Your first game from each genre

[Boltimous]

Mine are --

FPS : 007: Golden Eye
RTS : Red Alert
RPG : Fable (I have a short history with RPGs)
MMORPG : EVE Online
Platform : Sonic The Hedgehog
Racing : Mario Kart 64

Tell me if i've missed any genres

 

[Commander Jack Rankin]

Platform:
Super Mario Bros.

FPS:
Doom

RPG:
Dragon Warrior

Fighting:
Street Fighter II

Racing:
Bump N Jump
This one may not meet the technical definition of a "Racing Game", but I'll count it anyhow.;p

Survival Horror:
Silent Hill

 

[Timotei]

FPS : Metal Gear Solid
RTS : Battlestations
TBS: Dragoon Storm
RPG : Xenosaga
Fighter: Jo-Jo's Bizarre Adventure (ZA WARUDO!)
JRPG: Xenosaga
MMORPG : EVE Online
Platform : Crash Bandicoot
Racing : Gran Turismo
Survial: Resident Evil

I guess I'm quite the Sony Girl

 

[SantoUno]

FPS: Goldeneye 007
Arcade Shooter: Silver Surfer
Adventure: Zelda 2 - The Legend of Link
RPG: Pokemon if that counts
Strategy: The Yu-gi-oh series
Platform: Super Mario Bros.
Racing: Mario Kart 64
Fighting: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

 

[Julianking93]

FPS: Metal Gear Solid (does that count? If not, Medal of Honor)
RPG: Kingdom Hearts
Strategy: Dragon Age
Hack and Slash: Devil May Cry
Adventure: A Link to the Past
Fighting: Mortal Kombat 2
Platform: Mega Man 2
Racing: Gran Turismo 3
Horror: Silent Hill 2

 

[NeutralDrow]

Huh. Never thought of that. Let's see...

Adventure: ...Legend of Zelda original?
WRPG: Pool of Radiance.
JRPG: Final Fantasy VI
TB Strategy: Deadlock II
RT Strategy: Dune 2000
FPS: Duke Nukem 3D
Platformer: Super Mario Bros.
Racing: Mario Kart (original)
Fighting: Street Fighter II (or maybe Mortal Kombat)
Scrolling Shooter: Galaga
Rail Shooter: Area 51
Beatemup: Streets of Rage II
Hack'n'Slash: Dynasty Warriors 3
MMORPG: Guild Wars (if that doesn't count, then City of Heroes)
Puzzle: Dig-Dug?
Sports: NFL Sports Talk Football, starring Joe Montana

I think that's accurate. And looking at everyone else's, I suddenly feel old...in gaming terms, at least.

 

[Leon's Hell]

FPS: Duke Nukem 3D
JRPG: Super Mario RPG
Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Racing: Need for Speed
Platform: Super Mario Bros. (NES version)
RPG: Buldar's Gate
Stealth: Thief 2: Metal Age

 

[Garaw]

FPS : Doom, PC
RPG : Pool of Radiance, C64
MMORPG : Ultima Online, PC
Platform : Jumpman, C64
Racing : Hmmm...Pole Position, Atari 2600?

I'm old, if that wasn't obvious.

 

[Bob_Bobbington]

Platform: Super Mario World

Flight Sim: G-Police

FPS: Halo

RPG: Fable

Racing: Need for Speed underground 2

RTS: Age of Empires.

Sport: Microsoft Golf Pro.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I'm old, if that wasn't obvious.

Yeah, looks like you beat me, at that. Never played C64 or Atari stuff; my earliest is NES and PC games that came on 5 1/4" floppies...

 

[David_G]

FPS: Duke Nukem 3D
RTS: Warcraft II or Red Alert
Racing: NFS Hot Pursuit
Fighting: Tekken 3
Sport: FIFA 2003
Platformer: Duke Nukem II or Super Mario Bros. (the original)

 

[DoctorNick]

FPS: Duke Nukem 3D
Platformer: Joust
RTS: Warcraft II
MMORPG: Ultima Online

 

[Batfred]

FPS : Doom, PC
RPG : Pool of Radiance, C64
MMORPG : Ultima Online, PC
Platform : Jumpman, C64
Racing : Hmmm...Pole Position, Atari 2600?

I'm old, if that wasn't obvious.

FPS : Doom - PS1
RTS : Populous - Amiga
RPG : Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals - Amiga
MMORPG : None yet - I dare not as I know that I will be divorced if I start one
Platform : Odd Job Eddie - really old Spectrum +2 game
Racing : Out Run - Speccie +2
Sport: Ian Botham's Test Cricket - Speccie +2
Fighting: IK+ - Speccie +2

Does my oldness trump yours? It's close either way. Here's to less work till retirement than these kid.

 

[evilgrim]

Adventure: Zelda 2 [ Does this count? ]
JRPG: Final Fantasy 3
TB Strategy: Civilisation 1
RT Strategy: Dune 2000
FPS: Duke Nukem 3D
Platformer: Super Mario Bros.
Racing: Mario Kart 64
Fighting: Mortal Kombat.
Scrolling Shooter: Salamander.. Or Parodius...
Rail Shooter: Area 51
Beatemup: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles..
MMORPG: Guild Wars
Puzzle: Some really old NES game..

 

[SextusMaximus]

FPS: COD 3
Platformer: Super Mario World 3
Sport: Actua Soccer 3
RTS: Rome Total War (the third in the series)

Can't remember first games from other genres. A lot of threes here though...

 

[wax88]

FPS: half-life/counterstrike
RTS: red alert
platformer: kirby's dream land
RPG: final fantasy 3
racing: ridge racer(PSP)
fighting:guilty gear
stealth: MGS2:SOL
flight sim: jane's ATF(gosh that was so long ago...)

 

[wooty]

FPS : Doom
RTS : Total Annihalation
RPG : FF7
MMORPG : Guild Wars (about a month)
Platform : Sonic The Hedgehog
Racing : Super Monaco
Sports: World Cup Italia 90
Fighting: Mortal Kombat
Horror: Resident Evil


So many great memories

 

[jimtheviking]

Platformer: Pitfall
Vertical Scrolling Shooter: River Raid
Side Scrolling Shooter: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Fighting: Karate
RPG: Final Fantasy
FPS: Wolfenstein
Sports: Ice Hockey

That's all I can remember off the top of my head.