When did you get your first Genesis?

[GKC]

About 3 days ago

I was a Nintendo fanboy growing up so only had Nintenedo stuff. I am making up for lost time. I bought a 32x about 2 weeks ago and of course you need a Genesis for that so I bought one. I only have two games for it (Sonic + Sonic 2) but I have a large want list. Altered Beast is in the mail though. I've mostly been playing 32x games.

[MN12BIRD]

About 3 days ago

I was a Nintendo fanboy growing up so only had Nintenedo stuff. I am making up for lost time. I bought a 32x about 2 weeks ago and of course you need a Genesis for that so I bought one. I only have two games for it (Sonic + Sonic 2) but I have a large want list. Altered Beast is in the mail though. I've mostly been playing 32x games.

Exact same thing here. I was a Nintendo fanboy growing up in the late 80's to mid 90's and so was everyone I knew. I mean all my Friends in Grade School had NES and then SNES and so did I. We all hated on the Genesis back then.

Then I got my first Genesis in 2006 when I started to go back and find old consoles and games again. It seemed like I was always finding out about great games I never heard of back in the day. Amazing games like Rocket Knight Adventure, Comix Zone, Gunstar Heroes or even Scooby Doo Mystery. There are lots of great Sega/Genesis exclusives and best of all was since I never seen them before it was almost like re-living the 16-bit era all over again!

It was awesome and I was hooked!

[Lastcallhall]

Christmas of '91 or '92 with the Sonic bundle. The timeline is a little hazy. I do remember getting Sonic 2 the following Christmas, though. Then the Sega CD (model 2) the Christmas after that. So it was probably '91, that sounds right.

[Thierry Henry]

I was a Nintendo fanboy growing up in the late 80's to mid 90's and so was everyone I knew. I mean all my Friends in Grade School had NES and then SNES and so did I. We all hated on the Genesis back then.

Well here in South Africa there wasn't much chance to be a fanboy either way.

Official Nintendo products were never available here until the GameCube, and even that had a very limited presence here. So in the earlier days to get our 'Nintendo fix' we had to content with a bunch of NES clones. The most prominent of which was known as the Golden China.

As for the Genesis, we received the PAL version of the Mega Drive Model 2 system. So we did have some exposure to Genesis related stuff but I wouldn't say overly so. As far as I'm aware no other Sega product was ever officially released in this country.

Interesting fact, NES, SMS and Mega Drive clone systems are still freely available over here. They get marketed under the 'Gamestation' or 'TeleGamestation' label, and shape-wise they mostly take the form of a PS1, PS2 or Xbox.

[Ecco]

Got my Model 1 (VA7 unfortunately) in either '94 or '95 as I was in 5th grade when I got it. It came w/ Sonic 1 plus a free copy of Sonic 2 in the mail. Must have been the best Genesis package ever sold!

[Defolto]

I was a Nintendo fan for a long time but then one boring and rainy day I was going through my fathers stuff and I found a model 2 Sega Genesis stacked at the very top shelf, box and all, so I went to the store and bought some Sega Genesis games, Arrow Flash and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and I have been attached to Sega ever since, well at least until 2005. My father was always saying that since they canceled the Sega Channel he had no reason for it , he only bought it for the Sega Channel for which I can not blame him for 30 games a month for only 15$, I think. That was a good deal. He was always saying how he meant to give it away, or sell it, but he never did and I guess now I know why. It was destined for me to have it, and without it I would probably not even be a Sega fan to this day.

[Metallica Man X]

Got mine bout 5 years ago. Landed a Model 2 genesis (a model with good sound--tho I wasn't aware of any of the sound stuff then) along with the model 2 CD add-on, and a small stack of games (3 cart and 7 CD) for a whopping 10 bucks. Even tho I had never seen a genesis before, I just couldn't pass it up.

Didn't do much with it at first..but after getting a nice stack of games from a friend a little while later (who acquired a free stack of genny titles at another yard sale elsewhere for me) that featured such awesome games like Street Fighter IICE and Rocket Knight Adventures, I was hooked.

[Barman]

I got it for Christmas 1991 with Zoom! and Altered Beast. Best console ever. the Arcades at home!

[Vyse of Arcadia]

7th birthday, 1994. Fun fact: I was the only kid in school with a Genesis instead of a Super Nintendo, and that made me the coolest kid around.

[Chris]

I got mine December 27, 1989 along with Altered Beast, Super Thunder Blade and Thunder Force II.
I found the receipt earlier this year, I think everything was nearly $500.

[robot-boy]

I got mine when the Sonic bundle came out with the Model 1 Genesis HDG. Purchased it with my hard earned money. Not sure what year that was. At the time I also purchased my first game, Hellfire. It was the only 16-bit game system. SNES had not been released. And the TG16 was no where in sight locally, if you want to consider it 16-bit.
I still have that Genesis and pull it out occasionally, but I mostly rely on my Nomad for Sega gaming.
I got my 32X when it dropped to the $19.99 price tag. Favorite games are, Virtual Fighter, Virtual Racing, Afterburner, Space Harrier, and Star Wars Arcade. These games were the reason I wanted the 32X.
I have presently a dead Sega CD and games. Never was too impressed with the Sega CD.
Also have a Saturn and Dreamcast. Used to own a Sega Master System but in a moment of stupidity got rid of it. Still regret that moment.

[tehflah]

7th birthday, 1994. Fun fact: I was the only kid in school with a Genesis instead of a Super Nintendo, and that made me the coolest kid around.

Man, I always had the opposite result. I was sorta alienated because I was the only one with a Genesis. It was okay though, I knew it was better anyway!

On topic, Not 100% certain, but I'm thinking it was back in 90'-91' with the Sonic 1 bundle. I plucked it from my brother's storage a few months ago after I'd realized he had tossed it in there and it sits proudly in service next to all my other consoles. Still in exceptional shape too; not a scratch, not a ding on it.

Still busy picking up all the Genesis games I discovered since then in it's absence, but I'm getting there.

I'm STILL happy I picked up a somewhat beatup cart only of Gunstar Heroes at Funcoland (now Gamestop), back when they actually sold used NES/SNES/GEN stuff. My jaw dropped when I asked the guy behind the counter how much it was: $5. I had the five dollars out in record time. ~ More funny still: the Genesis was in my brother's possession at the time. I just knew it was too good to pass up!

~FlaH

[M4R14NO94]

My parents got me one for my 4th birthday (Nov. 10, 1998). It was a Model 2 and it came with NIGEL MANSELL'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! Sadly, I never saw the game again, after I had lent it to a cousin, who had lent me Alien Storm. I did keep AS, though!

[muchomojo]

During the 16 bit era I had a TG-16, my best friend had a Genesis, and my brother had a SNES. I never ended up getting a Genesis until about 3 years ago when I started reliving my childhood and collecting games.

[Growl]

I wish I could remember honestly, I've had this system forever