First video games you've had/played?

i cant really remember what my first video game was, it was probably some nintendo ds edutainment toddler shit, or maybe super mario bros?

it's been so long and i have shit memory so like yeah

 

richard scarry's busytown, one of those edutainment minigame collections... my parents had this thing about technology so for a long time the only screen we had in the house was this old PC, but mum found this game at a garage sale and i suppose went 'oh hey richard scarry popular children's author i guess i'll let my kids play this' - we were also allowed to play minesweeper and space cadet sometimes

i think sometime after that some close family friends let their kids play club penguin, so my sibling and i were allowed to as well (for 15 minutes each, on sunday afternoons, with semi-rural 20XX australian internet speeds... uphill both ways in the snow)

although if we're talking 'actual singleplayer games', i think it would've been the portal series, they're the reason i was allowed a steam account in my early-ish teens... or maybe minecraft? i forget which came first

 

I completely understand you on the memory thing! I believe it was my first on Game Boy, I remember playing Pokémon Red or Tetris though it was a long time ago. Seriously, those games were so popular that it felt like everybody I knew was playing those games. I also recall wasting my time on Super Mario Bros, music and levels were so interesting. We can only imagine the advancement in gaming now that is in its infancy yet!