the FIRST game I ever saw... (Q&A)

[@UngliYT]

I remember in a Q&A forever ago someone asked how to get started making videos. And you said to “Just start making stuff.” I did that and let me tell you. In 3 months I’ve garnered an audience of over 300 people. So even though it’s late, thank you for that advice ❤ Edit: Wow, so a lot of people showed up in support! I really appreciate that. So if you do show up and watch something, or even just leave a comment, thank you.

[@tomh90s]

Love the positivity. I've been wanting to scratch that itch, and I've put it off for different reasons, and it's been 6 months lol. I'm trying to push past the nerves (?) before the end of the year lol

[@cmadeam]

That’s great to hear. I’m trying to take that first step now

[@manjorno]

Heck yeah man! Liked what I saw so had to subscribe. Really looking forward to Tainted Grail. Found the demo a few months ago and really enjoyed it.

[@alexanderprocter6634]

One more now

[@JakeBaldino]

That's so awesome. Great job!! Thanks for letting me know

[@dufflebagg]

Hey Jake, if you're eating a slice and a piece of pepperoni falls on your shirt, what percentage of the time do you turn to whoever you're with and say "Oh boy, looks like pizza's on me!" and then wink and shoot the finger guns?

[@DarkForce2024]

Haha! Yes! This is my favorite comment of today!! I got the mental picture and really did laugh out loud. 🤣

[@themashedavenger5461]

no idea how suburban woolshed/cricket club in australia got double dragon arcade back in the 80s but being able to pick up weapons was mindblowing

[@JakeBaldino]

they end up in the strangest places

[@niveketihw1897]

My first game was Combat on the 2600 at somebody's house. I was born in 1974. I was 6 or 7. You can not imagine just how in awe I was at being able to PLAY on a TV. And it had SO MANY MODES. I received a Colecovision for xmas -- maybe 1982? Or 1983? So the first game I ever played at home was Donkey Kong for Coleco. And, luckily, they also made the Expansion Module which let me play 2600 games too. And with the video game crash my father was picking up games from bins every week. The only game my father (born in 1942) ever played in his entire life (he passed in 2021) was Dragster on the 2600 -- and he was the best at it. He equaled the best time that was published in an early gaming magazine of the time. I don't think I really LOVED videogames until the NES though. Metroid, Zelda, SMB, Mega Man, Castlevania -- the usual suspects in those first couple of years, but also Shadowgate, Nobunaga's Ambition, Final Fantasy, etc. Incidentally, I was obviously older when that X-Men fighting game came out but I have a particular memory of playing that at an arcade one night with a buddy of mine and this dude walked up and challenged me -- and I wiped the floor with him. That was a cool game!

[@mericanignoranc3551]

I remember my Dad bringing home an Atari in the 1970's, plugging in "Space Invaders" and I've been hooked ever since .

[@TalkaboutBruno]

We all remember our first game with love. My was super Mario Bros 2

[@ChayongkornSingprasong]

Duck Hunt and Contra were my first memory of video games, then somehow learned how to launch Commander Keen on MS-Dos with multiple floppy disks

[@landonewts]

I always love your take on games. Positive, informed, fun, and always for the love of games. Great Q&A Question: What are some of your video game music scores? Music that not only perfectly embodies and underscores the gameplay, but something you’d listen to on its own?

[@Kestrel66]

My first gaming experience was Keystone Kapers and Space Fury on the CBS ColecoVision in around 1995. It was my Nanna who was a gamer way back in the 80's and she gave me a lifelong passion for games and movies, I still can't believe it was my 65 yo Nanna who showed me the way. RIP you beautiful lady.

[@mikemaccana]

We’re glad you’re well and be good to yourself Jake!

[@z1DEv_ag]

81 or 2 my little brother was in hospital, and went across the road for a meal, Moomba fish n chips. Inside I saw a Donkey Kong machine. I didn't play it, but I knew it was something very special.

[@guyinapandasuit2691]

I love these kinds of videos. It makes me feel more like having a direct conversation with ya. I particularly enjoyed your first gaming memory. I would love hearing more stories like that. Alll of your memories with different games.

