Your First Game Console

[Jaker]

Well my first system was a super nintendo back in the day. It was christmas eve, and I wanted a sega genesis, so when I got it, I was jaded, but when I played it, it was magical. Me and my sister played for hours. My first game for it was super mario world, which is still one of my favorite games. A couple of days later, I shared the virus to my Sega-Friends.

Share your story of your first game console.

[MarioAllStar2600]

NES. I was REALLY little but it was my first. The first system I rember playing alot though was SNES, and sega Genises.

[Ze_ro]

Well, it was a long time ago, so I'm not entirely sure... but it must have been either the ColecoVision or my older brother's VIC-20. I don't remember when we got either of them, since I was probably only 1 or 2 years old at the time.

The VIC-20 eventually became mine after my brother got a C-64 (And his C64 eventually became mine after my brother got an Amiga).

Other than the VIC-20, the first game system I got that was really mine was a Gameboy, on what was probably the first Christmas that it was available (1989?). We never had a NES, so my parents finally gave in and bought me this and Super Mario Land. I was extremely happy, and I still have the Gameboy in question, still working perfectly fine (although the screen is kinda scratched up by now, and I somehow lost my Tetris cartridge ).

--Zero

[Lady Jaye]

I got my first console at the grand ole age of 11, in early 1987. It was a Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 clone) that we bought from a friend of mine. I kept it for a few years, but the controller ports in the Gemini were made of metal, and I bent them over time (connecting and disconnecting the joysticks too fast, too often). I remember that I thought that the Gemini's joysticks were at fault, but buying a pair of Atari Pro Joysticks (aka Atari 7800 joysticks) didn't solve the problem.

[§ Gideon §]

First played? NES. First owned? Game Boy, at the age of four. I don't remember opening it on Christmas, though. It wasn't something I was expecting... at all; the thought of a game system belonging to me was something inconceivable.

[The Collector]

2600, but i cant remember if it was a 4 or a 6 switch. X-mas 1979...i was 5 ......great.....now i feel old

[SuperPsycho]

My first game console was an NES. I still have it.... and the box it came in....got it in 1987....I was 4 when we got it.....had to replace the cartridge port last year.

[Sotenga]

I'm sure this isn't the first time I've said this, but it's the NES for me. I grew up on it, I was raised on it, it was my best friend in my childhood, and I've even had it before I was born. It was bought for my brother when my mom was pregnant with me, but I adapted to it faster than he did. I've been playing that lil' grey box ever since I was two... it is almost like a member of the family. Even at fifteen years of age, it is still functioning perfectly today. I hope to have fifteen more years of its service, and then some.

Heartwarming, isn't it? Awwww...

[LazingBlazers]

First console bought for me as a gift: NES

First console played: Atari 2600

First console I bought with my hard earned money, and still have to this day with all of my original games:

TURBOGRAFX-16

[youruglyclone]

NES, needless to say I still remember my dad setting it up...interestingly enough it was the only machine he needed to set up for me. oh the cheating the duck hunt...that was before I learned you can control the ducks with the second controller

[Lady Jaye]

Hey, The Collector, we're roughly the same age (you're one year older than me). This thread is starting to feel like I'm having a conversation with my cousins (who are all, except for the youngest one, currently aged between 17 and 21). Come on! Anyone else over 25 who feels like adding their 2 cents?

BTW, the first console I remember playing is the ColecoVision, circa 1983, although I'm told that my uncles also used to have an Intellivision (which I don't remember at all).

[The Collector]

Hey, The Collector, we're roughly the same age (you're one year older than me). This thread is starting to feel like I'm having a conversation with my cousins (who are all, except for the youngest one, currently aged between 17 and 21). Come on! Anyone else over 25 who feels like adding their 2 cents?

BTW, the first console I remember playing is the ColecoVision, circa 1983, although I'm told that my uncles also used to have an Intellivision (which I don't remember at all).

They cant really know where gaming is going until they know where is been. Home consoles were so new...Combat was fun!! You'd take what you could get . Spend a few years in the late 70's and then you'll really appreciate Xbox, GC, and the PS2 !

