--- title: Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your... description: Discussion about "Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your childhood-defining game?" on daily.dev - join the developer community canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/every-adult-dev-started-as-a-child-gamer-what-s-your-childhood-defining-game--vf8ykrtqy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your childhood-defining game? | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your childhood-defining game?" on daily.dev - join the developer community og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/every-adult-dev-started-as-a-child-gamer-what-s-your-childhood-defining-game--vf8ykrtqy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vF8YkrtQY.png og:image:alt: Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your childhood-defining game? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your childhood-defining game? **[Watercooler](https://daily.dev/sources/watercooler)** · [@jeffreymoore](https://daily.dev/jeffreymoore) · 174 upvotes · 167 comments ## Content This one is defenitly mine🍁🍄  ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sab\_001** · 40 upvotes > Love this thread! > Mine was roadrash! > > >  **@mrkre** · 16 upvotes > Prince of Persia (1989) was my first introduction to games back when everything fitted on a 5.25" floppy disk. Definitely sounding old now. > > >  **@dave1** · 16 upvotes > This one was one of my favs! > > >  **@hankadev** · 15 upvotes > If I have to choose just then, then it is Super Mario - played that as a child and teenager. > > >  **@jeffreymoore** · 11 upvotes > also a personal favorite > >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/every-adult-dev-started-as-a-child-gamer-what-s-your-childhood-defining-game--vf8ykrtqy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/every-adult-dev-started-as-a-child-gamer-what-s-your-childhood-defining-game--vf8ykrtqy","headline":"Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your childhood-defining game?","text":"Discussion about \"Every adult dev started as a child gamer. what's your childhood-defining game?\" on daily.dev - join the developer community","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/every-adult-dev-started-as-a-child-gamer-what-s-your-childhood-defining-game--vf8ykrtqy","datePublished":"2023-08-24T06:32:06.917Z","dateModified":"2023-09-05T12:33:56.611Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeffrey Moore","url":"https://daily.dev/jeffreymoore","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--gCGIuF5N--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_OChVbe71qg3TaXWTLIdbM","description":"Ummm, Hello World?","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":11860}},"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":174},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":167}],"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Love this thread!\nMine was roadrash!","datePublished":"2023-08-24T06:56:06.734Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vF8YkrtQY#c-qvNLfbNSt","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sab","url":"https://daily.dev/sab_001","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ALm5wu0D1wq8TGfk6a7LmNRBS5WtAjqtLLM7UsSqI9p3=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":40}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Prince of Persia (1989) was my first introduction to games back when everything fitted on a 5.25" floppy disk. 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