Your First RPGs

[DjinnAndTonic]

Came up in chat, and now I'm just curious what the DL's formative experiences were like.

What's your:

First RPG played:
First RPG completed:
First SRPG played:
First SRPG completed:
First ARPG played/completed:
First handheld RPG played/completed:
First console owned:
First video game played:
First RPG replayed:
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):

Feel free to elaborate with anecdotes and blaming other DLers/family members for making you play these games.

[074]

First RPG played: - Dragon Warrior.  Or Final Fantasy 1.  Not sure which.
First RPG completed: - Phantasy Star 4.  If you want to include subtypes, then I guess Shining Force, but it already has its own damn category.
First SRPG played: - Shining Force. 
First SRPG completed: - Shining Force.  Arguably first completion for me ever, though that was a shared family playthrough.
First ARPG played/completed: - Crystalis (NES).  Can also be called "the only NES RPG I enjoyed."
First handheld RPG played/completed: - Final Fantasy 5 Advance.  Done for the 4JF, but still a hell of a lot of fun.
First console owned: - Nintendo Entertainment System.
First video game played: - I genuinely can't remember back that far.
First RPG replayed: - Shining Force.  Largely because I got to HAVE MY OWN FILE then.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):

DW1: 3/10.  It's apathy-inducing at best, and frankly made me dislike anything with "dragon warrior" or "dragon quest" in the name.
FF1: 4/10.  It's aged.  Badly.
ShF: 4/10.  It's aged.  Said age shows.
PS4: 9/10.  It's not perfect, and it has aged a bit, but I still rate it as one of my favorite RPGs ever.
Crystalis: 6/10.  The game is fun as hell.  The requisite grinding to be able to damage enemies later and the potential to be locked into an unwinnable situation far too easily, however, isn't something I'd rate as "good."  At all.
FF5A: 9/10.  Discovered this late, and I have to say I enjoy it far more than 4 (aged poorly) and 6 (overrated to hell).

[Luther Lansfeld]

First RPG played: Final Fantasy 4 a bit, Paladin's Quest for notable time.
First RPG completed: Breath of Fire III
First SRPG played: Shining Force 2
First SRPG completed: Final Fantasy Tactics.
First ARPG played/completed: Star Ocean 2.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis.
First console owned: SNES
First video game played: Duck Hunt
First RPG replayed: Final Fantasy Tactics
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):

Paladin's Quest- 3.5/10. Kind of old and weird and not that great.

Shining Force 2: 6.5/10. Pretty good for its time, has a couple of interesting ideas and some fun battles.

Breath of Fire III: 8.5/10. I still hold a lot of fondness for the game and its expansiveness compared to the RPGs I had played before it. Not sure if this would hold up to a replay.

Final Fantasy Tactics: 10/10. Still my favorite. <3

Star Ocean 2: 3/10. It combines okay gameplay with shoddy shoddy plot. Just not great at the end of the day.

Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis: 4.5/10. It's a little on the slow, bland side. Reminds me a bit of FFTA2.

[Dark Holy Elf]

First RPG played: I played both FF1 and DQ1 briefly when I was young. I don't remember which came first. Neither made much impact on me. Secret of Mana later fell into the same category, and then Chrono Trigger (which unlike the first three, I was really impressed by), before I finally got around to...
First RPG completed: Super Mario RPG. 5/10 game to me now.

First SRPG played: FFT. 10/10 game to me now.
First SRPG completed: FFT.

First ARPG played/completed: Either Secret of Mana (1/10) or Star Ocean 2 (3/10) depending on if the former qualifies as an ARPG. Guess I'm not a big fan of these!

First handheld RPG played/completed: I forget whether I played Mario and Luigi (4/10) or Fire Emblem (9/10) first, but I certainly completed the latter before the former. Pokemon RBY/GSC also exist as this weird case where I played them earlier and they are portable games, but I emulated them (the first Pokemon I played on a portable was Leaf Green).