[@calvinmartin1305]

My first gaming experience was a cross between playing a Super Nintendo in my grandparents basement and a Playstation my dad bought for us. I can remember playing Super Mario, Battleship, Mortal Combat 2, Street Fighter 2, Terminator 2, Super Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back, and some off road racing game. On Playstation there was Crash Bandicoot 1 & 2, Need for Speed hot pursuit, Road Rage, Tomb Raider 2, Spyro, Syphon Filter, and maybe a half dozen others. Also had a disc that had a bunch of demos on it for other games. Then I got a portable Playstation for my birthday I got Medal of Honor as my first game for it. Also played Incoming!, a few of 3DOs Army Men games, a game where you played as model airplanes from WW2 that was cool, and some other miscellaneous ones on PC for a short while. Miss those simple days.

[@KingsGlaive42]

How do you feel about how negative the gaming community has become? 7/10s being the worst game ever, culture wars, etc. I make it a habit to not fully trash talk a game I've never played. But it seems like people take one look at a trailer or review and decide a game is the most awful game ever, the devs are losing their touch, etc. I really love gaming and want to have more positive conversations but seems like the negativity is all I hear these days.

[@Carloszavalalol]

Happens with movies too, civilization is depressing

[@stuartmorley6894]

I just try avoid it as much as possible. People like Jake help. Even criticism is positive. No drama. Gives me hope.

[@Sevo-]

Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA Allstars on the sega genesis was the first game I have memories of. Played the heck out of that with my dad

[@JakeBaldino]

hell yeah!

[@Batman3939393]

My first game was Super Mario Bros. But like you, I was in awe when a local bakery had the arcade machine with X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom. I loved hearing the VAs from the show performing the attack names

[@CaptainNamikaze]

My dad was and still is obsessed with Atari (from back in the day) and he got the 2600 for all of us to enjoy together, the first game I ever played was Smurf, Rescue from Gargamel’s Castle. I also have vivid memories of a game where a lion is collecting fruit and every time a piece of fruit is collected a monotone voice says “a banana”, “a cherry” and so on. To this day I don’t remember if it was a fever dream or actually real, I haven’t been able to find it.

[@davidbrackbill140]

16:24 I actually was washing dishes and had a wtf moment there

[@unkownuv8900]

Hey Jake love your chill type vibes. Tell me what is the best way to get into final fantasy games for someone who can't deal with old graphics.

[@BluePalmetto]

My question would be how you fell about sports games? I feel there is a big divide between those who play them and those who don’t, especially with the feeling of getting hosed by buying what is essentially the same game every year. My earliest gaming was almost exclusively sports and racing until I played the elder scrolls IV in 2006. College football has always had a special place in my heart specifically so I was glad to hear it was coming back.

[@Pandaeggss]

Sarge's heroes on N64 was my first game, and what a game it was.

[@JakeBaldino]

Bring back the army men games

[@Mojaveknight17]

​@@JakeBaldinoHi jake Could you add the names of the games on your video game videos lists❤

[@gameranxTV]

👍

[@MolinaKojima]

Hi gameranx

[@speedracer2please]

YES, Tribes! That was the first time I had to think of an online name, and I still use it a lot, 26 years later.

[@lutfimakarim8258]

My first game was King's Quest that my dad brought one day for our PC. I also remember playing a lot of Digger and Tooth Invaders on the Commodore 64.

[@MolinaKojima]

Merry Christmas Jake and your fam my guy. I got my first kid this year, it’s crazy one day maybe I’ll but her first Game console or something

[@zaidabraham7310]

My first game, I think was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on PS1. When I was about 3 years old. I especially loved it because Spider-Man is a guest character in the game. And Spider-Man (2002) is also the first movie I remember watching in theatres, also when I was 3 years old.

[@bookhouse70]

First video game: Atari PONG Home Console My parents bought the Pong console for Christmas, 1975, when it was featured in the Sears Christmas Catalog. I was 5.

