What was the first video game and/or system that you played?

[lvstephanie]

The first system I ever played on was an Atari. I don't know the actual first game I ever played on it, but it was prob'ly a toss up among PacMan, Space Invaders, Frogger, Q-Bert, or Pitfall (I think we spent the most time play those games, although I do remember trying Spy vs. Spy once as well as Cloak & Dagger). The first system I ever had was a TI-994A; it was a consol computer made by Texas Instruments that had clones of several of the classic games, like there was Munch Man which is a knockoff of PacMan. I still remember my dad stayed up late one night playing it and ended up snapping off the joystick! That system also had a cartridge for BASIC programming language, and my parents bought me a book on how to program your own computer game, which ended up being a mini text adventure. The game itself wasn't much fun, but it got me interested in programming, so after that system, I kept getting computers instead of gaming platforms. I actually made a few games myself (mostly ASCII-charater games, along the lines of Rogue, or other text-based games).

[Liquidfire_43]

I don't know if I played on Nintendo 64 or the Gameboy first... But I know my first game is Pokemon Blue

[Delphyne]

First game I ever played was Pong.  I was born in '74.

I had a Vic 20 and my brother owned a Vectrex.  I have never known anyone else who had a Vectrex.  Honestly, that little thing was awesome!

[FontFanatic]

Pong

How boring was that?

Then of course there was Coleco Vision....

(really showing my age now).

[tangiechan]

The first system I've ever had & played was either a Sega Dreamcast or a Playstation. I had both of these around the same time and I'm not sure which I got first. The first game I've ever played was a Sonic game (can't remember which one).
I loved them a lot until I moved on to the Nintendo Gameboy line and started playing only Pokemon games lol.

[AdamH1978]

First game I ever played was Pong.  I was born in '74.

I had a Vic 20 and my brother owned a Vectrex.  I have never known anyone else who had a Vectrex.  Honestly, that little thing was awesome!

Vectrex was an awesome system and as I video game collector I can tell you that it is also rare and worth a nice amount.  A Vectrex with controller goes for 150-300 dollars depending on it's condition. 

[nascar048]

Atari pong those were the days..

[Delphyne]

First game I ever played was Pong.  I was born in '74.

I had a Vic 20 and my brother owned a Vectrex.  I have never known anyone else who had a Vectrex.  Honestly, that little thing was awesome!

Vectrex was an awesome system and as I video game collector I can tell you that it is also rare and worth a nice amount.  A Vectrex with controller goes for 150-300 dollars depending on it's condition. 

  I have no idea what happened to the one my brother had.  I was thinking about getting one for my husband for his birthday.  But it is between that a Danelectro guitar.  I know he'd rather have the Danelectro.   

I want a Vectrex for myself, though.  Finally!  Someone who knows!

[tbosworth1]

The first game I ever played was Pong on Atari.  When it came out it we all thought it was so awesome.  We would play for hours...hitting that little spot (ball) from side to side.  Oh how technology has changed over the years.

[black1304]

My parents still have a working Atari. There are probably 50 games with it. I don't remember which one I played first but a few favorites were Pitfall, Circus Atari (with the paddle controllers), Frogger, Freeway, Maze Craze and 1 I don't remember the name of but 1 player was a little pig and player 2 was the big bad wolf. He tried to destroy the house and the pig player had to keep dropping bricks in the holes. Lol. A lot of fun that Old Atari can be. We also had a hand-me-down Nintendo. Of course all 3 Marios were the favorites. And Bubble Bobble. Personal fave.

[devilroljin]

The first video game I played was Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System on a friend's house. The first game I actually owned was Super Mario 3. I still remember how mesmerized I was by the whole thing. I then went on to get the Super Nintendo along with Super Mario World, Mortal Kombat Ultimate, Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Those 4 games alone, kept me entertained endless occasions, and provided me with countless and countless hours of playtime.

[Sciolaro]

Mario Bros. for NES

[AdamH1978]

My parents still have a working Atari. There are probably 50 games with it. I don't remember which one I played first but a few favorites were Pitfall, Circus Atari (with the paddle controllers), Frogger, Freeway, Maze Craze and 1 I don't remember the name of but 1 player was a little pig and player 2 was the big bad wolf. He tried to destroy the house and the pig player had to keep dropping bricks in the holes. Lol. A lot of fun that Old Atari can be. We also had a hand-me-down Nintendo. Of course all 3 Marios were the favorites. And Bubble Bobble. Personal fave.

The game is Oink released by Activision in '83.  It is a fun game.

[CHANEYLAKEGIRL]

We had a Sears system. It was a rectangular shaped unit with the paddles (buttons) on each side and a *bleep* on the top, depending on what game you were playing. There was a pong type game, break out game & perhaps something else. I can't remember. This would have been in the mid 70's.

[davidh121]

I probably started on the Atari 2600, but I cannot remember what game would actually be my first. I am guessing Pac Man. My older cousins back then were huge Warlords fans, so this would probably be one of my first ones.