Your first console?

[DarkSeraphim02]

The first console I remember would be the NES, though according to my mom I used to play the ever loving crap out of pitfall on the Atari 2600.

I've since owned the SNES, Genesis (with the 32X), Gameboy, Gamegear, PS1, N64, PS2, Gamecube, Original Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PSP and the DS, and at least 300 games between them all.

Yeah I don't have much of a social life. C'est la vie, I guess.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

Super Nintendo.

And I was still playing Super Mario World when the PS2 came out!

 

[havoc33]

My first console was the NES,and I bought it with my own hard earned savings money back in 1990 (if I remember correctly..). My first game was of course Super Mario Bros., and I still remember vividly how much me and my mates struggled in beating it.

I don't think I built up much of a collection of games for the NES, as I was quite young back then and my parents weren't exactly thrilled with me buying it in the first place. I can remember conservatists in the media were trying to convince parents that videogames could be dangerous to your health. My poor neighbours were limited to 5 hour gaming a week or something like that, although if they wanted to watch sports all day on TV, that was perfectly fine!

Ultimately though, I remember getting Super Mario Bros. 3 and Batman 2 myself, while over at my mates we played Turtles 2, Nintendo World Cup, Ninja Gaiden (I never could finish the last boss, sooo frustrating!!) Duck Tales and Chip 'n Dale till our fingers bled (the NES controller was not exactly comfortable). After one especially crazy gaming night with basically no sleep, my friend got an epileptic attack during breakfast and flipped the whole table upside down! Scary moment.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

Commodore 64 bitches.

Behold it's majesty.

It's a PC

 

[Korolev]

The First console I ever owned was the Master System II, donated to us by our Piano Teacher. The first console game I ever played was Alex Kid in Miracle World.

 

[Edl01]

Techinically it was my sisters Gameboy that she gave me, but if you want to talk about actual consoles it was the PS1. I played a ton or Tomb Raider as a kid, although I don't think I got very far in it. I think that is the key reason why I don't enjoy Nintendo franchises as much as most people, my first Nintendo console was the Gamecube years later, and even then I didn't have many more games on it that Sonic and Pokemon stuff.

 

[silver wolf009]

I guess that would be the Play Station 2 my family and I rented from Blockbuster for two weeks. I got a Jak and Daxter game with it too.

Now THAT is a duo of sentences that kids these days wouldn't get.

 

[Auberon]

It was either travel-sized PS One or one of those controller-things with loads of minigames. I still got that Playstation back at home.

 

[UltraPic]

Commodore 64 bitches.

Behold it's majesty.

It's a PC

Yeah, but you have got to remember that home computers where sold more or less as consoles back in the 80's in Europe, not that I could say Blunderboy is from Europe (but his user name could be connected to the Russ Abbot show ).

 

[Boris Goodenough]

Yeah, but you have got to remember that home computers where sold more or less as consoles back in the 80's in Europe, not that I could say Blunderboy is from Europe (but his user name could be connected to the Russ Abbot show ).

I do remember, I had the exact same setup back when I was a wee lad

 

[Blunderboy]

Commodore 64 bitches.

Behold it's majesty.

It's a PC

Yeah I was expecting that.
I am from the UK.
To me as a child it was purely used for gaming. Even my parents only ever used it for playing on. So I always considered it a console.

 

[loc978]

My brother and I were (collectively) given an Atari 2600, 27 years ago. I still have it, and it still works. Most of my nostalgia is for the NES, though... I acquired it only a couple of years later.

We are indeed a dying breed.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

Yeah I was expecting that.
I am from the UK.
To me as a child it was purely used for gaming. Even my parents only ever used it for playing on. So I always considered it a console.

Well I am sure there are a lot of people who use the PCs for just gaming, doesn't mean you can't do quantum chemistry calculations on it with your own program

Quasi-joking aside, I know what you mean.

 

[zehydra]

My first console was the NES, for similar reasons to OP.

We never got an SNES. The only games I've played on it have been through emulation and the Wiiware stuff.

 

[Someone Depressing]

I... think it was a NES, SNES, or Playstation. I can't remember for the life of me.

I do remember finding a really old Oddysey in our cupboard that was there for some weird reason. I thought it was a toaster.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

My history... Spectrum 48k, Spectrum 128k, Megadrive, Snes, Amiga A1200, PS1, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360. And a PS4 will be my next one sometime down the line.

 

[Exhuminator]

My first was...

Yes, the Atari 2600.

A few years later I got a SEGA Master System, and never looked back.

 

[Battenberg]

Well the first console I played on was my mum's old Megadrive which still gives me nostalgia goosebumps to this day. The first console that was mine to any real degree would have been the original Playstation. I still remember only having Rayman, Tekken 2, and Micro Machines for about a year but still playing the absolute hell out of it. I kind of missed out on the whole early Nintendo console generation/ handhelds (I'm only now playing Pokemon Yellow for the first time) and I suspect that is largely the reason why I've stuck with the Playstation as my main source of gaming since then.

 

[FinalDream]

Sega Master System and I really didn't play it much. The first console I really got into was the Playstation, best console ever! So many amazing games.

 

[Barbas]

For me, it was the Nintendo 64. I played Wave Race, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye: 007, Super Mario 64, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil on it, among others. Those are the games that stand out most in my mind. Ermagahd, so many good times. That thing was an absolute blast.