What Was Your First... (Gaming Related Things)

[kapone32]

I feel this will be one of the best threads of the year no hardware bashing just nostalgia triggering. I have read about some absolute Gems. Tecmo Bowl was that good. Top Gear was one of the best Racing Games across all consoles and Top Gear 2 took it to 11 with all those Tracks. Aswan Dam is the one I remember the most but Gaming has been pure joy and a perfect escape for me. In Gaming I have skirted asteroids to avoid enemies in Freespace 2, moved with the screen in F zero. Rock and Roll Racing just came into my head and Radien 2 was one of the best Shumps period but today the ode to the Arcade are Games like Redout 2, Everspace 2, Helldrivers 2, Space Marine 2. Even the Outer Worlds or Greedfall will suck you right in. Want to be Bladerunner, load up Cyperpunk 2077 want to be Bladerunner in an ARPG, play The Ascent. With modern hardware regardless of the narrative Gaming is joy. From the release of the 3090 we have been able to enjoy 4K high and Games are being programmed to take adavantge of all of those cores we get today. See City Skylines 2, Space Marine 2 or Factorio. Or try any of the myriad of RPG ot RTS. Gems like TWWH3 are so fun to play when the PC can push the frames.

Almost seems like each question could be its own thread.

I’m going to have remember long ago here on the first game. It was one of 4 possibilities, all on the Commodore 64. There was Bruce Lee, Kung Fu, Top Gun, and Two Minute Warning. I want to say Kung Fu, but we’re going back to early grade school, when I watched older kids play more than I played myself. We also had a Texas Instruments computer back then, featuring Tanks and Alpiner. That one was fun because to get sound, you had to buy an expansion module, that for some reason had a door on it kinda like Hungry Hungry Hippos.

You must have played Budokan?

 

[AnotherReader]

What was the first video game you played?
Asteroids for the Atari,
What was the first video game you completed?
Doom
What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
Doom 3
What was the first PC video game you played?
Digger for the PC
What was the first online video game you played?
Star Trek: Starfleet Command II
What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)
Never purchased any merchandise
What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)
Nvidia's Riva TNT
What was the first digital video game you purchased?
Portal

 

[backwoods]

What was the first video game you played?
Pong
What was the first video game you completed?
Madden NFL
What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
Star Control
What was the first PC video game you played?
Wolfenstein or Doom
What was the first arcade video game you played?
Robotron
What was the first online video game you played?
Diablo
What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)
none
What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)
none
What was the first digital video game you purchased?
Jewel Quest
What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
Tank Control

 

[pattesatan]

First videogame must be asteroids, or space invaders
First I completed, Zelda, or Bards Tale on Amiga
First I bought with my own money, Zelda
First online game was Unreal Tournament
Merch, nothing
First hardware purchase, a TNT 2, to play Unreal/Unreal Tournament with better graphics
Eve Online, I think, otherwise it must be wow

(The reason for me to not have bought much stuff really, is that I got stuff for free from friends I helped with whatever)

 

[Space Lynx]

What was the first video game you played?

What was the first video game you completed?

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?

What was the first PC video game you played?

POD Racing and it was terrible, lot of bugs, I still enjoyed it as a kid though.


What was the first online video game you played?

What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)

What was the first digital video game you purchased?

Age of Empires III, Microsoft had a deal selling it for 10 cents.

Microsoft sold Age of Empires III for $0.10 during a special promotion on October 18, 2010. This deal was part of a celebration for Games for Windows Live's milestone of reaching its fifth anniversary. At that time, Microsoft briefly offered the game for just ten cents to encourage more users to sign up for its Games for Windows Live service.

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)

I loved this game so much, I played it a lot, but there were a few game breaking bugs and I had to give up trying to beat it.

@Princess Garnet makes me really happy to see creative topics!

 

[Apocalypsee]

@Space Lynx you really finish Harvest Moon BTN? That is an achievement! You do buy the guide, it's very hard to do and the amount of time needed to complete 3 years in-game needs dedication.

