What is the first video game you ever played and why do you like mmos

Master_Fluff

First videogame for me was Pacman. Loaded from a tape cassette into an Intel 8086 Sharp home computer (running a BASIC interpreter 5,25 " floppy bootdisk) using a 10" TV as a display. High resolution indeed.

MMOs lets us meet people from places that are not always easy to get to. That's why I like them

mocap

This:

This isn't an actual screenshot from the game, i drawed it in MS Paint, but it is pretty much 99% similar )

Katahdin

Atari 2600

Don't remember which was actually first but it easy either

Asteroids
Space invaders
Pac man
Pitfall
Or
Defender

First computer came was half life
First MMO was Guild Wars 1

Never played any ES game before.
Got to demo it at PAX East and liked it

xilfxlegion

pong. we're all old here.


first mmo was defiance. which led me to this one.

Gilvoth

my very first video game?
i think it was:
Vintage Asteroids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlql-3Ta0yU

however, i am not sure if i did 1st play Vintage caveman.
that was a long time ago, so is hard to exactly pinpoint the very 1st.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j429zhJH1gU

i like MMO's because is much more realistic compared to singler player and is real life people to play with instead of NPC.

SilverIce58

My very first game was probably the pinball game on the old windows computers, or maybe minesweeper, but the game I do remember playing is Super Smash Bros Melee on the Gamecube, which then sparked my interest in the nintendo universe.

I got interested in mmo's due to everyone playing Runescape when I was a child, so I played it too. But after a while, I moved on to try several different asian mmo's, such as Perfect World Online, and eventually settled on Eden Eternal for about a year or two. After my guild fell apart, I moved on and could not find a game to keep my interest due to being a solo player with no interest in endgame raiding. But now I'm sitting comfortably in a trading guild, in an elder scrolls mmo, and I don't know what would get me to leave.

SickleCider

I started with an NES and an old beige Macintosh computer, which makes me a little bit younger than some of you folks. I can't remember exactly which game I picked up first. I remember spending lots of time playing that NES and watching my brothers play Quest For Glory on the Macintosh (I was the youngest). As for why I like MMOs. . . I'm really not a fan of the format, actually. I like the exploration and character progression, and the mounts and cosmetics, and the dungeons, but I think there's a lot of unnecessary minutiae, and I also think MMOs tend to be very sanitized. (My favorite game is Bloodborne, if that offers any perspective.)

Drakkdjinn

The godfather of all FPS games that is yet to be matched: Tribes

https://youtu.be/d_tYMRyaj8s

I don't like MMOs, I like PvP in this MMO b/c its fast paced & fun when it works properly (latter becoming more rare).

jedtb16_ESO

pong. that was in the 70's.

where has all that time gone?

qbit

Duck hunt and Mario on NES. But that age of maybe four years old, I didn’t really like Mario like I did duck hunt. First game that really captivated me was metal gear on the NES. First RPG was final fantasy 7. First MMO is well... ESO. I always avoided social gaming. I saw ESO on sale recently and got it. Was blown away by the amount of solo content. Been addicted since.

MinnesotaKid

Guess I'm trending today...

Pong was the first game and this is the only MMO I've played but I did have tons of fun playing Quake 3 Arena, which was my first PVP experience online.

DorianDragonRaze

Do games on programmable calculators (that can display only digits) count?
I had a whole book of games for such devices. I entered machine code provided there, then ran the program, and played the game.
One of my favorites called "Aerosleigh Races".
Believe it or not, I had much fun!

max_only

It was either LOOM or Duke Nukem on my brothers pc. I think. Maybe it was a pocket pet like a tamagotchi? I don’t remember. No wait, it was maybe Oregon Trail on 4 actual floppy disks.

I like mmos because even though I play solo and as a loner it’s fun to see other people and be in a “society”. I don’t play the trading game like some people do but I think that aspect adds depth to my experience. Oooh I found this thing that I’m not going to use! In a single player it’s 10 gold to the merchant. In a multiplayer it may be worth thousands to the person who was grinding for it. Also I like people watching. Seeing the variety of avatars and how people conduct themselves is a thought experiment that never gets old. Yes I’m studying humanity and you all delight and disappoint in equal measure.

e1team

I think the first one I played was "Digger" or something very similar, and first MMO I played was Mu Online. My two best friends introduced me to this drug. Since then we always been together whenever a new MMO came out. It was a way to be together away from each other. Now though, we all busy. Them don't have time at all for games, and for me it's a 1 AM respite from family life and work.

