Great thread!

Sega Master System - some game that came inside the system
Atari Lynx - California Games
Super Nintendo - Super Mario World
Turbo Grafx 16 - Bubble Bobble 3
Nintendo 64 - Crusin' Usa (Dear lord why!)
Sony Playstation - Tekken 2
Gameboy DX - Tetris DX
Gameboy Advance - Castlevania Something or other
Sega Dreamcast - Soul Calibur
Sony Playstation 2 - Ratchet & Clank
Microsoft XBox - Halo
Nintendo Gamecube - Resident Evil
Nintendo DS - Labradogs
Microsoft XBox 360 - Gears Of War
Sony Playstation 3 - Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Nintendo Wii - Zelda: Twilight Princess

Was that the game that had the gravity adjustments & stunt mode or was that something else?

360 = Gears of War

Modern Consoles and the games I purchased when I bought the systems.

Wii: Smash Bros, Zelda, Wii Play, Metroid, Mario Galaxy. (Purchased 5/08 Walmart Bundle)
PS3: Resistance Motorstorm (Purchased 8/07)
360: Cod2, Condemned, Perfect Dark, Project Gotham 3, Madden 06, King Kong, Quake 4 (Purchased 11/05 Gamestop Bundle)
Xbox: Dead or Alive 3, NFL Fever, Max Payne, Halo (Purchased 12/01 Ebgames Bundle)
Gamecube: Smash Bros, Star Wars Rogue Whatever (Purchased 12/01)
PS2: Tekken Tag, Dead or Alive 2, SSX, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, NHL 2001, Madden 2001 (Purchased 10/00)
Dreamcast: Marvel vs Capcom 2, Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxi (Purchased 8/00)

I've added the occasion the system was purchased for and what, to the best of my recollection, the last game I purchased for each system was. I think that's telling of how long each system lasted me.

Intellivision - My parents bought this when I was a wee lad and the first games I remember were Space Battle, NFL Football, and my favorite - Triple Action! The last game we bought was Beauty and the Beast.

Nintendo Entertainment System - I got this for Thanksgiving the year we moved from Iowa to Minnesota and Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt came with the system, but the first game we picked up was The Legend of Zelda. Pretty sure my last game was TMNT III.

Nintendo Gameboy - We found this at a park festival and no one claimed it for a few weeks so it became ours, well, my sister's. It came in a carrying case with Tetris, Super Mario Land, Kirby's Dream Land, and Wizards & Warriors. I think the last game my sister picked up was Yoshi's Island or Yoshi's Cookie or Yoshi's Pointless Branding Puzzle Game.

Super Nintendo - This was a Christmas present (one year after debut) that came with Super Mario World and the first game I picked up was The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. I'm beginning to see a common thread here. My last game was Tetris Attack and I miss it so very, very much. My system's over at my sister's and I get to play it every once in a while, though.

Nintendo 64 - I picked this up off eBay in college and it came with Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and a few other games I don't remember. The last game I picked up was Perfect Dark for $7 though it was after I already picked up the...

Nintendo Gamecube - I bought this as a college graduation gift to myself and picked up Metroid Prime, The Simpsons: Road Rage, Rogue Squadron II, Resident Evil, with it, effectively ending my Mario / Zelda streak. The last game I bought was the Mega Man Collection but my last games were gifts, Lego Star Wars I and II.

Nintendo Wii - I snatched up the last one on the rack at Target last summer and it came with Wii Sports and I picked up Wii Play. too. First game I bought after that was Guitar Hero III. The last game I picked up was The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess last month on clearance (I still haven't opened it). The first game I bought on the Virtual Console was Elevator Action (my grandfather had the arcade version in his restaurant) and a few weeks ago I picked up Pokemon Puzzle Masters because of it's (shallow) resemblance to the aforementioned SNES classic, Tetris Attack. My wife and I are happy with our Wii and we're not done buying games yet...

I haven't owned that many consoles growing up, but here's what I can remember -

NES - Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt - came in the bundle.

Game Gear - Columns - came in the bundle (why we got this over a Gameboy is beyond me, and we didn't even get a Sonic game)

Slim PS2 - Final Fantasy X - my first console in ages, and disappointed after FFX sucked. God of War saved this purchase for me though

XBox 360 - Burnout Revenge came in the box, but the first game bought was probably Gears of War

Nintendo DS - New Super Mario Bros - pretty much bought a DS just for this game.

Nintendo Wii - Super Smash Bros Brawl - I had a Wii a couple weeks after launch but sold it since my roomate also bought one.

NES - Super Mario Bros. 3
SNES - Pilot Wings
Gameboy - Tetris
Gameboy Color - Link's Awakening DX
PSOne - Final Fantasy VII
PS2 - Kingdom Hearts
Nintendo DS - Mario Kart DS
PSP - Valkyrie Profile Lenneth

Correction: My first game for the Game Boy was Pac-Man, but traded it for Tetris in school. Both sides were real happy with the trade. My next game was Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.

[in order, and grouped by "generation"]

Pong console: Pong (yeah, I'm old...)

