The first one I ever played was a Playstation 1 when I remember correctly, but could also have been a Gameboy... [I'm so forgetful] The first gaming system I got for myself was a Gameboy Advance SP or a DS or a Gamecube. I can't remember it well...
Gameboy Color, the translucent purple one. My mom was anti-video games for a while, so I was stuck admiring my friends Gameboys and NESs...
I don't know what convinced her but she ended up buying me the GBC and Pokemon Yellow for Christmas of '99.
Well it depends if you count the old computers. I'd play the old pinball machine game and my Dad had a game called 'Chicken Invaders' which was fun, even though I was useless at it.
If you mean consoles, then I played with the DS Lite which I got for Christmas. Although really, me and my sister didn't actually play DS games until a month after we got it (we were only playing GBA games with the slot at the bottom of the console).
First console was a Gamecube. First handheld was a DS Lite. Those weren't the first experiences I had with gaming though, just the first I owned a gaming device on my own.
My first gaming experiences were on the computer, then I received a used sega genesis from a friend, then a N64 a year following its release. And after that a Gameboy Color.
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@the computer thing: I played Roller Coaster Tycoon and the kid games like Freddy Fish, Putt Putt, Spy Fox, Pajama Sam.