hmm, well, it was probably some 2600 game, most likely E.T. *shudder*, but the first I remember was either mario or duck hunt, cant remember which was first, since they had that double game cartridge.

LEGENDARY WINGS! for the Nes.
if you've never heard of it, download the rom. it's so worth your time.

SMB1/Duck Hunt (dual cartridge) got me hooked on video games when I was 3. That was quickly followed by Maniac Mansion, SMB2...and Wolfenstien 3D. Then I started playing so many games it all blurred.

I'm not exactly sure if I got the order straight, so it was one of two things (either of which I was about 3 years old):

1.I got the SMB/Duck Hunt NES for Christmas. I couldn't play SMB at first, because I had to look at the controller (hey, I said I was three), so I played Duck Hunt

2. If this was first, it was only slightly before the Duck Hunt thing. I remember playing Combat(that's the one with the tanks right?) on Atari.

I believe mine was lander for commodore 64? I am not sure I was pretty young. We had a counting game with bert and ernie and some sort of spaceship for the 2600 with its own special controller also. I know for sure my first NES game (that i owned and played) was Ducktales

Wolfenstine for the PC. Yes, ive been shooting nazis sence i was five, but i dont own any M games. Ironic, no?

I don't think that's irony.

When you say video game does that include arcade games or are we strictly talking console systems?

The first thing I ever touched was the old sit down version of Space Invaders in an Arbys the day I saw Empire Strikes Back at the movies. I think I was 6...

After that, I'm pretty sure the first console game I played was Football on the Atari 2600.

Brand: I'd say it generally includes any arcade, console, or computer games. Most conversations on these forums do unless noted otherwise.

Old Atari BS...
 

Ah, OK... Well, it would have been like 1981 or 1982. It's difficult for me to remember if I played Football at my "rich" next-door-neighbor's house first or if it was Space Invaders. I remember gettine my own Atari 2600 shortly some time after. I got the worst game of all time with it... ET. Jesus, what an awful game. At some point, I got a game called Earthworld. It came with it's own little comic and it was sort of a puzzle game involving the Zodiac. Clues to the puzzle were in a little comic book that came with the game. I remember trying valiantly to solve them but I only had Earthworld and some of the comic clues were for the sequels to the game.. Fireworld, Waterworld, etc.... Anyone ever play that or beat it?

I'm just curious... That one kind of hung with me.