What was your first system?

[QuickSciFi]

I can't believe you got rid of Eternal Champions.

Yeah, I was a little disappointed to hear that as well, It's one of my favorite fighting games. I have the Sega CD one too and have played it once, but my Sega CD hasn't come in yet so the jury's still out on which one I like better.

I know. It was then, though, when I first started gaming, altogether. I was more interested in solo games: platformers and the like. Sonic Spinball was good, also. Obviously time has passed on and my appreciation for the gem that was (is) Eternal Champions has widely increased. For one, I loved the graphics, even then. I am actually in the process of reaquiring it (after more than 15 years).

P.S.> It wasn't that I disliked the game altogether. It was a fighting game and I didn't have many friends/family members to play with at the time (just remember what I said, the only other two games I had beside it were Sonic 2 and MK2, one fighting game was enough for me). The controls being different was just another excuse, although true. Also, can't argue Sonic Spinball was a better solo game.

Model 2? How old were you?

To answer your question, just check out my profile page. I believe my mini biography will tell you the answer.

[j_factor]

The first system that was in our home was a Master System, but it belonged to my dad. The first system that was actually mine was either a Lynx or a Turbografx-16 (I got both around the same time). The first system that I went out and bought was a Game Gear, which I bought with trade-in credit from my Lynx; the first non-portable that I went out and bought was a Saturn that I bought with various trade-ins. The Saturn was also the first system that I got less than a year after its debut. The first system that I bought without trading anything in was my Nomad, which I bought off a friend of mine in 2000. The first such purchase from a store was an SNES in 2001, and the first that was of a system I hadn't owned previously was a Dreamcast (also 2001). The first system that I bought new rather than used was an Xbox in 2002 (with JSRF and Sega GT). The first and only system that I waited in line to buy on launch day was the Wii.

[acdc]

mastersystem 2 with alex the kidd built in

[David J.]

Model 1 Sega Genesis... Christmas of '93. Streets of Rage 2 Fighting System Bundle.

GOOD times.

[Black_Tiger]

Intellivision!

[sasuke]

My first console was the SNES with Mario World.

[Chris]

Vectrex in '84

[Rusty Venture]

My first system was an NES in 1990, but prior to that point I had played some games on my brother's 2600 and logged quite a few hours on our Apple //c.

GREEN & BLACK SCREEN!!

[Speedle]

i started with a spectrum 48k! good times! but my first game system i think was Master System 2! still got it boxed as new! god i love that so much!

[FoxHound]

NES was mine for a long time since its release until 91 when I got my Genesis. About 5 years of just NES.

[NeoVamp]

Commodore 64 with a tape drive, i was too young/poor for a disk drive.

after that my dad got an Atari ST 1024 with color monitor,

and after that i bought my Sega Megadrive in 1991.

Those were good times, sure i had to wait an hour before the game was found and loaded from those tapes,
but hey at least then i could play Ghostbusters or the Ninja Turtles game.

[Gentlegamer]

My first system was the Atari Video Computer System, the "heavy sixer" with wood-grain finish. It was my dad's, and we played a lot of Combat against each other on it. We loved the tank variations with bouncing shells, invisible tanks, etc.

My second system was the Nintendo Entertainment System, which I received for Christmas in 1988. I still have this console, though it needs some work to repair some chronic "blinkies."

My third system was the Super NES, purchased on launch day in 1991. My third system was almost Sega Genesis. Maybe I should submit a Story from the Book of Genesis explaining why it wasn't. I still own this SNES (un-yellowed).

My fourth system was Nintendo 64, bought summer 1997. After about three weeks, I returned it to the store and exchanged it for the Sony PlayStation (fifth system).

That was my last "current gen" system I bought (it was stolen some time in 1998) until PS2 slim (2006) or Xbox 360 Elite (2009) depending on how you define the video game generations.

Of course, I presently own several other systems (including Genny, natch), but those above are the consoles I bought/owned during their own generation.

[TheEdge]

What was better colecovision or intellivision?

I always wanted one of them but I could never choose which one I would like to buy.

[JFLY]

Atari Video Pinball was my first video game system bought by my father back in the late 70s. The thing ran on batteries (four or six C cell batteries, I think), and the sounds used in each game came from a speaker on the system. I still have the thing (still in great shape too!) but its packed away in storage. Man, my friends and I would spend hours playing those seven games...

[SodeePawp17]

The part that goes around it looks like plastic is it?