I was about five when I played my first games. As to the very first - well, my memory is usually pretty good but I just really can't recall if it was Diddy Kong Racing or Yoshi's Story for the Nintendo 64. I started them both around the same time, though, so I know it's one or the other. Me and my nephew (who was born around three weeks before me, and is one of my closest friends) used to play for hours on those games... we were ecstatic when my dad and sister agreed to let us play games, so when we got home from school it was all we would do. Even now, each time we find ourselves back at my house with our stash of games from when we first started playing, he insists we go through and beat as many of our old games as we can while he's there. I really love those games.... :>