[PT-BR/ENG] What was your first console (video game)?

Uma insana luta na LUA, com direito a destruir uma parte dela! Sensacional!

Mais Jogos

Obviamente joguei alguns outros, mas a memoria já não ajuda muito, então mais dois que eu lembro bem que jogava:

• Contra:

Inspirado nos mais diversos filmes de ação dos anos 80, este semi bullet hell em formato de jogo de tiro é difícil pra caramba. De jogabilidade simples e direta, você encontra power ups e ganha vidas extras no decorrer das fases enquanto vai cometendo um verdadeiro extermínio, sempre enfrentando chefes impositivos ao final.

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Um de seus grandes diferenciais é a possibilidade de dividir as fases com um amigo, em um coop de sofá raiz que naquele tempo não era tão comum.

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Um jogo de tiro das antigas, acredito que fez parte da vida de muitas pessoas. Esse era bem legal de jogar com um amigo e como diz o resumo das fontes, os chefes eram bem difíceis.

• Excite Bike:

Talvez seja o perfeito exemplo do porquê o NES chamou atenção graficamente à época. Lançado no Japão apenas um ano após o crash dos videogames nos EUA, chegou como um dos títulos de lançamento do novo console da Nintendo e era um salto gigantesco para o que as pessoas estavam acostumadas em casa com o Atari.

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Corrida de motinha simples, divertida e direta, sem muita frescura. Como todo bom arcade deve ser. Use as setas pra controlar inclinação e os botões para aceleração sem deixar a motoca super aquecer.

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O jogo da “motinha”, esse era bem divertido, mas confesso que as vezes ficava bem nervoso com ele também 😁, lembro que você conseguia fazer umas acrobacias e as vezes se espatifava no chão.

Conclusão

Uma época de ouro, só quem viveu sabe como que foi. Hoje ainda é possível jogar esses jogos, acredito que com emuladores ou até de forma oficial pelo Nintendo Switch.

Grandes desafios e grandes segredos, em 8 bits de pura de diversão que com toda a certeza, marcou minha vida e a minha entrada para o mundo dos games. Depois do NES nunca mais parei, sempre tentando evoluindo nos consoles até chegar ao PC.

Uma grande ferramenta, um momento de lazer, considerado até como um amigo ou irmão, os videogames fazem parte da vida das pessoas e até mais que isso: eles mudam as vidas das pessoas, assim como mudou a minha também.

Obrigado a todos pela atenção e apoio! Até a próxima postagem!

What was your first console (video game)?

Introduction

I believe that many people who are present here at #hive are experienced players, who love with body, mind and soul the games that have evolved a lot and reached incredible gameplay, challenges and graphic levels.

A passion that unites everyone, regardless of gender, color or religion, just a single language of love, with what was created to bring friends together and generate the fun we need to relax and enjoy good times.

So I came up with this idea for a post, what was your first console? And your first games? I don't want to go on too long, talking about all the video games I've ever had, so let's take it slow and talk about what was your first contact with this addictive and fun world!

NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)

This was my first console, the NES or here in Brazil affectionately called “Nintendinho”. The beginning of my contact with games was with him and it's been a long time, so much so that I don't even remember how old I was when I played with him.

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Console History

The history of the NES can be easily researched on the internet, but putting a brief summary:

The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is a third generation 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan in 1983 as the Family Computer (FC), commonly known as the Famicom.

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The NES, a redesigned version, was released in US test markets in October 1985, before becoming widely available in the rest of North America and other countries.

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It was a great success, being one of the best sellers at the time, helping to revitalize and mature the gamer world. It also helped to introduce a business model for licensing third-party developers for the production and distribution of games.

For more information, you can check the source directly: Wikipedia - NES.

First contact

I had won the NES from my father, it was one of the few things he gave me in my life, since our history is not the best, but I was very happy with this gift, after all, a child discovering the pleasures that a video game brings is not has a price.

I really wish I could remember more things to tell you, like the year I won or how old I was when I was playing, but there really is a lot of time, all I can say is that it was around the mid-90s.

The coolest point I can say is that for a child who was going through a difficult time (I didn't even understand things right) which was the separation of my parents, in fact they were already divorced, the NES was a refuge, the my escape valve from the sad reality I was living.

Maybe that's why I'm a lover of games, fantasy and the fun they provide, because at that time I didn't have many friends, so video games and games were the friendship and fun I had.

Games

Many may not even know what a game cartridge is, where there was the famous blowing mallet to make the game catch, but that's how games were, chips and not CDs or DVDs or huge games that you download from Steam.

Being very direct, I'm going to talk about the 2 games that most marked my stay in this phase of the NES, because they are the ones I remember to this day, maybe precisely because they were engraved in my memory.

Super Mario Bros. 3

If it's Nintendo, it has to have Mario! This was one of the first and most difficult games I had the pleasure of playing, but it sure was fun.

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I don't think I ever got to become him, but it's ok, fun was always guaranteed and for a child it was all very amazing. Between turning into a kind of fox and getting a Power Up in which we shoot fireballs, the game has always been very challenging, especially in the last stages.

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I honestly don't know if it's a fox or a raccoon, or any other animal, I haven't researched it, so let's keep it a mystery 😂.

Below the cartridge, showing how it was before and to think that today we don't even need physical media, times have changed!

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I always thought it was cool to jump on the heads of turtles or other opponents we have in the stages, in addition to many secrets to unravel!

Kirby's Adventure

Once again the NES cartridge! Giant isn't it? As big as my love for this Kirby is, it was one of the first games I ever played!

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Don't be fooled by our chubby pink friend, he's a great neighborhood friend, brave and always willing to help his friends. The game was amazing, you could swallow and absorb the power of some enemies, so you could strategize or have a more advantageous power against one type of boss than another.

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This was the one that marked my life the most, so much so that I remember many things, such as the stages, bosses and challenges. I consider your final battle one of the coolest of all times and games, personal opinion:

An insane fight on the MOON, entitled to destroy a part of it! Sensational!

More games

Obviously I played some others, but the memory doesn't help much anymore, so two more that I remember playing:

• Contra:

Inspired by the most diverse action movies of the 80's, this semi bullet hell shooter game is hard as hell. With simple and straightforward gameplay, you find power ups and gain extra lives throughout the stages while committing a real extermination, always facing imposing bosses at the end.

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One of its great differentials is the possibility of sharing the levels with a friend, in a cozy sofa coop that was not so common at that time.

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An old-school shooting game, I believe it was part of many people's lives. This one was pretty cool to play with a friend and as the source summary says, the bosses were pretty tough.

• Excite Bike:

Maybe it's the perfect example of why the NES drew attention graphically at the time. Released in Japan just a year after the US video game crash, it arrived as one of the launch titles for Nintendo's new console and was a giant leap from what people were used to back home with Atari.

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Simple, fun and straightforward motorcycle racing, without too much frills. As every good arcade should be. Use the arrow keys to control incline and the buttons for acceleration without letting the bike overheat.

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The “motorbike” game, this one was really fun, but I confess that sometimes I was quite nervous with it too 😁, I remember that you could do some stunts and sometimes you crashed on the floor.

Conclusion

A golden age, only those who lived it know what it was like. Today it is still possible to play these games, I believe with emulators or even officially on Nintendo Switch.

Big challenges and big secrets, in 8 bits of pure fun that for sure, marked my life and my entrance to the world of games. After the NES I never stopped, always trying to evolve on the consoles until I reached the PC.

A great tool, a moment of leisure, considered even as a friend or brother, video games are part of people's lives and even more than that: they change people's lives, just as it changed mine too.

Thank you all for your attention and support! Until the next post!