The moment I got my juvenile hands on all five discs of Baldur's Gate from a classmate of mine, and this started playing. That was pretty special. There were other moments, of course, both before and after. But to this day whenever I hear that tune, I know it's time for adventure. Great thread.
I'm old so the memory isn't what it used to be, but 25+ years later it's gotta be Monkey Island ... just all of it.
Got an Apogee pack as a small kid with most of the games, playing through Duke Nukem 1, Commander Keen and Secret Agent was by far my fondest memory of gaming.
Shit, now I feel old.-Christmas Break 2014: Put yourself in the shoes of a modern 14 year old consoletard. I didn't have a PC. I only wanted two things for Christmas: A laptop to play games on (we didn't/don't have space for a desktop and desk) and a copy of the Elder Scrolls Anthology. As you might be able to imagine, I didn't sleep at all the whole week. First install was Morrowind, followed by Arena. Luckily, I went into Morrowind knowing what to expect, but Arena... Well, Arena sucked me in. My first character was a bard who escaped from the sewers with almost no health and a deadly disease. I hadn't played any ES game where disease could kill, so I went on my merry way to the inn, and died soon after. I was in love.
-My first game of DnD. Summer 2015, it was sweltering for New York and I was hanging out with my friends Steve and Noah. Steve always talked about this fun game called DnD, so when we were wondering what the hell to do after wandering for hours and then swimming in his pool, I jokingly suggested DnD. So, he got out his DM stuffs and sat us down in his front room. He made us roll characters. This party was without casters of any kind. We wandered out of the first town and almost died to some spiders. Following which, we were warned to beware the Beholders. I didn't care. We followed some guy to a mountain where we all almost died to three(!) Beholders. Luckily, Steve had no books and so our level 1 party didn't get slaughtered. (I think my thief had 25 health and 21 strength.) Little did Steve realize I would fall in love with DnD and PnP as a whole. Now, I annoy him into playing.
Shit, now I feel old.
Got an Apogee pack as a small kid with most of the games, playing through Duke Nukem 1, Commander Keen and Secret Agent was by far my fondest memory of gaming.
Oh man, those old shareware games were my childhood.
Commander Keen, Secret Agent, Crystal Caves, Jazz Jackrabbit, Duke Nukem 1 and 2, and some others I don't remember anymore.
Fun times.
Got an Apogee pack as a small kid with most of the games, playing through Duke Nukem 1, Commander Keen and Secret Agent was by far my fondest memory of gaming.
Oh man, those old shareware games were my childhood.
Commander Keen, Secret Agent, Crystal Caves, Jazz Jackrabbit, Duke Nukem 1 and 2, and some others I don't remember anymore.
Fun times.
Hocus Pocus, Bio Menace and Halloween Harry also owned. Awesome introduction to gaming!
Entering Baldurs Gate for the first time. My brother and I tried to mangle our way through it aged 11 and 10 respectively. My dad had borrowed it from a mate but had zero desire to play an RPG, but he let me install it on my computer and I copied it with the CD-RW. We rarely made it to Nashkel before the game was unplayable due to hordes of flaming fist troops took our crappy NPCs out due to persistant peasant killing. In particular we always tried to get to the carnival as the armourer there had thievable plate armour. We were terrified of the mines and so never went in them, but I think around 12 or 13 years old I decided to try to beat the game. I think the moment I realised you could actually go inside the city of Baldurs Gate is one of the most memorable moments in gaming for me. To have spent something like 2 years playing a game and then realise that massive city was actually there in it just blew my mind. Funnily enough I never got on so well with Baldurs Gate 2, but my brother was obsessed with it.
Definitely returning to the mine colony in G2. I was amazed that they really did it. You're standing where G1 starts looking down to the valley -->nostalgia overload.
Also the way to reach the old camp was brilliant. Having to run through this huge horde of Orcs knowing that one of them easily could fuck you up.
Because of this danger around you the Paladins camp also has such a cozy atmosphere. This whole trip only lasts a few minutes but it's amazing.
Lords of fucking Midnight.