I remember clearly when Duke Nukem 3D released 'as a new game' I must've been 8 or 9 at the time and my brother 14 or 15 or so.
Before that I had already played DOOM, Wolfenstein, Mortal Kombat and many other games. As a kid I loved to play Red Alert as well and was super psyched when my brother went to the first 'midnight release' of a video game, which was Tiberian Sun.
Back then games looked more like 'cartoons' though and weren't as realistic. As a kid you probably wouldn't like the most bloody and violent onces as they were often more complex than games with less gore.
When Soldier of Fortune released it was the coolest shit ever though, you could shoot off limbs

The only game that ever gave me nightmares was Rygar

My parents of course tried to minimize the intake of violent games but they really couldn't stop me from wanting to play the same games my brother was.