 

[sepheronx]

My wife refused to finish Harvest Moon BTN cause she was scared her cow was gonna die and as a Hindu that is a big no no and thus she stopped playing and says her digital cow is forever alive somewhere.

 

[Princess Garnet]

Some people are mentioning Quake titles for their first online game, and while I can't remember the first online game I played, Quake II was probably the first one I remember seeing.

When I would visit the house of a new friend I made, they had a PC in one of the rooms off the main room and her father would often be in there. I believe that's when I first became aware of the idea of playing games in real time with someone not in the same room as you. I kind of miss the times when this stuff was more novel and we looked at like magic, rather than a given.

Most disappointing game I ever bought was Black & White, the overhyped trash god simulator made by Peter Molyneux. I returned it and had store credit so I bought Tribes 2, which was the best game I have ever played (to date).

Everything I am aware of with that game is from the hype I remember it getting back in its day (and often the following disappointment), rather than anything about the game itself.

What was the first video game you completed?

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This is one of those games that, for whatever reason, I can easily forget about but then as soon as I see it, I remember that I had a lot of fun from it.

 

[sepheronx]

I would figure with your avatar being Garnet in FF9 and your alias is that, you must be crazy for FF9.

I actually hated FF9 initially because I hated that somewhat Chibi design of the characters. But then after the abysmal games that came afterwards (yes, I didn't like X either), I would say I didn't give it enough credit.

 

[Princess Garnet]

My wife refused to finish Harvest Moon BTN cause she was scared her cow was gonna die and as a Hindu that is a big no no and thus she stopped playing and says her digital cow is forever alive somewhere.

It's true. If it hasn't died, it is still alive.

This reminds me of a common thing in the Minecraft community is people coming back to worlds they left and finding their tamed dog still waiting. I think Mojang "officially" stated that time doesn't pass for them when chunks are unloaded, so they are never unaware of this. I thought that was cute.

Same for the cow, if it was never loaded and died, then it never died.

I would figure with your avatar being Garnet in FF9 and your alias is that, you must be crazy for FF9.

I actually hated FF9 initially because I hated that somewhat Chibi design of the characters. But then after the abysmal games that came afterwards (yes, I didn't like X either), I would say I didn't give it enough credit.

It's my favorite game of all time.

And your reaction isn't an uncommon one. Many people who revisited it later found out that even if they weren't crazy for it, it was a lot better than they thought originally.

Final Fantasy IX had everything working against it in its own time.

It released late in the life cycle of a console soon to be replaced. So the next one was bound to overshadow it in graphics, capabilities, scale, etc.

Its successor (X) and its successor's successor (XI) were also announced at the same time as it.

It was a different style than VII or VIII, so a lot of people new to the series especially didn't like it. Stuff like "cool" or "edgy" or "emo" were all in at the time. Knights, castles, and magic was either overdone and everyone was tired of it, or for children. Most people probably don't even expect it to have as serious or deep of a story as it does.

So yeah, not a lot of people gave it a chance.

X was definitely where the series started fully going more "modern", but besides dropping the world map, I think it did everything else right and it makes a convincing claim for one of the best in the series. Like VII, it broke technical ground on a new console and had good gameplay and a good story backing it up.

 

[Vario]

FF7, FF8, and FF9 were all good. My favorite of the three is FF8. FF9 was done well though. FF8>FF9>FF7.

Suikoden 2 was also good from that time period.

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

What was the first video game you played?

Hard to say. It would have been on Atari 2600. Pitfall or DigDug or Joust

What was the first video game you completed?

A friend and I beat the ET game on Atari. The first game I beat unassisted would've been Super Mario Bros on NES.

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?

Battletoads for NES. Found it at a garage sale.

What was the first PC video game you played?

The first I remember is Oregon Trail. We had an Apple II GS

What was the first arcade video game you played?

Donkey Kong, Centipede, or Pac-Man. I recall loving the vector graphics star wars game, though i was terrible at it.

What was the first online video game you played?

X-wing vs Tie fighter or Grand Theft Auto....don't remember which exactly. I was the first in my crew with a cd-burner, so we put GTA on every computer in the school for wicked 4 player lan games. Later on we put Quake 3 on all of them.