First console owned: NES. Super Mario Brothers.
First video game played: I believe a quasi-educational adventure/puzzle game called "Thick Quick!" holds that honour.
First RPG replayed: I believed I replayed Chrono Trigger (9/10) immediately, so that.

[Reiska]

First RPG played: Might and Magic I: Secret of the Inner Sanctum (PC version).
First RPG completed: I don't remember which one was strictly the first, but odds are very good that it was either Might and Magic I, Might and Magic II, or Dragon Quest III, and I'd bet on M&M1 the most out of those, because my mom and I were playing it together.
First SRPG played: Final Fantasy Tactics.
First SRPG completed: Also FFT.
First ARPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Adventure, on both counts.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Legend II, again on both counts.
First console owned: NES.
First video game played: First console game was either SMB1 or Zelda 1, don't recall which now.  First computer game would probably be some simple BASIC game on the PC, I used to have a book of BASIC code for those, but if you go by commercial games then we're probably back to M&M1.
First RPG replayed: Depends on your definition of replayed.  If you mean completed replays, it's probably Final Fantasy IV.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):

Might and Magic: Bluntly speaking, M&M1 is pretty solidly the best first entry out of the "big three" PC RPG franchises of the era (the other two being Ultima and Wizardry).  It still has most of the standard problems of any 1980s-era dungeon crawler, though the PC version is less grindy than other platforms, which helps.  Basically, though, M&M is 80s dungeon crawling with some of the more hardcore difficulty edge taken off.  In terms of how it holds up today, well, I'd probably give it a 3, maaaaaaybe a 4.
FF Tactics: I don't really think vanilla FFT has held up as well as most people would like to think.  Luckily, LFT exists, but if I'm judging strictly on vanilla, it's probably a 6 or a 7.  It's still one of the better SRPGs out there, but I think it could easily be topped; it's a solid game with a number of glaring flaws, mostly involving difficulty curve spikes (Riovanes).
FF Adventure: About as primitive as ARPGs get, really, but what more are you expecting on the original Game Boy?  Give it a 5 or so, with an honorable mention that it actually holds up better than the GBA remake.  Fuck the remake.
FF Legend II: Gets a 1, because there is no reason to play it with the DS remake existing unless you have no means to play the significantly superior DS remake's fan translation. 
FF4: Plot was amazing when I was nine years old, it's pretty shitty when I look at it now, the characterization is paper-thin.  Game's also easy as hell, but personally I don't consider this explicitly a downside, because it can still be a fun little romp when I'm bored.  5 I guess.

[Meeplelard]

First RPG played: Dragon Warrior 1.
First RPG completed: Legend of Ghost Lion I got really far but never actually beat.  FF1 I guess would be the real legitimate answer with my friend.
First SRPG played: Shining Force 1, on a copy that couldn't save!
First SRPG completed: I think Bahamut Lagoon, but not entirely certain; if not that, FFT.  I can't remember my exact order here!
First ARPG played/completed: Secret of Mana
First handheld RPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Legends 3
First console owned: Atari 2600
First video game played: ...can't say.
First RPG replayed: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10): Outside of BL and FFT, they really don't at all.

Yeah, didn't give a numerical rating, but I don't feel it really fits there.  Just saying "They don't at all" gets the point across.

[superaielman]

What's your:

First RPG played: Final Fantasy
First RPG completed: Final Fantasy 4
First SRPG played: Uh wow. I think it's Final Fantasy Tactics. I never played Shining Force.
First SRPG completed: FFT
First ARPG played/completed: Secret of Mana
First handheld RPG played/completed: Golden Sun
First console owned: NES
First video game played: Super Mario Bros
First RPG replayed: FF4. DQ1 if we're talking about restarting a game in spite of not finishing it (Yay battery/rental issues)
How do they hold up: Love FF4/FFT/FF1. Golden Sun/SoM are trash.

