Non Gamstop CasinoNon Gamstop CasinosNon Gamstop CasinosNon UK CasinosCasinos Not On Gamstop
Forum Home Forum Home > General Arcade Chat > Arcade - General
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - The first game you played?
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

The first game you played?
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1234 50>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Onionclyde View Drop Down
Power Up
Power Up
Avatar

Joined: 23 December 2004
Location: Genoa
Status: Offline
Points: 31 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Onionclyde Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 December 2005 at 2:56am

There was a machine running Circus Charlie and a cocktail table beside it running Galaxian in this little pub in Galway my folks used to take me to when i was really wee. Every year they'd change the games in the machines and I ended up growing really fond of all of them.

Cause there wasn't much selection (and not much else to do as a kid in a pub) i used to play what they had a lot and actually got quite good at some of them;  after having sponged enough 10p's off my folks to buy the machines.

First game I ever got really hooked on at home was Crystal Castles on the Atari 2600. I loved that game! :)

 

 
Back to Top
dink View Drop Down
High Score
High Score
Avatar

Joined: 30 May 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 499 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 December 2005 at 1:58pm

space invaders in the pub for sure.

vic 20 hunchy.

speccy think was nightlore

arcade was pac man

in guildford we had the smallest arcade ever about 6 machines.you took your life in your hands going in there was frequented by half witted morons.And yes i did go in there.but  the games where so good and they had one cab that was always turning new pcbs every fortnight so we where spoilt for choice.galaxian donkey kong jump bug bezerk missile command gunsmoke i played em all and loads more besides but then i along with a few others on certain sites am a half witted moron.so i could get in the arcade.could you lol?????
keep your friends close

but your enemys closer
Back to Top
djsmurf View Drop Down
Level Up
Level Up
Avatar

Joined: 24 February 2004
Location: South Yorkshire
Status: Offline
Points: 148 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote djsmurf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 December 2005 at 5:14pm

First game i played was Pong, my dad bought me a box which plugged into the tv, it had two knobs on it and that was it! oh the joy of black & white!

First arcade game was Asteroids, in my local swimming baths, then a space invaders cocktail in a dodgy small "arcade" at the local shops. Remember my mum panicing because she thought i would get -"addicted to those video games" Guess she was right then!!

Jc.
Keep The Faith!
Back to Top
megalomaniac View Drop Down
High Score
High Score
Avatar
Asobi wa owari da!

Joined: 26 September 2005
Location: Nottinghamshire
Status: Offline
Points: 605 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote megalomaniac Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 December 2005 at 11:56am
Think it may've been Bruce Lee on the Amstrad something or other, had a green monitor I remember that much  (anyone know what I mean?). First actual arcade game could be either 1942, Robocop, After Burner or Wrestlemania.....They had them all at my local leasure centre at one time or another not sure which I played first though.
Megalomaniac
"If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now!"
Back to Top
revowp View Drop Down
Bonus Stage
Bonus Stage
Avatar

Joined: 19 January 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 181 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote revowp Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:08pm

My earliest recollection is playing Boot Hill with a mate on holiday in Rhyl or Prestatyn. There was also Bandido that springs to mind but not sure if it was the same time or holiday. I would doubt it tho.

My addiction for Vids started with Donkey Kong tho. Kept us fit too... Whoever got to the arcade first got the machine  
Run Mikey Run...
Back to Top
PAC-MAN View Drop Down
Kill Screen
Kill Screen
Avatar

Joined: 23 December 2005
Location: UK
Status: Offline
Points: 2339 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote PAC-MAN Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 December 2005 at 1:19pm
My first memory of playing a video arcade machine was Dig Dug in a chippy in Poole, Dorset when i was 9. We were there on holiday and went in to get our tea.. i managed to scrounge a couple of 10p's off dad and away i went..chuffed to bits.

Edited by pac-man
Back to Top
orochi_x View Drop Down
Power Up
Power Up


Joined: 12 December 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 4 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote orochi_x Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2006 at 11:17pm

The 1st arcade game I ever played was Snow Brothers. Still love it now! It was at my local video rental store. They changed it for a 4 player TMNT machine but they soon got rid of it because we all hung out there all day long without even looking at any videos   
Back to Top
fezz View Drop Down
Power Up
Power Up
Avatar

Joined: 24 January 2006
Location: Northamptonshire
Status: Offline
Points: 3 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote fezz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 January 2006 at 5:12pm
My first pay and play game would have been Gang wars 1989, wicksteed park, kettering. you cant beat the classics
Back to Top
stakesuk View Drop Down
Level Up
Level Up
Avatar

Joined: 25 February 2004
Location: West Yorkshire
Status: Offline
Points: 92 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote stakesuk Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 February 2006 at 11:52pm

Space invaders original upright type

Building in westgate wakefield, about 4 doors down from Boons, It used to be some kind of hardware / spare parts store.

Guessing around 1981 so I was about 10 (could be wrong)

Caused quite a stir when it arrived, was proberbly the first arcade machine to hit wakefield.

