What was your first computer game that you can remember? I ask this question because the variety of ages yield fascinating results. It depends on your age, gender, lifestyle, interests, operating system and just what was available at a certain time in the gaming world.
I'm one of the few people my age (22) whose parents had a computer at the time I was born. This was 1989. In fact, my parents got their first computer in the mid-eighties for it's ability to make writing easier (saving, editing, printing). I can't ever remember a time when there wasn't a computer in my life. Most of my friends didn't experience computers until we were exposed to them in school, until the late 90's when just about everyone had one at home.
We had a PC with a Windows/MS-DOS operating system on it, so all of my early games were DOS.
The first games that I remember playing were "Mixed-Up Mother Goose" by Sierra from 1992, "Manhole" by Cyan Worlds from 1992, "Mammal Encyclopedia" by National Geographic (I think) from 1991, "Kidworks 2" which was on a floppy disc, and "Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective" from 1991.
All of these games required typing in a specific "run" command into text-oriented MS-DOS, so I remember that my parents had to open the games for me as I didn't yet know how to write, much less type! Eventually we got a Windows 98 Gateway computer that had such treasures as "The Amazon Trail", "The Oregon Trail (3rd Edition)", "Gizmos and Gadgets" and others packaged with it.
I still own all of these games with the exception of Kidworks 2, which probably got thrown out because computers stopped being made with 3.5" floppy disc drives. Want to experience these games today? DOS-Box is a magical tool for reliving your childhood.
There are also sites dedicated to bringing you the most magical 8-bit DOS games ever.
