Hm, i had a Karate-Based handheld game somewhere in...88 or 89? Can't remember the name. Was a cool thing, you had this four positions and two attacks. Then... maybe Tetris, when i got my Gameboy.
But what me made a gamer was when my mother bought a PC for business, and some dude gave me some pirated games: Red Baron, LHX Attack Chopper, Stunts... awesome games (Nostalgia mode ON)
I was lucky coming into gaming at the... well GOLDEN age of games.