The first time you played a video game,

[BoringSupreez]

1995 or so, on my Dad's Windows 3.1. I played some of the packed in games it came with. Nothing great or anything (especially since the monitor was B/W) but I enjoyed myself. It started me onto games.

[J T]

Oh, I almost forgot, we also had some Apple II computers in my elementary school that we used to play Oregon Trail.

/died of dyssentary

[CRTGAMER]

I think my first time was BREAKOUT on my cousin's 5200 way back in the day.

One of the few games that made good use of 5200 potentiometers with a variable speed paddle.

Do you still have your 5200?

[BlackDS]

I really cant tell you all, because I have been surrounded by videogames my whole life.
But when I got my own system, I remember being kinda like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU
Only I got the star wars edition N64

Oh wait! I have been lying this whole time!
The first game I ever played was tetris on the Apple II gs, I thought it was pretty cool, but not amazing or anything. I must have been 3 or 4

[hashiriya1]

I think my first time was BREAKOUT on my cousin's 5200 way back in the day.

One of the few games that made good use of 5200 potentiometers with a variable speed paddle.

Do you still have your 5200?

Nope, that thing died on me one night when I was a kid, it was way past warranty so my dad just tossed it.

[CRTGAMER]

I think my first time was BREAKOUT on my cousin's 5200 way back in the day.

One of the few games that made good use of 5200 potentiometers with a variable speed paddle.

Do you still have your 5200?

Nope, that thing died on me one night when I was a kid, it was way past warranty so my dad just tossed it.

Now that is painful, a real Breakout. Still have my monster, biggest console on the table. Sorry for your loss.

[glynnahab]

This was my first.

[Arbitern1]

Probably Legend of Zelda for the NES in around 96'