Your First Gaming System

[HelperMonkey]

In light of the "how old are you" thread, my question:

*What was your first gaming system/platform?*

Mine was called the Odyssey 2000. Tons of fun.
Also during that time we got a Super Pong system at a garage sale or something. It was a self-contained system that ran a few variations of Pong.
And then came the NES. Holy sh!t. Mind-blowing. You younger kids have no idea what a revolution that was.


(If there is already a thread on this subject, please remind me, with great hostility, that I should use the search function. [I did.]
And then don't provide a link, and heavily imply that those who can't find the mentioned thread are morons.
Thanks!)

[RankoSao]

technically, it was the Atari 5200..it was a hand-me-down from my dad. My first computer was an Apple II, which i played games on, of vourse...but things REALLY picked up when i got my NES.

[kijib]

pFlcqWQVVuU

[The prez 12521]

YouTube: video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU)

that kids is probably 15 now...He plays the drugs and woman...

as for me, a n64 as well :D i would love playing with myself and my brothers! I always beat them so hard! i was only 4 they were like...6 and 8!

[William]

The Sega Mega Drive was mine. Came with Sonic and Bubsy. Many hours were spent on it.

[LBG]

https://www.digicircle.com/images/product_image/NintendoGameboy%20Color.gif

I suppose this makes me look young :)

(I'm 17)

[Foozelz]

Mine was a Sega Dreamcast!

[Kamazar]

https://www.digicircle.com/images/product_image/NintendoGameboy%20Color.gif

I suppose this makes me look young :)

(I'm 17)

SAMESIES BRO! ... well, actually, I just remember the pikachu on the side, and not the ridiculous color scheme, but I was in the 1st grade.

[RJ]

My first system that i got was the NES. Got it from my uncle, who has just about every system out there. Used to play that thing every day. MARIO FTW!

But my first system that i bought myself was the gameboy. THE ORIGINAL!

Anyone remember the Dreamcast? Like a phone, but the controls slid out...it was handheld...wow, i should really just google it, since i cant remember. :P

EDIT: Sorry, i was thinking of the NeoGeo Pocket...haha, what a difference. Heres a pic of what i meant.

http://albotas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/321-600x493.jpg

[Spamcan]

Atari 2600

[LBG]

Atari 2600

Wow, now that IS ancient!!

Part of it was made out of wood, lol.

http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20080102/Atari_2600.png

[Spamcan]

Wow, now that IS ancient!!

Part of it was made out of wood, lol.

http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20080102/Atari_2600.png

My parents owned it before I was born, I just picked it up at the age of two. Nearly everything in the late 1970s had faux wood paneling for some reason, the later models dropped it from the design.

[misfitskater6]

My dad had a Commodore Vic-20, played a few classic games on there like Pac-Man, Clowns, and a few others that I can't remember. The first console I could actually call mine was a NES.

I'm a ways off, but when I have a kid, I'm gonna force him to start off on a NES and work his way through the SNES, N64, PSX, and onward before they get to the new stuff. Raise em right. :D:p

[Spamcan]

I'm a ways off, but when I have a kid, I'm gonna force him to start off on a NES and work his way through the SNES, N64, PSX, and onward before they get to the new stuff. Raise em right. :D:p

YES! I've been saying that for years. 20 NES games, 15 Genesis/SNES games, 10 PSX/N64 games then they can play whatever they want.

[Somerandomdude]

N64... Which is still in good condition and I still play. Some of my favorites are on that system like Paper Mario, the Banjo-Kazooie games, and Bomberman Hero (yes, that low-budget Bomberman action game... It's still fun). My first handheld was a Gameboy color, with my first game being Wario Land 1, both of which I still have.

[squarezero]

I got an Atari VCS (which later got renamed 2600) probably around 1980 -- guess that qualifies as my first console. I remember getting a summer job in 1981 and spending all the money I made on game cartridges -- my parents were pissed!

Most of my early gaming took place in arcades, though. At the time, consoles delivered only a pale imitation of what you could get for a quarter at the mall.

[Whosatm]

SNES, Mario RPG and Super Mario Allstars! Why won't they make a sequel to Super Mario RPG?! It was one of the best games ever!

[withaccord]

someday people will be saying that their first gaming system was an ipod touch.

[CaptainAwesome]

My first real console had to be the NES. Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, and 1942 ate up a lot of my time. Then we come to the 64, ad take a giant leap to the original XBox and now all three next-gen consoles.

[Scottlarsen]

Had a ColecoVision. Ah, good times

Had Donkey Kong

[czarro77]

My first was the sega master system. Anyone remember Miracle Warriors? Great classic rpg.

[Skate]

Does Windows 98 count?
I really wasn't a console gamer until I got the Gameboy Advance and Gamecube.
jeez, compared to everyone else here, I'm a freaking baby...

