Tell GR: What’s Your Earliest Gaming Memory?

We’d wager that the vast majority of GameRevolution’s readers spent their formative years playing video games. It doesn’t matter if your first console was a SNES, PlayStation, or Atari 2600, the chances are that your hobby began when you were a child and you picked up a controller (or a keyboard) for the very first time.

GR is bringing back Heart of the Revolution after a short hiatus, a series in which you share your gaming memories in exchange for video games. You can find out how to enter right here. To warm you all up for the return of everyone’s favorite community feature (it’s got to be your favorite considering we give you free games), we thought we’d get you thinking by posing the question: what is your earliest gaming memory?

Was it getting your hands on your first ever console? Or maybe playing a game belonging to an older sibling or a friend? Whatever it is, we want to know! Let us know in the comments section below, and tune into this Friday’s edition of The People Speak to see if your comment was featured.

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