Just Cause 2

I was 13 and wanted to play it with my friend. God that was awful.

Two answers to this question.

The first game that my parents bought for me was Wing Commander from a garage sale when I was like six.

The first game I bought on my own was Freelancer when I was around fifteen via eBay.

Both were totally worth it.

Baldur’s Gate 2. The manual was so good, and the map. You’d pay $200 for some kind of special edition for that quality these days. Totally worth it.

Sid Meier’s Civ 5, and I was 24 😆 (growing up, my family was piracy-only, so this was the first game I actually bought)

and was absolutely worth it :) I paid ~15 GBP for the base game + some expansions and DLC, and so far put 500+ hours into the game. I still reinstall it every few years.

I lived in a pretty rural town at the time. This was the best game zcmi had for our brand new 386. World Gamee

I’m pretty sure it was Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. I don’t actually remember buying it and might have played Warcraft 2 beforehand, but I spent many … Many happy hours on DF2. One of those two was my introduction to multiplayer gaming, but for sure I spent a lot more time on DF2.

As for whether it was worth it, it arguably shaped a lot of my life to date. Also I met at least one friend whom I still talk to (though rarely) to this day. I would say yes.

The Legend of the Red Dragon (L.O.R.D.)

(A BBS “door” game.)

Absolutely worth it.

It was a game for the C64 and I was 12, but I am not sure what game it was. Such a long time ago.

It’s been a long time ago….

For a console: probably https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaboom!_(video_game)

For a computer: for my C64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_IV%3A_Quest_of_the_Avatar

I think it was the GameCube version of Sims 2. I remember going with a friend to get it to play before another friend came over for a sleepover. We loved Sims Bustin Out when I rented it from Blockbuster, but figured Sims 2 was even better cause…I mean it has a number in the title so it was probably the sequel to Bustin Out. I also remember being extremely nervous cause it was rated T and I was like 11 or something.

I really think it was that set of three games, Half Life, Portal, and whatever the other one was. The orange box was it?

Where did I get that first xbox 360? I think it was given to me or traded… I dont remember, but I think I went out and got Portal as my first ever game purchase.

we had games and consoles before that, but I didnt buy them.

I think my buddy back then, got the ring of death, and he got it fixed through the mail. They sent him two xboxes on accident, so he gave me the extra one. I think thats how I got it.

I def remmeber going to game stop to make the game purchas though, I was giddy with excitement

Ultima Underworld.
Saved a whole year for that one. Took a whole day to figure out how to configure the EMM386 line that would enable me to have enough memory to run the damn thing (tears of frustration were shed).

Absolutely worth it. Blew my little mind. Never got to finish it though, because of a bug in the quest in the last level T_T

One of those handheld football games with little red dots for players.

If you mean console or computer games, asteroids for Atari 2600.

The football game was too hard for a 5 year old.

I still like playing an occasional game of asteroids to this day.

World Grand Prix for the Sega Master System 2.

Technically the second ever game I owned, as the system came bundled with Alex the Kidd in Miracle World.

Was maybe 6? at the time.

Starcraft