My first game was when I was about 4. I was staying with at my aunt and uncle's house in China after we sold our appartment to move into a house. I had a cousin who was about 8, and she had what I assume to be like the Chinese equivalent of the NES/Famicom. I'm not sure how it works, but it did. I remember playing this racing game, but to this day, I do not know the name of it. It was really retro and it wasn't like rear-view racing games (your view was from the top), and when you ran into anything, your car exploded. I remember not being able to play the game correctly, and I would just run into walls to make my car explode because I thought it was funny. Lol.
It was either that, or a list of other NES games that include: Adventure Island, Circus Charlie, Balloon Fight, or Nuts and Milk (I swear that it's an actual video game. It has a Wikipedia article for crying out loud. Has anyone else played it?)
The first game that I was actually more aware of was called Spyro the Dragon. I didn't purposely try to get a Game Over by that time. : P