Do you remember the first games you played in each genre?

[marky]

Recently, I tried to recall the first games I played in each genre.
And I decided to ask how it was for you?

For simplicity/standardisation, we will focus on the main genres without subgenres such as Metroidvania.

Action:
Action - Adventure:
Adventure:
Puzzle:
RPG:
Simulation:
Strategy:
Sports:
MMO:

 

[Boofytan]

Action megamania atari
Action rpg don't remember
Adventure shadowgate maybe
Puzzle tetris gb
Rpg phantasy star
Sim Sim city
Strategy warsong
Sports mattell football 2 handheld
Mmo never played

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Not too sure but mine would be
The nes Castlevanias
The Legend of Kage
Tetris
Dragon Quest/Warrior
Gran Turismo
Warcraft 1
Nba Live
RAN Online

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

As best as I can remember anyway, and going by Wikipedia definitions:

Action: Super Mario 64
Action - Adventure: Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
Adventure: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Puzzle: Pokemon Puzzle League
RPG: Pokemon Gold
Simulation: The Sims: Bustin Out
Strategy: Hogs of War
Sports: WWF No Mercy
MMO: N/A

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Action: Wolfenstein 3D.
Action - Adventure: Secret Agent.
Adventure: The Secret Of Monkey Island.
Puzzle: Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
RPG: Diablo.
Simulation: Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit.
Strategy: Dune II.
Sports: Sensible Soccer.
MMO: Argentum Online.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Action: Earthworm Jim
Action - Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Adventure: The Secret of Monkey Island
Puzzle: Tetris (Game Boy)
RPG: Pokemon Red
Simulation: Flight Sim
Strategy: Black & White
Sports: Cool Boarders
MMO: Guild Wars

 

[marky]

Action: I'm almost 100 % sure that was Super Mario Land

Action - Adventure: I'm think that was first GTA

Adventure: Some Dizzy Game on NES. Most likely Dizzy the Adventurer aka Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk

Puzzle: For sure it was Tetris or Magic Jewelry on NES. I think Magic Jewelry was first.

RPG: Pokemon Green, which was a Red/Blue hack or unofficial translation of the Japanese version of game sold on pirated cartridges.

Simulation: NES Top Gun

Strategy: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Sports: F1 Race on NES

MMO: I still don't like MMOs, but I've played a few. I think the first one was the browser MMO game Tribal Wars

 

[SpcDaicon]

Save for some expecifics I think I don't really remember the first games I've played but will try

Action: Super Mario 64
Action - Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Adventure:
Puzzle:
RPG: Final Fantasy X
Simulation: The Sims
Strategy: Age of Empires
Sports:
MMO: Tibia

I kinda cheated there. Zelda OoT and Pokemon are RPGs and I've played them before but FFX was the first "proper" RPG I've played.

It was like having a religious revelation for me ahahahah. Up to that point I've only played Nintendo my whole life but after a sleepover in a friend's house, we played some FFX and fell in love with it. It really opened my mind to what video games could be. I think I played till completion about 10 times throughout the years.

 

[bjork]

Action: Pitfall (2600)
Action - Adventure: Conan (C64) [i think this counts? this genre is ambiguous to me]
Adventure: Death in the Caribbean (C64)
Puzzle: Tetris (GB) [if that's what is meant by puzzle genre]
RPG: Might and Magic II (C64)
Simulation: Gunship (C64)
Strategy: Utopia (Intellivision)
Sports: Home Run (2600)
MMO: World of Warcraft (PC)

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

The first games of each genre I've played:

Action: Super Mario Bros. (FC/NES, 1985)
Action-Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC, 2006)
Adventure: It is Possibly the Takahashi Meijin no Bouken Jima/Hudson's Adventure Island (FC/NES, 1986/87)
Puzzle: Magic Jewelry (FC, 1990)
RPG: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (GC, 2003)
Simulation: N/A
Strategy: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC, 2005)
Sports: Soccer (FC/NES, 1985)
MMO: N/A

 

[Jeff]

Action platformer: Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Adventure: The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Beat'em up: TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
Arcade: Ms. Pac-Man (Arcade original
Puzzle: Tetris (DOS, before I played the Gameboy version.)
Racing: Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Sports: Bases Loaded II (NES)
First person shooter: Duck Hunt (NES)
RPG: Super Mario RPG (SNES)
Fighting: Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting
Simulation: Animal Crossing (Gamecube)
Strategy: Orgeon Trail (Apple II)
Educational: Math Blaster (Windows 3x)

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Action: Super Mario Bros 3 (All-Stars version)
Action-Adventure: Metroid (NES)
Adventure: Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link
Puzzle: Tetris Attack (or Panel De Pon if you prefer)
RPG: Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars
Simulation: Sim City 2000
Strategy: Shining Force 1
Sports: Punch-Out
MMO: Not a ton of history with these, does the Adventure mode from Gaia Online count?

