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first played pokémon i've played was gold -- emulated on my pentium II machine -- this was circa 1999 to 2000.
since then i've played at least one game from every gen up to gen 5 -- again, emulated.
didn't played again (and legitimate) until this year, when i bought a 2DS XL, a DS lite, yellow, red and crystal on vc, platinum and soulsilver on cartridge. 2018 was also the first time i've played gen 6 and 7.
just last week i've got the black trainer card on platinum and also completed the pokédex on crystal and red.