[The Collector]

ooops, double post, sorry

[xyngtai]

1978: Dad got me and my brother an Atari 2600 from Sears. Costs $179.99, I still remember the price sticker on it. Came with Air Sea Battle, no combat in Sears at that time. What a blast! We used to bet on who gets to 99 first on all the settings. Ugh, me old too! Then we shelled out 28.00 for Warlords...my brother's choice. I wanted Missile Command, and we fought in the store, so my Dad flipped a coin right there in the store, and he won! Rats! Warlords was cool though.
Also...I played some little crap-o-la games on the TS-1000 computer, but then I bought a Vic 20 for $99.00 from K-Mart. It was that or the TI 99 4/A.
Ok...really, the first system we got was PONG BABY! $80.00 for blip blip! That's a lot of money for back then, if you figure inflation into it. My Dad was a really nice guy, eh? Have Fun everyone!

[ManekiNeko]

I'm a little embarassed to say that my first game console was an Odyssey2. My mom's friend bought one as well... apparently, Magnovox hired some REALLY good salespeople in our area.
My first computer was a VIC-20... and I'm not ashamed of that at all! Sure, it was a little underpowered in comparison to its big brother the Commodore 64, but nevertheless, I loved the games on that system. I'm STILL waiting for Wizard of Wor...

JR

[tholly]

My first system that I owned and played was a NES Action Set. The first video game system in my house was a Magnavox Odyssey 2...I was little and had no idea what video games were when I got my NES so I had no idea that down in our basement was this Odyssey 2. Of course it is now hooked up along side all my other systems.

[Swiftman007]

My first system? Atari 2600 1st generation (plastic case) . And I still have it with the box!! this system rocks!!!

[GameGuru]

My first system was a woody Atari 2600 which my brother and I got for Christmas '79 (I was 8) then the NES in '86. First system I ever bought myself was the Genesis in '89.

[Dr. Morbis]

Nes for me. It seems like a person's first system is invariably their favourite system today. I'd like to know what percentage of DPer's have a favourite system that is NOT the first one they owned, or is one that they discovered recently (ie: didn't play in childhood).

[Push Upstairs]

First system i played: 2600. I always loved Chopper Command

First system i owned: NES

I got my NES on X-mas 1990 along with Super Mario 3, i didnt stop playing that system untill X-mas '92 when i got a Genesis and Sonic 2.

I still have my orginal Genesis but i long ago sold the orginal NES to a kid down the street...i have since rebought a NES and SMB3

As for favorite, well that would be my Genesis. I've owned it the longest and have the most games and game related memories with it.

[aremid23]

First video game system that I owned: Pong from Sears. I even still have the receipt.

Then, after playing my cousin's Atari 2600, my parents bought me one of those and it's been an obsession ever since!

[Rogmeister]

My first system: Atari VCS (AKA: 2600)

Favorite system: SNES

[PDorr3]

I was brought up on the colecovision, some of my fav games being congo bongo and donkey kong jr. It was actualy my dads system, and he introduced me to it when I was about 5 years old. I guess gaming runs in my family because in order for me to play a NES I had to go to my uncles house in order to enjoy endless hours of super mario 3, and legend of zelda (my uncle still has a mint NES console w/ tons of mint in box games that I am witing for him to give to me ). In order for me to play a sega genesis I had to go to my grandpas house where I played sonic the hedgehog forever (I have videos of myself playing sonic when I was very young, in that oil level ) He also had a sega cd where I played sonic cd. I eventualy got my own sega genesis and NES. I actualy have my own flatscreen tv for my games in my room as well as an extra tv on another wall so my dad can play genesis while I play my games. He likes games such as zombies ate my neighbors, ms. pac man, risk, monopoly, and especialy dr. robotnics mean bean machine.

[Boboduo]

My first console was a colecovision. I remember me and my dad
buying it at a kaybee toystore along with a few games.

[YoshiM]

My first (well the family's first) system was a Coleco Telstar Arcade with one cartridge. That sucker got beat to death. In order to play the gun game toward the end of it's life I had to pull the hammer on the pistol back.

First computer (again, family) was a Color Computer with 16K and Extended Color Basic. I didn't really use it until maybe a year or two later when I started typing in games from Rainbow or Hot CoCo magazines. That thing lasted from its release day until I wanna say 1985 or 1986 when a friend of my Dad's tried to up it to 32K and some solder touched a trace. Bzzzt. Poof. Dad went and got a Color Computer 2 with 64K.

As for personal firsts, my first computer was a TI 99/4A which I (still ashamed) begged for as I never got to use the CoCo as Dad was always on it. Got a stern talking to when all I did with it was play games. After that I learned how to program. What did I program? Games. Oh well, they were happy as long as I learned something by doing it.

My personal first console was a Sega Master System I traded some AD&D books and cash for. Dude tried to weasel out of it after a handshake deal but in the end I won.