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.