I'm just curious, what's your gaming history? By this I mean, what consoles (or PCs) have you owned? Which ones have you played? What are your favorite games? Feel free to list anything you want. I'll start:
1st console played: Nintendo Entertainment System at my daycare as a child. We had three games: Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, and Megaman 5.
1st console owned: SEGA Genesis. My dad bought this for himself to play Madden and other sports games, and the occasional action title (I saw a game with a fighter jet on the cover once, but I can't remember which one). Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came free with the Genesis, and became one of my favorite games. My collection ended up growing to include Sonic and Knuckles, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Sonic 3D, and the power rangers movie game (I can't quite remember the title). There were other games, but not a lot, and they are forgetable.
1st handheld owned: My second gaming machine was the Game Boy Pocket, with my first game for it being Pokemon Red Version. It was also my first RPG, so it confused me a little bit, but I got used to it. Other notable titles include Super Mario Land 2, Pac-Man, and Tetris.
2cd console owned: By now my Genesis had grown old and finnicky, and being mesmerized by the shiny new generation of gaming, I bought myself my first console purchased with my own money, my Nintendo 64. My first game for this was Super Smash Bros., and though I was a pikachu user at first, I eventually graduated to relying mostly on Link and Fox. Other notable titles include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Starfox 64, Donkey Kong 64, Spiderman, and Kirby 64.
3rd console owned: When the next generation of games arose, I was willing and ready to get a new console. This console was the PS2. Notable titles include Jak and Daxter 1 and 2, Ratchet and Clank 1 and 2, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Soul Calibur II, Metal Gear Solid 1-3, and Final Fantasy XII.
4th gaming machine: While I still played my PS2 as I played this, the advent of online gaming led me to turn to my PC as a gaming platform. Notable titles include City of Heroes (not playing anymore), Star Wars Galaxies (not playing anymore [damn you NGE]), World of Warcraft (not playing anymore), Warcraft 3, Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2, Star Wars: Republic Commando, and Diablo 1 and 2.
Current consoles owned: With my PC having been outdated and now only good for last-gen games, and being too cheap to buy a new PC, too attracted to console exclusives, and too lazy to keep upgrading all the time, I abandoned being a PC gamer. I currently own both the Xbox 360 and the Wii (as well as all my past consoles with the exception of the Genesis), and am loving them both. Notable titles include The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy, No More Heroes, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Gears of War 2, Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Soul Calibur IV, Assassin's Creed, The Orange Box and many others.
Misc. information: I only mentioned the Game Boy Pocket up there because it was significant as being the first gaming machine that was exclusively mine, as my Genesis was technically my Father's, and he let me use it. The Handhelds I have owned include the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance (what a rip-off, the thing was too bulky, and the screen was too dark), Game Boy Advance SP, and the original Nintendo DS.
I have played plenty of other consoles besides what I have owned, and I only mentioned the NES up there because it was my first exposure to video games. Other consoles I have played that I have not owned include the SNES, Playstation, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, and Playstation 3.
1st console played: Nintendo Entertainment System at my daycare as a child. We had three games: Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, and Megaman 5.
1st console owned: SEGA Genesis. My dad bought this for himself to play Madden and other sports games, and the occasional action title (I saw a game with a fighter jet on the cover once, but I can't remember which one). Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came free with the Genesis, and became one of my favorite games. My collection ended up growing to include Sonic and Knuckles, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Sonic 3D, and the power rangers movie game (I can't quite remember the title). There were other games, but not a lot, and they are forgetable.
1st handheld owned: My second gaming machine was the Game Boy Pocket, with my first game for it being Pokemon Red Version. It was also my first RPG, so it confused me a little bit, but I got used to it. Other notable titles include Super Mario Land 2, Pac-Man, and Tetris.
2cd console owned: By now my Genesis had grown old and finnicky, and being mesmerized by the shiny new generation of gaming, I bought myself my first console purchased with my own money, my Nintendo 64. My first game for this was Super Smash Bros., and though I was a pikachu user at first, I eventually graduated to relying mostly on Link and Fox. Other notable titles include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Starfox 64, Donkey Kong 64, Spiderman, and Kirby 64.
3rd console owned: When the next generation of games arose, I was willing and ready to get a new console. This console was the PS2. Notable titles include Jak and Daxter 1 and 2, Ratchet and Clank 1 and 2, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Soul Calibur II, Metal Gear Solid 1-3, and Final Fantasy XII.
4th gaming machine: While I still played my PS2 as I played this, the advent of online gaming led me to turn to my PC as a gaming platform. Notable titles include City of Heroes (not playing anymore), Star Wars Galaxies (not playing anymore [damn you NGE]), World of Warcraft (not playing anymore), Warcraft 3, Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2, Star Wars: Republic Commando, and Diablo 1 and 2.
Current consoles owned: With my PC having been outdated and now only good for last-gen games, and being too cheap to buy a new PC, too attracted to console exclusives, and too lazy to keep upgrading all the time, I abandoned being a PC gamer. I currently own both the Xbox 360 and the Wii (as well as all my past consoles with the exception of the Genesis), and am loving them both. Notable titles include The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy, No More Heroes, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Gears of War 2, Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Soul Calibur IV, Assassin's Creed, The Orange Box and many others.
Misc. information: I only mentioned the Game Boy Pocket up there because it was significant as being the first gaming machine that was exclusively mine, as my Genesis was technically my Father's, and he let me use it. The Handhelds I have owned include the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance (what a rip-off, the thing was too bulky, and the screen was too dark), Game Boy Advance SP, and the original Nintendo DS.
I have played plenty of other consoles besides what I have owned, and I only mentioned the NES up there because it was my first exposure to video games. Other consoles I have played that I have not owned include the SNES, Playstation, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, and Playstation 3.
