The earliest game you remember playing

[Antari]

Come to think of it, I may have played Pong (on a dedicated Pong-only console) before anything on the Atari 2600.

Magnavox Odyessy 100 here, which is one of the first pong systems, then I moved onto Intellivision, its gone downhill since then ...

 

[BNguyen]

I can't really recall what it was
it might have been Kirby for the NES, excitebike, or Where's Waldo

 

[kingleonardas]

ET on Atari. Man that game sucked.

 

[Wrann]

Kirbys dreamland for the original gameboy.

 

[Nargleblarg]

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe on my Gameboy Color.

 

[Zani]

Kirby's Dreamland on the first GameBoy, and that was also the first game I ever played.

 

[Beastialman]

Some Thomas the Tank Engine game for the NES.

 

[floppylobster]

It was one of these. So long ago I can't remember -

- Conan on the Apple II. On a black and white CRT monitor bitches! (actually it was more kind of black and orange).
- Sabrewulf on the Spectrum.
- Or Phoenix at the arcade. When it was new.

 

[MetalDooley]

Hmmm either Pacman or Space Invaders in an arcade.First one at home though was Super Mario Bros on the Nes

 

[Jnacos]

Donkey Kong Country 2 for the SNES.

 

[MintyNinja]

Donkey Kong Country, I was 3 years old. Couldn't beat the second level, lol.

 

[tristow]

duck hunt on the NES

 

[floppylobster]

ET on Atari. Man that game sucked.

I can't imagine how you're still playing games if that was your first experience.

Yoshi's Story on the N64. I don't remember much, but I know it was fun.

It's kind of a standard platformer but that game has so much charm. And that song. That song. Be caaaaarefulllll, Be caaaareful, Beeee caaarefulll, Beee carefullll.

 

[THEMANWHOIS]

Super Mario All Stars on the SNES. Best Christmas gift ever!

 

[berault]

It would have to be Pokemon Blue, I remember distinctly getting frustrated about not knowing how to get out of that first house....

EDIT:

I just talked to my Dad on the subject, apparently he bought me an original Gameboy with Tetris and Space Invaders when we went on a camping trip, I was like 4

 

[Buccura]

Wing Commander is the earliest real game I remember playing.

 

[Kittenmauler]

Might of been Ninja Gaiden for the NES. I know it was something on the NES...

 

[Ataxia]

Probably some Mario or Zelda game you'd think not many people should remember them but Nintendo really embraced that Recycling idea...except not with glass n crap..