[Hunter Sopko]

First RPG played: Wizardry 7
First RPG completed: Phantasy Star IV
First SRPG played: Shining Force
First SRPG completed: Final Fantasy Tactics
First ARPG played/completed: Star Ocean 2
First handheld RPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Legends 2
First console owned: NES
First video game played: On NES? Super Mario Brothers. Pretty sure I played something in an arcade before that.
First RPG replayed: Phantasy Star IV. First replay completion: Wild Arms 2

[MalcolmMasher]

What's your:
First RPG played: Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
First RPG completed: Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen
First SRPG played: Final Fantasy Tactics
First SRPG completed: Final Fantasy Tactics
First ARPG played/completed: Secret of Mana
First handheld RPG played/completed: Played is FF Legend II, completed is PKMN Blue.
First console owned: Atari. (Assuming you mean "your household contained this". If it's "you personally owned it" then I think I get pushed back to the N64.)
First video game played: Oh sure, like I remember. I'm guessing Combat.
First RPG replayed: Probably Clouds of Xeen again.

How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):
Wizardry VI - Abstain. I don't know squat about Wizardry VI, I just remember trying to play it and being unable to progress any significant amount past character creation. Still, without Bane of the Cosmic Forge, I might never have learned to distinguish between skulduggery and legerdemain.
Might and Magic IV - 7/10? I'd go higher with MMV included, but here I am rating it individually. (I certainly didn't clear 4&5 before FFMQ; Darkside is hard.)
FFT - 10/10. I probably do not have to elaborate, considering the audience.
SoM - 6/10 solo, higher with co-op.
FF Legend II - Abstain, never beat it. I got up to the real Odin fight, so I probably played enough to judge it fairly, except that I don't remember enough of it now.
PKMN Blue - Pokemon/10. If Gen 1 were the only generation, it'd be a must play. But Gens 2-5 exist, so Gen 1 is an obsolete relic of history. I don't feel like trying to assign a number to that.
Combat - 2/10, and one of those points is entirely for the concept of Tank Pong. Video games have come a long way since Combat.

[Random Consonant]

First RPG played: Wizardry 7
First RPG completed: uhhh...
First SRPG played: Ogre Battle 64
First SRPG completed: Ogre Battle 64
First ARPG played/completed: Secret of Mana
First handheld RPG played/completed: Pokemon Red.
First console owned: SNES
First video game played: Super Mario World
First RPG replayed: uhhh...

[Twilkitri]

First RPG played: Ultima II (Apple //e). For some sense of the word played, anyway, considering I had no idea what I was doing and never really got anywhere.
First RPG completed: Mystic Quest Legend (SNES). It's possible that we had some other RPG on the Apple/PC which I finished but if we did I don't remember it, and back in the day I wasn't too concerned with finishing games (meanwhile these days I care more about that that I should do).
First SRPG played: Probably Fire Emblem 4 (SNES, emulated).
First SRPG completed: Almost certainly Fire Emblem 4 (SNES, emulated).
First ARPG played/completed: I take issue with this category being combined, because most of the early ARPGs I played I never finished. However, I expect that the first one I played was Final Fantasy Adventure (GBO, emulated) and I expect that it was probably the first one I completed as well, although this would have been some time after I had first played it (due to that using the broken ROM which was prevalent at the time). I feel like I didn't really care much for ARPGs until I played Tales Of Symphonia.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Assuming we don't count Zelda, the first one I played was almost definitely Final Fantasy Legend II (GBO, emulated. The first one I finished was probably Final Fantasy Legend III (GBO, emulated) seeing as how I never finished FFL2.
First console owned: Assuming that you count handheld consoles, Game Boy Original. Because I know some people don't, Gamecube.
First video game played: Oh god that could be anything. Probably something on the Apple //e, although there are a couple other options of similar vintage I had occasional access to (Vectrex, Atari, Vic-20).
First RPG replayed: Mystic Quest Legend (SNES)

How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10): I haven't played most of them in forever.

