Your First Encounter With Social Gaming

SakSquash · 08-08-2006, 03:43 AM

Can you remember it?

Mine was Marathon on old apple computers over a lan. My first internet social gaming experience was Command and Conquer over a 56K modem with a schoolmate. Good timesssssssss.

RLacey · 08-08-2006, 03:45 AM

I remember not being allowed to play games online until my parents got unmetred internet access, after which the first game I played online was Unreal Tournament.

I did, however, have two networked computers at home. I remember playing Age of Empires and Diablo, and there was probably other stuff that has since slipped my mind.

insane_cobra · 08-08-2006, 04:45 AM

Multiplayer in the arcades, probably Golden Axe or something like that.

Kolzig · 08-08-2006, 05:43 AM

On PC it was Command & Conquer: Red Alert against my friend, a classic dial up modem one vs. one match. Man, he totally destroyed me in that game.

Earlier there was loads of games at the arcades.

simpson_yellow · 08-08-2006, 05:50 AM

Double Dragon at the arcades - I remember a group of kids laughing at me because I sucked ass. If they only knew how leet I'd be one day....

First LAN game was either Worms or Puyo Puyo in the Physics labs at uni - ah, good times.

First online multiplayer experience was HL2: Deathmatch (not sure why I put off internet gaming for so long).

lumi · 08-08-2006, 07:33 AM

It may have been with a MMORPG that Sierra made. I don't remember the name of it, but you walked around like in a 2D adventure game, fought monsters, and bought items.

Stiltzkin · 08-08-2006, 08:11 AM

In the arcades, probably Double Dragon or Bubble Bobble. Otherwise, on-line it was likely Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.

Squinky · 08-08-2006, 09:31 AM

I watched my cousins play the original NES Mario when I was about three. I vaguely remember making one of them lose by trying to grab the controller and play with it.

MoriartyL · 08-08-2006, 12:25 PM

Warcraft 2 on a dial-up. I think I played quite a few games in the two hours or so I was allowed to tie up the phone line for. (I lost every one.) I enjoyed the experience a lot, but not so much that I ever played an RTS online again. Generally speaking, I prefer single-player.

Huz · 08-08-2006, 01:25 PM

What's 'social gaming'? I imagined it to mean any form of multiplayer gaming - or hanging around at the arcades - but seeing as most responses are talking about hardcore LAN and dialup action, I'm not so sure...

Or did you really go to the trouble of hooking up your computers before playing against a friend? Confuse, and also, boggle.

Cold-Factor · 08-08-2006, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MoriartyL

Warcraft 2 on a dial-up. I think I played quite a few games in the two hours or so I was allowed to tie up the phone line for. (I lost every one.) I enjoyed the experience a lot, but not so much that I ever played an RTS online again. Generally speaking, I prefer single-player.

Same here. My first experience with multiplayer gaming came from playing my friend in a Warcraft 2 modem game back in elementary school. But that was still one-on-one, however soon afterwards I started playing MUDs using Tinkeri View. I guess that could be the true first instance of 'social gaming' for me.

getmyrunon · 08-08-2006, 05:05 PM

Warcraft I Modem-Modem connection

mrdriller · 08-08-2006, 08:02 PM

Hmm, the earliest of course would be arcades. PC-wise, a friend and I used to play Jagged Alliance

eadly Games over our 28.8k connections. And Warcraft II.
My first PC game I played online with people I didn't know would have to be Quake. I remember massive lag, and hardly ever being able to kill anyone, but loving it anyway.

SakSquash · 08-08-2006, 08:18 PM

I've never played a warcraft game.

insane_cobra · 08-08-2006, 11:00 PM

I think my first online experience was Descent, I simply loved that game. Then there was Doom 2 and a couple of games I played over the LAN (Red Alert and HoMM2, I believe).

SoccerDude28 · 08-08-2006, 11:45 PM

Street Fighter 2 in the arcades. We used to sneak out from school, and wait in line to try to beat whoever is hogging the machine.

SakSquash · 08-08-2006, 11:49 PM

I was never into Street Fighter, but one day when I was in a snack bar there was a machine, so I figured ok, i'll try it. I planned on playing the computer but then some guy walked up to up, stuck his quarters in without even asking, and started to fight me! Anyway, long story short, I kicked his ass and he got REALLY pissed off and stormed away swearing.

