plus, Splatterhouse II.


I had a Sega Megadrive before that, but it was kinda just there. It didn't grab me in the same way.

 

[Javocado]

I don't have a dad so the N64 was my father.

 

[nintendofan85]

In 2008 my dad had begun talking about getting a Wii so in November 2008 we got one, although since it was really a Christmas present I didn't get to start playing it until Christmas Day that year. It came with Wii Sports (obviously) and that Christmas I also got Mario Kart Wii and some Nicktoons game I can't remember the name of.
I first played Animal Crossing when I bought City Folk in April 2009.

 

[Knopekin]

I was a kid when the Pokemon craze hit in the late 90's. I loved the cards, I loved the TV show, and I used to borrow my friends' Gameboys so I could play the games, too.

Then one birthday (I was 9 or 10), my parents gave my sister and I money for our birthday and I bought a Gameboy Color (the purple see-through one), and my sister got a Gameboy Original. She had some money left over and bought Pokemon Blue, which I promptly stole. I've been playing games (mostly Pokemon) ever since.

 

[piichinu]

i first played n64 games but that was just at my cousins' house
same with other systems like the DS, DS lite, gamecube and more, but those were ours (not my cousins') so my parents always had them locked up cuz my family is rly focused on school and reading nd sht

but when i actually got "into" them was when my parents got divorced i didnt see my brother for over a year bc he was with my dad which caused me to be bored out of my mind, so i started playing mkw for several hours a day

it was at that time my parents let me actually play games cuz they felt bad for me LOL

eventually i went online and started to play w other people, then i got the wind waker edition wii u on release and started to actually play regularly and things like that and keep up with release dates and new games rather than waiting for my brother to buy games and let me play them

i guess thats it

 

[demoness]

so when i was about 3, and my stepdad moved in, he brought with him his younger brother's SNES, presumably just to fool around with (my mother and he were very early 20s at this point.) first game i actually played was F-Zero. then i'd fool around with super mario world, super mario allstars, the super star wars games, super baseball simulator 1.000, and kirby's dreamland 3. later my uncle would give his NES and i had some exposure to punch out, battletoads, nes pinball, but video games still felt like more of an 'i'm really bored' toy. i also played windows 95 and 98 dinky pc games like spiderman cartoon maker, barbie games, etc. but games still weren't something i was interested in doing. i'd also watch my cousin play a sega genesis.

fast forward to 1997-98. my sister and i got a n64 for christmas with diddy kong racing and sm64, which again, grabbed my attention but didn't sell me. then came my 5th or 6th birthday that same year cycle with Croc, Spyro, Crash 2, and a demo disc (i think it was dated about a year) so i was exposed to like tomba and ff7 and parappa and medievil and something about all the cuteness and variety and being old enough to want things of my own volition got me. and i've been a sony fangirl since, though i still usually aquire other console and pc games just as often when there is something i want.

 

[okaimii]

I used to watch my older brother play video games all the time. I could sit there for hours watching him play Silent Hill and it was great. Eventually I got my own systems as I grew older and I've been really into video games ever since.

 

[radioloves]

Yeah, my dad got me into video games at 6 years old I started off with the gamecube then continued with the other ones after that. The only ones I've skipped as of game devices would be the playstation 4, wii u, and the xbox one, I'm not really all the into gaming as much anymore than I was before, but I still love it every time I play though xD

 

[boujee]

My dad brought me a gamecube on my birthday when I was turning 7 I think. I didn't really play it much cause I was a outside kid[still am now] but the first game he gave me was super smash bros melee. Then as time went buy I started trading in my games for other games, like super mario sunshine, super monkey ball, animal crossing, and a bunch of sonic stuff[like sonic adventure 2 battle, sonic xd, and sonic heroes]. This was all on my gamecube, even on the wii I still play these games sometimes. I hardly play games now.

 

[TarzanGirl]

My younger brother was into video games and I played some of them with him or just watched him play. That was back on regular Play Station and Gameboy. My friend also had a 64 and I played that at her house, but I didn't get into playing games by myself until I was an adult. I guess my husband really got me into games.

 

[graceroxx]

When I was super young, the library used to give my mom all of the stuff from the lost and found (she worked at the library). I guess someone lost their Gameboy Advance there, and so I got it. The only game that it had was Castlevania: Circle of the Moon I think?? That game scared me so much. I remember beating the Cerberus boss in 2nd grade, but when I got to the next boss I could never beat it. It ended up giving me nightmares. I just gave the game to my best friend this summer...
the very same best friend who got me into the video games I play today. I used to watch her play Pokemon Diamond and other similar games on her DS. I eventually broke down and got my own DS Lite and games in late 2009 XD. My collection grew from there.

 

[GalacticGhost]

When I was a kid I watched my dad play video games, and I guess I got curious and eventually I started to play too. I think my first console/handheld was the Gamecube, along with some version of the GBA, and I think I started playing when I was 5/6, but I can't really remember.

 

[Dustmop]

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).

This is basically what I came here to say. It's just always been a part of my life. Though they didn't make me wait until I was 5 or 6, I was playing at like 2 or 3. As they like to say, "You didn't even have hair on your head yet and you were telling us we were playing it wrong." :')

My parents (and sisters, for that matter) were geeks/gamers, to some extent, before I was even born. My mom less-so than my dad; she played arcade games when they first became a 'cool thing', but he's been playing D&D long before she started playing Galaga at bowling alleys. Even after that, she really only played Tetris and Dr. Mario, the original LoZ was too hard for her. what a casual


Ahem, lol. Needless to say - 23 years ago, I was born into a household with an Intellivision, Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and 3 of the original brick Gameboys (my 3 sisters', and then eventually 'mine').
As I got older they added the Gameboy Color, N64, Gamecube, PS2, and finally a 360 to that collection.
After that I had to start buying them myself.


I never stood a chance at having a social life.

 

[DJStarstryker]

When I was about 5, the NES first came out. My uncle bought one and brought it over to play it with my dad. I watched them play Super Mario Bros. and it looked a lot of fun. They let me play. I remember it taking me so long to beat World 1-1 at that age, but that didn't stop me.