[@xepherin_dev]

With VR's recent moment in the spotlight with games like Batman, and Metro, what are some of the smaller games you enjoyed that aren't big/popular enough for their own videos? I remember you name dropping Boneworks in on of your reviews.

[@Araanor]

The first game I have a memory of seeing was the first prince of Persia and I was obsessed ever since, took me a long time to get a pc and finally be able to play something. Dune 2000 was the first game I got.

[@VaronDiStefano]

I was born in 1995 and my first game was the original Spyro the Dragon. Relatively basic answer, but just a perfect and in a lot of ways, revolutionary platformer. I remember being particularly interested in how dreamy the environments felt, like everything felt bigger than it was whereas modern games feel bigger than they have any justification to be. Wonderful series, and I hope Toys for Bob can make a true Spyro 4 at some point

[@savanimal9915]

XMEN was such an amazing arcade game. I have it on emulator still and play with my sons. The 4 player turtles arcade game may have been my awakening

[@louisharkna9464]

Arcade Videogames are the way people used to get into it. Grocery stores, Pizzerias, Bowling alleys and actual Arcades...and being pre-internet it was extremely local. I remember being REALLY good at Yie Ar Kung-Fu at the National Grocery near my house.

[@UncleFlaynus]

Hey Jake, if they were to remake Resident Evil 1, how would you like it to be done? What would you like to see? Also, how much can you bench press?

[@Me7oWitThaHoodie]

If you were stuck in a 4 year time loop for the best games, what 4 years would you pick ? How bout for movies?

[@hatchhell]

Grabbed banishers ghost of new eden on your recommendation, damn its good, feel bad that its not talked about more

[@JakeBaldino]

some cool storytelling going on in that one.

[@hatchhell]

@@JakeBaldino first game in a while were i don't skip the dialogue, Red mentions Bannockburn in the game, as it where i live i totally did the "Dicaprio point at t.v meme" in real life 😄

[@mattyt1961]

I did the same. the gameplay could use some work, but the story and the ideas were great. I would be there if they ever made a prequel or another game in that world.

[@bobbobs8690]

2:48 shout out Long Island!

[@ScarecrowEdits]

What is current Jake's ideal new splinter cell entry? Reboot, sequel or spinoff? I'd take just about anything at this point

[@charlieswan1514]

I had watched my dad play some shooters on PlayStation 2 but the game that really showed me the potential of gaming was Spider-Man 2. Technically I played the first one as well but didn't get as into it as I got into Spider-Man 2. Such a great game! I also remember my Mom letting me get my first T rated game which was Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I was so nervous she was going to see something she didn't think was appropriate and not let me play it but after the opening scene where Nick Fury says "what the hell" and I sheepishly looked at her, she just gives me a look and smiles as if I had gone through a rite of passage! Such fond memories of those games. Do you think they'd ever revive that series? If they do I have a feeling it would be a live service game, which I wouldn't entirely be against.

[@zaidabraham7310]

@@charlieswan1514 You remember getting your T rated game? I was playing GTA Vice City every day after preschool (kindergarten) 😎

[@brandonholley413]

@JakeBaldino still waiting to hear your thoughts on Alien Romulus, did you enjoy it? Did you have issues with some of the choices they made?

[@Ikiddkriss]

Honestly now that you have kinda done a deep dive on an early child hood core memory, I would love to hear more biographical stuff. As tbh I really come to these videos / gameranx because I have grown to “know” you so much over the years and it’s like a one sided chat with a friend every time I load one of these vids. And as your friends! Tell us about yourself :)

[@TheRICKY85]

As an Australian, I will always find it weird how Americans call pizza - "pies". 😅

[@JakeBaldino]

It makes no sense

[@thirdtime]

I’m dating myself way too much, but mine was table tennis in 1976 when my dad’s buddy brought his Magnavox Odyssey over. We hooked it up to the old RCA tv. Ugh I’m old :/

[@JohngeeDoyle]

Pacific Drive has been my all time fave game this year by miles. Played through it 3 times and I'm back on my 4th run. Can't get enough. Just you, the janky wagon, and trying to not die. Doing the Iron Wagon run rn.