EvilAutoTech

I want to say pong.

Y'all can skip the rest.

I remember that big yellow box in the Michael's New York Pizza right next to where the bookmobile would park every other Thursday. I don't think I played it a lot because Flicks (chocolate) were more enjoyable for a polyester clad boy in the mid 70s.

We had most consoles when I was growing up. We had a Magnavox, Atari 2600, 5200 and 7800 as well as the 800 "computer". We had a Colecovision but by then I was more into programming in Basic. We had Commodore Vic 20, Commodore 64 and an Amiga 128. We had a Texas Instruments TI-99 4A with voice synthesizer and a 2400 baud modem. My first PC was a TRS-80 that had a whopping 10MB hard drive.

While this is my first MMO, I have played MUDs but the number one reason for ESO is that I love TES.

Lysette

Uff, I hardly dare to say it in this thread - TES:Morrowind

I played MUDs before though, text-based only.

Tasear

Pacman my mom was a gamer, she still schooled me some days. She be like don't you see the patterns! This how it's done! I like I just want to see pretty animations or let's kill it. The irony is she calls me the logical one.

I always wanted to play a game with friends not just my 3 brothers at last. It's hard getting other girls to play videogames or so is my excuse why I never got invited to any reindeer games. Though fun fact only partues I ever went to in college was -Sports ones so guess that sorta counted.

As to say eventually I was looking for something to use my gift cards one Christmas years ago. I remembered the sense of making my own adventure with Skyrim so I took a chance even though reviews were really really discouraging. I was I pressed the moment I started the game that I clicked wrong class Sorc when I meant to be bosmer nightblade ( so things make sense now right?) At last I fell in love with and started adventure.

So why I like MMOs would be the people but besides neopets, and Pokemon, I have not been enchanted with a game this long. Just saying @Zos has done a wonderful job.

Tasear

GimpyPorcupine wrote: »

Pong, which my dad later sold at a yard sale for $10. I was so mad.

Who knows maybe that was someone else first game too! You passed on a legacy

ck37090

First MMO was: Asheron's Call then switched to Dark Age of Camelot (still the greatest PvP/RvR MMO ever)

Loralai_907

Oregon Trail a million years ago in grade school. First "real" game, original Mario, my bff got it when it first came out, and I was terrible at it. OMG I had so much trouble timing my stupid jumps and she used to laugh hysterically at me when I would get mad af and just run right off the edge on purpose. To this day, I hate games that make me jump over ledges. The library quest in Coldharbor gave me flashbacks haha.

I managed to avoid MMO's until this one. I knew I would like them too much, and here we are. I always have things to do. The people are awesome. The game is beautiful and so many of the quests are interesting and fun. Basically, I'm hooked.

Tryxus

8 bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega Master System II amongst others like Marble Madness, Altered Beast, Psycho Fox, Castle of Illusions with Mickey Mouse,...

Also owned a Sega Game Gear handheld with Columns, Space Invaders and an Asterix game . I grew up with Sega

I'm not really into MMOs, but I made an exception for this one cuz it's an Elder Scrolls game

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

Pong was my first video game ever.

I've turned into such an old fart that I really don't like MMO's anymore. ESO will be my last MMO. Games should be fun, not a full-time job.