What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)

I got a nintendo calendar, and I had a Mario Halloween costume.

What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)

Both my first atari and NES were garage sale finds. I found a Game Genie, and was blown away by it. All my first PC's were scavenged parts cobbled together (besides the Apple IIgs). The first new PC i owned was a custom HP ordered from Circuit City. It was an Athlon 650 (slot A) with 128 mb ram, ultra ata 66 hdd (20gb i think), TNT2 pro 32mb, 56k creative modem, sound blaster sound card, and a 2x cd burner (it cost what was a hefty sum back then.....It was my birthday and christmas for 2 years). I had to use the old RIVAtuner to enable 2x agp and sba, then bootstrap it so the settings would persist through reboots. I eventually upgraded the power supply, put more memory in it (384mb was alI i could make windows 98 play nice with) and installed a geforce 3 ti 500 and a dvd-rom.

What was the first digital video game you purchased?

Quake Champions is the first and only.

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)

Anytime mom would walk in and turn the game off...

Game Genie was notorious for making the games wonky and unstable. Every time the game froze or started glitching out, it was so lame.

I bought Final Fantasy 7 for PC at Babbage's, not realizing what an ass-ache it would be to make it run 3d rendering properly on my TNT2.....got it eventually.

 

[Bagerklestyne]

What was the first video game you played?

I think the first one was Lazarian on the Commodore 64

What was the first video game you completed?

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?

Dragon's lair conversion for the Amiga (6 disks, $70 aud in 1989 - which is apparently $160USD in today's money)

What was the first PC video game you played?

some giga crappy side scrolling flying shooter in monochrome graphics on an XT pc.
First 'real' game was the first warcraft game
As an Amiga head leading up to that, I think my first Amiga games was either Operation Wolf or Hybris. Hybris being still a good memory even today.

What was the first arcade video game you played?

Elevator action - 1983

What was the first online video game you played?

What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)

Pretty sure (oddly) I've never bought anything game related that wasn't necessary to play a game.

What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)

I bought HEAPS of Amiga hardware but never for a game, closest thing was having an 8 meg expansion and 030 accelerator for my Amiga 1200, which by proxy let me play with more character it settlers (the amount you could have was capped by ram)

I have evolved my pc cpu some 8 times over the years (I think 2 same socket swap in's) but never driven by a game. Genuinely closest thing to a want for visual was getting my MSI MPG321URX 32" 240hz 4K Oled 2 months back., but that was as much media consumption as it was visual fidelity in gaming.

I did buy a Nintendo 64 eons ago because I liked the way Turok dinosaur hunter looked on it. Turns out I am infact quite crappy at any sort of first person shooter.

What was the first digital video game you purchased?

Diablo 3, I think prior to that I was still purchasing physical copies and iso'd images to mount.

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
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I'll have to think about this one and come back.

 

[Space Lynx]

@Space Lynx you really finish Harvest Moon BTN? That is an achievement! You do buy the guide, it's very hard to do and the amount of time needed to complete 3 years in-game needs dedication.

I used to carry my Prima Strategy Guide for Harvest Moon around in school and read it before or in-between classes, lmao good times - I had everything planned out so I never missed events in-game, they were the best of times. This new world has too much noise in it if you ask me, even Stardew has too much noise. So many starting options, no, just give me the back to nature tune and a little plot of land and away I go!

This is one of those games that, for whatever reason, I can easily forget about but then as soon as I see it, I remember that I had a lot of fun from it.

If you play the opening of stardew valley, its exactly like back to nature, even the placement of the farm, the house, the mailbox, etc. I find it amusing that so many people fell in love with Stardew Valley, and I had played a better graphical version of the same game 20+ years ago


@kapone32 socom 1 and 2 were some legendary days, I don't think I have ever had as much fun since then with an online game (at least in the shooter genre) everyone was mic'd up back then, there were no rules, i learned some terrible language because of that game socom 2 launch day, and the few weeks after that, man i still have a fondness for those maps. i might actually emulate the single player campaigns here soon, you just triggered my nostalgia hard

 

[kapone32]

I used to carry my Prima Strategy Guide for Harvest Moon around in school and read it before or in-between classes, lmao good times - I had everything planned out so I never missed events in-game, they were the best of times. This new world has too much noise in it if you ask me, even Stardew has too much noise. So many starting options, no, just give me the back to nature tune and a little plot of land and away I go!