If anyone doesn't use their dreamcast or Mega Drive, I'll take it.

[Mindfield]

Depends on what you classify as "gaming system". I had a couple of little LCD Game & Watch things first. Then I had a Microvision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvision) with a couple of cartridges. My first real console was a Coleco Gemini (an Atari 2600 clone) back in 1982, followed by a Colecovision with driving controller in '83. Then I lost both in a terrible mixup when moving, so I was given a real Atari 2600 with a bunch of games in 1984. After that I switched to computers and haven't owned a contemporary console since. (I used to collect classic consoles and games for a while, but I haven't owned a game console that was current in any way because I've never seen the point.)

[David7]

First system? Uhh, PS2. *Feels young*

[RttaM]

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv261/Baretooken/gba-sp-red-dsf-glft.jpg

[Drew]

My first system was the Nintendo 64. First game that I played with it was Diddy Kong Racing. Good times. :)

[redking31591]

First system I played was the venerable genesis, the first handheld I owned was a gameboy color, and the first console I owned was a N64. I have since owned a PSone, All of nintendo's systems except for the original ds. The first console I purchased myself was my PS3 slim last October.

[CommanderData]

Friends had Atari 2600 systems that I played regularly.

First system I owned was a Colecovision, and quickly got a Vectrex unit to go with it. I remember everyone thinking the games on those two systems being mind-blowing in comparison to the 2600! :D

[hiptanaka]

My first console was the NES, Good times indeed.

[Kamazar]

I actually had this one. I remember cuz Pikachu's cheek glowed red, and there was a little Pichu on the side. The two games I remember having were Pokemon Yellow (I had no idea what I was doing), and Toy Story kart racing game.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ME6VB93VL._SS500_.jpg

[yourofl10]

Umm....ummmm.....*thinks*.......*looks up stairs*......

The NES or the N64 was my first.

[yourofl10]

My first system was the Nintendo 64. First game that I played with it was Diddy Kong Racing. Good times. :)

Same here! Or Mario Party 1

[redking31591]

I actually had this one. I remember cuz Pikachu's cheek glowed red, and there was a little Pichu on the side. The two games I remember having were Pokemon Yellow (I had no idea what I was doing), and Toy Story kart racing game.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ME6VB93VL._SS500_.jpg

That would be the Pokemon Silver edition, since the small one on the left is pichu the first form of pikachu that was introduced with gold and silver.

[jak56]

trusty old computer, then gameboy advance sp then ds lite, then the ultimate iPod touch!

[Spamcan]

I kinda feel sorry for anyone too young to have experenced the NES generation first hand, probably the same way someone 20 years older then me feels about the first moon landing... :p

[Tocarina]

The...Amazing...Beautiful...Great...Cool...Awesome ...(drum roll)...iPod touch! :D

[gekkota]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Atarisearspong.png/427px-

Wow!
Playing a game on my TV!!!
:rolleyes:

[squarezero]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Atarisearspong.png/427px-

Wow!
Playing a game on my TV!!!
:rolleyes:
It's easy to laugh now, but at the time it seemed almost magical to play a game on your TV set. Back then (1975), most people hadn't even seen a real computer, much less owned one. I remember being kind of in awe of my friend who owned one of these machines (a feeling later provoked by another friend's then-brand-new Apple II). I don't want to be a typical old fogey and declaim that "young people today are spoiled!" But I will say that the late 70's were an exciting time to be a geeky kid, seeing all these previously impossible devices suddenly come into the marketplace.

[AaronAMV]

SNES or Dreamcast, forget tbh.

[MidianGTX]

Amstrad CPC and ColecoVision.

[mehware]

NES,

kthxbia

- Matt

[spacecowgoesmoo]

NES, and SMB1. I did get an Atari for Xmas this year tho :)

[Repair Drone]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Atarisearspong.png/427px-

Wow!
Playing a game on my TV!!!
:rolleyes:

Yeah, mine's something like that. Some sort of stretching-the-permutations-of-Pong thing you could plug into the telly, I think from these folks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandstand_%28game_manufacturer%29).

Then we got a ZX81. It was the future!

[gekkota]

It's easy to laugh now, but at the time it seemed almost magical to play a game on your TV set. Back then (1975), most people hadn't even seen a real computer, much less owned one. I remember being kind of in awe of my friend who owned one of these machines (a feeling later provoked by another friend's then-brand-new Apple II). I don't want to be a typical old fogey and declaim that "young people today are spoiled!" But I will say that the late 70's were an exciting time to be a geeky kid, seeing all these previously impossible devices suddenly come into the marketplace.

I agree--it was totally magical.
When Santa brought me that Sears Pong console, I was in heaven! When my parents hooked it up to the old black-and-white TV, I could hardly believe my eyes...all the neighbors came over to see how we could play a game right on the TV set. :) The late 70's were definitely an exciting time to be a geeky kid.

