The first computer game you ever played?

[Thomkal]

My first computer probably should have been an IBM, as my dad worked there and he was part of the group that developed the first computer parts, but my first computer was a Commodore 64 that I played Micro League Baseball and a game based on my favorite series of books Dragonriders of Pern which was a weird combination of action and strategy where you played as a dragonrider who took turns between flying and protecting Pern from the ravages of the parasite that threatened to destroy everything and as one of the lead dragonriders using "diplomacy" to get other leaders of Pern to agree to follow you.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

My first computer probably should have been an IBM, as my dad worked there and he was part of the group that developed the first computer parts, but my first computer was a Commodore 64 that I played Micro League Baseball and a game based on my favorite series of books Dragonriders of Pern which was a weird combination of action and strategy where you played as a dragonrider who took turns between flying and protecting Pern from the ravages of the parasite that threatened to destroy everything and as one of the lead dragonriders using "diplomacy" to get other leaders of Pern to agree to follow you.

I missed that Dragon Riders of Pern game, but it sounded like something that would have been right up my ally. I did play and finish the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" text game.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I missed that Dragon Riders of Pern game, but it sounded like something that would have been right up my ally. I did play and finish the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" text game.

Sadly follow up games using the same world were not up to the task.

[Thomkal]

So here's one list of Favorite Commodore 64 Games from one site-no MicroLeague Baseball or Dragonriders of Pern on it so highly suspect


10 Best Commodore 64 games | GamesRadar+

[Ben E Lou]

Actual COMPUTER game, and not a console PONG or Intellivision game?


Hammurabi. TRS Motherfrickin 80. RADIO SHACK, FOOLZ!


Buncha youngstas up in this thread.

[bhlloy]

I have some memory of playing on an Atari tape system as a 6/7 year old at Christmas with family. Definitely remember some football manager type game that took forever to load.

The first game I can name is probably when I got a MegaDrive (Genesis) when I was 8 or 9. It came with the Columns, World Cup Italia ‘90 and Super Hang On triple pack. So one of those is probably the first game I can definitively remember.

[Fidatelo]

Like some others I remember playing Apple games in grade school; the one that stands out the most was some kind of Alice in Wonderland game.


I got a TRS-80 second hand from my uncle sometime in the late 80's but he didn't have much for games. I think I remember Snake perhaps? I mostly used it to learn BASIC.


Our first real computer we had as a family was a Mac Plus, and the first game I played a bunch of on there was the Scarab of Ra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarab_of_Ra). So I think that's probably my real answer (outside of Pong).

[GrantDawg]

It was a Trash Eight--t--ty--y
The kind you find in a second hand store
a Trash Eight--t--ty--y
Ran so warm it would almost melt the floor
Trash Eight--t--ty--y
I want to pla-y some Zork