Great thread!
Whoa, very cool dad, Rui!! My dad liked the idea of gaming and luckily for me he usually insisted on buying the latest consoles, although I was always slightly disappointed his enthusiasm for new games never went far enough to actually get him to play the things once he bought them
My older brother had a nes and snes which I was really into when I was young and various other 80s and early 90s gaming things like the Amiga and Mega Drive, so I think that's where my passion for gaming stemmed from. My early fav was definitely Duck Hunt, but also Aladdin, SF2, the Michael Jackson game, and I think I only played it once (because it was deemed too difficult or unsuitable for me perhaps?) but I remember sneaking off and playing FF6 and being mystified and intrigued by the experience (why was I taking turns instead of just punching the bad guys? What did the numbers mean? Why was there so much text in a game?). But I think the first game I specifically remember requesting for myself was The Mask on the snes. Good game but I found it ridiculously hard and got nowhere with it. I can remember for some reason badly wanting Robo Cod for the Game Gear but disappointingly ending up with the actual Robocop game, which wasn't bad at all to be fair.
After those the next thing I have any memory of asking for was Abe's Odyssey on PS1, and I loved it so much that pretty much from there onwards I was totally game obsessed.
My primary school had a room full of what I assume was BBC micros! I remember playing a Dragon puzzle game on it, but I'm not sure if it was Dread Dragon Droom, it seemed less colourful than that one looks in the images I can see, it was still great fun though whatever it was!