How old were you and maybe most importantly was it worth it ?

  • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I dont remember which I bought for myself first since I used to raid gamestop regularly in high school but I remember my cool aunt taking me to gamestop when I was a kid and I asked her to get me Metroid Prime 2 and that shit was excellent

  • fallaciousBasis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Illusion of Gaia at an Alco for Christmas. A great SNES game. Graphics have aged very well and gameplay is still solid. It’s an ARPG like Zelda kind of. Lots of puzzles. Swap out your character for other heroes occasionally to tackle different puzzles/dungeons.

    I was pretty young, around 11. It was in the clearance bin, like 30 bucks. I was initially kind of disappointed because most of the games there we had or they sucked. But that one stuck out. Was definitely worth it.

    A couple Christmas(I was 13) later I got FF7 for PC. I had previously beaten 1 and 3(6). FF6 was great. I’d play that game start to finish in about 8 hrs. Which really isn’t that bad for 100% run.

    Then I got really into StarCraft (bnet) UMS games. Cat v mouse varieties were especially fun.

    • 64bithero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You’ve gotten my curiosity with this RPG I’m going to dig into this!

      Thanks for the story and info

  • orenj@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I wqs pretty young, not sure how old but definitely still in middle school I wanna say. But the first game that I bought with my money was a game called Blockland, which was kind of a fusion between roblox and garrys mod that leaned more into the lego visual aesthetic. I remember doing a lot of map exploration solo to find secrets the mapmakers put in. Fun times.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I mean it had to be a puzzle book or something from the hobby shop but im not sure and it would have been single digits. Even ones that were a bigger deal im not sure. My friend intrduced me to d&d with the box version and im not 100% but I think the first rpg I may have bought is star frontiers. man that seemed so cool at the time. Honestly its still sorta cool thinking about it.

  • hakase@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    First game I ever remember buying was Final Fantasy II. I was probably about 11 and it was definitely worth it. A friend had let me borrow it for a few days and I immediately knew that I needed to get my own copy. Still one of my favorite games ever.

  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Blaster Master for NES. I was like 11 and had earned some money somehow that was then burning a hole in my wallet. Hey Dad, take me to Toys R Us?

    Worth it? Hell yeah, I loved that game.

      • Pat_Riot@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, it was hard. I had the NES Advantage arcade stick controller and that helped a lot. Between its rapid fire buttons and figuring out that you could grenade the bosses and hit pause and it kept doing damage to them, I got a good ways in, but I certainly never beat it.

        I play it sometimes on my little R36S handheld. It’s still hard AF

  • Agrivar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    First with my own money was Rygar for the NES when it first released in 1987. My brothers and I had already played the original Zelda to death and we craved another fantasy action/RPG type of game. It was different but great - totally worth it.

  • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Mario and duck hunt for the original nes. My parents got it for me when I was VERY young. And I was terrible at both for years. So much fun.

  • __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The first game that i remember buying was Baldurs gate. Real first was probably something for NES, megaman 2 maybe?

  • grueling_spool@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Worms Armageddon! I vaguely remember being disappointed by the absence of some features I liked from Worms 2, but can’t remember exactly anymore. I think I still have the CD somewhere.