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First computer game you remember playing.
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards. I'm not 100% it was the first, but we were hardcore on buying everything that Sierra put out and I remember guiding Larry through the disco so clearly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_Suit_Larry_in_the_Land_of_the_Lounge_Lizards
I also had Pong, but console hooked up to the TV with the wabbit ears.
The glory of opening up a box with those 3.5" floppies, tho.
Edit - OMG. No. 5.25". Paper sleeves.
Do not ask me if I have my original boxes, manuals and disks.
Cosmic Jr. is going to have to deal with my ancient 0s and 1s.
Which reminds me, I need to leave him a note about the fabric maps that came in the Ultima boxes.
Which means that Leisure Suit Larry was NOT my first game. 😱
@Cosmichomicide I'm no gatekeeper, just old.
It still amazes me that I remember when the VCR was fresh and new, the TRS-80 was a huge deal, and Pong was THE cool thing.
Cosmic Jr. just downloads on Steam and goes.
Will never have to combine files from multiple newsgroup posts to see a graphic.
@Cosmichomicide my parents didn't believe in video games, but we had a Fireworks app for the Commodore 64 where you could program a fireworks show with music and a marquee. It was probably better in color instead of green screen, now that I think of it.
EGA, baby!
And I also played all the Carmen Sandiego games - it was a thirsty time for gamers.
My first interaction with a Commodore 64 was a sub shop where I worked. The owner had all his inventory and such on it - and a few games, LOL!
@Cosmichomicide when my parents finally decided that Carmen Sandiego was okay, I was in heaven!
And my C64 didn't have any programs stored on hard drive.... Ours was 100% floppy.
One of the funniest things I remember, that was serious at the time, was someone commenting about the "code bloat" because the new WordPerfect required floppy swapping, but WordStar didn't.
Floppy swapping. I'd nearly forgotten.
@Cosmichomicide two whole floppy discs! The horror!
@Cosmichomicide The first video game I remember playing was one of those Radio Shack PONG units on a black and white TV.
The first computer game though? Probably Gorf on my brother's Commodore VIC-20.
@Cosmichomicide Star Control. Two player mode.