The first game I can recall playing is one of three games

Doom 2

Civilization

X-com: UFO Defence

I cant remember witch was first  But its one of these.

Didn't read the whole thread I admit...

If this counts for any computer game, I'd have to say JUMPMAN!  Oh and California Raisins. lol

My first game was Age of Empires, followed by TIE Fighter, which is still the best PC game of all time. Maarek Stele ftw.

Then I got MathBlaster, if anyone remembers that old game

Now i have sins and halo. Need nothing else, until i finish fixing TIE fighter so it runs on my computer.

This thread brings back a lot of memories, so many games I remember with fond memories. Ultima series, X-Com, Civilization, Pirates!, Dune, X-wing, Eye of the beholder, Quest for glory, all the Sierra "quest" games, just about every single Lucasart adventure etc etc etc...

Not counting any earlier machines, my first "IBM compatible PC" game purchase(s): Sim City and Populous. Sim City came with a dark maroon copy protection symbol sheet, and it was difficult as heck to actually figure out the symbols. Entering it wrong resulted in Sim City going all disaster crazy and being unplayable, which happened more than once, sometimes without me actually realizing I had typed it in wrong until the game became completely utterly so full of disasters it was impossible to keep playing. Copy protection "fun"... *tsks*

The only "IBM compatible PC" game beside Elite 2 I bought that came on 720k floppies, and I should still have them somewhere along with the boxes. I highly doubt the they still work after so many years of storage though.

Can't quite remember when it was though, nor the price I paid.

I can't possibly remember. The earliest PC Game that I can vividly remember is Wolfenstein 3D. I remember playing other games, such as Civilization, but I think I actually played those much later.

And yeah, this is for PC games. I probably played some earlier stuff on other formats before then. Sonic was released a year prior to Wolfenstein 3D, along with such classics as A Link to the Past. I didn't really understand much of the stories, anyway. It was long before I learned English, so I was kinda hampered and didn't grow to appreciate my favourites, such as RPG games, until much later.

Edit: Man, some people are saying "Age of Empires" or even the Battlefield games. I feel old.

my very first pc game was for hte mac...it was called Super Maze.  anyone heard of it?

Probably Commander Keen.

First Pc was a 386 that had 4 mb of ram..even had one of those ancient "B" drives.  Still have that old computer infact.  I later upgraded it with a Evergreen upgrade kit for the processor and moved it from a 386 to a 486 really, really low end pentium 1.

It was so low end it would run Age of Empires 1 but only at bout half normal speed....Took a really long time to walk your workers even a few inches but I was in heaven.

First game I bought and truly loved.......the game I believe preceeds The Settlers..
 SERF CITY   ....loved that game ...could even split screen it an play with a friend.

Valkajin

Crap, I can't remember!

Wait... Wait...

Paint!

I believe perhaps your desk might be slightly less prone to the elements than my attic (although I am sure there are other risks ). Come to think of it, in retrospect perhaps the attic wasn't the best place, but I haven't really thought about it all that much until this thread. Maybe I should venture up into the darkness and dig out a few and see if that old dusty pc in the corner can get be convined or possibly coerced into action again.

Hmm, I think we may have had some game cartridges for the old Vic20. If we didn't, then I do remember playing some side scrolling ninja game that was loaded off of a cassette (yes, audio cassette) onto our C64/128. If by PC we mean x86-based computing, Solitare, Minesweeper, Conquest, Scorched Earth, X-Wing, Tradewars 2002. The first game I actually bought though was probably Dungeon Keeper (or maybe Outpost 2).

Lol haven't you seen the latest microsoft commercial, the kids in them are like 4 or 5 and they use apps better than most adults. I find most adults (any age after 35) know probably a few things about their computer:

1. Open internet explorer, and surf most of the web
   
2. Turn on and off their computer
3. Start an app probably word or excel the most
4. shutdown
5. and maybe basic diagnostic
6. Install a few programs
7. (maybe something else)

sure, there maybe a few more things most adults can do, but my point is that kids these days are much more tune to tech and stuff. And I also find this interesting, adults don't touch the settings (much), they think that if they even go near it, it will cause a computer crash, which I find kinda amusing.