A Commodore 64 with a tape deck for games. It took over half an hour to load a complex game. Bomb Jack, Jupiter landing, Fist II and California games were my favourites. California games wasn’t on tape, a friend had a Commodore 64 with a disc drive though.
Technically the first one I ever had was a Super Nintendo, but my cousin had the first Nintendo console that I played on all the time at his house. He lived next door. I played mega man, teenage mutant ninja turtles, and even jaws lol.
Although they had been out for a few heads by the time we got it. I think my dad got it from work when it was being decommissioned because my mother had needed to learn some MS-DOS, Q-Basic and WordPerfect.
I tinkered with those, but mostly played a lot of Spy Hunter, Pac-Man and Arkanoid.
It was soon followed by an NES.
I have distinct memories of being “grounded” and sent to bed early for no good reason. (Because my parents wanted a turn)
A Gameboy was my first console ever, though it’s technically a handheld. My first home console was a PS2 I received from a family friend, but I barely played it. My first true home console that I got and played religiously was the PS2.
The family had an NES, but the first system that was genuinely mine and not something my parents bought for my brother and I to share was a Playstation.
Coleco Telstar Ranger Video Game System. It had tennis, jai-alai, handball, hockey (don’t remember that.) and 2 different types of target shooting (skeet and target) for the light gun.
For those presenting early PCs like Commadores (they get a pass… all mine was for was gaming, too), I had a TI-99 4A that had a keyboard with a cartridge slot. Had a lot of the same games as Atari and the wildest thing was a data cassette player that to my knowledge was only necessary for one flight simulator game that took ages load.
Me personally? SNES. But before that we had the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and NES in our household, and I would have to have permission to even touch them whenever I wanted to play.
A PS1 that’s been around for as long as I can remember. Seriously, I don’t even remember receiving it. It’s just always been there.
Which is especially weird because I know for a fact that my parents hated video games and they probably wouldn’t have kept one around before I spawned into the world.
NES was the first I played, but it technically belonged to my sister who had it since before I was born, same with a DMG Gameboy. We got a SNES which was for both of us to share. The first system that was 100% mine was a Gameboy Color, the first home console that was just mine was a Nintendo 64.
The OG Atari 2600. And we got it probably 2 years after it was really hot, basically the last house to get one like everything. Probably the best thing was we got a lot of games right away because they were starting to put them on clearance.
Tomb Raider on Playstation. I was 10 years old and I remember my mom wanted me to stop playing it, due to the fact how Lara moved her hips while walking. Hahaha, true story.
I got an ATARI in 1975 that just came out and was a lot of money to get!!! It was sold as a “space invaders’ console. All it played was ‘space Invaders’ on really slow with a lot of speeds upto really fast!!!! Then i could play SI at home instead of going down the arcade!
Super NES. Taught myself to read out of the Donkey Kong Country player’s guide. I think that’s actually a great method, it has level maps so I already knew what it was showing without being able to read, I can see that it shows there’s a secret there, but I wanted to know what the description text said. The guide is a bit formulaic in its use of language, there’s only so many ways you can say “hidden life balloon here”, so it was pretty easy to recognize words. There’s a bunch of bananas with a label “bunch of bananas”? Pretty simple.
My older brother had an Atari 2600. My cousins had a ColecoVision. I had an NES with light gun and power pad- Super Mario Bros/ Duck Hunt/ Track Meet combo.
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NES with the combo Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge.
Atari and I still have it
Don’t know the name, but it only played Pong.
Sega Genesis. It came with Madden 95 and Sonic the Hedgehog. 😂
The Mattel Intellivision. I’m in my 50s.
It was either a Ps1 or a Nintendo 64 🤔
Sega master system was the first one I played as older brother had it
PlayStation 1 was the first one that was mine
ATARI 2600.
Next was a Gameboy.
Still angry with my mum that she just dumped the ATARI. Parents didn’t know better back then.
Sega master system
N64
Does the Tomy Racing Turbo count?
A Commodore 64 with a tape deck for games. It took over half an hour to load a complex game. Bomb Jack, Jupiter landing, Fist II and California games were my favourites. California games wasn’t on tape, a friend had a Commodore 64 with a disc drive though.
N64
SNES
Atari. Actually, it was a Sears Tele-Games, so an Atari knockoff.
Technically the first one I ever had was a Super Nintendo, but my cousin had the first Nintendo console that I played on all the time at his house. He lived next door. I played mega man, teenage mutant ninja turtles, and even jaws lol.