[Shale]

First RPG played: Fantasy VI. Still a 10/10. I never actually owned an SNES, but I had a friend who would let me borrow his while he took my Genesis for a couple of weeks. One of the times, he threw in his copy of FF6 and that got me started on JRPGs.
First RPG completed: FFVI.
First SRPG played: Shining Force II. 8/10 now. I went out and picked this up after finishing FF6 (and getting my Genesis back).
First SRPG completed: ShFII.
First ARPG played/completed: Secret of Mana. 8/10 now.
First handheld RPG played/completed: I really have no idea. I didn't play any RPGs on the game Boy or game gear, so it would be an emulated GBA game.
First console owned: Genesis.
First video game played: No idea - some Atari game.
First RPG replayed: FFVI. Started a new file the same day I finished.

[jsh357]

First RPG played: Earthbound. 10/10. Thank you based clay figurine ads
First RPG completed: FFVI 10/10
First SRPG played: Final Fantasy Tactics 10/10.  At the time I thought there was no other game like it.  Says a lot about the visibility of the genre prior.
First SRPG completed: FFT
First ARPG played/completed: Secret of Mana 5/10  This game has aged really poorly and I still know people who say it's the best game ever/argue it's a better game than SD3, etc.  Madness.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Legend II for 'played.'  4/10   I couldn't beat it.  The first portable RPG I ever beat was probably Pokemon RBY, 5/10.
First console owned: Game Boy, then SNES
First video game played: Had to be Tetris
First RPG replayed: It was either FFVI or Earthbound.  I played these over and over as a kid

[Grefter]

First RPG played: Random dungeon crawl stuff on PC, Ancients rings a bell but I know it wasn't really the first.  Heimdall in its weird isometric view might count?  I dunno.  Lufia 2 for first console RPG.
First RPG completed: Again no idea on PC.  Lufia 2 for console.
First SRPG played: FFT I think, I was vaguely aware of Shining Force but it was not my cup of tea.  There was plenty of other games in parallel genres that I wouldn't call SRPG but clearly are related (X-Com specifically)
First SRPG completed:  FFT and it was ugly as sin.
First ARPG played/completed: Secrets of Mana to both and it was kind of begrudgingly because it was a thing to do.  First one I enjoyed was SD3 and the one I liked most was Tales of Phantasia
First handheld RPG played/completed: POKEMANS (emulated).
First console owned: Atari 2600 because I am OG like that.
First video game played:  That I can remember?  Captain Comic (we had the XT before we had the Atari.  First Atari game was Frogger)
First RPG replayed: Lufia 2 probably out of a lack of other things to play.  First one I replayed compulsively like people seem to have done in their teens?  ToP.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):  Most of the early stuff on here is 5/10 at best.  FFT is the obvious exception.

[Sierra]

First RPG played: Bard's Tale on the Commodore 64. I had no idea what I was doing and didn't make it very far. Nevertheless, this is where part of my screenname comes from.
First RPG completed: Dragon Warrior.
First SRPG played: Shining Force.
First SRPG completed: Shining Force.
First ARPG played/completed: Crystalis.
First handheld RPG played/completed: N/A.
First console owned: NES.
First video game played: Oh, hell, like I remember. We had possibly hundreds of games on the Commodore (this was back when you could get dozens of pirated games crammed onto one floppy disk at any tech fair) so it could've been anything.
First RPG replayed: I am going to guess FF1, which I know I played more than once as a kid (and I can't recall whether I liked DW1 enough to replay it at the time, but I am guessing no since the initial experience did not leave me enthusiastic for the genre--I was actively disdainful of FF1 until my brother got it).

