Much like Bnuungus, I remember spending far more time watching other people play games (mostly cousins and occasionally my parents) than I did play them myself I believe, which is a habit I suspect lasted until I was around ~8. As far as I can recall, my first actual hands-on experience with a game was a Star Wars branded plug and play around the mid-2000s. I don't exactly have any fond memories associated with it. It may have been this one:
I guess this is where the kusokino began. I've heard it brought up how a lot of people start gaming by playing shovelware, and questioning how that affects how people perceive video games later on in their lives. The result is me.
From what I can recall of watching other people play games, I do have some few vivid images still intact.
For one, I remember seeing my mother play Majora's Mask on a laptop emulator with an orange Gamecube controller plugged in in some way. It's interesting, because I don't recall her ever really using emulators on any other occasion. She also complained often about not being able to play 3d games because of her eyesight, so I'm not sure what impulse was brought upon her to lead up to that moment. I have another memory of her playing Okami at some point, complaining about the same motion sickness. The visuals in that game stand out to me a lot, even if I still haven't beaten it.
Another one was Age of Empires, like 56. I think it was either my father or perhaps an uncle, who did not let me play the game myself, so I just watched. Regardless, it did fascinate me.
I would also often be visiting my cousins during holidays, and they had a Wii in their basement. I'm pretty sure we spent most of the time playing Smash Bros, but for some reason the game I recall most was maybe this one I think
Unusual, since I don't recall playing it on more than one occasion, and for at most 10 minutes, at that. There's just something about the menu in this game that is imprinted in my memory for some reason, and is linked to a great extent with my concept of the Wii. I can't seem to go thinking about one without thinking about the other.