Atari
Coleco
Atari.
I was one when NES came out so I won’t claim that. I vividly remember getting an SNES on my birthday in 1991.
Atari 2600
Ps1 baby, loved it.
The Toy Story racers game
SNES back in the early 90’s
Nintendo combo pack with the NES, the light gun and the running pad. Came with Mario, Duck Hunt, and a Game that used the running pad.
NES
Commodore 64.
Although they had been out for a few heads by the time we got it. I think my dad got it from work when it was being decommissioned because my mother had needed to learn some MS-DOS, Q-Basic and WordPerfect.
I tinkered with those, but mostly played a lot of Spy Hunter, Pac-Man and Arkanoid.
It was soon followed by an NES.
I have distinct memories of being “grounded” and sent to bed early for no good reason. (Because my parents wanted a turn)
That was some bullshit. 😂
Atari.
NES with duck Hunt and mario bros….
But before that I had a commodore 16+4 😂
First console was the Gameboy advanced sp. First home console was the Wii
A Gameboy was my first console ever, though it’s technically a handheld. My first home console was a PS2 I received from a family friend, but I barely played it. My first true home console that I got and played religiously was the PS2.
Xbox 360e, 2013
Sega genesis. It was amazing
atari 800
Commodore 64
Kids today do not appreciate the nightmare of tape drives
I never had a console #pcmasterrace!
We had a Commodore 64 at home, but nobody used it even when I was a child because it was so outdated by then.
Amiga 1200.
Mortal Kombat
Atari 2600
To plug into the TV – GameCube
If handhelds count – Game Boy Color
Wii
damn y’all old af in here
Vic 20…glad I’m the first to be able to make that claim!
PlayStation 1!
The family had an NES, but the first system that was genuinely mine and not something my parents bought for my brother and I to share was a Playstation.
The brand was…something that no longer exists. But it played THREE separate games!
My brother and I played it so much we got thrown out of the house.
Atari
Atari 2600. Dad hogged it every evening. Then the 5200. On my own? NES with Duck Hunt and Tetris (original).
PlayStation 1 or game cube not sure which was first.
Atari 2600
Growing up, I would play my folks’ Atari 2600.
I then saved up for like two years to buy a console of my very own: the ill-fated Tiger Game.com
Atari 2600, I’m old
Atari 2600 with wood paneling to match my house.
Dendy
Turbographx 16 with Bonks Adventure and Kieth Courage.
I also picked up at garage sale an Atari and an intellivision.
Other obscure consoles I didn’t own but had the opportunity to play
Turbo Duo
3DO
Neo Geo
CDI
First console with my own money, an xbox series X.
Pong
Pong
Segaaaaaa Genesis
Nintendo64
PS1, PSP, ps3, Xbox 360, Ps4 and later on a gaming laptop.
Sega!
Pong, though it and the 2600 were more my dad’s. The NES was bought for my brother and I
Coleco Telstar Ranger Video Game System. It had tennis, jai-alai, handball, hockey (don’t remember that.) and 2 different types of target shooting (skeet and target) for the light gun.
PlayStation
N64 with ocarina of time
Atari…the original.
For those presenting early PCs like Commadores (they get a pass… all mine was for was gaming, too), I had a TI-99 4A that had a keyboard with a cartridge slot. Had a lot of the same games as Atari and the wildest thing was a data cassette player that to my knowledge was only necessary for one flight simulator game that took ages load.
Atari 2600. It was amazing! Then my friend came round and broke it.
Atari 2600
I don’t remember. I killed my nostalgia
Colecovision!
NES with 4 games. Second hand for £100 a long long time ago
Sega Genesis in the late 90s
Pong
Pong, if that counts. Then my little brothers had Intellivision. Pitfall was the game of choice.
Got the N64 at midnight from Toys R Us in 1998 on the night that Ocarina of Time released.
PS2 with a copy of Gran Turismo 4 prologue, good old times
Atari 7800
Nintendo Gamecube
Technically Xbox but the oldest console would be a snes or 64
Sega Game Gear. That Mickey Mouse game was hard as fuck, as was Lion King
2600
Me personally? SNES. But before that we had the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and NES in our household, and I would have to have permission to even touch them whenever I wanted to play.
Sega Master System
A PS1 that’s been around for as long as I can remember. Seriously, I don’t even remember receiving it. It’s just always been there.
Which is especially weird because I know for a fact that my parents hated video games and they probably wouldn’t have kept one around before I spawned into the world.
