The first game I ever played was literally Pong - I was maybe 5 or so and it was on this green thing with messy cables and two paddles with wheels. Got it as a hand me down from family friends. I don't remember the name of the unit.
The first real computer games I played were on a friend's c64 and years later I had an Amiga 500 upgraded to a meg. I didn'treally get a "proper computer" however until I was 16 or 17.
I actually didn't play many games until finally going online at around 19 years old - then I didn't stop playing games for a few years ;D
Thanks for taking the time to come back and fill in some details on your gaming memories! I always liked Pong. One of my favorites was a variant of Pong called BreakOut. You had the bar at the bottom and bounced the ball up to the top to try and collapse the top and each color made a different tone. Hand Me Downs are great! Being a younger brother of two older siblings... i was a great benefactor of many hand-me downs! hahaha
I bet the games were super good by the time you got rolling!
