What was your first system?

[jerry coeurl]

First system we got was a Genesis. That was probably the greatest Christmas morning of my career. It turned out that we actually had a Colecovision +/- 60 Atari and Coleco games in storage up in the attic, but my brothers and I weren't made aware of its' existence until after we had received the Genesis. So I count that as number one.

[xXxTWO FACExXx]

Sega Genesis of course.
http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page....is%20Vol.%2027

[gamevet]

The first console my family had was pong game that required batteries to play; Why would anyone make a console that required batteries?

The first real console we had was the Atari VCS, heavy 6 system.

The fist console I'd bought myself (not really a console, but it might as well be) was a C-64.

[JFLY]

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

That's the paddle control for the two Breakout games.

[WarmSignal]

SNES / Genesis

Although technically my PSX was the first console that was all mine, rather than a shared console.

[Flygon]

My first actual owned console was my Game Boy Color, but my first family owned console that I played?

The trusty Mega Drive II.

Though my family had a Master System II for the first two years of my life until they got the Mega Drive II.

[Man-Fish]

My first was a Model 2 Megadrive, Christmas 1998.

My dad bought it from a co-worker, his son was bored with it or something (blasphemy! ). He sold it with the 32X, Mega-CD, all that stuff. Probably 30 or 40+ games, including a few Sonics, Earthworm Jim, Probotector and Snatcher.


I've still got it all and it all works. Needless to say, I have been fairly obsessed with gaming since.

[TheEdge]

My first was a Model 2 Megadrive, Christmas 1998.

My dad bought it from a co-worker, his son was bored with it or something (blasphemy! ). He sold it with the 32X, Mega-CD, all that stuff. Probably 30 or 40+ games, including a few Sonics, Earthworm Jim, Probotector and Snatcher.


I've still got it all and it all works. Needless to say, I have been fairly obsessed with gaming since.

Lucky bastard!!!!

[Zz Badnusty]

First system the family had when I was a wee lad was some generic all-in-one paddle/squash dealio. I remember my brother being all mad because it didn't have interchangeable game cassettes.

First real system we had was the Atari 5200 which my brother purchased at release from Sears in the Winter of 1982(?). Oh how I loved Breakout! Truly a "Super System".

The 5200 was handed-off to me around the time the NES came out.
Though we never owned an NES, SMS, or TG16, I often had opportunities to play them at friends' and neighbors' houses.

First system I purchased was the Genesis, on February 2, 1990. $201.39 with tax.


edit: reading Gamevet's post reminds me: between the 5200 and NES era, I played games on Apple IIe. Like Karateka, and Summer Games.

[bcfczulu]

lol, mine was a commodor 64 you had to wait about an hour for it to load and youd have an epeleptic fit watching the flashing colours whilst it loaded!

if you where lucky youd get a picture while it loaded.

my first proper console was a megadrive for christmass 92 when i started secondary school.

the games i got where-

the terminator
lotus turbo challenge
sonic
splatter house 2
streets of rage.

[gamevet]

First real system we had was the Atari 5200 which my brother purchased at release from Sears in the Winter of 1982(?). Oh how I loved Breakout! Truly a "Super System".

The 5200 was handed-off to me around the time the NES came out.
Though we never owned an NES, SMS, or TG16, I often had opportunities to play them at friends' and neighbors' houses.

edit: reading Gamevet's post reminds me: between the 5200 and NES era, I played games on Apple IIe. Like Karateka, and Summer Games.

I would have loved to own a 5200 back then. It's the one system I'd love to add to my collection, but with so many of the titles ported to the 8-bit computers by Atarisoft, it's hard to justify the purchase. It would be cool if there were more exclusives for the system.

[mick_aka]

First console:



My Atari 2600VCS, that ^^^ is my original console I still have although it needs a little work now.

First home computer:



My Acorn Electron, in the middle of the shot there, again that's my original one, pictured in it's current home in my attic with other random bits and bobs.

[Man-Fish]

I think we had a C64 for a little while, actually. I was about four or five when we got it. We had some weird game with music that scared the hell out of me (I can still remember it now).


Also, I remember my dad saying that he had a Master System for a while. He probably got it before I was born and got rid of it when we moved to Scottishland.

[Zz Badnusty]

I would have loved to own a 5200 back then. It's the one system I'd love to add to my collection, but with so many of the titles ported to the 8-bit computers by Atarisoft, it's hard to justify the purchase. It would be cool if there were more exclusives for the system.

I suppose it’s a moot point if you own an Atari computer, but the 5200 is the Personal Arcade Machine (PAM).

Now the funny thing is, some of the best 8-bit Atari computer exclusives have been translated to 5200 by homebrewers.
The latest versions of the multicarts have a handful of computer games that were never released on 5200.
Unfortunately I have two (screen menu, and dip switch versions) of the old Sean Kelly multicarts - which now are worth half their previous value.

[Deo]

My first system was my beautiful Sega Pico. I remember little me sitting over it and playing Ecco Jr. and Peppy's Puzzles (oh how the losing penguin screen used to scare me) for hours and hours.