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What was the first game you were addicted to?

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mAdMaLuDaWg

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I really have three ....
Super Mario Bros, Alley way, and DuckHunt (that damn dog still gives me nightmares ;))
 

oboeguy

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Hmm, long thread. Maybe I'll read it at some point. Anyway, my earliest game addictions were on the Apple ][e:

- Apple Panic
- Lode Runner
- Bard's Tale II

I played each of those three many, many hours.
 

Childs

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Defender on the Atari. Was almost at a million when for some reason my aunt unplugged it.
 

Metron

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Coin Op:
Defender
{Honorable Mention: Crazy Climber}

VAX/PDP 11/70:
Adventure (early text based exploration game)

Commodore 64:
Flight Simulator

Macintosh:
Racter

Original IBM PC:
Ancient Art of War

*edit*
Atari 2600:
Tank, in the Combat game
 

faZZter

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Oops...console games.....hmmmm

Yah I loved Yars revenge also...then Pitfall.

Metroid years later got me hooked too...
 

Brule

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Played a variety of games, but never got stuck on one until Civ II(perhaps The Art of War would count earlier). First console game I couldn't stop playing was FF7.