The First Video Game I Ever Played Was...

[francodorango]

Super Mario Bros 3, gotta love the classics

[potatoguy]

Probably a game on the commodore 64. I have early memories of some mario brothers clone and maniac mansion.

[Cr3tyl]

My first game was propably Super Mario Bros. on NES.
Though my family had at the time a PC running MS-DOS and Win 3.1 and I played a lot of Prehistorik, Blues Brother and DuckTales: The Quest for Gold on it.
I can't really say which one was the first...

 

What comes to arcades - I guess Time Crisis 1 or some Sega Rally.

Also I remember playing Duke Nukem and Captain Hook pinball machines when I was like 3 years old.

Those were good times

EDIT: It's really fun to see how much there are regional differences when speaking about "the firsts"

[sic]

The first one I really remember playing is Last Ninja 1 on Commodore 64

[FrizzleFried]

The first arcade video game I remember playing and falling in love with was Stunt Bike.  I must have been 4 years old visiting my grandparents in Clear Lake, CA.  The game was at the local mini-putt course.   I remember Dragster being there too but I distinctly remember falling in love with Stunt Bike...

[skvllstorm]

I have fond memories of the original mario bros. on NES. 

[knightrdrx]

I'm guessing it was Pac-Man for the 2600. I was obsessed with Pac-Man when I was 3. (this was 1982)  I know I watched my sister play alot and that must have been the first game I tried.  I also remember playing Pitfall but my sister had to help me get across the crocodiles with no vine.

[tthurman]

Monteverdi TV Sports 825 Pong Console

Arcade, Space Invaders or Atari Football.  Played them the same night at a Shakey's Pizza, can't recall which one first for sure, but it was probably Space Invaders.

[puggo]

I got an atari 7800 for my 5th Birthday along with Asteroids and Pole Position

[2bluefish]

I forget the name of it now, but there was this side scrolling space shooter on the Atari Jaguar that i'd have to give credit to.

[rib101]

Mine was Pong console / Combat Atari 2600

First Arcade game was Space Invaders. Still a herd game for me.

[Mr xen]

Has to be on the zx spectrum ....... Snowman ( the memories )

[dtak]

first game played, commodore 64 soccer on cartridge of all things...

[r1pilot]

First game ever... have to be Pong on a cheesy console that plugged into the TV.

[Agrajag]

Pong for me too, on my cousin's Binatone console. Also quite likely Space Invaders or a similarly early arcade machine at the local community centre social club.

For those of us who have been playing videogames since the the 1970s, the ability to actually remember that far back is now an achievement in itself!

[MIDNI6HTRIDER]

Commodore 64, my family bought the light gun pack with Gangster, Batman, Army Days....goodtimes

[alexcj]

Atari 36 in 1 games pack, the best of all

[jviegas]

chuckie egg (Zx Spectrum)

[the_poon]

Odd Job Eddie (ZX Spectrum)

[Cool-Zero]

Fire Truck Atari

[garetmax]

My first memories of playing arcade machines were playing pong, space invaders and asteroids at a ski resort that we always went to. 

 

My first memories of videogame or computer was in middle school which was LodeRunner on a Commodore Pet computer.

 

My first videogame console at home was a Commodore VIC20.  I also had a pong machine so I'm guessing that came before the VIC20.

 

I remember throwing my old pong machine in the trash in high school when I was cleaning out my old stuff.  I sure wish I didn't do that now as I'd love to have that on display in my house.

[polivares]

My first videogame was Defender, on a friend's Atari 2600. Man, what a revolution on my life.  Now with 36 years, i'm still hooked to videogames.

[bobdigipf]

The first game I played that I can remember was Kid Icarus for the NES. I some how beat that at five years old 

[Night]

Asteroids Atari 2600

[syaoranli]

First Arcade Game: Three Wonders, love this game