If you play the opening of stardew valley, its exactly like back to nature, even the placement of the farm, the house, the mailbox, etc. I find it amusing that so many people fell in love with Stardew Valley, and I had played a better graphical version of the same game 20+ years ago


@kapone32 socom 1 and 2 were some legendary days, I don't think I have ever had as much fun since then with an online game (at least in the shooter genre) everyone was mic'd up back then, there were no rules, i learned some terrible language because of that game socom 2 launch day, and the few weeks after that, man i still have a fondness for those maps. i might actually emulate the single player campaigns here soon, you just triggered my nostalgia hard

I had about 5 friends that would play SOCOM. That was as soon as we got home from work. We stopped playing months later when 2 things happened.

1. Actual Military units started playing and your entire team would be merced in less than 3 minutes.
2. We realized that we were all eating dinner after 8:30 PM.


You want Nostalgia? How about the run we had with fighting Games. Started with Budokan, then Street Fighter but fighting Games were boss on 2 systems the Dreamcast and Playstation. By the time Soul Calibur launched we were masters because the jigglies in Dead or Alive made us learn how deep in mechanics that Game was. I remember I bought a guide for that but the seminal moment for me was discovering Just Cause and Sleeping Dogs. Just Cause because I may be one of the only players that has no interest in GTA. Sleeping Dogs because John Woo movies were the bomb and Living Dangerously was one of the best Gangster shows no one has ever seen.

 

[AusWolf]

What was the first video game you played?

Battle City on the NES. We played through nights and days with my dad, completing hundreds of levels together. Then, Need for Speed 2 on the PC.

What was the first video game you completed?

I think it was Doom, but I'm not sure.

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?

Half Life was the first game I bought. Then I think The Witcher was the first one I bought with my own money, but I'm not sure.

What was the first online video game you played?

I never really played anything online, but we did lots of LAN parties with my buddies with W40k: Dawn of War. Good old times!

What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)

Half Life 2 collector's edition that came with a T-shirt and a hat. I wish I knew where they are now.

What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)

I did a complete system upgrade for The Witcher 3. It wasn't my first PC-related purchase, but the first one that I made specifically for one game.

My first PC purchase was a Celeron MMX 300 MHz with 32 MB RAM, a 4 MB S3 ViRGE DirectX 6.1/7 graphics card, 2 GB HDD and a 24x CD-ROM drive. I was 8, so technically, my dad bought it for me on the money I earned as a child actor.

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. It's a great game, and I played the heck out of it with my brother. Unfortunately, it got way too hard by the end, which made me rage quit, then we never finished it. I bought it again, and I got a second-hand PS2 as well, but I live in a different country now, so playing it with my bro will probably remain a bittersweet memory forever.

 

[BlaezaLite]

What was the first video game you played?
Something on C64. Game was a maze that fills with water and you move snowballs.

What was the first video game you completed?
Enduro Racer on Sega Master System.

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
Transbot on Sega Master System.

What was the first PC video game you played?
Doom or Duke Nukem 3D. Remember being kicked out the class for screaming profanities.

What was the first arcade video game you played?
Enduro Racer with the full dirt bikes.

What was the first online video game you played?
MAME for some Street Fighter 2

What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)
Street Fighter 2 - Special Champion Edition combo's and Strategy guide

What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)
N64 for Goldeneye

What was the first digital video game you purchased?
Trials HD on Xbox 360

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
Transbot on Master System. Horizontal scrolling shooter that was fun... Until I discovered it has no end and kept looping 2 levels.