[DjinnAndTonic]

First RPG played: Final Fantasy I. A friend of mine owned this and was -so- obsessed with it! He used to min-max while I was still like "Ooh, cool, the Mages are divided into classes by color, what a novel concept!" I was in 3rd grade and never got to finish it until I was a teenager.
First RPG completed: Final Fantasy VI. The same friend showed me -this- game, only I was a whole year older and TWO of my other friends had this game (one of which played it with his parents, and these same parents would go on to introduce me to Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, and Zelda: LTTP). I of course had to get this one for Christmas! And this is basically what started it all. It seems my similarities to other DLers ends here, though.
First SRPG played: Never owned a Genesis, and didn't have any friends who did. Any Sega games I've ever played were done so as an adult. Didn't get a PSX until late in its life, so FFT was a game I'd never seen on a shelf. My first exposure to SRPGs was when my friend Crystal picked up Rhapsody on a whim and we tore through 90% of that game together in a day and a half while the rest of her household gawked. Oh how we mocked it! NIS, claiming my childhood innocence before I even knew who they were.
First SRPG completed: The first SRPG I sat down and actively tried to play to completion was Fire Emblem 7. Blame Smash Bros. And yeah, this was after a big lull in my gaming days. I'm a much bigger gamer now than I ever was as a kid.
First ARPG played/completed: First was Tales of Destiny, vicariously through Crystal's family. First completed was Tales of Symphonia, again with Crystal. First completed on my own was Tales of Phantasia, which is also probably my first emulated game, but I didn't think to make a category for that.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Pokemon Red, on both counts. Crystal's brother had Pokemon Blue... yeah.
First console owned: NES! I owned lots of systems, but so rarely played any until late PS2/GC era.
First video game played: Mario 1.
First RPG replayed: Final Fantasy VI. I never owned my own copies of CT, EB, or any of the SNES era RPGs. But FF6 was a constant friend. I loved glitching that game so much.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):
FF1: 4/10 - feels pretty average overall, the constant remakes help I guess? Considering I just kinda like this style of basic turn-based JRPG, it probably hovers around here for me, though it fluctuates.
FF6: 10/10 - I still spend inordinate amounts of time playing this.
Rhapsody: 2/10 or 7/10 - As an SRPG, it's still terrible, but as an overall experience, I've come to appreciate it more -now- than I did when I was a kid.
FE7: 7.5/10 - I haven't replayed this one yet, so it might not be as good as I remember. FEDL certainly likes to remind me how terrible I am for liking this one.
ToD: 3/10 - Does not hold up.
ToS: 4/10 - Not sure it's old enough to qualify, but after playing much better ARPGs, even from its own series, I have little to no love left for this game that I once adored.
ToP: 9/10 - I still like this one though. Objectively, it's probably only in the 4-6 range, but I've played it like 3 times with all the ports and I don't get tired of it.
Mario 1: 10/10 - well, there's a reason this one is a classic...

So... yeah, I think I'm starting to understand why I'm such an outlier in DL-opinions-land...

[Lance]

First RPG played: Final Fantasy, I think. Played it at a friend's house.
First RPG completed: I want to say Final Fantasy VI, but I'm not certain.
First SRPG played: Final Fantasy Tactics
First SRPG completed: Final Fantasy Tactics
First ARPG played/completed: Does Morrowind count? If so, Morrowind. If not...uh...Tales of Phantasia, I think.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Legend II
First console owned: Game Boy. If you're talking about plug-into-the-TV consoles, Nintendo 64. I missed just about everything from the NES and SNES days and have been playing catch-up ever since.
First video game played: Uh...Tetris? I don't remember.
First RPG replayed: Final Fantasy Legend II

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

First RPG played: Phantasy Star for the Master System. First RPG in portuguese released in the country!
First RPG completed: Super Mario RPG.
First SRPG played: Final Fantasy Tactics
First SRPG completed: Final Fantasy Tactics
First ARPG played/completed: Tales of Phantasia (SNES). Technically, I beat Zelda: Link to the Past a couple years before ToP, but Zelda and RPG, pick one.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Pokémon RBY, technically, but on an emulator. The first RPG I played straight out on a handheld was... OG Saga: Endless Frontier. >_>
First console owned: Atari 2600. Holy crap.
First video game played: I think it was New Zealand Adventures on my cousin's Amiga or something insane like that.
First RPG replayed: Super Mario RPG. Worth noting Chrono Trigger shortly followed SMRPG in both plays and replays.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10): PS1: 2/10. SMRPG: 7/10. ToP SNES: 3/10. FFT: 10/10. RBY: 4/10. CT: 8/10. New Zealand Adventures: um what. LttP: 4/10.

