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The first game I ever bought with my own money was Metal Gear Solid 1. And the PS1 to play it on.
I wanted FF7 but they didn't have it. But MGS was a good second choice. It was also the first time ever buying anything from a second-hand store. I wish I could remember the name of the store; it wasn't Funcoland or EB. They had a logo that was an anthropomorphic SNES cart, tho.
Super Mario All Stars bundled with a SNES. I remember going to the supermarket with my grandmother to get it.
Jet Set Willy. It was on a cassette tape, for the spectrum computer. My brother's and I got probably hundreds of hours out of it.
I can't remember if I ever bought a NES game but I know I bought the SNES with turtles in time with my own allowance money when I was like 8 or 9. First PC games was Theme park and Transport tycoon deluxe bought at the same time.
Final Fantasy IV, completely worth it and I still have it. My parents were mad that it was $40 used.
I didn't sell many games back, but for some reason, I sold that same game store Mega Man V for Game Boy complete-in-box, probably for a pittance.
Pokemon Blue. I saved up then learned about sales tax at the cashier, so my dad bailed me out with the extra $5
King.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(video_game) Worth it, played the hell out of it. Though I'm not sure if I ever beat it.
Metroid Fusion. Such an awesomely replayable game.
With my own money: Link to the Past. Most definitely.
Rise of the Triads. It was not worth it because there was a fault on the 5th floppy disk so it never worked and I couldn't bring it back to the store because I was 13 and wasn't supposed to be buying violent games but I bought it without telling my parents. So I couldn't take it back without them finding out.
Crash bandicoot 3.
Considering how uninformed I was back then, it was a hell of a success.
Illusion of Gaia at an Alco for Christmas. A great SNES game. Graphics have aged very well and gameplay is still solid. It's an ARPG like Zelda kind of. Lots of puzzles. Swap out your character for other heroes occasionally to tackle different puzzles/dungeons.
I was pretty young, around 11. It was in the clearance bin, like 30 bucks. I was initially kind of disappointed because most of the games there we had or they sucked. But that one stuck out. Was definitely worth it.
A couple Christmas(I was 13) later I got FF7 for PC. I had previously beaten 1 and 3(6). FF6 was great. I'd play that game start to finish in about 8 hrs. Which really isn't that bad for 100% run.
Then I got really into StarCraft (bnet) UMS games. Cat v mouse varieties were especially fun.
You’ve gotten my curiosity with this RPG I’m going to dig into this!
Thanks for the story and info
Blackjack on the RCA Studio II.
Halo. Worked a paper rout to buy an OG Xbox and Halo all by myself.
Wasn’t my first buy but I did the same with chores and saving up money !
Please keep them coming and please please tell your stories. It’s the best part of gaming really
A cassette tape for my MSX with 2 games by Konami: Hyper Rally and Antarctic Adventure. That was in 1988.
I've been gaming ever since.
I know we had games. I think we borrowed an Atari for a while. I definitely remember the Superman Atari game.
But the first one I remember buying was when we got an NES. I think my dad went all out and got Super Mario Bros 3 and Megaman 2 all at once. What a day.
We definitely had a Sega Master System too. I do not remember buying that at all
It was counter strike 1.6 on Steam
The first game system I ever had was a Game Gear when I was 6, but I think every game I ever got for it was a gift. We got a Sega Genesis the following year, when I was 7 (1996). Little did I know at the time it was actually obsolete at that point, but that's why my parents got it for me when they did; it was dirt cheap. So were the games. I kid you not when I say I could walk into a FuncoLand with $10 and walk out with 20 used Genesis games, most of which were $0.25 each. So as a result, I have no idea what the first game I bought was, because my brother and I bought a plethora of games all at the same time. In that haul though, probably, was Vectorman, Jurassic Park, Clayfighter, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (we already got Sonic 1 and 2 with the console, as well as a couple of Mortal Kombat games that our parents made us return when they realized how violent they were, because I guess the title left it ambiguous).
My first personal system was a game gear as well. Still have it too! Parents bought it for me in the early 90s
First game I ever remember buying was Final Fantasy II. I was probably about 11 and it was definitely worth it. A friend had let me borrow it for a few days and I immediately knew that I needed to get my own copy. Still one of my favorite games ever.
An excellent purchase
Oddworld : Munch's Oddysee. It's been 25 years, would love to replay it
The Orange Box, absolutely worth it lol
That I personally bought?
Pretty sure it was King's Quest VIII: Mask of Eternity.