First video game you ever played?

[hoshichiri]

Super Mario Bros. on NES. My mom tells me she desperately  tried to talk my uncle out of buying me and my siblings a game system for christmas, but he wouldn't relent. I remember we couldn't beat even the first stages (I was 5, I think?). My mom, despite the protests, was playing with us and was the first one to get to world 1-3. After some panicked yelling about not knowing what was good and what was bad, she defeated the bowser. We were super stoked because mom beat the game! Of course, Toad informed us the princess was in another castle. Mom came home from work the next day with the shocking revelation that there were 8 worlds to get through.

While I didn't get heavy into gaming until we had the genesis we did always regret selling the NES. I've long since replaced it, although I don't know if I have all the same games... I know we had Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego, but I haven't replaced that yet.

[scarface88fg]

I think the first PC game I ever played was the original Test Drive, and the first console game was either Jurassic Park or Sonic on the Genesis. I didn't really get into console gaming until my cousins introduced me to Goldeneye on the N64 some years later.

[devancowan]

The first game I remember ever playing was at a cousins house and it was Little Mermaid on the NES. Random I know!

[alamoatari]

Combat on Atari 2600, long ago in a galaxy far far away.....

[greensoap]

Jet Set Radio Future on Xbox

[nintendragon]

The first video game I ever played was Super Mario World on a neigbor's SNES, I was terrible at that game then, and I am terrible at it now but I still love it.

[DreamsDied13101]

Magic Carpet on TRS-80. Worked with software and a cassette tape.

First console game was Street Racer for Atari 2600.

[bperry731]

Pretty sure it was Super Mario World or A Link To The Past.  Can't remember.

[wvdoom]

can't remember my first game specifically, but my first system was a Commodore 64 that my dad got new followed by some pong box and then Atari 2600
i have a rad picture somewhere of playing some kids game with school buses on the c64 when i was like 2 years old or so
we got an NES sometime between 1988 and 1992

[ignition365]

Probably Tetris for Gameboy, or some random game for Atari 2600 (Pac-man, Maze Craze, Surround, etc)

[Flashback2012]

No idea really. I do remember the first system we ever owned was an Atari 2600 (Bought from Sears in all of its wood-grain glory  ). The first three games we owned were Combat, Gunslinger, and Speedway II. If I had to guess we played Combat first. 

I cannot recall if we had any exposure to video games prior to that though.

[tpugmire]

Mine was likely Combat as well. I don't really remember, but since it was the pack in game, it makes sense.

[polygonpainter]

The first I specifically remember playing was either Q*Bert, Pop-eye, or Choplifter for the 7800, I can't remember which... but damn, that was some fun times I had back in the day

[romanticore]

Probably Pitfall Harry... or Dark Castle... maybe Duck Hunt.

[badATchaos]

Either Ms. Pac-Man or Bubble Bobble arcade cab.