The 1st Video Game You Ever Purchased.

[slinkyturd]

My sister had an Atari 400 with Defender, Pac man, and Star Raiders. MY first game was Super Mario 2 for NES. First game I beat too.

[MrBroadway]

removed

[Otaking]

The other I hated almost immediately and grew to loathe the more and more I played: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Ten year old me had already played and beaten better RPGs for the SNES (it would be a while before I played RPGs on other systems), so I was utterly crushed when FFMQ didn't live up to the expectations built from Final Fantasy II (i.e. IV). I did end up beating it, but only after much eye-rolling (oh, look! The forest level is named Foresta, the fire level Fireburg, the water level Aquaria, how creative.  ). Two-party system, non-random battles, easy upgrade system, the game was absolutely bland, but I had beaten everything else I owned, and it was summer time, so I just spent a few days beating it.

Two decades later, and I still have not played it since.

I haven't played Mystic Quest since it was released but if I remember I quite enjoyed it, simple but enjoyable.
It was billed as an RPG for younger players, so I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised to what I thought was a half decent game. 

[glazball]

This first I can clearly remember would be Defender for 2600, in the early 80s.  It was when lots of Atari games were being put on clearance and I think I paid $5 for it at Toys R Us.

[esteban]

I had to think about it...

Early 80's: mechanical missile launching game, LED Football, an LCD racing game handhelds from garage sale...first games I bought with my own money.

[ParanoiaDragon]

an LCD racing game handhelds from garage sale...first games I bought with my own money.

That's probably the same one I still have, was it this?

[esteban]

an LCD racing game handhelds from garage sale...first games I bought with my own money.

That's probably the same one I still have, was it this?

Ha! I loved that damn game.

I thought it was LCD, but it was LED—my memory is going. I had Mattel's sports LED games, but football was definitely the first one I got from a garage sale.

Later, I had some LCD handhelds that were kool (a Pole Position racing game that was more fun than it should have been).
...I gotta find it now...I think it was red plastic and said "Grand Prix" (of course!) in white on it...

All 1980-1984.

UPDATE: here it is!


Mattel: Speed Freak - Grand Prix - Formula Racer

[Galder]

Hmm thats a tough question... It must have been "bill and ted's excellent adventures" for the atari lynx in the early 90s My father used to buy video games for us all the time (he was and still is a hard core video gamer hehe) so that was the first time I think I bought a game with my own money. BOGUS!

[TR0N]

Far as i can remember beside using every penny to buy it back then.

[geise]

Space Ace for the Atari 1040 STF. 

[esadajr]

Goonies 2 was the first game I bought (like Desh said you stick with what you know).

It was this love/hate relationship with this game. The platforming was great but the riddle part not so much. I traded it for Othello. Years later got it back, circa 96 I downloaded a faq and finally finished it. No way in hell a kid will figure out all that (censored).

[cr8zykuban0]

the first 2 games I got with my own money were bio hazard battle, jungle book and golden axe cib at the good will for 2 bucks each like 8 years ago. all from allowance money

[esteban]

the first 2 games I got with my own money were bio hazard battle, jungle book and golden axe cib at the good will for 2 bucks each like 8 years ago. all from allowance money

Dude, how young are you?

Holy crap, I'm ancient.

[TR0N]

Goonies 2 was the first game I bought (like Desh said you stick with what you know).

It was this love/hate relationship with this game. The platforming was great but the riddle part not so much. I traded it for Othello. Years later got it back, circa 96 I downloaded a faq and finally finished it. No way in hell a kid will figure out all that (censored).

Yeah before the nintendo official guide book.It was easy to get lost in goonies II unless you draw a map to get around.Though,i all ways find it odd the first goonies game had a famicom release but not the nes.Beside the only way to play goonies 1 was in the arcades in the 80's.

[geise]

the first 2 games I got with my own money were bio hazard battle, jungle book and golden axe cib at the good will for 2 bucks each like 8 years ago. all from allowance money

Dude, how young are you?

Holy crap, I'm ancient.

word.  pushing 40 in not to long.  haha, some already hit the big 4.0. here.  One thing I do like over at Neo-Geo.com forums is the AARP fan club sig haha.