[@creamyshorts5866]

Thanks for helping me get through the work day

[@SuperLocrian]

I'll mention the game that got me back into gaming after many years away. An Xxbox wound up living with us for a few months in 2006, and I bought a used copy of this little game I'd heard about called Halo. The opening that just throws you in hooked me right away, the soundtrack blew me away, and then.... the Freakin' Flood! What a game!

[@sonjeow]

Coleco Telstar. Came out in 1977. I had my hands on it in 1978. I was born with a joystick in my hand.

[@Vinny_919]

GTA vice city/NHL 07, the only two games we had for the ps2 and I played them every day till I got a ps3 slim

[@JakeBaldino]

dedication

[@Baylow94]

3:59 "I mean, there's some obvious reasons" Jake is a Man of Culture. LET'S GOOOOOOOO

[@jonathandigennaro]

My earliest gaming memories were Medal of Honor on the PS1 and a demo disc with games like C-12: Final Resistance on it.

[@InfiniteDingers]

What was everyone else’s first game ever/earliest gaming memory? Mine was playing Toy Pop with my mom on the original PlayStation.

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

Great that we can now play X-Men children of the atom with the new collection

[@patrickl671]

11:30 god I would do anything for new dishonored

[@chrisgandy8670]

Agreed 100% on cod4 multiplayer. Haven't played cod multiplayer seriously since then. Though that might be because of life. Thanks for the ep, love your videos and gameranx!

[@6scar911]

I believe mine was either Super Mario World, or Mortal Kombat 2 on the local arcades. Good times :)

[@KonsTonWheels]

Hey Jake! Much appreciation and greetings from Germany :) Kons-T

[@JakeBaldino]

thanks! cheers to you in Germany

[@Mojaveknight17]

​@@JakeBaldinoHi jake Could you add the names of the games on your video game videos lists

[@schwolmart]

My mom was into bomberman and Mario bros on NES. I remember Mortal Kombat on Game Boy. Buster Bros!

[@caffeine.and.sparkles]

Hey Jake! What's your favorite kind of pizza and your fave pizza restaurant? 🍕🫡

[@OneWingedDemonSlayer]

The first time I saw MVC 1 was at an arcade in Florida in the 2003, my grandpa the mad lad that he can be gave me $100 in quarters and I couldn’t stop playing

[@TimSedai]

Theoretically, who would make a good live-action Mara Jade in your opinion?

[@gabrielpezzinigazzaneo3342]

My first memory is actually playing Frostbite on an Atari 2600. I was born in 89 so Atari was around for a while. But the first games I remember playing over and over was Donkey Kong, Rocknroll racing in Super Nintendo, and later MGS, GTA1 and Harvest Moon for PS1. Also The Sims 1 for PC

[@AJandKTGaming]

I admire your ability to keep your cynicism behind closed doors. I am naturally cynical and pessimistic, and I try to keep a chill demeanor but it’s difficult to do it all the time. You always come off as excited even though the industry you cover frequently has things to be down about. That’s why KT and I love watching your content. It’s so easy to focus on the negatives and despite you feeling cynical on the inside, all you give us is positive vibes. Keep being cool, dude!

[@CommanderCodyChipless]

First game was Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the 64. Then around 7 or 8 I got a PS2. My older sister had a PS1 but had never let me play it. Then one day she brought out her PS1 collection that was in a cd plastic case. She had like 80+ games. Which meant I now had years of fun to be had. Spyro, Resident Evil, Hogs of War, Silent Hill, Jak and Daxter, Tenchu Stealth Assassins, the list goes on

[@glati0s]

With the rumblings of a new PlayStation handheld being talked about, what was your favorite PSP game?

[@OmegaBlack999]

People didn't realize duck hunt was two player. Player two controlled the duck. XD Good times... Thanks, Jake! Love you!

