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RowdyRodimus

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I've got a couple of the original Sears Pong consoles, one of them we've had since release and one I bought at a church rummage sale (along with 10 Mego figures from the 70's, all four members of KISS, Spidey, Batman, etc.) for $3 all together.
 

Omikron009

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An original xbox. Not very impressive, but I played that thing to death. What's even funnier is that even though I've owned my 360 for 4 fewer years than the amount of time my xbox was my primary console (around 6), I've probably played it more.
 

tombman888

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A N64 i think. Now i own 5 of them (don't ask me where i get them from, I don't even know)
 

justnotcricket

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All the gaming I did back in the 80s was PC based =P So I have no ancient and venerable consoles. The oldest console-like thing I own is an original GameBoy, which I got in like 1993. I had Super Mario Land 2, and it was awesome =)
My partner has a NES, though.
 

scorptatious

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The oldest console I HAVE would be an original game boy advance. I used to have a PS1 and N64, but I sold them so they don't count.
 

Calum_M

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I have a Sega Megadrive (or Genesis to you folks across the pond), though I only bought it about a year ago. The console I've had the longest is the PS1.
 

AvsJoe

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As of right now I don't own a console. My brother owns 4 NES's though, one of which still works regularly and the other three work occasionally.
 

Underground Man

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A Gamecube. That I bought last year.

What? I like to wait until electronics depreciate (plus I was a PC gamer since I was a young larvae, and only discovered the majesty of consoles recently). My budget is about 20 bucks for a console (or console game). I'm a little more willing to shell out the dough for PC games because, owing to backwards compatibility, those tend to last longer than consoles.

I like to play SNES games too, but I emulate those.
 

migo

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My Neo Geo Pocket (not color!) that I just bought recently. It's from 1998. Since I recently sold my SNES (which was acquired in 2003), I'm thinking either the GameCube or the PS2 Slim - I'm not sure when the GC was manufactured, and since it launched before the Slim did it makes it hard to gauge. GC was bought about a month ago too though (and after buying 2 bundles on craigslist, some extra controllers and selling a bunch of games and one system off I've actually earned money on it!). My longest running system is a PS2 Slim that I bought in 2008.
 

Redlin5_v1legacy

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This thing, still my favorite console to date:


I still play with it at least once a month

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gentleben

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I have and use my NES, though I cheated a little bit because I got it for my 21st birthday last year.

I did used to have one until it got stolen from my house(in about 1996 if I recall correctly, so I don't know what the robbers thought they were taking).
 

gentleben

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Underground Man said:
A Gamecube. That I bought last year.

What? I like to wait until electronics depreciate (plus I was a PC gamer since I was a young larvae, and only discovered the majesty of consoles recently). My budget is about 20 bucks for a console (or console game). I'm a little more willing to shell out the dough for PC games because, owing to backwards compatibility, those tend to last longer than consoles.

I like to play SNES games too, but I emulate those.
I'm actually genuinely thinking of doing the same thing at the moment. About a week ago I got an urge to play through Beyond Good and Evil again (I got the "Mamago Garage" theme in my head, and can't stop thinking about how beautiful that game was), and as it hasn't been released on XBLA (as far as I'm aware) and I don't really run a gaming rig anymore (have a graphic arts rig with dual monitors which could easily handle it, but my 5.1 speakers are set up on a slower, older computer and I just couldn't be fucked getting it all together) and even then I don't really know if it was released on PC or how well it would transfer after I played it the first time through on Gamecube. I guess I could probably pick it and a cube up for less than $30...

EDIT: My bad, double post.
 

TheDist

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Hurbinshpluh said:
Atari 2600 (circa 1977) and Intellivision (circa 1978)
wow thats some good old stuff!

Ive got a ZX spectrum with it's monster 16kb of ram! (came out in 1982 I belive)
 

Underground Man

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gentleben said:
Amazon.com baby. I swear by the used section.

I don't know how people afford top of the line consoles and games. I've spent more than I'd like to admit on games, and I'm still behind the curve. Don't people need some money for like, food and stuff?