Your First Console

Started by Captain Fabio November 15th, 2010 3:27 AM
  • 2444 views
  • 33 replies

Captain Fabio

Age 33
London, UK
Seen November 4th, 2021
Posted November 2nd, 2021
12,193 posts
17.1 Years

What was your first games console?



Very simple question everyone.
What was your first games console that you ever played on? Just so you know, arcade machines DON'T count. This is house hold consoles.

Mine was the NES and Sega Megadrive. Those two consoles define my childhood.
I use to play on them constantly and they just changed my life. Obviously, considering I am studying Games Technology at University. Haha.

What are your early memories of the consoles. Games you played on them? Emotions you felt. Did you like games back then? Or did you not like them?

Ps. Yes, I know. I posted it in the wrong forum XD Already asked for it to be moved.

Age 29
Seen November 5th, 2017
Posted November 5th, 2017
3,499 posts
14.8 Years
I was a PC gamer at first, so I didn't want a console. Then I found myself without a computer, so I asked for a console and I got a Sega MegaDrive. I really didn't like it because iirc, you couldn't save your games. xD I would get really far on Sonic then it would be time for bed and I'd have to turn it off and start all over again the next day. Plus, it was 1999 so all of the games were outdated by then.

My mum sold it soon after because I stopped playing it due to the lack of a save option, then she got me a PlayStation and I have to say that's my favourite console of all time. Final Fantasy, Soul Reaver, Silent Hill, Gran Turismo, Abe's Oddysee, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Rayman; so many great games, and I didn't even bother asking for a PS2 when they came out because I was still having fun with my PS1. xD I only finally updated and got an Xbox in 2005, and even then I would still sometimes play the PS1 instead because the games are so fun.

But I'll always mainly be a PC gamer.

Gerri Shin

  

Male
Burbank, CA
Seen February 17th, 2014
Posted April 13th, 2013
3,575 posts
15.9 Years
My first console was a SEGA Genesis. It was great to play classics like Sonic and Tails, Desert Strike, and Kid Chameleon. The only other console I've ever had was an Original Playstation.
Equipment:
Custom PC, MacBook Pro (MBPr), 3DSxl Blue, 3DS Midnight Purple, iPhone 4S Green

twocows

The not-so-black cat of ill omen

Age 32
Male
Michigan
Seen February 19th, 2023
Posted April 30th, 2021
4,307 posts
14.2 Years
Moved this to Video Games.

My first console was the good ol' NES. Played the Legend of Zelda and SMB+Duck Hunt on it.
VNs are superior to anime, don't @ me

RivalGator

I hate them all.

Male
Europe
Seen January 24th, 2016
Posted January 24th, 2016
777 posts
13.6 Years
I played a lot of games on the PC before I got into consoles, but my earliest memories go to SEGA Genesis, SEGA Saturn, SEGA DreamCast, and SONY PlayStation. I played a lot of Sonic the Hedgehog, Tomb Raider, and NiGHTS into Dreams. Lots of Spyro too.

Honestly I don't really know how to explain the emotions I felt. I was just a really happy child when I sat down and let my mind wander far away. Those games would always take me to a whole new world because I hated my own. I'm really glad that I had games when I was a child and that my parents were the type to let me play them obsessively... I would have gone crazy otherwise.
Y Friend Code:
Kamon - 0877 0363 3707


"Ah, the past... The only thing dead that smells good."

Yuoaman

I don't know who I am either.

Age 30
Male
Ontario, Canada
Seen January 28th, 2023
Posted December 12th, 2018
4,582 posts
17.8 Years
My first was an NES that used to belong to my mom and her brothers. I had so much damned fun playing that thing as a kid. My next console was an N64, which meant I basically skipped over the generation of video games that is probably now my favorite. D:
"pps new screenie" - No, really shut up yuoaman.

Haaave you read my LP?
Pokémon Quartz - The only one of mine really worth reading.

What about my [Un]Abridged series?
Aquaman the Unabridged Parody Series - Language warning.

bobandbill

one more time

Male
A cape
Seen 2 Hours Ago
Posted 18 Hours Ago
16,786 posts
15.2 Years
Although I had played older consoles at other people's house, my first home console (besides the PC in a way =p) was the GameCube. I arrived a bit late at the having-a-home-console scene I guess. XD (I did have a GBC though).

