What's the first PC game you ever played

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jEct2

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probably not my first but the first game i remember playing is Final Fantasy II
 

TBone48

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A text based football game. The first game w/video was the original Doom. I was addicted!
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: alien42
Originally posted by: Amused
A text based game called "Adventure"

This was back in the very early 80s.

oh the hours spent on that game

i also played a lot of rogue

Holy crap!! Someone remembers that game?

Do you know if it can still be had? Is there any web based version of it?
 

rickn

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some game on an Apple II, don't really remember the name. First IBM PC game I played was Ultima 3 on an original IBM PC with RGB monitor.
 

alien42

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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: alien42
Originally posted by: Amused
A text based game called "Adventure"

This was back in the very early 80s.

oh the hours spent on that game

i also played a lot of rogue

Holy crap!! Someone remembers that game?

Do you know if it can still be had? Is there any web based version of it?

the same site that has rogue has adventure and more

i actually spent a couple hours playing rogue at work today. just found two of the creaters storys and websites (1 2. good reading considering how important these average joes were in the history of computer gaming
 

MSCoder610

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Hm... maybe Oregon Trail on the Apple II Gs, in elementary (~10/11 years ago). Earliest on a PC at my house... possibly Alleycat/ Montezuma (oldschool DOS games).