Huz · 08-09-2006, 02:17 PM

Well, I still don't really know what this thread really means, but depending which of the many definitions used above I decide to go for, it was either...

Looming over someone while they played through Robocop at the arcades. Although I was about six so I achieved this by standing on a staircase, natch.

Playing North and South on the NES.

Playing Stunt Car Racer on two linked Amigas.

Or Quake over dialup. Not QuakeWorld, which was actually intended for internet play, but Quake. Lag occurred.

Gordon Bennett · 08-12-2006, 06:57 AM

Something on a school Macintosh network. Net Trek, or something along those lines. These were black and white compact Macs. Choose one of three types of ships from Star Trek, and fight it out from a top-down view.

There was also a message bar at the bottom of the screen so we could type insults to each other. It was an easy way of getting yourself killed, as you can't move, fire, and type all at once, but it was quite engaging to, well, type messages to people sitting in the same room as you. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it was great fun at the time.

Also you never could quite tell who was working, and who was quietly fighting you. Figuring out who it was by typing in something funny to provoke a laugh was a small game in and of itself.

I Love Cookiemonster · 08-12-2006, 11:04 AM

I think it was at school, playing the descent demo over LAN. I pretty much ruled that game, but that had more to do with how bad the others were. And then somebody became as good as i was, must have been practicing at home or something. God that was fun.

08-08-2006, 03:43 AM	#1
SakSquash Banned User Last Online: 10-10-2008 08:34 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	Your First Encounter With Social Gaming Can you remember it? Mine was Marathon on old apple computers over a lan. My first internet social gaming experience was Command and Conquer over a 56K modem with a schoolmate. Good timesssssssss.

08-08-2006, 03:45 AM	#2
RLacey The Thread™ will die. Last Online: 07-11-2012 11:25 PM Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	I remember not being allowed to play games online until my parents got unmetred internet access, after which the first game I played online was Unreal Tournament. I did, however, have two networked computers at home. I remember playing Age of Empires and Diablo, and there was probably other stuff that has since slipped my mind. __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

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insane_cobra gin soaked boy Last Online: 10-21-2010 12:08 AM Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virovitica, Croatia Posts: 4,093	Multiplayer in the arcades, probably Golden Axe or something like that. __________________ What you piss in is yours for life.

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Kolzig The Reggienator Last Online: 06-21-2011 10:52 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	On PC it was Command & Conquer: Red Alert against my friend, a classic dial up modem one vs. one match. Man, he totally destroyed me in that game. Earlier there was loads of games at the arcades. __________________ "The old standby, that never got old in the first place. We come back to them weekly, nightly, for hours at a time--and they always deliver. They are pure, timeless, and often taken for granted." - Nick Breckon - Shacknews My gamesale list updated 26.8.2007 Hey, dear people please buy my games, I need money to conquer Europe! Or do something similar.

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Squinky Unreliable Narrator Last Online: 08-10-2012 07:03 PM Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	I watched my cousins play the original NES Mario when I was about three. I vaguely remember making one of them lose by trying to grab the controller and play with it. __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

08-08-2006, 05:50 AM	#5
simpson_yellow Squeaky Last Online: 03-23-2009 08:22 PM Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 1,320	Double Dragon at the arcades - I remember a group of kids laughing at me because I sucked ass. If they only knew how leet I'd be one day.... First LAN game was either Worms or Puyo Puyo in the Physics labs at uni - ah, good times. First online multiplayer experience was HL2: Deathmatch (not sure why I put off internet gaming for so long).

08-08-2006, 07:33 AM	#6
lumi Senior Member Last Online: 07-12-2008 04:45 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 2,120	It may have been with a MMORPG that Sierra made. I don't remember the name of it, but you walked around like in a 2D adventure game, fought monsters, and bought items.

08-08-2006, 08:11 AM	#7
Stiltzkin Member Last Online: 10-14-2006 11:41 AM Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 52	In the arcades, probably Double Dragon or Bubble Bobble. Otherwise, on-line it was likely Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.

