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Got my first computer in 2000 from Dell then went shopping at a Circuit City store (now long gone) for supplies, that's where I first came into contact with a wall of pc games on display. Always have been a fan of the Civil War, so when I spied this beautifully boxed cd game about the Civil War, thought to give this new way of gaming a try. Got home and absolutely had a blast with it, a simple fun game to play, which at the same time created a thirst for more of such gaming that continues to this day. It's been many years since playing that game, yet the experience always stayed with me. Here's the first pc game that I will never forget: (History Channel) Civil War Great Battles (price sticker still on it for $19.99 us)

my first pc didn't come with games, well not that you could go out and buy, you had to copy the magazine code in and type it all in first before you run it

My first PC game: Archon, for the Commodore 64 IIRC.

My first PC war game: Either TOAW, or JTCS Rising Sun, I don't remember exactly.

Spectrum's Sabre Wulf [&o]

I got my first computer in 1989 and don't remember what the first game was that I played on it except that it was a text adventure. I do remember playing Larn early on and that many of my early purchases were by MicroProse, SSI, SSG, and Sierra.

Beside the intellivision console which had Pac Man a football game and one were you were Indian Jones I think (found it was called Pitfall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall!). Actual computer games I can remember playing when my Dad bought the BBC B are Elite, Erik the Viking, Defender, Football Manager and The Hobbit.

SSI's Broadside

Backgammon on the TRS-80 Model I. Loaded by cassette.

Microprose Gunship 2000...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HQi9wqJaXY

Panzer General then Steel Panthers....

Wow, you guys are old [;)]

Chris Crawford's Eastern Front (circa 1982) really hooked me on wargames for the first time. Although as a kid Risk I loved.

pong

November 8th 1995, with 3 young kids this was the firs PC game I could afford and I played the heck out of it. I still have the boxed copy somewhere in my storage area in the basement......hm might go looking for it!

First War Game I ever purchase was D Day: Thew beginning of the end (1994) by Impressions Software (not sure if I still have the boxed copy). Even though it came out before Stonekeep I could only afford one game at a time, so bought this maybe 6 months after Stonekeep. I really enjoyed this war game but now looking back, I wonder why as compared to the Avalon Hill PC Games this was no where near as good.

Can't remember if my first was Action Stations or Firebrigade

First game: Temple of Apshai for C64

First wargame - SSI's Knights of the Desert for C64

zak I remember the magazine games..you spend hours and hours typing it in only for it not to work and then spend hours and hours trying to find what you typed in wrong..eventually you'd sort any issues and get to play..and the actual game would be awful..or even worse the magazine printed part of the code wrong so you never end up playing anything at all!! My experience was using BASIC on the BBC B

yes that's so true, even worst when in two parts, so second page was another month away, then another month for typo fixes, and yes, 2 weeks or typing and re checking, for 2 mins of utter boredom when or if it worked at the end, so yes all true, these younger ones have it easy[;)][:D]

Warcraft 2. Played humans and orcs all the way through many times. "We're being attacked!!"

Well... not a PC game, it was a long way before that... Zork. Graaphics? Who needs graphics?