thepeaguy83 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) I started playing computer games since 1987 or 1988 (games consoles are essentially specialised computers for gaming). I don't remember the exact year. I used to play games on the Amstrad computer. My first Japanese games console was the Sega Master System II. Edited August 8, 2021 by thepeaguy83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightMoonss Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_Radio Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Close to 30 years. My first exposure was Super Mario Bros 3 on the NES, but it was my sisters so playtime was extremely limited. It's been since 1992 or 1993. I got my Sega Genesis in 1993, played the Super Nintendo at a relatives house, and had my Nintendo 64 by early 1998. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBloodmoney Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 around 35 years. Started aged 3, playing Pong and the Pong variants on a console that was over 10 years old, even at that point: - my granddad was a tech-head through and through, and used to fire this up to play with me when he and my grandma were watching me. Graduated to the NES via friends later, but didn't get my own console until the SNES - but the seed had been planted long before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyc138 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I was born in ‘90 and we had an NES, SNES and Atari in the house when I was a kid, so around 30 years or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckallmighty Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 34 - 35 years for me. The first game i remember getting into was Kings Quest on PC. It had been out for a couple years before i started playing it. Remember playing a couple of my older brothers atari games before that but didnt really know what i was doing till i was about 6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfree7 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Currently 52. Started at 7. 45 years an counting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomataEighty9 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 As long as i can remember. My first self owned console was the original Gameboy. It released in Denmark the year i was born. I have fond memories of playing Pokemon Blue (one of the few games i had and wanted to play), i also had Super Mario and Wario land (no trophies or gamerscore back then, but i played that game SOOOO many times through). I would say i've been gaming for 25+ years, on and off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z1MZUM Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Allot of people here are older then I expected. To be honest for me it was Pinball machines before and then we had a space invader arcade cabinet in the local shop. Soon after we had a Pong machine at home. Some really fantastic stories here regardless of time periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedomer Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I guess i started around 1996. I started with PC first and followed by NES games. I remember i was playing LOTUS racing game and The Lost Vikings on my old PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SliziaK Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I've been playing games for about 24 years I started really young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_J270216 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) Since 1993, started with NES -> SNES -> PS -> GBA -> PS2 -> Xbox 360 -> PS3 -> PS4 Edited September 14, 2021 by G_J270216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funboy1246 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 since 1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDragon Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Estimating 33 years. Not 100% though. Still, long ass time. My first memories of gaming were when I was in kindergarten, so that’s probably about right. Edited September 28, 2021 by MidnightDragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilantCrow Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Played off and on as a casual gamer between 1988ish and 2007ish (Only played when visiting others who had games). Went all in with PC gaming until 2015ish, swapped to xbox until 2018 and ended up on ps4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverythingOnFire Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 8/8/2021 at 11:26 PM, buckallmighty said: 34 - 35 years for me. The first game i remember getting into was Kings Quest on PC. It had been out for a couple years before i started playing it. Nearly the same in my case, even down to Kings Quest(!), though for me it was Kings Quest III. Those games were so great, but were pretty tricky. It's also probably the first game that ever made me rage-quit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklight-nero Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 27-28 years something like that I don’t think I had ever seen a console in my life until I came to England to live with my Mother and Stepfather in the early 90s when I was 7-8 years old they happen to have the NES console and it was then that I played my first video game ever I can’t quite recall which but it was either Super Mario Bros or Duck Hunt. Edited September 29, 2021 by blacklight-nero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viscera1900 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) 21-22 years and it's going up. My first memories with gaming are from an old Nintendo gaming console, Gameboy Color with some Gen 1 & 2 Pokemon games and PS1. Edited September 27, 2021 by Viscera1900 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monochrome Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 24 years I started with the NES, and I can remember playing that dual pack Duck Hunt / Mario cartridge with my sister a lot, but we didn't play that often. Eventually, my uncle and aunt introduced me to Diablo when I was 8 and from there I was hooked. I remember nothing about Diablo, but I know I had a lot of fun playing the game with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baranov_925 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Since I was 9/10 years old, circa 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightVege Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) To the best of my hazy recollection, my fascination with games must have begun around 1988, with the Sega Master System and Atari 2600. The first games I ever touched were Phantasy Star, Combat, and Joust. Edited September 28, 2021 by ScarecrowsFate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valzentia Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Been playing for about 13 years now ever since I found 3D Pinball: Space Cadet on a Windows 2000 PC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Trigger Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Since 7 years old, starting with Super Mario World, Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and The Revenge of Shinobi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMcDamage Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Gaming since I was about 5-6 years old in the early 80's. At the time we were more broke than a 2021 day one release (gamer joke.... ba-dom-bom-pssh!) so I never owned any of my own games, apart from the old individual LCD screen games. At school we had a BBC computer but it was nothing to do with the TV station we have in the UK. It was just a school computer and when the teachers were too hung over they used to throw in a massive so called 'floppy disc' and then we could play pong and pattern games. We carried on being broke and then eventually I was able to get a Spectrum. I missed the original NES era due to it being so friggin expensive, but managed to snag a SEGA Master System 2. From there is was SNES, Amiga and then I think the PS1 era arrived. Throughout all that time though gaming was only a time filler as I was young and very outgoing... we all were really. It wasn't until I got stabbed (for the second time) in my late 20's that my ex just told me to chill and try the video games I used to like. This was the 360 era and games had just grown so much. Since then I haven't been stabbed, the ex is still the ex and I'm enjoying gaming as a hobby more than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillia Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Hmm.. hard to pin-point when exactly I started, I believe since like 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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