Author Topic: What was the first game you ever paid money for? (Read 3517 times)

Joe Molotov · « **on:** June 20, 2017, 11:28:36 AM »

Stolen from Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/what-was-the-first-game-you-ever-paid-money-for-1796247405

I think the first game that I bought with my own money was Guardian Legend for the NES. It was $10 in the bargain bin at K-B Toys and I had a $5 off a video game coupon. $5 well spent.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2017, 11:32:29 AM »

I was 7.

bork · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2017, 11:40:14 AM »

Hmm...I can't remember for sure.

In the 80s, my dad bought us games. I remember my brother saving up a bunch of money to buy a Gameboy and some games at launch in '89. I got one in 1990 and I must have bought something for it. We didn't get an NES until late 1990 and my dad bought us a shitload of games since we'd find so many on the cheap. I know I bought TMNT II The Arcade Game with my own money. I'd saved for months and freaked out when a kid brought the manual to school. Had no idea it was out and couldn't think about anything other than racing home and begging my dad to take me to go get it in the afternoon.

I do remember buying Metroid II on the Gameboy in 1991- it was only $19.99 at release and I'd saved up enough allowance to buy it outright. My parents were kind of pissed because they clearly had bought it for me for the holidays but couldn't say anything about it.

I also remember buying Double Dragon on the Gameboy but I can't remember which one of those came out first.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2017, 11:45:55 AM »

hrm not sure. I think my parents bought all my nes games, either for holidays or when my dad would see something cheap at Marshall's lol. i can remember buying things from around 91 - 92 like super r-type and a Genesis with sonic 1 & 2.

Valkyrie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 20, 2017, 12:07:24 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on June 20, 2017, 11:45:55 AM

hrm not sure. I think my parents bought all my nes games, either for holidays or when my dad would see something cheap at Marshall's lol. i can remember buying things from around 91 - 92 like super r-type and a Genesis with sonic 1 & 2.

Yup, same. Parents bought our SNES and paid the games. First I paid for myself must've been a PC game when I got my own desktop, but I can't remember what it was.

Let's Cyber · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2017, 12:15:14 PM »

With my own money, probably Gauntlet Legends on Nintendo 64.

I accidentally broke off the chip underneath while it was plugged into my Gameshark and Blockbuster charged my mom for it. I eventually paid her back.

demi · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2017, 12:46:19 PM »

>tfw you're an edgelord

WHO BUYS GAMES?

Tasty · « **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2017, 12:57:48 PM »

Hmm I can't remember. Could have been any of the following:

Animal Crossing
Super Mario 64 DS (bundled with the first system I paid for, Nintendo DS)
New Super Mario Bros.
Pokemon Pearl

Atramental · « **Reply #8 on:** June 20, 2017, 01:03:19 PM »

Can't remember.

It might've been this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Galactic_Battlegrounds

Or this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight:_Dark_Forces_II

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #9 on:** June 20, 2017, 01:09:17 PM »

Joe and I got some money from selling our NES and games back in 1993, used that to buy Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

Shuri · « **Reply #10 on:** June 20, 2017, 02:44:44 PM »

The first TMNT game on the NES. It was amazing and worth it.
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ToxicAdam · « **Reply #11 on:** June 20, 2017, 03:09:14 PM »

I bought a PC game called Questron II with my birthday money.

Look at this glorious box art:

https://gamefaqs.akamaized.net/box/3/8/2/26382_front.jpg

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #12 on:** June 20, 2017, 03:14:55 PM »

Huh. It was some NES game, for sure. Might even be the original Zelda.

Raist · « **Reply #13 on:** June 20, 2017, 03:35:15 PM »

Probably RE on PS1. And I mean bought with my own money, not with bday cash or some shit.

Otherwise it'd be something on the speccy

tiesto · « **Reply #14 on:** June 20, 2017, 06:26:24 PM »

Saved up allowance to buy Wizards and Warriors, game was OK.

chronovore · « **Reply #15 on:** June 20, 2017, 06:50:17 PM »

Either Infocom's Wishbringer or Hitchhikers's Guide. I'd played Zork I and II, but hadn't purchased them. I purchased their hint books with the markers which revealed the clues, which had been printed in invisible ink.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #16 on:** June 20, 2017, 07:58:22 PM »

Final Fantasy Tactics

everything from before that were either hand me downs or played at a friend's house

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #17 on:** June 20, 2017, 08:26:47 PM »

It was far from the first I paid for but the one I remember the most is Halo 2. I bootlegged a dozen copies of an early leak of The Eminem Show and sold em for 5$ at school the day it came out.

chronovore · « **Reply #18 on:** June 20, 2017, 08:39:15 PM »

Quote from: Purple Filth on June 20, 2017, 07:58:22 PM

Final Fantasy Tactics

everything from before that were either hand me downs or played at a friend's house

You started off right! The only worthwhile FF game.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2017, 11:38:55 PM »

Trent Dole · « **Reply #20 on:** June 21, 2017, 12:08:21 AM »

Uh like some vic 20 shit maybe? I do not remember.

Fifstar · « **Reply #21 on:** June 21, 2017, 04:45:41 AM »

Mach Rider for NES. My mom had me exchange it for Tetris after she discovered that it included shooting however. I hated Tetris at first.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #22 on:** June 21, 2017, 09:47:14 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on June 20, 2017, 06:26:24 PM

Saved up allowance to buy Wizards and Warriors, game was OK.

Woah, TIL there was a Wizards and Warriors 3. Released in 1992/3 only on the NES.

