How old were you and maybe most importantly was it worth it ?
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Final Fantasy 7 for the PS1.
Secret of Mana. I was 12, and went and worked under the table stripping tobacco. The game was well worth what I paid, the job wasn’t.
Secret of Mana is responsible for one of my earliest memories (gaming or otherwise) where my dad had given me a controller and convinced me I was playing with him. I dont know how long he got away with that because the memory is me slowly figuring out it means nothing.
Well that was a shit thing for him to do. One of the reasons I got the game is that my younger brother was 9 and youngest was 4. I also got a third controller and the 4 controller adapter.
I played Poppoi, younger bro got Marle, and youngest bro was given the sword boy and told where to go. Younger bro got quite good as the healer.
The three of us got all the spells to level 8:99, and yes, I do mean ALL. We also got all the extra weapon orbs out of the Mana Fortress, though I found out later that we did miss some really nice weapon and armor drops before the thing takes off.
I dont remember which I bought for myself first since I used to raid gamestop regularly in high school but I remember my cool aunt taking me to gamestop when I was a kid and I asked her to get me Metroid Prime 2 and that shit was excellent
Some Atari ST game, not sure which. Maybe Spacola? Early teens.
First game I ever bought myself was also a console. Bought a Jaguar with DOOM, even had the insert on the controller for all the weapons. Was totally worth it because it was bitchin’. Bought it from a car boot sale with my pocket money for £5.
Didnt last long because I melted it by trying to use the SNES power pack with it. I was about 7 so things like amps and watts didnt feature into my reasoning. Plug fit, plug works, its fine. And it was for about 5 minutes until it started smoking.
Left 4 dead 1&2, I was early 20’s, and I arrived to gaming late in life. Was it worth it? Yeah, I was pretty addicted to zombie shit back in the day. XD I only played the campaigns tho, wasn’t confident in my ability to play with others.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I lived in a pretty rural town at the time. This was the best game zcmi had for our brand new 386. World Gamee
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
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.