Staff Anime Villain Collab - Earl de Darkwood - Interstella 5555

Daily | Drabble Dex | A Change of the Season
The Retelling of Pokémon Colosseum
Paired to Sheep :>

Alice

(>^.(>0.0)>

Age 31
Female
Oregon
Seen April 30th, 2015
Posted April 29th, 2015
3,077 posts
14.2 Years
My first console technically was the nes, but my cousin gave it to me, and it wasn't really all that special. The first console that was actually bought specifically for me, was the GBC. We got it in a pack at costco, along with blue version.

Shadow Ball

I <3 ghosties the mosties! :P

Age 32
Female
USA
Seen July 18th, 2016
Posted December 1st, 2010
157 posts
12.5 Years
I can remember as far back as to having the NES, though I was really, really young... and mostly just watched my family play. My first ever console owned solely by myself, though, was my Sega Genesis... Oh how I miss it, and the countless hours I spent playing Sonic the Hedgehog and Eccho the Dolphin... and other stuff I can't remember, because I was about 4. The console I remember the most was my N64 - which took up most of my childhood, haha.



Signature by Signomi. <3


Age 28
Male
Somewhere over the rainbow
Seen February 24th, 2016
Posted February 24th, 2016
3,252 posts
16.3 Years
Um, it's a Playstation. I don't know the name, but I think it's a Playstation. D:

Also, if it's a handheld console, it will be a GameBoy Advanced.
Stop the cycle of hate!
Wondertrade version-exclusives Pokemons or rare Pokemons
NOT Bunnelbies or Elemental Monkeys!
If you appreciate what you got in trade, O-Power the person!
Shout "Nice" to the person whom you traded to!
Together WE can stop the cycle of hate!
It doesn't hurt you to be nice or appreciative.
Don't be that underaged player who doesn't know better!
Good Pokemons to trade: Leftover breeds, Shiny Pokemon, Rare Pokemon, HA Pokemon, Dittos
FC: 4038-6797-4873. Flying-type with Doduo, Tranquil and Tropius.
Remember to tell me if you added me!
Male
Edmonton (UTC -6)
Seen August 6th, 2011
Posted August 6th, 2011
342 posts
12.7 Years
NES

Various Simpsons games (other than Krusty's Funhouse), various Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games, BattleToads, Contra, Blades of Steel, and Tetris.

Had the SMB + Duck Hunt duo. Just never liked Mario games until SNES.
Wasn't into Zelda series until SNES.

My friends had other systems such as Intellivision and Atari. Controllers with dials, knobs, and joysticks. Oh yes.

I also had a "basement-size" slot car track with several loops and switch paths.

curiousnathan

Male
Australia
Seen October 18th, 2020
Posted October 5th, 2020
7,753 posts
13.7 Years
-Drumroll -

The good ol' Playstation 1. I remember playing Spyro and Crash Bandicoot on that baby! Haha; the good memories. But I have a large variety of consoles, not as much as some but a fair few.

1. Playstation1 x2
2. Playstation 2
3. Wii
4. GBC
5. Nintendo Ds Lite
6. PSP Lite

I really enjoy experiences all the games on each console but my original would be the Playstation! :3

Elite Overlord LeSabre™

On that 'Non stop road'

Age 97
Shimoda City
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted January 25th, 2022
9,705 posts
15.5 Years
First video game system: Game Boy*

First home console system: Super NES*

*Technically, both belonged to my brother but I played them so much they might as well have been the "family" systems. The first system that was bought specifically for me was a clear Game Boy (part of a series of Game Boys with colored cases that was a Nintendo promotion that I believe was called "Play It Loud").

Since then I have personally owned a Game Boy Advance, a DS Phat, and my current DS Lite. All of our home consoles (SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii) have been shared by my brother and myself. Yeah, we're a Nintendo family xD

Elite Overlord LeSabre™
PC Vital Stats
* Pair
* PC Family
* Bishies
* VG Claims
* Friend Codes
Links
* Blog
* Web Site
* Fan Fictions:
* Leaf Green LP