[@metal4lifewp]

We are alike on some ways so its good to hear you are doing good. Your video's actually do alot for people like you when they are feeling down. I hope that if you read this it can be one of those things that make you smile even for a bit.

[@JakeBaldino]

thank you. really

[@bullock9403]

Hey, thanks for the warning to dry my hands. That timing was too perfect

[@JakeBaldino]

😂

[@KBJoetographs]

My first experience seeing and playing video games was Xmas eve night and my grandfather got my grandmother an Atari 2600. My grandmother fired up Combat! and Pac Man and a few of my family members battled all night. It was a night I'll never forget. (I believe the 2600 came out in '77 or '78, but that gaming night was in '82).

[@balloonedraccoon2503]

My first gaming experience was the original Mario bros on NES at a babysitter.

[@shawnwarner8204]

It’s crazy to think the game that hooked me was super Mario bros. The game that hooked us all 😂

[@glati0s]

Thanks for the vids, Jake

[@spacehornet]

I remember playing the X-Men 4-player beat em up arcade game as a kid. It was so epic! The X-Men cartoon show was my favorite and having that combined with video games was incredible.

[@Mike-hj7gg]

thank you for shouting out the lost crown, im still reeling from ubisoft shutting down the team..

[@discodan2265]

First game I ever saw and played was F16 fighting falcon and D&D Heroes of the lance on my Uncle's IBM. I wanted to go to see my cousin every weekend after that..... 🤫🤭😉

[@discodan2265]

Anyone remember Cybernator or Unirally on the Snes? I believe they were called something else in US ... uniracer maybe?

[@The1Overmind]

Here's a question; What's the first game you remember being blown away by it's graphics and thought to yourself "Graphics can't get any better than this."? For me, embarrassingly, it was Sonic the Hedgehog 2 after coming from the NES. The colors were popping, the parallaxing background added depth (compared to the NES). Music/sound was so much better (don't think I would agree to that now but I was like 7 or 8 at the time). 🤣

[@bobthepacman]

googling yourself is a hilarious flex. as if you don't have photos of yourself in your camera roll lmao. glad to hear your doing well man. ur an important voice in this community

[@mericanignoranc3551]

I remember my Dad bringing home an Atari in the 1970's, plugging in "Space Invaders" and I've been hooked ever since . I'm one of the first and oldest gamers on planet earth...lol. Probably played more games than 99% of the world.

[@joeywalsh1949]

Bro. X-Men COTA was my first PS1 game as a kid. Me and little brother rocked that game so hard. He would button mash and get specials off consistently and I would struggle to land one. Good times.

[@lillithsteixner8461]

As a fellow New Yorker I really appreciate good pizza, so I'm curious what is your favorite style of pizza? Also have you ever considered making your own pizza from scratch? And on the subject of cooking, have you ever considered buying and making recipes from a video game cookbook? Cuz apparently these recipe books aren't just fluff, or so I've heard.

[@Luckypants2113]

“Classicly trained if you will” lol cringe. Love your work. Been watching for years. Keep it up. ❤

[@residentevil4onps2]

Yoo it's Jake with the pizza!! My question is... do you think reviewing games and comparing them to another does a disservice to the game? For example, seeing a lot of comparisons of AC Shadows to GoT before the game is even out. I didn't see this much comparison when it came to Rise of the Ronin which arguably has more in common with an AC game, especially as it pertains to it's loot and it's combat. GoT was never a stealth game, and doesn't have melee combat that is focused on skills/abilities that reset after they cooldown. I feel like people are ready to compare the games side by side, and on one hand I get why, but also I feel like it's not very fair to either game. Idk, that's my ramble. Onions are the best pizza topping.

[@MattEffectGames]

With Ryan Payton saying on your podcast they’d like to do an Arkham shadow 2, what would you like to see them do? Another villain origin story? More Bruce Wayne undercover stuff, Playable bat family (omg give me nightwing ecrisma sticks rn)

[@DarkForce2024]

I wish I could remember the first game I played, but I was 5 years old. I know it was on the Commodore C64. Maybe "The Duel Test Drive II", Maniac Mansion, Sid Meyer's Pirates, Legacy of the Ancients? Probably one of those. My favorite was Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. I still load up ScummVM and replay it every decade or so.

