WOF: What was the first game you played online?

Probably Start Wars Battlefront II.

Counter Strike!!!!

unreal tournament..i had all the unreal games..unreal tournament G.O.T.Y started it..ut 2004 took it to the next level...now it's cod modern warfare 2...

DooM II

Counter-Strike 1.6 !!!!!!!

I played a game called Decent, via DIRECT connection, my computer had to "call" a friends computer over the phones.

After that, I got hooked on the Mech Warrior series.

Then it was onto Rogue Spear, still via 56k for many years, until broadband.


Those were the days...

Since I am as old as dirt--Hangman on Apple 2+ programmed by myself in Basic.

Define "online"? One of the first where I connected with another person was Modem Wars on my Commodore 64 using a 1200 baud modem against a friend back around 1990ish. The first internet multiplayer game that i remember was Tanaris, an online tank game. The first MMO I played was World of Warcraft, they were the first MMO to offer free play time to try out their game, I wouldn't buy a game like that unless I could try it out free first, and after being ripped off by Sony Online (Tanaris) I wouldn't pay them another dime for Everquest. I'm still a WoiW addict, patiently awaiting Cataclysm while leveling my 15th toon to 80.

Can't believe no one has mention Outlaws by Lucas Arts. I can't even remember the name of the gaming servers but they worked well in 97. Use to carry my computer over to my father-in-laws house and hook up to his and play over a serial connection. First strategy game was C&C and then Total Annihilation. Played TA for more hours then I care to remember. HAHA

Starcraft in 1999 using a 56K modem, played the **** out of that game online.

Quake

counter-strike 1.5 ftw

CS: Source still has me hooked, it will never die

Battlefield 2 on PS2.

Starsiege: Tribes.

It was such a fun game. I wish they'd make a updated version (and I don't mean Tribes 2)

Everquest

Counter strike

nfl2k1 or ferrari f355 challenge-dreamcast

Asheron's Call in 1999 was my first online gaming experience - also my introduction to MMORPG's. I played that game off and on for 5 years. But realized what a colossal time sink MMORPG's are so I stay away from them now. Also played Unreal Tournament in 1999.

I'm not that big of an online game fan. Guess I've run into too many "doods" over the years and it's turned me off to it a bit. Every once in a while I'll jump in - L4D2 for example - but more often than not, I prefer playing standalone games. Games like Bioshock, Crysis, Mass Effect series, Dragon Age, etc. I love those kinds of stand alone games. No expectations from other players, don't have to deal with jerks or cheaters - just play at my own pace and enjoy the story.

I honestly can't remember(and I do have a good memory =/) but I think my first strategy game online was Command & Conquer Generals back when I had a crappy laptop that could only just run it haha =/

My first racing game I think was Need For Speed Underground 2 on PS2, only had a go then got kicked I think, one other game was Splinter Cell Chaos Theory on PS2 but that was completely laggy and rubbish.

I think I do 'take it for granted' but I don't really care because I miss the days when I played split screen multiplayer on the PS2 with my friend, loved those great times on games like Timesplitters 2/future perfect, Ratchet & Clank 3 and last but not least the nice little capture the flag mode on Freedom Fighters, I can just hear it as I think about it - (in American Accent =P)"flag taken by the Soviets" and "Bunker takeover" hahaha =D

I miss this very much.

Doom on Dwango and Duke nukem on dialup.