When you have a child, what'll be the first game you show them?

Well, my aunt showed me Altered Beast on the Genesis at a really young age. Why not for my kids?

If thought hard about this and im starting my kid off with the Nes. Giving him some Super Mario Brothers, Metroid, Punch Out, Ninja Turtles, Final Fantasy, Mario Brothers 3 and maybe some more.

Ima start him same place I started. Super Mario Bros.
Technically it was Kenseiden on the Sega, but SMB makes a little more sense.

Tetris

People say LoZ, but I don't think I can wait until they are capable of playing a game like that. Something like Super Mario Bros is colorful, simple, has fun noises, and could be played by kids way before LoZ.

The Last Guardian and Dark Souls.

Dead Space/Dead Space 2... to teach them why they need to be afraid of the dark. Hah not really.... but seriously though Amnesia. kids need to learn. 
 
Probably the real first I would show them would be probablly an NES or SNES game.

Super Mario World. Not Pokemon, cause that dominates your childhood.

God of War 3 Kratos vs Aphrodite. 
 
Nah, maybe Jak and Daxter.  Problem is the sequels take a really dark turn as much as I love them.  If I can get working copies maybe the original Spyro or Crash games.

mmh  Redneck Shooter in Space sounds good or  Indie game we've been told to like. 

" Demon's Souls "

Pong. 
"My dear child, I present to you, the first electronic game I played. When you are able to defeat me in this, I will grant you one wish, and we will move onto the next game."

Pokemon Red.

I just had a boy a few months ago. First of all, this... 
 

GTA 4. So if my child turns out to be a fuck up, I can always blame Rockstar for corrupting his childhood. 

" GTA 4. So if my child turns out to be a fuck up, I can always blame Rockstar for corrupting his childhood.  "

I would start them off with retro Super Mario All Stars

I'm an uncle, when my nephew turns four I'm gonna show him some Mario, then some Mega Man. I've got plans for this kid. He'll be one of us. His mother won't like it, but I'll make it happen. Father is on board, he bought some shitty Wii driving game for five bucks and lets him steer (he just turned two).

"Ocarina of Time."

Minecraft. 
Damn child labour laws making it illegal for kids to be shoveling coal and working the mines. I'll make damn sure they get that turn of the century experience all kids had during the industrial revolution.

Probably something simple and fun like Tetris or another puzzle game.

Like father like son; I'd have to subject them to DOOM, Quake, or Duke Nukem 3D. Then pawn them off onto Sam and Max: Hit the Road, Grim Fandango, and Full Throttle. Finally, introduce them to the world of online FPS like Counter-Strike, and then through self discovery, they'll no doubt end up playing games like Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, then developing an interest in RTS too, so he'll go out and buy StarCraft. 
 
Of course, things have changed, but that's the general plan. ;)

" Final Fantasy XIII  "Yes, my child. Games were this bad at one point." "

Motion Sports for the Kinect. 
 
Let me re-introduce you.

 New Mario Wii , teach my kid a little teamwork and discipline .
" Took my mushroom did you , it 's the lava for you "

Nothing.

Simple games (handheld, GOOD kids games, 8 and 16 bit) when they're too young to appreciate substance. 
 
As soon as they hit about 10, Oblivion, MYST, Half-Life 2, all that. If they still run on anything in 15 years.

Clockwerx, Gizmos & Gadgets, or Math Blaster all great games as a kid.  But it'll probably depend more what my future wife would allow.

RapeLay

My first kid is an experiment.
 
Imma play BioShock with him.

Super Hyper Pac-Man Championship Pro Edition DX 3: Revenge of Ms Pac-man

Probably good ol' SMB.  
 
And by that of course, I mean Super Meat Boy. Good luck, kid.

Duke Nukem Forever
 
Actually I'm going to be one of those parents who says "Go play outside, goddamnit." Even though my parents did the same to me and I never listened.
 

Dead Space

I would not show them any games, if they developed a natural interest in video games then they can choose to play whatever they want.

I'll try to get him/her to play Super Mario Bros, if only for a little bit. It's the first video game I ever played in my life and it'd be kind of cool to turn it into a tradition. But I'd mainly want it to be Super Mario Bros. so that he/she has some understanding while he/she's growing up of what technology used to be like and how awesome video games have grown to be. I mean, I was born in the mid-90s and I still thought it was really cool just to be playing a video game, let alone a "primitive" one. 
 
Unfortunately, I have a feeling that when my kid is the age I was when I first played a video game, he/she won't be as easily enthralled by technology as I was/still am. In that case, I'll just show my child whatever is kid-friendly and fun; probably something by Nintendo.

Soul Silver. 
 
Though, hopefully I don't have kids :s

mario or zelda

Whatever I plug into their brain.

Rapelay and then Deus Ex.

The only acceptable answer is Super Metroid.

" @LiquidPrince said:

" Nothing too obvious. "

So what? Rapelay? "