[@TheVeteranScientist]

Jake, I’ll self plug, online coach, gamer, and PhD student. If you need any help with the working out, nutrition, or sorting out what to take from different stuff related to it. I’d be more than willing to answer any questions. You’ve been putting out content for me to watch for free for years, I’ll answer any questions you have!

[@something1558]

Thoughts on the sonic riders series? Honestly feel like it could rival mario kart if it got the treatment it deserved.

[@haarisajmeri9811]

congrats for 400k finally

[@SoundofaSmirk]

Hey Jake! Hi from a fellow New Yorker (Hudson Valley here). You always talk movies and games, curious what kind of music you dig. Genre, top 3-5 artists, anything like that.

[@justinsantos8514]

Kids today will never know the feeling of being inside a candy store playing an arcade game as a kid. Samurai Showdown and Street Fighter 2 were top priority. As far as consoles, the first games I remember really playing were the Nintendo's Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt and that gold cartridge of Zelda... What a Time. 😂

[@EmmaEquinox]

QUERY FOR THE MEATBAG: who's your favourite Non-Main STARS member? Like besides Jill, Chris, Barry, Rebecca. For me, Richard Aiken was best boi and deserved better. Rip

[@mikhailo_miki42]

My first video game was "Top Gun" on the NES, at my parents friend's house. I still remember today how difficult it was to land on the aircraft carrier at the end of a mission. It was mind blowing, and afterward, I harassed my parents every day to buy me a Nintendo with Super Mario bros 3 ^^.

[@EmmaEquinox]

Lmao I just got to the end and was actually washing dishes while listening

[@bigmonkeking9067]

What is your opinion on this years Game of the Year controversy?

[@tacobell393]

Hey Jake, I've had an idea about a video game stuck in my head for years now. It all revolves around a small island in the Pacific Ocean (it has a history of a double murder, ship wrecks, ghosts, etc). I was wondering if there were any real life locations you want to see in video games that have yet to be explored in the medium?

[@saeeeeed]

Hey Jake! Always watch your videos, love your enthusiasm! Do you actually mean it when you say "pizza's on me"? I'd be down to grab a slice when I go to NY, and hey if you ever come to Montréal, I know a lot of amazing restaurants and coffeeshops. So to you, good sir, I say "croissant's on me!"

[@jubjub388]

Hey Jake! Great video. Here is my question: as a kid, I loved the Guitar Hero games. They were so fun, both solo and co-op. It was one of the best feelings getting a hard song good on Expert difficulty. Did you ever play Guitar Hero or Rock Band games? What did you think about them? Also, Guitar Hero made me fall in love with the guitar and made me pick up a real guitar, which I still play and love. Do you play any instruments?

[@ericanderson4997]

Bro my life changed when I found my barber. I don’t have to tell him anything, he just does it

[@RickyRicardo03]

❤ Love this Q&A segment, you’re a good dude for doing it. I would ask, does it weird you out to know so many people know you, but you have no idea who they are? Asking, because I’m thinking of doing content creation….as a 40yr old 😅

[@theonegamingoptimist160]

All of your sponsors look so cool, so I visit the website, then BAM. $10,000.

[@addex1236]

My first game i ever saw and played Mario 64

[@robbymuniz4279]

I remember being a kid and going to my cousins house to play halo 2. We only had three controllers and there were 8 of us sitting on the bed wanting to play. This is one of my fondest coop gaming memories. My question is, what is your favorite coop gaming memory?

[@plaguedoctor4519]

Hey Jake!! First time asking you a question lol was wondering if you saw Resident Evil Infinite Darkness or Resident Evil Death Island or both of them on Netflix? I didn't know these shows existed before a month ago but they seem like a step in the right direction for RE shows or movies

[@mdgeisto8953]

The first game I ever played was Pong, on one of those consoles that only had one game: Pong ... ^^