What was the first Game console you owned? How many do you own now?

[Moody]

I had an Intelevision and we had some other console about the same time, but I can't remember the name of it for the life of me. We never did get anything else like Nintendo or anything. I'm just not into console games. I'd much rather play them on the computer.

[the_g_nee]

The first console that I had was a Atari 2600 games console.

We really went upmarket after that and splashed out on a Atari 400,

which to this day is still all boxed up in the loft - I wonder if it still works?

Sticking with the Atari theme, we upgraded again and got a Atari 800XL, with

games like Bounty Bob, Centipede and the like on ROM cartridges. Sadly the

800XL met its feight one day when it refused to work, so I picked up the

nearest thing to me - a large screwdriver - and promptly stabbed it into submission.

"I dont know why the computer wont work mom........"

At least these days when I get annoyed with my puter, all I need do is cough up the

£'s for a new keyboard and not a new puter...

[malik1]

I started w/ Atari 2600, then Colecovision then I took a little break then Nintendo and Sega, then Super Nintendo and Genesis. Now I have N64, dreamcast, Playstation, Playstation 2 and Gamecube.

[stflook]

I started with an NES. I loved it, especially that Mario/Duck Hunt that came with it, but THAT DAMN DOG!! I also got a SNES shortly after it came out. It was good, but not as good as the original NES. It was still hours of fun, though. The Christmas of the N64's release, I got one. Super Mario 64 was awesome, especially when you knew how to take advantage of the many glitches. I have a PS2 right now, and the only game I will play for it is Grand Theft Auto III. That game is AWESOME! It's a shame so many people are so pissed about it. It gives you a kind of freedom I have never seen in a console game. You get to play at your own pace, and not the game's as so many games force you to do. I can sit and blow up Triad fish vans for hours without getting bored. It's the best console game I've ever seen.





So, you like those 8-bit camo pants, huh? I thought you were going to get a pair. Do they even still have them in stock?

[I am a cracker]

24/m My first console was the old azz atari all you older people know what I am talking about the controller with the big cirle knob thats shizzzzzzznit was tight

[zigar]

pong

(yes it was a console)

bleep...bloop...bleep

(and i liked it )

now y'all get an idea how old i really am...hehe

[shkuey]

Started with an Atari, which I never really liked, but it was there. Bought the original NES and played that for years and years, I remember buying(actually my mother buying, looong time ago) those cheap-ass fake-leather black cases to carry the dozens of games I had. Bought a Sega Genesis later, which didn't seem like much of an improvement over the NES, but I did really like the Phantasy Star, Road Rash and Might&Magic games for it. The next system I owned was the ps1, which I bought just so I could play FF7, which is still worth it in my opinion because that game was really good. I owned five or six other games for it but never really liked the ps1 as a whole. Just this month I bought a Playstation 2 and a Gamecube, Gran Turismo 3 is awesome, and Final Fantasy X is a good game though I'm disappointed in the storyline. The Gamecube isn't really worth buying in my opinion, I bought it and three extra controllers to play some Super Smash Bros. Melee with my friends, which was great fun for awhile, but it got old fast. Rogue Squadron 2 is visually an amazing game, but it's short and frustrating. My girlfriend has taken quite a liking to Pikmin, despite her complete inaptitude to play any video game she seems to enjoy it.

[the_g_nee]

Zigar,

I thought being such an oldie you might like THIS

Just goes to show, its not how old you are, tis how old you feel!

'Theres no stopping some people' springs to mind aswell!

[Tortured Spirit]

Originally posted by zigar
pong

(yes it was a console)

bleep...bloop...bleep

(and i liked it )

now y'all get an idea how old i really am...hehe

Damn!! I thought for sure I would get the "old-*****er award" on this one.
Yes, we had the original Pong. used to play for hours on that sucker. Then got the Intellivision(I think thats what it was called) Then the Atari2600 with more paddles and joysticks than you could shake a stick at.. By then I was outgrowing consoles..Didn't get another one till the original Nintendo system, then SNES, Genesis,SegaCD addon for it..and then PS1..Any games I play these days are on my puter. Graphics and gameplay are much better..

Ahh..nostalgia!!

[tH3#cL3aN3r]

24/m My first console was the old azz atari all you older people know what I am talking about the controller with the big cirle knob thats shizzzzzzznit was tight

Yeap that was my first console as well.
There wasn't many console's you could get around here (Ireland) cause Ireland was like a 3rd world country back in the very early 80's.

So there's that and lots more
including the 8 bit build in console thing (that took carts), that the amstad 464+ had, that came out in 1990.
Everyone was getting sick of loading tapes and buying the "new" consoles ( megadrive etc) so amstad brought out the PLUS range of 464's and 6128's with the build in console.
It seemed ok at first but then after a year or so it was nearly impossible to get any carts.
I think commadore did the same thing with the 64.

Anyway blah blah blah.
cheers