[Cmdr_King]

First RPG played: I believe Final Fantasy VII (10/10).  I watched a good chunk of Super Mario RPG before that, but I think the first where I was really behind the controller was FFVII.
First RPG completed:  Also Final Fantasy VII.
First SRPG played: Final Fantasy Tactics.  Picked this up at a rental shop because, y'know, it had Final Fantasy in the title.  Didn't get anywhere.
First SRPG completed: Final Fantasy Tactics (9/10).  Until like 4 years later.
First ARPG played/completed: Define ARPG.  Parasite Eve (6/10) has some of teh common features, but not all.  Kingdom Hearts (10/10) probably counts, but if you insist on something where levels are as critical as ability, then Star Ocean: The Second Story (6/10).
First handheld RPG played/completed: Pokémon Yellow (6/10).
First console owned: Sega Genesis.
First video game played: Probably Super Mario Bros. (uh... I dunno.  6/10?)
First RPG replayed: Final Fantasy VII

[Bobbin Cranbud]

First RPG played: The Bard's Tale (C64)
First RPG completed: Might and Magic II (C64)
First SRPG played: Curse of the Azure Bonds (C64)
First SRPG completed: Curse of the Azure Bonds (C64)
First ARPG played/completed: Eye of the Beholder (PC)/Fallout 3 (PS3)*
First handheld RPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions (PSP)/Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions (PSP)**
First console owned: Sega Genesis
First video game played: Breakout (Atari 2600***)
First RPG replayed: Shining Force (Genesis)
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):

The Bard's Tale 2/10
Might and Magic II 3/10
Curse of the Azure Bonds 5/10
Eye of the Beholder 3/10
Fallout 3 6/10
FFT WotL 9/10
Breakout 3/10
Shining Force 4/10

* >_>; If I extended this definition I might be able to include something else here, like a Zelda game, but going by a strict definition of ARPGs I played several dozen before I was able/wanted to finish one.

** I'm trying to remember if I had pre-PSP RPGs but was too frustrated by the screen and controls to finish them, but I don't think so.

***I think it was a 2600 and not one of the later models, but I was a very little kid at the time. Also, I'm not counting it as a console I owned because it was my parents' before I was born and I was too young to play it much before it broke.

[Cotigo]

First RPG played: Dragon Warrior?
First RPG completed: Dragon Warrior 4
First SRPG played: Vandal Hearts
First SRPG completed: Vandal Hearts
First ARPG played/completed: Crystalis for both.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Final Fantasy Legend 3, pretty sure that's the first one both played and beaten.
First console owned: NES
First video game played:  Mario or Legend of Zelda, forget which.  I was like 2.
First RPG replayed: Earthbound
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):

Dragon Warrior: 1/10
Dragon Warrior 4: 6/10 NOSTALGIA
Vandal Hearts: 6/10
Crystalis: 8/10
FFL3: 4/10
Legend of Zelda: 8/10
Earthbound: 10/10

[NotMiki]

First RPG played: FF4
First RPG completed: FF4?
First SRPG played: Shining Force
First SRPG completed: FFT
First ARPG played/completed: Soulblazer
First handheld RPG played/completed: Golden Sun or possibly FE7/Nevar completed
First console owned: SNES
First video game played: Super Mario Bros. or possibly Dungeon of Doom or Tetris
First RPG replayed: No idea.  Probably FF6, or Wizardry 7.

How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):
FF4: 7/10
FF6: 10/10
Shining Force: 5/10
FFT: 10/10
Soulblazer: 9/10

[Yoshiken]

There might be something of a recurring pattern in my answers..

