What was the very first game you imported?

[drwily008]

Like the title says, "What was the very first game you imported?"

Mine was Super Mario 3 for the Famicom. They were selling it for $75 like 10 months before we got it when I went to NY City. The guy told us that it would work on ANY nintendo, and being young and having NO knowledge of the import scene (there wasn't one yet) we bought it. I wouldn't play on my nintendo and I was SO mad!

It was a couple of years before I imported something again. I considered importing a Super Famicom w/Super Mario World but backed out due to my past experience. I then imported Super Mario Kart (for the Super Famicom) and I played it non-stop with my next door neighbor. My next one was Yuke Yuke Trouble Maker (by Treasure) for the N64. I loved that game and played it all the time getting stuck constantly without a walkthrough. I then became addicted and the rest is history, I don't know how many imports I have now but it's silly.

So anyways, what was YOUR first import (or your first few)?

And what year was it that you got it (i.e. how long ago)?

[Tron 2.0]

Valis IV

[Iron Draggon]

These are in the order that I bought them for each system:

Fire Mustang & Turbo Outrun were my first for the Genesis/MegaDrive (both bought at the same time)

Thunderforce V Special Pack was my first for the Saturn

Jet Coaster Dream & Jet Coaster Dream 2 were my first for the Dreamcast (both bought at the same time)

Assault Suits Valken 2 was my first for the PlayStation

Super Pinball 2 & Battle Pinball were my first for the SNES/SFC (both bought at the same time)

I really need to get some imports for all my other systems!

[UndeadKing]

Started out with Vampire Hunter for Saturn and have been hooked ever since.

[Damaramu]

Hmmmm....I'm pretty sure it was Parodious, Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 3 and Ranma 1/2: Neighborhood Combat Chounai Getikou-hen for the SFC. I also picked up a Honeybee converter.

[Gapporin]

Final Fantasy V for the Super Famicom.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Mine was Super Mario 3 for the NES. They were selling it for $75 when I went to NY City. I wouldn't play on my nintendo and I was SO mad!

How is it you "imported" a game from New York City? Do you mean they had the Famicom version for sale there?

[Fuyukaze]

Sakura Taisen/Wars 1 and 2 for the DC.

[Crush Crawfish]

My first was Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 2 for GCN, I beleive. Though It might have also been Gokujou Parodius for Super famicom too...I can't quite place it, I got them both very close together.

[ventrra]

Most likely it was Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R for the Super Famicom. (Although it could have been about any other of the various Famicom, Super Famicom, or Game Gear games that I have.)
Most of them are fighting or platform games of varioous sorts (which makes them pretty easy to play.)

[pragmatic insanester]

dead dance for the super famicom. it was so cheap i didn't realize i had the american version (tuff e nuff) already. i think they have blood in the jpn version, i'll check around for that eventually.

[drwily008]

Mine was Super Mario 3 for the NES. They were selling it for $75 when I went to NY City. I wouldn't play on my nintendo and I was SO mad!

How is it you "imported" a game from New York City? Do you mean they had the Famicom version for sale there?

Yes, sorry I wasn't more clear, I mean it was over a decade ago. Hell it was almost 15 years ago. I do remember the manager telling us that it would work on any Nintendo. But alas it was a Famicom game I would find out later wasn't compatible.

[CullJeff]

The first game i imported was Dragon Ball Z Legends on the Playstation and i bought a stupid dragon hacker thing to play it. That has got to be the easiest, worst, and weirdest dragon ball z game of all time.

[Aussie2B]

Hmmm, I believe my very first imports were bought in a small lot on eBay in 1999 or 2000 that consisted of a Famicom to NES converter and the Famicom versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, Boulder Dash, and Side Pocket. Luckily, all the games ended up being official.

Shortly thereafter, I bought a Super Famicom to SNES converter and my first Super Famicom imports - Street Fighter 2 and Hyper Zone.

I didn't truly get into importing until I started buying Japanese-exclusives. That all started with Star Ocean on Super Famicom. I may have gotten into importing not all that long ago, but I seriously got hooked. There have been many years where I played almost nothing but Japanese-exclusives all year. Importing really got me excited about gaming all over again.

Some of my other first imports for their respective systems:

GBC: Star Ocean: Blue Sphere (only one, but I have two copies)
GBA: Famicom Mini Zelda no Densetsu (unless you count the pirate Castlevania: HoD that was given to me after being replaced by an official copy)
MVS: The King of Fighters '94 (almost all my MVS carts are Japanese since they're cheaper and you can always change the region in the settings)
Neo Geo CD: Samurai Spirits 2 (only one)
NGPC: Neo Turf Masters (only one, bought a PAL copy mistakenly)
PC Engine: Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (only one)
N64: Wonder Project J2 (although that specific copy was later sold off and replaced with a manufacturer's box of 10)
PlayStation: Star Ocean: Second Story (which turned out to be the Asian version, sadly)
GameCube: Baten Kaitos (only one)
PS2: Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time

So yeah, I may not have the hugest import collection ever, but I have at least one import for nearly every system I have. ^_^

[Kroogah]

I THINK my first import ever was a Famicom F1 Race pirate cart. But that answer isn't very fun. Let's go by system.

Famicom - F1 Race
Super Famicom - Mario & Wario
N64 - Virtual Pro Wrestling 2
GB - Nekketsu Dodgeball
GBC - Beatmania Gatchamix
Megadrive - Elemental Master
Saturn - X-Men: Children of the Atom
Dreamcast - Capcom vs. SNK 2
Playstation - beatmania
PS2 - Tekken Tag and a bunch of other launch games

[Iron Draggon]

I just now remembered that I still have one import for a system that I don't even own yet! I keep forgetting that!

Simple 2000 Series Vol. 33: The Jet Coaster for the PS2. (AKA: Jet Coaster Dream 3)

I got it shortly after I got Jet Coaster Dream 1 & 2 for the Dreamcast, but I'm not sure I'll ever get to play it. Sony still wants too damn much for a new PS2! Get over it, Sony!

[Cryomancer]

Probably Idol Janshi Su Chi Pai Special for saturn. I'm a big fan of Sonoda's work.

[Aussie2B]

LOL I just now remembered that I still have one import for a system that I don't even own yet!

You're not alone. I don't have a PC Engine or a Neo Geo CD, even though I have the games. :P I got Dracula X last summer because the price was so good ($70), but I'm too broke to get a PC Engine Duo just yet. I don't even have any immediate plans to get a Neo Geo CD. :P My boyfriend has a buddy with a Neo Geo CD who gave him two games because one was Japanese (he decided to only collect US versions) and the other was incomplete. Since we got a MVS, there's not much of a need to shell out a bunch of money to get a Neo Geo CD and collect the inferior ports, but they are cool to mess around with on an emulator from time to time. :)

[Half Cab Leroy]

Super Mario Brothers for the Famicom.

[Dire 51]

Gradius II and Holy Diver for the Famicom (got 'em at the same time). There's a great story about that day, which I may have to post here in the future.