[MidianGTX]

I kinda missed the excitement, but there was one in my house when I was born so at least I didn't miss out on the magic :)

[Mindfield]

It's easy to laugh now, but at the time it seemed almost magical to play a game on your TV set. Back then (1975), most people hadn't even seen a real computer, much less owned one. I remember being kind of in awe of my friend who owned one of these machines (a feeling later provoked by another friend's then-brand-new Apple II). I don't want to be a typical old fogey and declaim that "young people today are spoiled!" But I will say that the late 70's were an exciting time to be a geeky kid, seeing all these previously impossible devices suddenly come into the marketplace.

Late 70s and into the 80s. The Atari 2600 ruled the roost but the Intellivision (discs of pain and all) and the Colecivision made me envious, especially because of the driving controller, which made it all the more special when I got one. (But I still loved the 2600 for the sheer amount of games you could get.) Before I got my first computer I played the hell out of these systems -- probably drove my dad nuts hogging the TV like I did. In fact, when we moved he just gave me the TV and did without for a while, listened to the radio instead, while that 2600 became my after-school sanctuary.

I can't imagine what it's like for the younger generations today, having never grown up without video games, or even those whose first systems provided pretty lifelike graphics.

/Lawn. Off.

[treehuggerflem]

http://www.chucksanimeshrine.com/animeblog/uploaded_images/gameboy.jpg

[Spamcan]

Any of you Atari players still have/use it? My original one broke but I have a backward compatible 7800 and bought a couple of new carts a few years back from the Atariage store (http://www.atariage.com/store/), Flap Ping and This Planet Sucks. It's awesome that there is a community of developers interested enough in a 30 year old piece of hardware to keep making games for it.

[Mindfield]

Any of you Atari players still have/use it? My original one broke but I have a backward compatible 7800 and bought a couple of new carts a few years back from the Atariage store (http://www.atariage.com/store/), Flap Ping and This Planet Sucks. It's awesome that there is a community of developers interested enough in a 30 year old piece of hardware to keep making games for it.

Yeah, I still play it in emulators from time to time. I used to have original hardware and had half a ton of homebrew carts for it as well (also via the AA store). I ended up selling my collection off though because I owned almost all domestic carts (except for the ultra rare $1,000+ ones and a few of the several-hundred-dollar ones) plus a bunch of Europeans, Brazil pirates (great way to get PAL games in NTSC), multicarts, etc. The collecting wasn't really fun anymore. So I sold it all off and bought some big time upgrades for my computer. Haven't gotten back into collecting since.

[Kamazar]

I dare anyone to come into this thread and say "Xbox 360".

[Mindfield]

I dare anyone to come into this thread and say "Xbox 360".

"Xbox 360"

Now where's my damn cookie?

[Kamazar]

"Xbox 360"

Now where's my damn cookie?

Not until you clean your dentures, take your metamucil, and promise to stop harassing the cafeteria lady.

[Mindfield]

Not until you clean your dentures, take your metamucil, and promise to stop harassing the cafeteria lady.

I--what? Now wait just a minute here. I'll have you know the cafeteria lady likes my suggestive advances. She wears a pretty hairnet just to invite them, and I'm tell you she and I will be going to a dance some day, just as soon as she gets her hip replaced. And fixes that little incontinence problem.

[LS650]

Another vote for the Atari VCS 2600; first played with one when they were released in 1977!

[drewyoshida]

A ps2. I was 6 at the time... Yeah i'm not that old.

[misfitskater6]

I almost don't dare say this, but this is the single reason for which I will condone what would be called piracy, to preserve these gaming systems and games for future generations to experience in some way. I own nearly all the old systems/games I played when I was a kid and I will never be getting rid of them, but someday the SNES will be considered ancient and very hard to come across, and being that nearly all of my favorite games of all time are on that system, it would be such a shame if they weren't able to be enjoyed anymore.

It's awesome that we have things like the Virtual Console, XBLA, and the App Store to help with this legitimately, but some games and consoles will inevitably fall through the cracks.

[scottyd2k9]

http://www.jasonscottportfolio.com/blog/images/Atari2600.jpg

This was my first, wow, i remember space invaders and that snake game.
:D

[lord-sam]

An N64. I was young when we got it and I wondered how we would play it without a screen- I didn't realise it plugged into the TV! XD. Got Goldeneye with it which I still play to this day.

[txag2005]

NES is the first system I ever had. I followed that up closely with the original Gameboy.

[Deewin]

My first system was the NES with the powerpad bundle. It was an awesome system minus blowing on the cartridges to make them work :mad: My first handheld was the Gameboy with Zelda Link's awakening and I still think that's one of the best games ever made :eek:

[Athlos]

My first system was sega genesis :D