First RPG played: Pokemon Blue.
First RPG completed: Pokemon Blue.
First SRPG played: Oh, hmm. I... think that would be Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. Possibly Disgaea at a friend's.
First SRPG completed: This one's definitely FE: PoR.
First ARPG played/completed: Tales of Symphonia. Haven't ever completed an ARPG unless Kingdom Hearts counts, though, which it doesn't for me.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Pokemon Blue for both.
First console owned: Gameboy Color. Ignoring handhelds, it was actually a Gamecube. (I didn't get into games until pretty late.)
First video game played: Technically Street Fighter II, but it was long enough ago that I don't remember it. First one I remember was Super Mario 64.
First RPG replayed: Pokemon Blue, almost immediately after I finished it.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):
 - Pokemon Blue: 5/10. Not bad, but just completely outclassed by new Pokemon games, broken as hell, and a little too simple.
 - FE9: 9/10. Amazing game. Recently replayed this and it's still great.
 - ToS: 6/10. It's fun to watch, if only for the skits and characters, but I hate the average ARPG's gameplay, apparently.
 - SF2: 8/10. Still a fantastic fighting game, for all that it's broken as hell.
 - Mario 64: /10. Never bothered finishing it, never been a big fan of Mario games.

[Ranmilia]

First RPG played: If you wanna get REALLY technical, Island of Kesmai on Compuserve in 1990.  Yeah, I played an MMO before they were cool.  *hipster glasses*
I remember nothing about it though.  First "real" RPG played, FFVII PC around when it came out, but I didn't get very far then.
First RPG completed: Breath of Fire 4...?  Maybe.  Technically I might have completed Pokemon Blue first, but I don't remember and didn't think of Pokemon as an RPG at the time.
First SRPG played: FFT.
First SRPG completed: Also FFT.  Played it a bit at a friend's when it came out, returned to it when I was able to play games on my own.
First ARPG played/completed: What counts?  Eh, going by my internal rankings, Star Ocean 2 I guess.
First handheld RPG played/completed: Pokemon Blue.
First console owned: Gamecube.
First video game played: A clutch of long forgotten games for the EPSON QX-10.  First console game, Super Mario Bros.
First RPG replayed: BoF4.
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10):

FFT - 10/10, needs no explanation on these boards.
BoF4 - 10/10?  Yeah, I guess it has about the same level of flawedness as FFT, so that's justified.  If anything it's gotten MORE impressive over time, you could release it today and it wouldn't look too incredibly dated.
FF7 - 7/10.  Good but somewhat dated.  Unlike BoF4 you can definitely tell it's a PSX game.
Pokemon Gen 1 - 7.5/10.  You know, for all their ridiculous flaws (and there are many, don't get me wrong), I still think Red and Blue are the best Pokemon games.
SO2 - 3/10.  This game is not good.  I would say I don't know how I ever thought it was good, but actually, I do know, I was under peer pressure and self pressure to believe that RPGs were Cool and Good and this was a cutting edge RPG therefore it was Awesome. 
The Gamecube - 9/10.  Still has the best designed controller of any major console ever.  Didn't have the deepest library of titles, but the good games it had were REALLY good, and there were enough of those to consider it a decent stable.
EPSON QX-10 madness - 9/10.  I actually still remember a lot of those games, and I'm really sad they're lost to history as a lot of them were actually good and very impressive for amateur 1985 PC game coding.  Like a Space Invaders derivative that expanded into a campaign mode, and a quasi-realistic, instrument heavy flight (and combat) simulator for Star Wars ships.
Super Mario Bros - 7/10.  Is a game.  Is challenging.  Is Mario.

[AndrewRogue]

First RPG played: DQ1, I think? Might have been FF1.
First RPG completed: FF3/6
First SRPG played: FFT
First SRPG completed: FFT
First ARPG played/completed: Secret of Mana (though I don't think I ever beat it?), unless DRAKKHEN counts
First handheld RPG played/completed: Pokemon Blue (best version)
First console owned: NES
First video game played: Mario, prolly.
First RPG replayed: FF3/6
How well do they hold up now (scale of 1-10): Maybe later