How did you get into gaming?

[Mujklob]

When I was four, my grandparents inherited a SNES with The Legend of Zelda: A Link To the Past. I played that a lot. It didn't matter if I played it all day and got nowhere in the storyline, I just kept playing and trying. Unfortunately, I could never beat the Ice Dungeon until a few months ago when I sat down and beat it on a ROM. So, it only took me about twelve years to beat it. I also had a SEGA Genesis at one point, but I can't remember how old I was.

The best was when I got my N64. I had to have put close to 1000 hours into Perfect Dark. I've also been an avid PC Gamer since Windows 95. Before then, I did have a lot of fun typing endless strings of characters on DOS and printing them off. If that counts as a game. Currently, I'm hooked on my Wii.

[† Emotional Outlet]

I still want to play with your Wii. I hate being poor.

I'm the eldest child by two years, disregarding the earlier children my mother had in the Philippines, so... Still my father--he played video games before we were born. I would look for an outlet too if my sister was a drunkard and my parents were stupid... I think we have a couple of seventies game systems around... somewhere...

[Nishinku]

Well i got a nintendo at a age og 2 years for christmas(Brand new console at the time ) And Batman! And gamed ever since

[Shiny Teeth]

When I was seven years old I said the words, "I want to play" and my big brother put the controller in my hands.

[Sean Eats Airplane]

My step dad always liked games, so I guess he got me into it.

[Whiplash]

I grew up playing the Atari, then at 6 we got a SNES, at 8 I met the Gameboy and the Playstation and at 12 or so I found the PS2. Holding my hand the entire way was a host of PC games. I didn't get into gaming so much as I was born into it, they've always been there.

[Adam]

Hmm. The oldest games I remember were:

Phantasy Star

Splatterhouse

Vectorman

Alien vs Predator (For the Jaguar)

Oh and the mighty, Doom!

That's as much as I remember. Im certain there's more but... My memory is pretty craptastic. I think I was 5-ish at the time. But again, my memory is pretty craptastic.

[Whiplash]

I also have to give my older brother credit for convincing my mother to let me play Doom when I was 10, that helped hugely.

[Adidaas]

Have to blame my brothers for my video game addiction them and there Street Fighter 2 and Bust-A-Move and Punch Out. Basically it was thanks to them and Nintendo and arcades.

[Elnidfse]

Well it began rather strangely My dad was a 2d fighting pro. (yeah they're dying so what >O)

But yeah, thats what he did. He was the guru of all 2d fighting games. I could never beat him. (Granted I was under 13... but still)

So as I got older I played 2d fighters more Which then leaked out into other things. Racing, sports, w/e the hell mario party is considered as, bunch of Rpgs. And thus, my career began

[Guest Destiny Angel]

I blame my cousins and brother.

At first it was my cousin who got the first Gameboy. It had breakout and mario, I then always borrowed, then my brother watned one and he did.

After that some console came and my cousin who is close to my age got the PS1. After that we moved away from my cousins and then 3-4 years later my brother got a job and bought the PS2. Nintendo DS came after that which was just this year and the PS2 is now 3-4 years old =)

But I do blame my brother most for getting me into PS2, since back then i wasn't a gaming freak until i had brains to know what console games were.

[Juneau]

My cousin I think, but them I always liked games.

I've been playing games ever since I can remember. Started with Atari and games like frog and tennis |. | , moved onto Prince of Persia, the first ever, for Comodore 286 I think it was, and some Formula 1 game . Then I got the Nintendo, the really old one, and played games like Captain Tsubasa, Street Fighter, the whole NES and SNES thing. Moved to PS one and got introduced to RPG and FF games That's enough said I think.

[orangeLemon]

My brother played video games, so naturally I played video games. That's about all there is to it, continued playing because my brother and his friends continued playing, and I still play games occasionally even though my brother doesn't just because I've now become accustomed to playing.

[Jace Beleren]

I started with computer games, like Rayman, earth worm jim (haha), doom, quake 2.

but i didn't really get into gaming till i got a playstation for christmas, and ff9 with it. first rpg i ever played and it got me hooked on gaming.

[Whiplash]

Earthworm Jim 2 was an absolutely awesome PC game. The cartoon series was also pretty special.

I think I still have the disc somewhere.

[Jace Beleren]

yea they were good games. i wish i still had it i would end up playing it again

[Lonewolfe187]

Grew up playing with computers then eventually switched to consoles.