How old were you when you first started gaming?

[JR1911]

I think I was 3 years old when I first played on the Mattel Intellivision.

[Guest]

I think I was 3 years old when I first played on the Mattel Intellivision.

Whaa? You're like older than @FireFox ? No offense

[Guest]

Whaa? You're like older than @FireFox ? No offense

Actually Linus is older than him, I wonder if there are older people on the forums?

[KingKeith55]

I played microsoft entertainment pack on a windows 98 pentium II when I was 3. Thats how I started gaming.

[ManWithBeard1990]

I played Formula One '98 on a playstation when I was 9.

[Almercenary]

Like 5, playing GTA: Vice City on my dad's computer.

Nice, non-mature game to start off with...

 

 

I started probably at 7-8, playing the original GTA's or some emulator on my brothers first laptop.

[TheEpicCanadian]

5 or 6 stuck being player 2 on whatever game my brother was into at the time.

[Morpheus]

I was born with a controller in my hand

[AnnoyedShelf]

I think I was 2 (1997), and my first real game was the original Descent.  I played on an IBM PC with 1MB of RAM, a 1GB HDD, and Windows 3.1.

[xyza]

Probably 4 years old, we had an atari lynx and a mega drive. Then the SNES released and my friend who used to live just up the road had a NES.

 

So yes I played a lot of games back then and regret selling them. The only console I never bought was the gamecube.

[mr moose]

I don't know how Old I was but it was somewhere in the early 80's. probably about 82'

[Swndlr]

when i was like 3. my grandma bought me a gamecube then my parents got me a gameboy and then i played my dad's PS2 then moved to other things that im too tired to remember

[mr moose]

Actually Linus is older than him, I wonder if there are older people on the forums?

someone made a poll, I think about 4% of us are over 35.  I am nearly 40.  It's kinda scary that I was studying micro controller design/application before most of LTT was born (1992). 

[NinjaStyle013]

Like maybe 4 ish on the oriignal xbox halo 1 all day and night

 

for months

 

yes

[Armieramortalis]

I played rescue heroes (anyone remember that show?) on a windows 98 pc when i was about 2 in 2001, but in 2003 when i was 4 I play majora's mask by myself (My mother pre-ordered it so i have the gold cart )

[geforceftw]

98 or 99 I was 3 or 4 years old

[Boatiy]

Like 5

 

[Hidden Orange]

I think I was 6 years-old or something. My first games where Super Mario Bros., Contra, and something else on the NES. If you're wondering: I wasn't born anywhere near 1985. No, I'm not 65 years-old; I wasn't born before 1985 either.

[NInety]

I was born with a controller in my hand

Must have been very painful for your mom.

[ionbasa]

Like 5 yrs old. I used to love racing games, back on Windows 2K. I also used to play puzzle games.

 

I also had a PS1 and N64 as my first consoles, my family got them both during Christmas.

[The Crazed Child]

I used to have a Nintendo DS until I discovered the master race. Mariokart, Spore, etc...

[lani100]

4/5 ish and started real pc gaming when i was 9.

[Nick Paviour]

First started gaming on my PlayStation One in 1997, playing games like Metal Gear Solid, Dino Crisis, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Command and Conquer I was about 8 - 9 Played on my mates Nintendo 64 with some Mario Games. Had a gameboy ect was playing Pokemon Red + Blue. 

First Started PC gaming in about 2002 - 2003 when i was 12 - 13 with games like, Battle for middle earth, Fable, Dawn of war, Command and Conquer.

[ZacDaMan72]

6. GTA III was the shiz, I'm 14 now and excited for V!

[Lord Gaben]

I started with Simpsons Hit and Run in 2008 on a PS2 Slim

 

I started PC Gaming with Minecraft 1.2.5 in 2012 on my old crappy HP laptop (it had the A4 APU , 4gb ram, and integrated graphics) thankfully I have a much better laptop now with dedicated graphics and a brand new custom built Desktop PC