Ok... This comes exactly as I remember, without looking at any of the games I have had. I know I have many, but this way I remember the games that are actually worthy to remember. The timeline might bounce a little because some stuff comes up from other and things like this. I also haven't read your posts yet so I won't get any of those "ah yes, there's that game too!" ideas. I will read them after this post. I will also give a picture of the "gaming rig" I have in the next post I put here, replying to what people have written.
But let's go!
I have to admit that I'm not 100% sure on which game was the first one I played. I'm pretty confident it was some of the first test drives on my dad's computer. It was a laptop, so it was something pretty special for the beginning of 1990's. It had a Windows 3.11 or 3.1 or something I guess. We also used to play a "game" on paint with my sister. It was pretty much like that cannon game. I'm quite sure my sister cheated, she always won. There were no clear rules anyway, it was just Paint after all. But anyways, the Test Drive. It was soo much fun. Driving next to the canyon and having to refuel. The cops chasing and giving tickets, and everything. I didn't understand anything of the game back then, I was maybe 4 years old, but it still was fun!
But then there was also the SNES that my sister had. And here is the problem, which one was first. The laptop or the SNES. I know the first game I played on SNES was Super Mario. Super Mario 3 to be more exact. That was the funniest one of all of them on the package. The game was that one, that had SM1, SM2, SM3 and SM Lost Stages in it. It came with the console. It was, and still is a great game.
But also! There's the snoopy game. I can't even remember what was supposed to be done in it. Maybe carry something. The game was a single game type. It was a huge machine just dedicated to snoopy. Sort of like a portable arcade system. I was pretty good at that, I guess.
Since the SNES was the first actual gaming machine we had, that machine brings out many memories. Rocky & Pocky, a game which propably no one else knows. A great Japanese top down shooter, where you fight either as a miko (well, a shrine maiden) or a raccoon. It had a two player mode and that's what we used to play. I wasn't very good at the game, to be honest. But still, we managed to play through the game many times.
Jurassic Park 2, I was the only one who could beat so many stages. We never got through the game though, because of the lava world that we didn't find out how to beat.
That darned ball puzzle game where you can transform yourself so you can get past the obstacles. We had to keep the machine on for maybe a week to play through the game. No saves, and a darned hard game. I never liked it really, mostly because I was too young for that sort of a game.
We got the first PC for home use when I was 7. That's the moment when I became a nerd. While others were playing soccer outside, I was playing Screamer 2 and that funny WRC game at home. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 was also a great game. I used to fight a lot with my sister over who's time it was to play. I mostly played these three games or then just tried some demos. We got a magazine every month that came with a demo CD every time. I did this until none of the games would load on the PC anymore. In 2000, the PC was already too old.
During the first 6 grades of primary school, my best friend had a PlayStation. We always played that strange racing game where you could hit the competitors and stuff like this. Almost like Mario Kart. We also played Tekken, but it was just a demo. Oh, and Crash Bandicoot. I didn't like the game really, but whatever, it was fun to watch. I also tried GTA on my other friend. That was just mind blasting. If it just started to work. It was a pirate version. But the console had a good cracking chip in it, it allowed colourful picture. Some of the hacking chips provided just black & white.
In 2000 we get a new computer. It was a rocket! And it came with Age of Empires 2. The game looked SOOO AMAZING with the 3D graphics! Or wait, were there 3D graphics yet, or am I confusing it with the 2003 computer? Anyways, it looked good. The intro video was just something mind blowing. In 2000 I also got the second wheel, The Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP. A wheel I still use. And will use until it doesn't work anymore. I played Grammond's GP 3 a lot. And NFS2 and 3. And Simcity 3000. The game just crashed quite a lot because of the computer. Oh, and The Sims! I own almost all of the expansion packs for it too. I didn't buy the last three of them because there was no point in them. And we already got the first internet connection, so I could download some mod packs from the modding sites. But it was just an expensive 28kbit modem, so I didn't get much out of it.
I guess Midtown Madness 2 and Red Faction came during this computer's lifespan too. I played A LOT during 2000-2003. And I really mean it. A LOT. I just can't remember what I played on the computer.
Well, there also was Unreal Tournament actually. That's the game I played during the WTC attacks. I even remember what level I was playing. I just can't remember the name like this, but if I saw it I would remember it. I had made the teams so they were... Wait I had named the players as my classmates. Haha, and then I laughed so hard at some of the deaths and then my father once came and asked wether it was so much fun to kill my classmates. I don't know... It kinda was. Not that I ever wanted to kill them in real life. Except for maybe one, but during the later years. Oh wait, you didn't read that part.
I also got GTA 3 the same year it came. Yes, I was "a little" underaged for it. But back then no one cared about the age limits of games. It just didn't work too well on the computer so I couldn't really play it much.
In 2000 or 2001 Christmas I got the Dreamcast. My very first, completely own console! And NOOOOOO ONE ELSE HAD ONE! Seriously. None. None of my classmates had one... There was only ONE store in my city selling the games for the console. And the games cost about... 400 Finnish Marks, maybe about 60-70 euros these days. With inflation, even more. And I was buying some of these games with my OWN MONEY. Others were buying silly toys, I was already buying games. A game costing 400 Marks meant quite a lot of gathering, since I only got about... Maybe 10-20 marks a week, a max. And I was also buying the games for PC. I never actually bought any candy during these years. Never. And this is the reason.