 
I suffer from an inferiority complex, but I don't think its a very good one !
Back to Top
the_real_mcp View Drop Down
Bonus Stage
Bonus Stage
Avatar

Joined: 14 August 2005
Location: Buckinghamshire
Status: Offline
Points: 256 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote the_real_mcp Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 February 2006 at 6:28am

Space Invaders on Hastings Pier(St. Leonards), also there used to be *tons* of cabs at the "Rotunda"(a circular building amazingly ;-) at Folkestone(Kent).  Great memories, especially queuing(oh yes) for Star Wars(sitdown/environmental), and there were 2 of 'em!  Also loved Astron Belt, Space Raider and Firefox(Laser disc).

Cheers, Dave.

 
Back to Top
caseh View Drop Down
Power Up
Power Up


Joined: 05 February 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 48 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote caseh Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 February 2006 at 3:05pm

First computer game was Bubble Bobble on my brothers pride and joy which was a spectrum 48k

First console game was Mario Bros. on the Atari 2600, again my brothers.

First arcade game was Yie Ar Kung-Fu, although for some strange reason I always think it was The New Zealand Story and Final Blow as these are the games that got me hooked on arcades.
Back to Top
AHampton2k View Drop Down
Power Up
Power Up
Avatar

Joined: 08 March 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 7 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AHampton2k Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 March 2006 at 2:15am
Probably Pong on a system that had paddles with dial knobs on it (don't remember the name). I was around 5 or so.
Back to Top
KeatonCar View Drop Down
Power Up
Power Up
Avatar

Joined: 06 April 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 2 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote KeatonCar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 April 2006 at 8:44pm
i think it was a black and white car race game, maybe sprint..... on holiday in wales. Sega turbo then Star Wars.......
Back to Top
MOXY View Drop Down
Power Up
Power Up
Avatar

Joined: 26 May 2006
Location: Tyne & Wear
Status: Offline
Points: 7 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MOXY Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 May 2006 at 1:28am
well i remember playing space invaders in alcudia,majorca in 1977,then defender later on in whitley bay,those were the days...........sigh
Back to Top
DnA Karaoke View Drop Down
Level Up
Level Up
Avatar

Joined: 28 May 2006
Location: Surrey
Status: Offline
Points: 239 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote DnA Karaoke Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 May 2006 at 10:08pm
The first game I played was Pong around 76 or 77 I think in a pub called The Cheeky Chappie in Kennington - sadly this pub has since been knocked down to make way for housing
[IMG]http://www.martytempest.co.uk/dna%20_banner.gif">
Back to Top
shandyboy View Drop Down
Bonus Stage
Bonus Stage
Avatar

Joined: 11 April 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 174 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote shandyboy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 July 2006 at 11:41am
I think the first arcade game I played was Centipede in a pub whilst we were having a family meal when I was a kid.

I can still remember hassling my dad for more 10p's :)

I can also remember a pub near a walk we went on in Ilkley that had a cocktail Galaxians, and I instantly fell in love with the scrolling star field and was hooked...

Shands
hencam - for when you *really* want to watch three hens live 24/7 on the Internet...
Back to Top
ColinD View Drop Down
Kill Screen
Kill Screen
Avatar

Joined: 08 March 2004
Location: Merseyside
Status: Offline
Points: 8800 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ColinD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 July 2006 at 12:38pm

There was a frogger with a starfield on it that I used to play - I realised many many years later it must have been a dodgy galaxian conversion !! - Cheers, Col
Wanted
>>>>> Return of the Jedi PCB <<<<<
>>>>> Namco Pole Position II PCB Set <<<<<
>>>>> Atari Colour Vector PowerBrick <<<<<
Back to Top
antarctica View Drop Down
Bonus Stage
Bonus Stage


Joined: 10 June 2004
Location: Scotland
Status: Offline
Points: 102 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote antarctica Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 July 2006 at 9:45pm

for me i think it was frogger on a bbc some point in the 80's
Back to Top
ozzie_owl View Drop Down
Bonus Stage
Bonus Stage
Avatar

Joined: 06 September 2006
Location: Newquay
Status: Offline
Points: 443 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ozzie_owl Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 September 2006 at 7:56pm

First video game will have been one of the bat and ball games, either Tennis, Football or Squash (all identical games really)...

First arcade game, Space Invaders...

Back to Top
andyman View Drop Down
Thin Ice
Thin Ice
Avatar
6 buttons, it's a fruity

Joined: 13 January 2007
Location: COVENTRY
Status: Offline
Points: 9333 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote andyman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 February 2007 at 8:14am
There was a cafe in Cov called 'The carousel', I was 10 or 11, In the order that he got the machines.

1. Lunar Lander U/R
2. Space invaders U/R
3. Scramble U/R

Enough money was put in these 3, In about 2-3 years of my life. It started then.

I used to go to Birmingham most days by train to go to Dayvilles arcade, The basement was awesome.

Good old days.

Andy.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1234 50>
  Share Topic    Tweet

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Top finds