 

[Vayra86]

What was the first video game you played?
Found it. Sokoban. But I did play some version of it in those beautiful burn-your-retina pink/teal/white/black colors on a CRT blasting at full brightness Pure joy, I always imagined I could feel some radiation coming from those screens, but it was probably just heat

What was the first video game you completed?
Super Mario Bros. (SNES) and I took my sweet time

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
N64 and accompanying games, Mario Kart; GoldenEye, and all the other legends.

What was the first PC video game you played?
Aside from the above, the more conscious PC early video game experiences for me... were Worms, Red Alert, SupaPlex, Duke Nukem, Jazz Jackrabbit.

What was the first arcade video game you played?
Can't remember but I played many. Street Fighter might have been one of the first or one of them arcade flying bullet hell games.

What was the first online video game you played?
Starcraft, Warcraft 3 RoC and all those fantastic custom maps. The game was just there to play more custom content eventually. When Dota came out, it was GG, and I easily burned north of 3k hours with buddies on that map.

What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)
Did not do this and still don't. Gaming is gaming.

What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)
8800 GTS to play WoW on an otherwise prebuilt Vista PC. It all worked though.

What was the first digital video game you purchased?
I can't remember but I do know that not a lot got purchased back then once it went 'digital'... and even prior to that, burning discs was a favorite pastime.

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
Getting stuck in Mystic Quest (ice levels, where you had to move blocks to find the exit... even called Nintendo hotline for it, and eventually beat it, but man... pure torture... and guess what, it was another Sokoban-styled puzzle level ).

 

[kurosagi01]

Born in the 90s
What was the first video game you played?
Sonic 2 or Streets of Rage on the Sega mega drive/Genesis

What was the first video game you completed?

Streets of Rage on the Sega mega drive/Genesis

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
Based on when I first started working full-time after graduation from university I would say Tales of Zestiria on PS4

What was the first PC video game you played?
Excluding freebies I got when my parents bought a PC, don't really count those. I would say Counter strike 1.6

What was the first arcade video game you played?

Time crisis 2 possibly

What was the first online video game you played?

Counter Strike 1.6 with friends only against bots, then my proper online game would be either Gunbound or MU Online

What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)
I Didn't purchase it but my first video game merch would be MU online statue of the dark knight in the dragon armor set and "double blade" with a red cape.
Kind of like this

What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)
Nintendo Switch was my first proper hardware purchased with my own money

What was the first digital video game you purchased?
No clue as I bought too many on steam.

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
Probably Metal gear solid V is the closest I can remember, I much prefer the linear gameplay and story telling.

 

[Princess Garnet]

What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
Transbot on Sega Master System.

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
Transbot on Master System. Horizontal scrolling shooter that was fun... Until I discovered it has no end and kept looping 2 levels.

I was about to say, you might be the first person like me whose first game purchase was also their first disappointment (if someone else listed the same and I missed it, I apologize), but then I realized I might have been wrong about Final Fantasy X-2 being my first purchase.

My actual first purchase may have been Sim City 2000 for the PC.

There was a a lot of overlap in those years for me so it's easy to forget which was first.

I'm going to leave my answer, for one since I can't edit my post anyway (haha), but my purchase of Sim City 2000 was sort of a re-purchase since I already had it on the Sega Saturn. See, I was in Best Buy (parents were getting a new TV?) and had zero plans to get anything, but I saw Sim City 3000 and the graphics looked so good, haha. I then looked at the requirements, did not know if I would meet them, but some of the numbers seemed higher than what I thought I had, so I didn't chance it and repurchased Sim City 2000 since I no longer had the Sega Saturn.

So technically Sim City 200 was my first, but... I'll leave the answer as Final fantasy X-2 as that was the first new game I bought.

What was the first digital video game you purchased?
No clue as I bought too many on steam.

You can go into your account purchase history and see what the first one is. Or I think you can sort your library by purchase date.

 

[kurosagi01]

You can go into your account purchase history and see what the first one is. Or I think you can sort your library by purchase date.

Looks like it was stardew valley when it first came out on steam. Bought it for my partner to try since she likes farming sim.

 

[mkppo]

paranoid was the first game i played. It was in 1992 I believe. I was little.

