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I started on an imac g3 when that thing was released in 1998, so yeah i was 5 when i started

Five years old.  With the Atari 2600.  

 

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Like 5. Molekühl or something like that. was an online browser game for our win95 PC. it was a lot of fun lol

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I grew up when gameboys were very popular. So I guess around 4 years old or so was when I got my first one, It was the kiwi one. I was never a "Gamer" I just liked to play video games.

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Around 6 years old

 

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4 or 5 watching my dad play Ratchet and Clank on the PS2, then me eventually playing it also. I think also Scooby Doo on the PS also.

I played Shadow of the Colssus, Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec, and many other Ratchet and Clank games much later. 

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This thread as made me realise most people on here must be young teenagers.

My first game was doom. I was 3. Oh the nightmares.

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2 Civilization II.  I remember asking my parents to read things for me because I couldn't read then.

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About four-five. My first game was some random game I forgot on Windows 95. The first one I can remember was Crash Bandicoot for the PS1. Love that game. Love that series.

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About 3. I was playing Sonic on the Sega and Gran Turismo on the PS1.

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I was ~6 I think when my dad bought our family an Xbox and a few years later a Wii. (I think I played Oblivion when I was 8 or 10 I can't remember but that is still one of my favorite games of all time)

 

 

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I was so young I don't even remember. I didn't have anything to play games on because my parents didn't let me play anything. However, I went out to my cousins house for sleepovers a lot back then. We played a lot of super smash brothers on his N64. Then he got an Xbox. I remember playing hale CE when it first came out. Those were the days...

 

 

around 5 or 6, maybe you guys remember the pinball game for windows xp.

My dad still plays that... And his high score is 65,434,750........

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3-4 if you count Prince of Persia 1/2 on an old DOS computer.

I didn't start serious gaming until I got Steam when they first gave out Portal for free. That was in 2010, I think. I was 20. 

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I dunno, 4-5 maybe? Marvel vs capcom on the ps1 i guess. I don't know what i got first. The ps1 or gba. Anyway, both were awesome consoles.

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I was 3 with my brothers original game boy

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I was 3 when I got my Sega Master System II and used to play the built in alex the kid

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I was around 9 or 10 and this was the first game I really ever played.

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I've played games longer than my mind allows me to remember. I can't even remember which was my first game :(

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I was 3 or 4, my dad bought a Playstation, and sat me down in front of Tekken, and put the controller in my hands

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i think i first started playing wolfenstein with my dad when i was 6-ish ah good times :D 

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around 5 or 6, maybe you guys remember the pinball game for windows xp.

Best game ever, used to play it on my crt all day... My mom was proud with my skill....

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