I got into FF in '99. I had gotten my hands on a demo of FFVIII and found an old demo of FFVII. I tried and enjoyed both, and my parents got me them for my birthday at the time. I was more attracted to VIII, so it was the one I played first.

Fast forward to now, and I'm actually still trying to collect them all. I have so many other series to collect stuff for, and I try to keep them all relatively balanced. :P