What were the earliest video games you played?

[steve58]

One of the earliest I can remember was a version of Star Trek on the university mainframe.  It looked something like:



Then there was a Lunar Lander type game played on the PDP-11 using a light pen:

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One game I remember very fondly from my C64 days was Lords of Conquest.

[DoctorQuest]

One of the earliest I can remember was a version of Star Trek on the university mainframe.  It looked something like:

That's what I'm talking about!

[Destraex]

Does it have to be a video game?....

I admit that the term "video game" conjures up images of gaming platforms other than PCs and I gave some thought to what other word or phrase to use that would be more appropriate to what I had in mind. But when I read the definition of "video game" at Wikipedia, I was relieved to see: "A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor." So computer (PC) games fit under the umbrella created by the term "video game."

....Good thread.

Thank you for contributing to it. I was happy to read that you are enjoying it. :)

Back on topic, how may of you played this game to death like I did?

Same. Way back when video games were a different breed to computers games. I did not like people using video gamer to describe people who played the much more complex pc games. Today it would be the difference between console gamers and pc gamers.

[Toonces]

Ti99-4A with Hunt the Wampus and Tunnels of Doom.

Tunnels of Doom!   

[Tuna]

Ultrabot was cool on PC

[Tuna]

One of the earliest I can remember was a version of Star Trek on the university mainframe.  It looked something like:



Then there was a Lunar Lander type game played on the PDP-11 using a light pen:

.

One game I remember very fondly from my C64 days was Lords of Conquest.

Definitely remember playing that version of Star Trek on vax 11/780. .used to stay late after work (worked 3rd shift), so I could play all day on Saturday.. (talk about one more turn!)

[Toonces]

Any of you guys remember this?

Or this?

[Sir Slash]

"Pong" followed by Space Battle on the Intellivision. Kampgruppe for the C-64.

[SirAndrewD]

When we finally got our first Packard Bell 8088, this was the first game I played...

Second was Battle Chess.   Got my very own copy of Starflight third.

[Oche]

Good to see a lot of other "Retro" gamers  O0

[Staggerwing]

Any of you guys remember this?

Damn- procedural generated fractal mountains!? That's pretty hard-core for an 8-bit game from 1985!

[bob48]

I do indeed remember it - I still have the blisters!

And that was followed by Koronis Rift IIRC.

[steve58]

Ha, just stumbled on the C64 Mini.  Looks like its about $80.

It's 1982 and a new home computer graces the scene. Out goes the silent black and white experience and in with 64KB of RAM, colour graphics, and synthesizer sound.

Roll forward 35 years and kick nostalgia into overdrive with the release of THEC64 Mini. A tiny but perfectly formed 50% scale replica of this much loved machine.

Featuring high-definition output via HDMI, a classic style joystick and 64 built-in games including classics like Uridium, Paradroid, Hawkeye, Nebulus and Monty Mole.

https://thec64.com/

[Gusington]

OMG Yar's Revenge  :o

[MetalDog]

Had that on my 2600.  I killed at that game.