Linaleah

depends on what your standards for video game are. the very VERY first game I played that wasn't some sort of early arcade game - was snake. you know the game where you have a pixel snake moving around the small square, eating and adding to its length while trying not to eat its tail. for whatever reason my dad had it installed on his work machine that otherwise existed solely as proto laser cutter, but you know, but without the lasers and rather mechanical saws, so I played it a bit when they had "bring your kids to work" days.

the first video game I played that actualy got me into gaming was Indiana Jones and Fate of Atlantis. we got a brand spanking new computer lab donated to out highschool, waaay back before the pentium. no idea who installed the game on one of the computers, but one of my classmates showed it to me and pretty much entirety of my recess was spent playing this game.

why do I like MMO's? honestly, I'm not entirely sure. I don't like all MMO's. I like MMO's that remember that they are also rpg's. I like stories (and I don't mind reading quest text to get those stories, since when I first started playing video games, text is all you get, no voice overs), and I guess I like being able to share enjoyment of those stories and just having general selective social interaction that I can chose to participate in, or not - while playing the game. you know... now that I think of it... my early video gaming was never really solitary. I didn't get a personal pc for a long long while, and I didn't experience any console gaming until after I got married (and then it was mostly golden eye on nintendo 64 :P with split screen. I was awful), so I either played in arcades, or in some sort of lan labs, whether it was at school (first highschool, then college) or private labs where you paid for lab acess. i think that's why mmo's generally appeal to me. even when its solitary playing - it isn't not really.

P.S. my first mmo, mundanely was WoW :P I tried Everquest at friend's house, but didn't really get into it. before that I mostly played solo, or small scale multiplayer stuff, but in company with other people.

Luigi_Vampa

Super Mario Bros on the NES was the first one I remember, but I probably played something earlier than that.

I like MMOs because of the ability to grow as a character that I designed over years instead of the predetermined character of most single players or limited storyline of those games. I like an evloving game that I can't really "finish".

Danikat

I think my first game was Hungry Horace on the ZX Spectrum. I can't be sure exactly because I was "playing" that thing from about the age of 2. I distinctly remember being fascinated with the squishy rubber buttons and the rainbow on the corner of the keyboard, then at some point later the dawning realisation that I could control the TV by pushing the buttons. But Hungry Horace is the first game I really remember playing on it.

My first MMO was Ultima Online. At the time the idea of playing a game online with dozens or hundreds of other people seemed amazing. Although weirdly my sister, who was 7 when we got it, was actually better at it than me. She never just stayed in town crafting and had a whole blacksmith's business going, and a wedding business on the side with another girl - they'd recommend venues, provide decorations, at least once even provided the guests and performed the ceremony. (Unfortunately she would also scam newbies - really blatantly - tell them she was a GM and they should send her their starter items to check they were right, then she'd log out or teleport away. I kind of feel like if you're scammed by a 7 year old you deserve it, but we were sharing an account so my brother and I put a stop to it.)

I like MMOs because of the unpredictability of having other people around. You never know what conversations or situations you're going to run into (especially with my guilds) or what's going to happen around you. I play them pretty much like single-player games most of the time because when I'm on and how long I'll have is very unpredictable so I can't commit to playing with a regular group, but I like the additional element of having other people around.

PouletRico wrote: »

My first video game was Little Big Aventure (at least as far as I remember), it was awesome ! Damn, I want to play it now.

My first MMO was Guild Wars 1, and I played several others since. I don't really know why tho, I like the gameplay, cleaning content with guildmates, it's just fun.

Little Big Adventure was amazing! Still one of the most enjoyable games I've played.

LostInReverie

The first game I ever played was Super Mario Bros. or Duck Hunt for the NES.

I like MMOs, because I like the challenge of working cooperatively with others to achieve objectives and goals.

central_scrutinizer

Black and white asteroids through a periscope while standing on a milk crate.
I like working with/against other people

craftycarper73

First video/computer game i played was horace and the spider on a 16k zx spectrum, wow i feel old now.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=N_ZiSPjTjb8

Gythral

Space Invaders

Then writing stuff to test the graphics on an RML380Z
Jump ahead 2 decades and multiple Korean Grinders & then EvE, Everquest
& why do I like MMOs because unlike most solo cRPGs there is a slow but steady dip of new things,
after all what do you do after the 10 run through a TES or Vampire:Bloodlines?

Starlock

I couldn't tell you what the first digital/computer/video game I played was. It was probably something in an arcade.

I don't actually like MMOs. I strongly prefer immersive, single player games, especially RPGs. The only reason I picked up ESO was because it's also an RPG. I played the game as a single player RPG for around the first year. That's still how I play, the majority of the time.