So what was your first fighting game?

[SunnuvaBiscuit]

First played (or at least experienced) was probably Tekken 3, from an old arcade machine that I was too young to really know much about fighting games.

First owned was either Super Smash Bros. or, if you don't consider that a fighting game, Tekken 2, oddly enough. Never played it much, though. If you're extremely loose about your definition of a fighting game, you could count some old N64 wrestling games that were bought for me from a pawn shop long ago (WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy, namely).

The first fighting game I actually enjoyed and was interested enough to play through thoroughly was probably Soul Calibur II.

 

[Leonyx]

Super Smash Bros.

Soul Calibur 4

 

[Mustainekof]

I don't remember what's the first fighting game I played, but the first fighting game I played seriously was KOF series.

 

[Rekano]

Mortal Kombat on the SNES was the first fighter I ever played when I was little. The MK series was, for the longest time my favorite childhood fighter, up til Deadly Alliance...Which disappointed me on every aspect.

First game I ever faced people outside of my friends and took seriously...Super Smash Bros. Melee. Even in-house rules in SSB(n64), we turned off the items(had to unlock that luxury by playing 200 matches, lol) back then, so no harm foul when I learned main competitive Melee turned it off too. In terms of traditional fighters however, then it goes to SC2. The amount of time I put into SSB, SSBM, SC1, and SC2 was INSANE. Considering I usually had no one to really play against most of the time, never stopped me from playing. Loved the time spent on them.

Looking back...I really wish I had grown up a Playstation fan or even gotten Dreamcast when they first came out. I missed out on a lot clinging to the big N for as long as I did.