I’d have to go back and say something on Atari. Probably, Pac-Man.

Combat

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on SNES.

Pong, I guess.

My 1st console back in 1981 or 1982 was an Intellivision. I barely remember it, but I think one of the 1st games I played was Burger Time I played the shit out of that game. I also had their terrible and blocky versions of MLB and NBA games. In retrospect they were awful, but were cool back then.

If that counts as a console, then that's me too. I suppose it does. I was assuming cartridge system in my prior post.

I also assumed multiple game consoles, so cartridges. That would be Combat, for me, too.



If it can be a dedicated system, it would be Telstar.

If we aren't counting the shitty Pong 'console' my dad bought us from Sears, I think it might have been Atari 2600 Pac - Man, which was truly awful and near-unplayable.
Words cannot do justice to what a let-down it was. ET might be fairly derided, but Pac-man was a bigger offender. Atari knew whatever they gave people wasn't what they were expecting.

I never had a gaming system as a kid but I bought myself the original Xbox to play Halo.

I can’t remember if I got my atari 2600 or if my cousins got their intellivision first but it was a game on one of those.

I’m guessing it was Super Mario Bros. 3. I just remember being pretty young and my grandparents brought over an NES for my family.

As far as I remember it wasn’t even a special occasion or anything. It was bundled with Super Mario Bros. 3. I think we might have gotten Dr. Mario at the same time. Possibly Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well.

Would have been something on Atari for sure, no idea what would have been the very first though.

Gonna throw in another vote for Combat on the Atari.

I also vividly remember playing Pac-man, Centipede, Space Invaders, Pitfall, and E.T. on the Atari as well.

Combat on Atari I believe, but we played a few games that I don't fully remember (was young)

If Pong is not counted, then it was Space Invaders for Atari 2600 if I remember correctly.

I had intellivision too. Some of the games were a step up from Atari 2600 or 7800 or whatever And then came ColecoVision. I remember only my cousin having that and thought it was awesome! I remember Donkey Kong and DK jr. TimePilot, a few others. Intellivision, I had; Congo Bongo, some flying game. I think a Cobra dame. Such memories that are slowly fading away…

She was the kind of dame that mice would just jump into her mouth so they could get close to her. You didn't care how poisonous her venom was, you just wanted her teeth in your neck....

Something on the IntelliVision for sure. Triple Action, if I had to guess.

I want to say Munch Man (1982) a Pac-Man clone/knock-off on the TI-99.



The other one that comes to mind is possibly Donkey Kong (? I think) on Colecovision. I distinctly remember the game like level 2 of Donkey Kong but not DK? Not sure. Maybe someone else has a better memory of me.

Both consoles were owned by different friends. If I'm going by the first console I had that would either be Joust or Miner 2049er on Atari 400.

Pac-Man was my first on the Atari and it was terrible - he had a delayed slide when you changed direction and you had to time it just right (crazy that I remembered how the game played after all these years).

Everyone always hated E.T. but I felt smart as a kid because I figured it out and actually beat it. I loved it.

Atari 2600 - Space Invaders or Adventure.
NES - Legend of Zelda
SNES - Super Mario Bros. 3
Sega Genesis - Altered Beast or R-Type.
NEC Turbo Grafx - Keith Courage
XBOX 360 - COD4:MW

2600 Pac-Man is nowhere near arcade quality but it was still a good game on its own. I had a lot of fun playing it as a kid.

My older brother had an Atari 2600 but would never let me play it. So, when he went to work, I would sneak into his room and play Spider-Man all day until it was about time for him to come home.