Console Pong was my first computer game. As home games were slim in my youth, I and my friends spent a lot of time (and quarters) at the local 7-Eleven, playing games like Omega Race, Asteroids, Tempest, Centipede, and Galaga. Before that it was all good ol' pinball.

I think my first PC-based computer game was Doom. My brother had gotten a Commodore 64 and had beaten me to the punch. The only game I can remember him playing on it was called Bard's Tale. Hmm ... maybe that wasn't until he got his Amiga. Anyway, Doom hooked me for good on PC games.

My first strategy PC game was Masters of Magic, followed soon after by Master of Orion and MOO II. All were great games in their time, and I spent hours upon hours playing them.