The Overseer Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Was it your father, a friend, something you saw on TV? etc. For me, it was a close friend. When kids our age were watching Cartoon Network, we were trying to code very simple games in BASIC. That's an old programming language from a case you were supposed to connect to your analog TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarik Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 My cousin introduced the gaming world to me when I was very young, maybe like 6 years old. From then, I play video games everyday and always have fun doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaphoneStallone Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I have much older brothers, like 12 years older than me. When I was little, they played - and from there I learned and just kind of fell into it entirely organically. It really was part of growing up/my childhood for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyxx Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 My parents to be honest. Dad was a PC enthusiast when I grew up who built PC's and such himself, so he got me into PC gaming very early on with shareware games on PC and such. My mom bought a Super Nintendo some time in the early 90's (94 or 95) and we'd play a lot of games together. Later on I got more into PC gaming as mom would get a PC instead of a new console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerlene Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 For me it was my childhood friend. We were 7 I think. We lived in a tiny village where all u pretty much could do was play games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortie861 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 My cousin got me into gaming. I remember when I was younger, I used to spend a lot of time at my Auntie's house and it was my cousin who was a huge gamer. We used to spend a lot of time together playing games such as Alex The Kidd and trying to get past the mini games such as Rock, Paper, Scissors which was always a lot of fun. A lot of my favourite memories of gaming come from when I used to stay at my Auntie's with my cousin and game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Farrell Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I had a neighbor when I was around 7 that played Mortal Combat on the NES. From then on, we eventually got a play station and then an x-box. Been having fun playing games on them since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanC Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) A mixture of friends and family helped expose me to gaming in my formative years. Honestly though, it was more my own deep-seated passion and enthusiasm for the medium that really got me hooked, line and sinker. Edited November 27, 2018 by DylanC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander. Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 (edited) One day, when I was 12-14 years old one of my family releatives bought home from work an Xbox 360 with all the trending video games for me. The games included: Forze, GTA 5, Call of Duty (First version), and various other games. Since then, I've been hooked and I've had fun playing computer games ever since. Edited November 28, 2018 by xXInfectedXx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katri Marcell Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I have literally no idea. I had no brothers that played, no friends that played too and my parents have never touched a joypad as well. My father as a teacher used to get me CD-Roms with school games so I get on to it from very early on. By 6-7 I started playing demo versions of games from magazines and Mame 32 and from then on I loved everything related to gaming. So I guess my father is at fault 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 My parents got me into gaming when they bought me the original Nintendo. The two games I had were Mario and Duck Hunt and I spent hours playing them. Alyxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I think the adventure, excitement and curiosity that is one thing I can relate that got me into gaming. In retro days I used to see my cousins and other friends own things which I never did in that time and I got the addiction of game when I used to play with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I saw commercials for several different Colecovision games on TV, and wanted to play it. I don't remember how, but we ended up with one, and my love of gaming was born. It and the Atari games were gifts from the Gods. Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Dig Dug were the greatest things in existence. Colecovision had its own version of Pac-Man however. Ladybug. I played Ladybug so much, my thumbs were still moving for about an hour after turning the system off. They were the greatest systems and games ever. I'm still looking for a working Colecovision. I have the flashback, but the idea of playing it makes me want to puke. I didn't buy it. It was a gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