But on to the games... Sonic Adventures was a great game. I never played it through though. My sister did. I have been thinking about playing it again myself, but... Maybe I have enough of time soon. And Crazy Taxi... Ooh yes. The huge jumps of San Francisco! And Worms Armageddon... Then there was also the predecessor for PGR. I can't remember the name. It was sort of fun, but it was just way too hard. So in the end I hated the game. But now the lens in my Dreamcast is broken or something, so it can't read the disc of this game anymore. That sucks hard.
Oh, there was also this great... V8 something game. It had a cool remix of Toggata & Fugue. And it was a great game. It was so much fun to play as a bus and then ram all the other cars while shooting your miniguns and doing the combos for huge rocket attacks. All this while running away from that scary huge ant. That was one of those really scary parts when it showed up the first time. I didn't want to play the level anymore, or wanted to beat the level quickly enough so the ant wouldn't come.
I also got Chu Chu Rocket for free from Sega, because of the difficulties they had in producing some plug for the internet connection. I never could have gotten a connection to the machine anyways, so... It was just a pure win win situation for me. And the game was pretty fun too.
In 2003, there was a GameOn! festival thingie in Helsinki. I went there with a relative. I played Halo there. It was amazing. How could a console shooter feel so exact. And the graphics were so real. The festival had some other games too, it had pretty much all of the historic games in there. I played them all. Everything from the original Pong to... Well... Whatever else there just was. Including Rez. And man, did that game blow my mind. I just kept on playing it there for a long while. I never got to know the name of the game there. Later I did, but that comes in later.
In 2003 we get a new computer. The reason for this was partly because the previous one was too old already, and partly because I... Well... messed up the windows. So a new computer, and more POWARRRR! And now comes the Tycoon Boom too. Railroad Tycoon 2, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, SimCity 4 and 3000, The Sims and Sims 2, All the numerous other Tycoons I can't remember. I guess this is also the first moment I have played Doom2. But already I am losing the grip into gaming a little. To PC gaming atleast. We got the 2mbit cable connection during 2003-2004 too, so this meant the change into what I am more like these days.
I also bought the PS2 started packaged sometime during... Was it 2004 or 2005 when the package was released? I bought it with my OWN MONEY! God, that cost a lot with my incomes. Something like 300-350 euros. I have bought the most games for this console. But still, there aren't really that big gems now that I think about it. Gran Turismo 4 was a great fun until the save crashed and I ditched the game pretty much completely for a year.. San Andreas was great fun, but still nothing too special. Black was the best console FPS I have played... Many driving games. Even more driving games. Oh yeah, FlatOut -series! Especially during Flatout 2 I was just amazed. How could they get so much stuff on the track. And Driven to Destruction. I think it's still the most entertaining game for that console. Wrestling... I liked wrestling back then.
Ah, and here comes Rez again! I searched for the game for at least 2 years around internet. I just didn't know what words to use to search it. I went through all the Playstation song games at IGN, but there was just nothing that was similar. But then, once, just by accident I saw a picture of the game. And there it was, the name! But then came the even harder part. Where to get the game. It wasn't the game meant for masses, so it was nowhere to be found in stores. But then, by a magic accident I decided to look at Huutonet. Something similar to eBay. And someone was selling the masterpiece for 20€! It was completely new, still in the wrapping. And just 20€! There were no questions about it, I bought it. Thank god no one else wanted it. That is a game I will never let go of. I can't wait for the new game from the same creator.
Time goes on and gaming goes on.. I get the real sim racing bug with GTR2. I joined ASW -league. Then I bought rFactor. Yeah... A new season is starting this September. I didn't really play anything else than these and maybe some tycoons.
In May 2008 I bought myself the PS3. The reason? GTA 4. At first I was thinking about buying the console once GT5 comes. But then I saw one video of GTA 4. Just one. And I saw the physics of the game. And I thought... I HAVE TO GET THAT NOW! So I paid 500€ of the console and the game. Again, pretty expensive. But it was well worth it. That single game paid the whole console back. I have played hundreds of hours of it. I had about a 30 hour streak when I got the game. I played the game through on one go.
Motorstorm 2 was another nice game. And I got Rock Band on the same Christmas. And Burnout Paradise was great fun.
This year I have bought the God of War package for PS3. There were nice games, except for some of the silly jump sequences accompanied with a silly camera. And I bought Heavy Rain... Not that good actually. Well it was good, I loved the story. But I never played it again to find out the rest of the endings. I don't think I even want to find out the rest of the endings. That would propably just be heart shattering.
For PC, I have bought many games, thanks to the Steam sales. But most of those are still waiting to be played.
Urf, that was a long post.
). I know the theme is overlapping with Games-topic, but it's a bit different 
(Sadly, the console broke down 
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I didn't get one myself, even if I begged very much 
That music is AWESOME!!
I still remember how happy I was when my dad was free on that day every other week so I could stay home and I was allowed to play games on my fathers work pc (which was super fast - 500 mhz!)
i loved GP2 so much (i would have been 7) it was the first f1 game i had 