Atari 2600: Space Invaders and/or Asteroids

NES: Super Mario Bros.
Gameboy: Tetris

SNES: Super Mario World
Genesis: Sonic 2

PSX: Tekken
N64: Mario 64
Saturn: Panzer Dragoon Saga

Dreamcast: Soul Calibur
PS2: Tekken Tag? I think... (that was a shitty launch)
Xbox: Halo
GameCube: Eternal Darkness
Gameboy Advance: Zelda Seasons/Ages for GB color

DS: Meteos
PSP: Loco Rocco
360: Call of Duty 2
PS3: Metal Gear Solid 4
*edit, no joke, I totally forgot the Wii - can you blame me?
Wii: Wii Sports

phew...

Coleco Vision - Donkey Kong
NES - Super Mario Brothers
Gameboy - Tetris
Genesis - Altered Beast
SNES - Super Mario World
Sega CD - Sherlock Holmes
3DO - Crash N Burn
PS1 - Ridge Racer
N64 - Mario 64
Dreamcast - Shenmue
PS2 - Madden 2001
PSP - Untold Legends
360 - Perfect Dark Zero
Wii - Wii Sports
PS3 - Resistance

No, I think you might be thinking about Beetle Adventure Racing.

NES: Not including SMB/Duck Hunt, I'd have to guess TMNT
Lynx: Rampage
Jaguar: Doom
Playstation: Either Tekken or Twisted Metal
GameBoy Advance SP: SMB3
Gamecube: Metroid Prime
DS Lite: New SMB
Wii: Metroid Prime 3
PS3: Bioshock and Rock Band 2

We also had a Game Boy, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, N64, Saturn, and Dreamcast, but those were technically my brother's and I can't really remember what the first games were on those.

Do people actually read other people's lists? I always find threads like these where you are just listing stuff kind of boring. At least dogmatica is posting some thoughts. I find the same thing with the Top 10 Album, Movie, etc. threads. I like to read people's thoughts.

Of course just my opinion, but was curious about what other people thought.

Atari 2600 - Combat in box bought Astroids with it.
NES - Mario, Duck Hunt and Gyromite in box and on separate carts back then.
Game Boy - Tetris in box
Genesis - Sonic in box
SNES - Super Mario World in box
Sega CD - Sherlock Holmes
3D0 - Gex in box and bought Star Control II
Sega Saturn - Panzer Dragoon Saga
Playstation - Final Fantasy VII
N64 - Super Mario 64
GBA - Don't Remember my first GBA game maybe Circle of the Moon
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure
PS2 - I have no idea. I don't even remember it having a good game at launch.
Nintendo DS - Super Mario 64DS
GameCube - Luigi's Mansion
Xbox - No idea. Wasn't a fan of this console.
PSP - Lumines
Wii - Wii Sports
PS3 - NBA2K7
Xbox360 - Geometry Wars

Yeah, I hear you. I usually scan other people's lists to look for things that I'd recognize (in this case, I looked through lists to see who owned a Jaguar or a Lynx, since I owned both and they weren't exactly huge sellers). For me, churning out a list and scanning a thread like this is a way to kill a few minutes at work. But posting more than just the list is kinda futile, since (as you pointed out) others rarely read lists in a thread like this.

I am reading the lists to see if anyone else had an Atari ST. Almost nobody listed their computer games though.

Atari 2600: Ms. Pac-Man or Popeye
NES: SMB/Track&Field/Duck Hunt
SNES: Super Mario World
PS1: Metal Gear Solid or Final Fanrasy VII
PS2: Metal Gear Solid 2 and Final Fantasy X
PS3: Uncharted

atari 2600: combat
sega genesis: sonic
n64: shadows of the empire
xbox: munch's odyssey
xbox 360: for the life of me i cannot remember - probably the pack in game that came from costco
wii: wii sports
ps3: mlb 2008
psp: mlb 2008
nintendo ds: true swing golf

Well...lets see...

NES - Mario/Duck Hunt
Genesis - Altered Beast
Gameboy - Tetris
N64 - WCW vs. nWo World Tour
Playstation - Driver
PS2 - GTA 3
XBox - No idea...
360 - Burnout Revenge
PS3 - MLB The Show

= J

Super Nintendo: Super Mario World
N64: Diddy Kong Racing
Game Boy Colour: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX/Mario Golf together
Playstation: Syphon Filter 2
Game Boy Advance: Rayman Advance
Playstation 2: Gran Turismo 3
Gamecube: Metroid Prime
XBOX: Fable: The Lost Chapters
XBOX 360: Call of Duty 2
Wii: Rayman Raving Rabbids
PS3: Resistance: Fall of Man
Nintendo DS: Super Mario 64 DS
PSP: Star Wars Battlefront Renegade Squadron

Close, but I'm pretty sure San Franciso Rush is the one he's thinking of (although BAR had some similar elements). Rush is one series I wouldn't mind seeing revived, especially since, to me, Burnout is headed off in a different direction and losing the more over-the-top aspects.

Rush. That's it. Rush 2042 wasn't it? Time to check Wiki. That would indeed be a great revival.

*edit - Looks like it was San Francisco Rush 2049

Yeah I usually ignore these type threads, but this one has been pretty interesting.

I think it's interesting because with just the title, you can assume that's the game that tipped the scales in favor of a system and it's fascinating to see the different tastes we all have.

I should amend mine as Madden 01 was the PS2 game I first got as a gift with the thing, it was Dragon Warrior 7 (a PS1 game) that caused me to desire the system in the first place and the greatest Christmas gift of 2001.

Nope, it wasn't. The other non-Kart racing game I had for the 64 (that I've forgotten completely) was San Francisco Rush.