08-08-2006, 12:25 PM	#9
MoriartyL Not like them! Last Online: 10-04-2015 04:39 AM Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Israel Posts: 2,570	Warcraft 2 on a dial-up. I think I played quite a few games in the two hours or so I was allowed to tie up the phone line for. (I lost every one.) I enjoyed the experience a lot, but not so much that I ever played an RTS online again. Generally speaking, I prefer single-player. __________________ -Mory My first game My second game My third game

08-08-2006, 01:25 PM	#10
Huz Kersal Massive Last Online: 11-17-2012 11:27 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,430	What's 'social gaming'? I imagined it to mean any form of multiplayer gaming - or hanging around at the arcades - but seeing as most responses are talking about hardcore LAN and dialup action, I'm not so sure... Or did you really go to the trouble of hooking up your computers before playing against a friend? Confuse, and also, boggle.

08-08-2006, 05:05 PM	#12
getmyrunon Junior Member Last Online: 08-03-2007 10:05 AM Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 27	Warcraft I Modem-Modem connection

08-08-2006, 08:02 PM	#13
mrdriller I've come for the fork! Last Online: 04-18-2007 01:40 PM Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 155	Hmm, the earliest of course would be arcades. PC-wise, a friend and I used to play Jagged Allianceeadly Games over our 28.8k connections. And Warcraft II. My first PC game I played online with people I didn't know would have to be Quake. I remember massive lag, and hardly ever being able to kill anyone, but loving it anyway.

08-08-2006, 08:18 PM	#14
SakSquash Banned User Last Online: 10-10-2008 08:34 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	I've never played a warcraft game.

08-08-2006, 11:00 PM	#15
insane_cobra gin soaked boy Last Online: 10-21-2010 12:08 AM Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virovitica, Croatia Posts: 4,093	I think my first online experience was Descent, I simply loved that game. Then there was Doom 2 and a couple of games I played over the LAN (Red Alert and HoMM2, I believe). __________________ What you piss in is yours for life.

08-08-2006, 11:45 PM	#16
SoccerDude28 Homer of Kittens Last Online: 08-20-2016 10:39 AM Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: San Francisco, Bay Area Posts: 4,374	Street Fighter 2 in the arcades. We used to sneak out from school, and wait in line to try to beat whoever is hogging the machine. __________________ -------------------------------------------------- Games I am playing: Jeanne D'Ark (PSP) Firefox rules

08-08-2006, 11:49 PM	#17
SakSquash Banned User Last Online: 10-10-2008 08:34 PM Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Paltz...for now... Posts: 6,177	I was never into Street Fighter, but one day when I was in a snack bar there was a machine, so I figured ok, i'll try it. I planned on playing the computer but then some guy walked up to up, stuck his quarters in without even asking, and started to fight me! Anyway, long story short, I kicked his ass and he got REALLY pissed off and stormed away swearing.

08-09-2006, 02:17 PM	#18
Huz Kersal Massive Last Online: 11-17-2012 11:27 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,430	Well, I still don't really know what this thread really means, but depending which of the many definitions used above I decide to go for, it was either... Looming over someone while they played through Robocop at the arcades. Although I was about six so I achieved this by standing on a staircase, natch. Playing North and South on the NES. Playing Stunt Car Racer on two linked Amigas. Or Quake over dialup. Not QuakeWorld, which was actually intended for internet play, but Quake. Lag occurred.

08-12-2006, 06:57 AM	#19
Gordon Bennett Senior Member Last Online: 07-12-2007 02:07 AM Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London Posts: 357	Something on a school Macintosh network. Net Trek, or something along those lines. These were black and white compact Macs. Choose one of three types of ships from Star Trek, and fight it out from a top-down view. There was also a message bar at the bottom of the screen so we could type insults to each other. It was an easy way of getting yourself killed, as you can't move, fire, and type all at once, but it was quite engaging to, well, type messages to people sitting in the same room as you. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it was great fun at the time. Also you never could quite tell who was working, and who was quietly fighting you. Figuring out who it was by typing in something funny to provoke a laugh was a small game in and of itself.

08-12-2006, 11:04 AM	#20
I Love Cookiemonster Senior Member Last Online: 08-04-2011 12:27 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Posts: 516	I think it was at school, playing the descent demo over LAN. I pretty much ruled that game, but that had more to do with how bad the others were. And then somebody became as good as i was, must have been practicing at home or something. God that was fun.