What is your First Strategy Video Game?/¿Cuál es tu Primer Videojuego de Estrategia?

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

I guess technically it was this game:

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But to be honest I still don't really understand how it works properly or even how to finish any of the maps.

The first strategy game I really got into though was:
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I still remember the day we bought it. It was my first time being allowed to pick a game from the computer store and as soon as I saw it I picked it right away even though I had no idea what kind of game it was. I spent the whole car ride back going through the manual over and over again just blown away by all the art and everything. It seemed like the coolest game ever. And it was pretty cool and I loved it and played the hell out of it and then eventually we got Warcraft 2 and it was even better.

Thank you for telling your story, friend and the one from Godzilla from NES, I only played the first installment which was Beat Em' Up in 2D and the First Warcraft I didn't have the opportunity to play it at that time.

 

[DinoRexMax DinoRexMax]

Not my favourite, but definitely my first.

And if you're not cool with that, then: OLOLOLOLO

Now you are...

 

[Zerohour2k12]

For me it was this for RTS

And this for grid-based.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

For me it was this for RTS
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And this for grid-based.
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The Battle Realms I didn't get to play it at that time but it's good that it's your first strategy game while the GBA Fire Emblem I have played it and it's one of the best strategy games and the saga in general.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Pretty sure it was Warcraft III.

 

[Graw]

Thank you for telling your story, friend and the one from Godzilla from NES, I only played the first installment which was Beat Em' Up in 2D and the First Warcraft I didn't have the opportunity to play it at that time.

Yeah that second one is totally different. I don't think it's a bad game necessarily just hard and confusing.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

Pretty sure it was Warcraft III.

I haven't played it but for your first strategy game it's fine.

 

[Zerohour2k12]

The Battle Realms I didn't get to play it at that time but it's good that it's your first strategy game while the GBA Fire Emblem I have played it and it's one of the best strategy games and the saga in general.

Played it back when I was in 4th grade and my cousin had a copy and installed it on our Win98ME. Maybe my first ever RTS prior to Warcraft 2 on PS1.

Fire Emblem was on of the first games I tried emulating via VBA on the Emuparadise days.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

Played it back when I was in 4th grade and my cousin has a copy and installed it on our Win98ME. Maybe my first ever RTS prior to Warcraft 2 on PS1.

Fire Emblem was on of the first games I tried emulating via VBA on the Emuparadise days.

Thanks for the tip, my friend, and also that I miss Emuparadise a lot, although there are alternatives such as the Internet Archive and The Repo, for example.

 

[Morgan Katarn]

Warcraft orcs and humans back in 1994 but also Baldies in 1995 does for like my first to ever.
As of first ever Turn based strategy I can come to think of was probably Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest in 1995.

 

[shaggi]

This one was probably the first strategy game that i really enjoy. I don't remember what was the first strategy game i ever played.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

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This one was probably the first strategy game that i really enjoy. I don't remember what was the first strategy game i ever played.

I don't know if I played this game on the SNES and/or the Genesis version because I didn't know that this game also had a version for the NES.

And for some reason 4 Megabits is equivalent to 512KB.

 

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This one is great too

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

This one is great too
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I haven't played this game but it doesn't look bad although Commandos 1 is better according to most players.

 

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I haven't played this game but it doesn't look bad although Commandos 1 is better according to most players.

It's really good and very entertaining and you have to think very logically to win.Oh man, how many times I've lost! But the great thing about it is that you're always trying to get better.

 

[Alleway]

This one... damn, I kind of want to play it again.

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Still hasn't finished yet, lost my copy due to a move...

'Temporal Distortion, engage'
Man, the memories.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

This one... damn, I kind of want to play it again.
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'Temporal Distortion, engage'
Man, the memories.

A pretty good strategy game for the time along with Civilization which is also by Sid Meier.

 

[RestoredaftrLostv2]

Also Conflict for NES...though won't lie I forgot its name till I saw it posted here.

FAVORITE Strategy series: SUPER ROBOT WARS/TAISEN. My first introduction to it was the only english release from the OG gba games (stupid licensing issue) and played almost ever version since. LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH IT IS MY NUMBER ONE FAVORITE SERIES OF ALL TIME.

 

[partymembervii]

Fire Emblem Blazing Blade

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

Fire Emblem Blazing Blade

Without a doubt one of the best games of the Fire Emblem Franchise in the universe and at the same time one of the best games in the Strategy Genre.

 

[Princess Viola]

An emulated version of the SNES port of Sid Meier's Civilization played on ZSNES was my first strategy game. Also started my love for the Civilization series lol.

 

[Sfjeov]

Front Mission on beetle snes

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

Front Mission on beetle snes

Definitely one of the best SFC/SNES strategy games and one of the best mecha games overall.

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

And as a curiosity about the GameCube game that is the Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is that I played it back in 2007 and also that my dad also played it and I think he finished it at some point although it took him time to complete it, while I played it to a certain extent. And also that the disc was pirated but it was still the original game and was playable from start to finish.

 

[MDGeistsfavMC5song]

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This one was probably the first strategy game that i really enjoy. I don't remember what was the first strategy game i ever played.

I didnt even know Gemfire was on NES, Id only played or hell, ever seen, the MD/Genesis one.. but I love Koei games (the early PTO games were kinda annoying tho) so Im glad they would put their games in as many places as possible..