Hard to remember my very first game as it was so long ago but it was probably Pac-Man in the arcades. I do remember my first home video game which was Pac-Man on the Atari 2600
I personally like to do a little of both. On my main save, sometimes I will fool around with console commands and spawn in huge NPC battles or fly around Windhelm, nuking everything I see with infinty fireball spells. Of course, playing legit on the other hand gives you some satisfaction that...