 

[Tonberry]

I'm omitting games released in Sweden only because I can't for the life of me know which one was first, but they were mostly educational adventure games anyways.

Action: Megaman
Platformer: Megaman
Action - Adventure: Prooobably Ocarina of Time
Adventure: Curse of Monkey Island
Puzzle: Pokémon Puzzle League
RPG: Either Final Fantasy 6, 4, or Mystic Quest, not sure which, they were part of the same ROMs disc
Simulation: Probably The Sims, or Zoo Tycoon
Strategy: Age of Empires II for PS2
Sports: Coolboarders 3
Racing: Midtown Madness
Fighting: Tekken 3
MMO: World of Warcraft

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

Action: Super Mario 64
Action-Adventure: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Adventure: Ace Attorney
Puzzle: Zookeeper
RPG: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Simulation: Pikmin, but I know many would consider that a unique action-hybrid kind of RTS, so my first "traditional" strategy game would've been Halo Wars
Sports: Mario Golf
MMO: Habbo Hotel, but if you don't want to count browser games, then it was Seal Online

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Action: Heretic.
Action - Adventure: Terranigma.
Adventure: Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past.
Puzzle: Tetris.
RPG: FF4.
Simulation: Railroad Tycoon 2.
Strategy: AoE 2.
Sports: Nintendo World Cup.
MMO: World of Warcraft.

 

[theshiningpath]

Action/Platformer: Super Mario Bros or Paper Boy (NES)
Puzzle: Tetris
RPG: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Simulation: Sims
Fighting: Street Fighter II
Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics
Sports: Mega Man Soccer
Racing: Super Mario Kart

Never dabbled in MMO's.

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Action: Bubble Bobble
Platformer: Super Mario Bros.
Action - Adventure: Pitfall
Adventure: The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy
Brawler: X-Men (1992), Captain America and The Avengers
Puzzle: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
RPG: Little Ninja Brothers
Maze: Pac-Man
Rhythm: Dance Dance Revolution
Shooter: Galaga
Simulation: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On, Twisted Metal
Strategy: StarCraft, Age of Empires II
Sports: Space Jam, NFL Blitz
Racing: Micro Machines
2D Fighting: Street Fighter II, World Heroes, Samurai Shodown (1993)
3D Fighting: Virtua Fighter II, FX Fighter, Battle Arena Toshinden
Online: Little Fighter 2
MMO: Gunbound
MMORPG: Graal
MMO-Action: Rakion

 

[PacGuy]

Super Mario Bros was the first game I remember playing:
Platformer (runnin n jumpin)
Roleplaying (I play the role of an italian plumber
Survival horror (Managing resources against monstrous enemies)
Run and gun shooter (fireball)
Puzzle game (the endless castle maze)
Sports game (swimming is a sport)
Racing (against the clock)

MMO: Habbo Hotel, but if you don't want to count browser games, then it was Seal Online

/B/rother! THE POOL IS CLOSED

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

Action: Super Mario 64
Action-Adventure: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Adventure: Ace Attorney
Puzzle: Zookeeper
RPG: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Simulation: Pikmin, but I know many would consider that a unique action-hybrid kind of RTS, so my first "traditional" strategy game would've been Halo Wars
Sports: Mario Golf
MMO: Habbo Hotel, but if you don't want to count browser games, then it was Seal Online

I just realised I put my first strategy game picks under simulation and forgot to list my first simulation game... It was Model Railroad Simulator if anyone's wondering.

 

[petran79]

action: Rampage (arcade)
puzzle: 1988 arcade tetris
adventure: Zak McKraken
platformer: Wonderboy (arcade)
rpg: Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Shootemup: Galaga
beatemup: double dragon (arcade)
action adventure : Flash Gal (arcade)
2d fighter : Budokan
strategy: North and South
Sport : Tehkan World Cup (arcade)
racer: ChaseHQ (arcade)
rail shooter : Space Harrier (arcade)
light gun: Operation Wolf (arcade)
naughty game: Pocket Gal (arcade)