the.golden.ax Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Ignore gamme... he seems to be a troll. Every post I've seen he is trying to start trouble. Back on topic, with all these first time games, it's easy to see why they are the "commons" these days. No one played Qberts Qubes as the first game? Awe. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polybius Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I figured that the majority of the answers would be Combat, Because it was a Pack-in game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I figured that the majority of the answers would be Combat, Because it was a Pack-in game. Yep, that's what I played. I remember loving the fact it had so many different types of gameplay (tanks, ricochet tanks, biplanes, 3 planes vs. 1 giant plane, etc.). But our next purchase I totally fell in love with: ASTEROIDS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight magicman Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Combat of course. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Postman Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Q-Bert at my cousin's house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Besides the pack-in Combat which doesnt count,the 1st game I went out to buy was Space Invaders.To play SI,thats the reason I bought my 2600 in the 1st place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXUlTiMaTe-SiNXx Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Crystal castles... lastnight . i still cant figure it out tho, im a bear fighting some ghost things is a cave or something? i like retro games because they use more logic than gfx but this dosn't seem to have either XD. im sure il figure it out tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_envy Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 On my *own* 2600 was Pitfall in 2005. My family didn't have a 2600 back in the day. First 2600 game ever played was Combat at a friend's house. I was a little underwhelmed with that one at the time but love it today. However, as other games came along, I became a big-time fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjackChile Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 COMBAT ¡¡¡¡¡¡ IN THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND. AND PACMAN IN ARCADE. GRETTINGS FROM CHILE THIS IS MY SECOND POST.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 COMBAT ¡¡¡¡¡¡ IN THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND.AND PACMAN IN ARCADE. GRETTINGS FROM CHILE THIS IS MY SECOND POST.... We get you without shouting too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Combat, like everyone else, back in 1980 or 1981 I think. We may have gotten Air-Sea Battle at the same time, but -- as another poster said -- when I was growing up even getting the VCS itself was a stretch for my family's budget. (We did get more games before long, though. Sometime within the next year or so, my cousin allegedly found a cache of 20-30 games "by the side of the road" and gave them to us. Most, if not all, were earlyish first-party games like Circus Atari, Surround, et al. I don't know whether the story was true, or whether he obtained them through more dubious means, but either way I was psyched!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Postman Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Crystal castles... lastnight . i still cant figure it out tho, im a bear fighting some ghost things is a cave or something? i like retro games because they use more logic than gfx but this dosn't seem to have either XD. im sure il figure it out tho. It's kind of like a 3D pacman with slightly awkward controls. You're in a castle filled with crystals, and you happen to play as a bear that loves him some crystals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 venture, for the rest of response, read the first post here: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=134747 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Solar Fox was my first game, I had a Coleco Gemini and didn't own a copy of Combat for the first 5 years or so that I had a 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXUlTiMaTe-SiNXx Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Crystal castles... lastnight . i still cant figure it out tho, im a bear fighting some ghost things is a cave or something? i like retro games because they use more logic than gfx but this dosn't seem to have either XD. im sure il figure it out tho. It's kind of like a 3D pacman with slightly awkward controls. You're in a castle filled with crystals, and you happen to play as a bear that loves him some crystals! oh... right! now i get it, so collect all the crystals and avoid the ghost things? that actuly dose sound like a good game thanxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinelands Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Laser Blast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari2600Lives Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I thought I would see a lot more combat. Mine was combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patjackChile Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 COMBAT ¡¡¡¡¡¡ IN THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND.AND PACMAN IN ARCADE. GRETTINGS FROM CHILE THIS IS MY SECOND POST.... We get you without shouting too. Chile is present and sorry but i am an Atarian grettings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 At home, Space Invaders, then Combat... those were my first two games. I don't actually know the first game I played, though. I was hanging out at the display at the local Sears, trying the various games, before I actually got my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 This has been asked several times but... Target Fun was the first game I PLAYED Phoenix or Freeway was the first game I bought Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fischer500 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I think mine was Pac-man. wakka wakka! or is it BAMP BAMP...? meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 First time I played my own 2600 I played Defender. The first time I ever played a 2600 it was Space Invaders, followed by Target Fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegad Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Space Invaders. It was *THE* reason that I just *HAD* to have an Atari for my birthday that year. I remember tearing that box open and sitting there for hours that day playing space invaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Space Invaders. It was *THE* reason that I just *HAD* to have an Atari for my birthday that year. I remember tearing that box open and sitting there for hours that day playing space invaders. That would have been cool. I didn't get to play Space Invaders until 1983, a year after I had an Atari 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Donkey Kong. My cousin got it for Christmas, a couple of days before my grandfather died. While the family dealt with the funeral arrangements, we played Donkey Kong for hours. It helped me a kt to deal with the grief (I was eight). Later that same week, he got Air Sea Battle and Pac Man. Thus, my love for video games was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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