There are a lot of games like that, where they came out late in the NES lifecycle and I had no idea existed.

a slime appears · « **Reply #23 on:** June 22, 2017, 08:46:51 AM »

ur mom

it wuz a tough platformer but eventually i reched hur goal

demi · « **Reply #24 on:** June 22, 2017, 10:14:26 AM »

^ virgin

bork · « **Reply #25 on:** June 22, 2017, 01:31:51 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on June 21, 2017, 09:47:14 AM

Quote from: tiesto on June 20, 2017, 06:26:24 PM
Saved up allowance to buy Wizards and Warriors, game was OK.

Woah, TIL there was a Wizards and Warriors 3. Released in 1992/3 only on the NES.

There are a lot of games like that, where they came out late in the NES lifecycle and I had no idea existed.

I hated that back then, because in '93 my brother convinced my dad that we didn't need the NES any more, and they took the console and all the games and sold them to one of those resellers listed in the back of video game mags for next to nothing. All my brother cared about was buying Mortal Kombat 1 and SF2 Turbo, and he got enough money for that.

$:-\$ It seemed like some games just lingered on the NES, like Mega Man, for a little while there.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #26 on:** June 22, 2017, 05:43:46 PM »

I don't know, probably Dragonstomper for the 2600.... I think. Almost all of those early games were gifts but I do remember going out and buying a Supercharger along with Dragonstomper with money I got from Christmas. It was such a weird thing too, playing the games off of a tape deck onto the 2600.

The first game I bought with money I earned from a job was Super Pitfall on the NES. Holy shit I was pissed.

Mupepe · « **Reply #27 on:** June 26, 2017, 07:43:52 PM »

Twisted Metal 2

chronovore · « **Reply #28 on:** June 26, 2017, 07:46:55 PM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 22, 2017, 05:43:46 PM

I don't know, probably Dragonstomper for the 2600.... I think. Almost all of those early games were gifts but I do remember going out and buying a Supercharger along with Dragonstomper with money I got from Christmas. It was such a weird thing too, playing the games off of a tape deck onto the 2600.

The first game I bought with money I earned from a job was Super Pitfall on the NES. Holy shit I was pissed.

I never understood the excitement around Pitfall. I liked the last-gen reboot of it, where they had Bruce Campbell doing the voice for it.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #29 on:** June 26, 2017, 07:56:21 PM »

i was really excited about the snes version...because you could play the original game in it

nudemacusers · « **Reply #30 on:** June 27, 2017, 06:26:21 PM »

Probably Descent

Quote from: a slime appears on June 22, 2017, 08:46:51 AM

ur mom

it wuz a tough platformer but eventually i reched hur goal

Ur mom was shareware

Purrp Skirrp · « **Reply #31 on:** June 28, 2017, 05:27:00 PM »

With paycheck money: a 360, Mass Effect, and Modern Warfare.

Bulleta©™® · « **Reply #32 on:** June 29, 2017, 09:34:45 PM »

Dragon Warrior 3 for NES with birthday money. I was a nickel short and had to walk home. Was in Little Havana or whatever in Key West.

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #33 on:** June 30, 2017, 03:08:41 PM »

I honestly think it would have either been Pokémon red or A Link to the Past. It obviously wasn't when ALttP was new, a kid at school told me about it and I had to have it because I loved Link's Awakening so much

zomgee · « **Reply #34 on:** July 01, 2017, 12:25:36 AM »

With allowance money? Uhhhhhh.

Yar's Revenge? I think

Bulleta©™® · « **Reply #35 on:** July 01, 2017, 12:49:35 AM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on June 21, 2017, 09:47:14 AM

Quote from: tiesto on June 20, 2017, 06:26:24 PM
Saved up allowance to buy Wizards and Warriors, game was OK.

Woah, TIL there was a Wizards and Warriors 3. Released in 1992/3 only on the NES.

There are a lot of games like that, where they came out late in the NES lifecycle and I had no idea existed.

It was REALLY bad, though. Total pile of crap compared to W&W and Ironsword. Check out a speed run of it sometime, it will likely make you wish you didn't know about it.

naff · « **Reply #36 on:** July 02, 2017, 03:36:02 AM »

FFVII with money i got busking with a recorder on the street when i was 9....

Kurisu · « **Reply #37 on:** July 04, 2017, 07:13:46 AM »

Probably some Mastertronic budget game for my Atari 130XE. Action Biker, or maybe Kik-Start...

Himu · « **Reply #38 on:** July 04, 2017, 04:31:55 PM »

Final Fantasy IX. I never got allowance, and I wasn't given money as a gift as a child until I was a teenager. First game I ever bought and first game I ever reserved. I kept the receipt in my wallet and kept it snug and tight so I wouldn't lose it. I walked from an early bus stop and walked back home with it. Played the shit out of it on thanksgiving break the following week. I loved that game so much.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #39 on:** July 04, 2017, 08:09:48 PM »

Zelda for the NES

chronovore · « **Reply #40 on:** July 05, 2017, 01:43:07 AM »

Quote from: Queen of Ice on July 04, 2017, 04:31:55 PM

Final Fantasy IX. I never got allowance, and I wasn't given money as a gift as a child until I was a teenager. First game I ever bought and first game I ever reserved. I kept the receipt in my wallet and kept it snug and tight so I wouldn't lose it. I walked from an early bus stop and walked back home with it. Played the shit out of it on thanksgiving break the following week. I loved that game so much.

Sometimes there are games that we end up getting more than our moneys worth out of. I bet that was one for you.

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