Atari 2600!!!
Gameboy advance
Atari. Don’t remember specifically which version
A PC. Played all the consoles and games I missed out as a kid (family was poor then) in NES/SNES/Arcade emulators lol.
2600
The NES, with Super Mario 2.
The firat one I bought with my own money was the Gamecube with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
PlayStation one slim
N64
My dog chewed the controller so I don’t think I had it for long. My memories of it are hazy.
Dreamcast is the one I remember playing more.
C64. Amiga 500 a few years later.
Pong
Gameboy (original)
I was a Windows 98 kid, raised on Humongous Entertainment and Anastasia The Adventure Game. My first game console was the Wii in 2007.
Console was Mega Drive 2. First ‘PC’ was Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Sega Game Gear
Seegaa
Never had a console
Original Nintendo!
Super Nintendo
Gameboy DMG 1. Played the hell out out of Mario land 2 as we couldn’t afford much else at the time. Then Pokemon dropped and man did that change me.
Atari 2600
NES was the first I played, but it technically belonged to my sister who had it since before I was born, same with a DMG Gameboy. We got a SNES which was for both of us to share. The first system that was 100% mine was a Gameboy Color, the first home console that was just mine was a Nintendo 64.
SEGA Genesis
PS2
Ps2
Atari 2600
SNES. Dad came home from a garage sale with it in ’99/’00.
NES with Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt with the Zapper.
Bought myself? GameCube. 64 I think was a gift to me. SNES, NES, and Atari were my brothers. But I grew up on them all.
The OG Atari 2600. And we got it probably 2 years after it was really hot, basically the last house to get one like everything. Probably the best thing was we got a lot of games right away because they were starting to put them on clearance.
Tomb Raider on Playstation. I was 10 years old and I remember my mom wanted me to stop playing it, due to the fact how Lara moved her hips while walking. Hahaha, true story.
Atari 2600
My own? Pegasus, soviet block NES bootleg console. My dad had C64 too, that I was alowed to use under supervision.
I had the NES that came with Gyromite and Duck Hunt and had the light zapper and the little robot ROB, which was awesome by the way.
N64. Played the hell out of that thing.
Atari 2600. Great times.
As a family, we had a Sega Genesis, so that’s my true first console. But the first one that was explicitly mine was my Gameboy Pocket.
PS2
Atarii 2600
Terminator iykyk
Atari
Nintendo 64 and my first game was super Mario 64
Atari2600 with Combat
PS3
I got an ATARI in 1975 that just came out and was a lot of money to get!!! It was sold as a “space invaders’ console. All it played was ‘space Invaders’ on really slow with a lot of speeds upto really fast!!!! Then i could play SI at home instead of going down the arcade!
Atari 2600
NES
PS1 with Twisted Metal, WWF In Your House (I think), and Syphon Filter.
can’t remember what it was but it was 1984 and the different programs and games were on cassette tapes
N64. But it was really my brothers although he let me play. The first one I had himself was PlayStation 1.
Super NES. Taught myself to read out of the Donkey Kong Country player’s guide. I think that’s actually a great method, it has level maps so I already knew what it was showing without being able to read, I can see that it shows there’s a secret there, but I wanted to know what the description text said. The guide is a bit formulaic in its use of language, there’s only so many ways you can say “hidden life balloon here”, so it was pretty easy to recognize words. There’s a bunch of bananas with a label “bunch of bananas”? Pretty simple.
My older brother had an Atari 2600. My cousins had a ColecoVision. I had an NES with light gun and power pad- Super Mario Bros/ Duck Hunt/ Track Meet combo.
DSi
Odyssey
1970s Apollo console game system.
NES with Robo Robot and zapper and 2 controllers came with Mario/Duck Hunt duel cartridge and Gyromancer. Also got Teenage Mugant Ninja Turtles.
Best. Christmas. Ever.
Sega genesis. First game was Shinobi
Binatone Pong, 1977
2600
Sega Genesis Model 2
Xbox one but didn’t like it
Playstation 3, begged my parents for it (had a PS1 but I didn’t have the controllers or games so it just stayed as decorative piece).
TurboGrafx 16! Splatterhouse was a fave, as well as Bonk.
I got it bec I figured I’d want something different from my friends, turns out having friends with the same console means you can trade games. Oh well
Mega Drive
Genesis. But the first console i bout with my own money when I was 11 was a ps1 with resident evil and cool boarders
Sega Genesis. Great system.
Coleco Telstar