Childhood computer games?

[midnightrae]

I didn't play many computer games as a kid. I was always at the library (including teen poetry night).

[midnightrae]

Dude, I'm serious about the poetry night. I went to that from 5th grade throughout HS. My mom didn't like me writing poetry, so I snuck out of the house to go to poetry night. LOL.

[pixelpassion]

I think I was into warcraft and the original starcraft? And Simcity.

[Dusky]

Computer: Oregon Trail, Yukon Trail, and some really girly fashion game I can't remember the name of.

Console: Super Mario Bros, Biker Mice From Mars

[wowhead]

Thanks for making me feel old. I got my Atari 2600 when I was 9. Pitfall was the shit!

[panicked]

My mom was a teacher, so we only had educational games on the computer. Oregon Trail and Lemmings were the standbys. I did have an obsession with a game called "Operation Weather Disaster" which was petty much the best game ever.

[lightbulbsun]

Computer: The Sims, SimCity, Jazz Jackrabbit, Commander Keen

Console: Super Smash Bros, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, Pikmin

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Aug 20, 2013 7:48:44 GMT -5 lightbulbsun said:

Computer: The Sims, SimCity, Jazz Jackrabbit, Commander Keen

Console: Super Smash Bros, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, Pikmin

I LOVED Commander Keen as a kid. Those were some of the first games I ever played.

On the computer, I also played Duke Nukem and Doom.

Console games were the standard Mario, Zelda, Donkey King, etc. (I've had every type of Nintendo except the Gamecube)

[BlackCanary]

Oregon Trail FTW!

[gnorah]

I remember Lemmings!! That was fun. I only ever had computers growing up, and I started gaming when I was really young with the Infocom text adventures on my commodore 64. I never finished them because I was about 10, but it was still fun.

I played all the Sierra Adventure games (Kinqs Quest, Space Quest, Gabriel Knight etc).

And this is the best website ever... www.gog.com It has tons of old games repackaged for modern computers. I think I replaced most of my old game collection with this stuff over Christmas.

[niemand88f]

I loved Lemmings too, I especially liked trapping them in pits or sending them off cliffs.

computer: Warcraft 3, Lemmings, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Age of Empires, Sims

console (my first console was an N64): Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time (all-time favorite game), Super Smash Brothers. I also loved the original Pokemon and Link's Awakening on Gameboy.

[coribelle26]

I devoted hours upon hours of my tweens to Maniac Mansion, and still never beat the damn game.

[statlerwaldorf]

I was obsessed with Tekken, Simpsons, and Crazy Taxi at the arcade.  There was also a shooting game I loved, but I can't remember what it was called.

Computer: The Sims, Rollercoaster Tycoon

Console: Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, some random Chinese chef game, Mario Brothers, Mario Kart, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Donkey Kong, Sonic the Hedgehog, Crazy Taxi, Tekken, Crash Team Racing, Tony Hawk, Twisted Metal

[CheshireGrin]

OMG Lemmings was awesome! I had it on the PC though. We had an Atari when I was a kid, but once that bit the dust we never had any of the newer game consoles.

I mostly grew up on text adventures like Zork. Please tell me someone else remembers Zork. (My brother and I still quote from it, and I have a poster which references being eaten by a grue.)

I also played the early Sim games (SimLife is the first one I remember. Weird fascination with fruitflies).

Does anyone remember a game called Escape From Traal? It was mostly a text adventure, but had some pictures too. We had it on the Apple IIe and it was awesome!

[CheshireGrin]

So, on a whim, I just googled "Escape from Traal" because I swear I am the only person on the planet (aside from my brother) who actually remembers this game, and the ONLY hit I got was an old post OF MY OWN from 2008.

Sigh.

I'm beginning to wonder if I have the name wrong, but that's how both my brother and I remember it. We can't both be wrong, can we?

ETA: WAIT! It's not Traal, it's Traam! I found it! Seriously, you guys have to watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Xvz8kkgfg

[jodinia]

I didn't play many PC games (I didn't get my first computer until I was 16) but I love my console games.

Console: Duck Hunt (damned dog), Othello, Tetris, Dr. Mario

Oh on the duck Hunt thing, if you play the arcade version, if you get to round 3, you can shoot the dog! That was a great discovery

[2curlydogs]

These responses makes me feel old.

I grew up gaming on a commodore 64: Mario Bros., Ghostbusters, Miner 2049er, Jumpman, The Bard's Tale, Castle Wolfenstein, Airwolf, Bagit Man, BC's Quest for Tires....

[verycontrary247]

PC: The Island of Dr. Brain, Heroes of Might and Magic, Diablo II, Oregon Trail

Console: Sonic the Hedgehog, Road Rash, Mortal Kombat II, Street Fighter II (all for Sega Genesis), Pokemon and Zelda for Gameboy.

[dr.girlfriend]

Frogger and Pitfall. ColecoVision! (I'm old).

[smugleaf]

My whole family was obsessed with The Sims when I was in middle school! I still remember my sims' names. Ah, Jeff and Chelsea.
I played a lot of Oregon Trail, too.

Oh man, so many console games! Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Tony Hawk Pro Skater (my brother and I put the song Blitzkrieg Bop on repeat the whole time we played), Mario Party (several of them), Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, and many more! I liked to watch my brother play Final Fantasy for the cut scenes, so I would draw in my sketchbook while he played, and pay attention when the story part came on, haha.