Your First RPG

[AmishSamurai]

Pokemon Red.

[J T]

Dragon Warrior on the NES was my first, and I believe it was also the first RPG available on a home console. I liked it pretty well, but I was blown away by the first Final Fantasy when that came out about a year later. These games felt immense back then. I loved that they came with maps of the world along with your instruction book. It felt like a grand adventure. It seems kind of silly now, given how much more immense games are these days.

[MrPopo]

Dragon Warrior on the NES was my first, and I believe it was also the first RPG available on a home console. I liked it pretty well, but I was blown away by the first Final Fantasy when that came out about a year later. These games felt immense back then. I loved that they came with maps of the world along with your instruction book. It felt like a grand adventure. It seems kind of silly now, given how much more immense games are these days.

Yeah, but I miss the map. And the old maps would also have all the equipment on them, since the old games didn't have help text.

I remember when I managed to find Final Fantasy VI at a Funcoland it came with the manual and map, which was awesome. And I loved the map for that, since you get both the world of balance and the world of ruin.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Paper Mario on the good old N64.

[Funk, E]

I had the good luck of my first real RPG being Fallout 2. I had no idea what it was going to be like when I got it--a high school friend told me that it sucked and sold it to me for a dollar.

Oh, how wrong he was.

[Pingfa]

Final Fantasy VII. After that... I have no idea. Possibly FFVIII - which I found amazing at the time; that it actually surpassed FFVII for me was impressive.
That game seems to have a reputation almost as bad as FFVII nowadays; I find it rare on gaming forums to see someone put it in the good word for either games.

Well, I liked them then, but I don't know if I would enjoy them now.

[Ack]

Final Fantasy VI, followed by the likes of Final Fantasy IV, the Breath of Fire series, Lufia 2, Secret of Evermore, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, so on and so forth down the SNES RPG line.

[fast]

Technically an RPG - Ali Baba on the Apple ][
Traditional RPG - Final Fantasy on the NES

[Dylan]

Final Fantasy II (IV). I actually bought Dawn of Souls to play FFI on my GBA, but eventually just purchased it for my NES to get the actually good experience with the game.

[SpaceBooger]

My first RPG technically would be Dragon Warrior since I got it free with my Nintendo Power subscription. I didn't really take the time to understand it, so it just went into my collection.
The first RPG I really played and beat was Lunar for the Sega CD. I remember getting it because the dude at the used game store showed me the intro animation and I was like "WOW!"
The gameplay was simple, and I was older than when I first played DW, and the story keep me interested. Upon beating it I wanted to play more RPGs so I traded my Sega CD in (at the same used store) for a SNES and Lufia.
I keep my copy of Lunar though... and got another Sega CD on clearance at TRU followed by my first internet purchase ever - Lunar Eternal Blue direct from Working Designs.