First one I completed was prince of persia 2. Great game.

First online game was Dota. Still play it after 20 years lol but it's moved on to being Dota 2.

 

[Ruru]

What was the first video game you played?
Most likely Super Mario Bros 1 on NES
What was the first video game you completed?
Sonic 2 on Mega Drive
What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
GTA on PS1
What was the first PC video game you played?
Doom II on my cousin's dad's PC
What was the first arcade video game you played?
Sega Rally
What was the first online video game you played?
Probably Diablo II LoD
What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)
A miniature PS2 keychain (which I still have on my keyring)
What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)
Memory card for PS2 as I got just the console, I mainly played PS1 games first since my PS1 broke and I got a PS2 for a replacement
What was the first digital video game you purchased?
Battlefield 4 (actually bought the voucher my friend got when he purchased a GPU, but I guess this counts)
What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
When I was having a sleepover on my friend, I had my memory card in slot 1, then he continued his save on Final Fantasy X, went saving and mashed X like usual which overwrited my 100+ hour save. After that, I've always had two savefiles in most JRPG games.

 

[Calenhad]

What was the first video game you played?
Pac-Man (on a wild Tomytronic portable console) or Pong. I was to young to remember exactly which one. But I had access to both at a very young age.
What was the first video game you completed?
Probably the first Super Mario Bros. Alot of older games were pretty much neverending.
What was the first video game you bought with your own money?
Batman game that came bundled with my C64.
What was the first PC video game you played?
Oohh, I didn't own a PC until much later. One of the first PC games I can remember playing is Police Quest at a mates house
What was the first arcade video game you played?
No idea the exact one. I would say either one of Pac-man, Space Invaders, Galaga, or Super Sprint.
What was the first online video game you played?
One that I actually played online and not just in lan mode, probably Quake II or Unreal. First online only game I played was Asheron's Call
What was the first video game related merchandise you purchased? (This could be clothing, a book, a statue or figure, etc.)
No idea.
What was the first hardware purchase you made for (a) video game(s), and what game(s) was it for? (This could be a new PC part for a new game with higher requirements, or on the console side something like a new accessory such as a memory card, or even a new console itself for a new game you wanted.)
Disk drive for the C64
What was the first digital video game you purchased?
Technically speaking every video game is digital.
I will assume you actually meant download only. I have always had a love for physical media. It must have been something on Steam. I guess the first game that came with a Steam key in the box instead of physical media is the answer. No idea what that would be. I used to work in the games industry back then, so I had pretty much everything you could buy.
What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
That might be the time I tried to play the LotR text adventure armed only with a dictionary and got killed in a few screens every time. This was well before I officially learned any English at school.

 

[Princess Garnet]

What was the first video game disappointment you had? (This could be a game that let you down, a moment that ruined you in a play through, a lost save, etc.)
When I was having a sleepover on my friend, I had my memory card in slot 1, then he continued his save on Final Fantasy X, went saving and mashed X like usual which overwrited my 100+ hour save. After that, I've always had two savefiles in most JRPG games.

That would definitely be a "I'll never recover from this emotionally" scenario.

And of all of the Final Fantasy games to have it happen in (at least up until that point), that might be the worst one to have it happen in. No kidding, I'd probably rather lose a Final Fantasy IX save than a Final Fantasy X save. Okay, yes, part of that is just because I'd never mind having another go around at the story for Final Fantasy IX (but X's is really good too), but seriously... Final Fantasy X's end game, especially the international version, just had so much time investment needed for a single player game for the time.

What was the first video game you completed?
Probably the first Super Mario Bros. Alot of older games were pretty much neverending.

Yeah, that's true. Most of the games since I started playing had some concept of an end, but a lot of earlier ones just had accumulating scores and levels.

What was the first digital video game you purchased?
Technically speaking every video game is digital.
I will assume you actually meant download only. I have always had a love for physical media. It must have been something on Steam. I guess the first game that came with a Steam key in the box instead of physical media is the answer. No idea what that would be. I used to work in the games industry back then, so I had pretty much everything you could buy.

Uh... story time!?