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I don't know what was first but the earliest games I can remember playing were Tomb Raider on PS1 and Mario 64 on N64. I also played Half Life when that first came out, but that was a little later.
For me, it was probably either the original Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt, or Super Mario Bros 3, both on the NES.
For the longest time, those were my only games. (My NES still works, I should play it again over the weekend.)
However, if you also count those educational games as videogames, then it's either Jumpstart Kindergarten or 4th Grade (can't remember which one was truly first). Both are still amazing games though :O
Tbh I honestly have no idea which video game was my first, as my dad got me to play them from such a young age. If we're including educational games then the first Zoombinis is probably up there. I remember attempting to play games that my dad liked like Rome: Total War (the first one). I had a PS2 (not sure whether that came before or after the PC games) with stuff like Ratchet and Clank 3, Sonic Heroes and this Monsters Inc. game which was actually for the PS1 so I could play it but it didn't save so I had to try and complete as much as I could in one sitting every time I played it. I didn't start playing Pokemon until the games had moved from the GBA to the DS (my first Pokemon games were Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team and Pokemon Ranger, followed by Pokemon Diamond)
Mike Tyson's Punch Out and Jackal for the NES were some of my earliest video games if I recall. I have horrible PTSD of Soda Popinski's laugh as he stood over my lifeless body in the ring :3 My brother was an absolute beast at that game; got as far as Mr. Sandman - one of the few games that my brother will always hold a better standing on me on haha.