How old are the "retro" gamers here? Or how old is everyone, really?

[T]

I just turned 48 on monday.

My first console was pong that we played on a black and white TV.

My dad didn't want to get burn in on the new color tv.

[JSoup]

Young enough to have been told the stories of the man from the draft board as a child, old enough to not have to fear him.

[ShinobiMan]

I'm 27 years old. Been posting on this forum since probably the beginning of 2001 when it was hosted by ezboard.

Back then, I was 15 years old and quite the baby of the group. Most of the members were pre-crash gamers and there was a lot of Atari, Intellivision etc talk. I actually miss some of that pre-crash banter. I welcome my generation's obsession with Nintendo, but my love for retro gaming goes FAR beyond that.

[otaku]

I turn 25 this july. First console I owned was an n64 but first I played was a snes

[Natty Bumppo]

I believe I am the second oldest member here - I will be 61 near the end of July.

I started console gaming in 1985 with a SNES (followed shortly thereafter by a genesis). Although I was heavily into boardgames since I was a wee bump on the log. (Including that great game "Dark Tower" - which I bought new (and still have).

[WoodyXP]

33 yrs old here. My first console was the NES. Played the @#$% out of my Mario/Duck Hunt pack-in.

[needler420]

I am 24

First console I played was sega genesis model 2 with sonic 2 when I was five years old. Surprisingly I still own the original box and manual to the original sega genesis I played when I was five. Somehow I managed to not throw it away over so many years. I just need a sega model 2 and it will be CIB. Which the genesis at the time was my dad's, it was never intended for me.

[Trebuken]

It seems that (with a couple exceptions) retrogamers do not live to be 50. I guess I should start selling my collection over the next decade.

It seems that gaming started just before Generation X and most people older than that have not been turned onto it (except those couple exceptions).

[animus222]

I'm 25 now, but will be 26 at the end of July. I intend to continue playing games until the day I die (which hopefully isn't for another 50 or so years :P).

[AMG]

I'm 37.

[leatherrebel5150]

I'm 22

Started out on a SNES, but N64 was where it was at during my pre-highschool years.

[plasticMan]

im the new 20's - just turned 30.. or is it 40 is the new 20's, in that case i hope this type of post will be here in 10 years. haha

[Little Miss Gloom]

I'm 27. First console was Nintendo, at five years old.

im the new 20's - just turned 30.. or is it 40 is the new 20's, in that case i hope this type of post will be here in 10 years. haha

Man, 60 is the new 30. So that makes us, what...newborns?

Young enough to have been told the stories of the man from the draft board as a child, old enough to not have to fear him.

You. I like you.

[Wraith Storm]

I'll be 32 in another month and a half.

I started gaming with our Atari 2600 and our PC, but my passion didn't really take off until my brother got a NES for his birthday. A few years later I got a Genesis and was die hard SEGA after that. Hell, I still bleed Blue.

[genesisguy]

I'm 31. I started off with a NES around 1987. As far as I'm concerned I couldn't have started gaming at a better time.

[Submissive421]

I'm 24. Guess I'm apart of the young'un group. Also I don't think there are many female collectors either. Rather play with games then makeup and clothes

[bigbacon]

just turned 31 in may

started on 2600 and IBM XT, moved to 7800 then NES, stayed a nintendo kid till the N64 then moved to PC gaming only until like 2005 when I bought a PS2 just to play FF-X, bought PS3 for FF-13. Now I'm going back in time over the last 6 months picking up Sega stuff and more NES/SNES stuff. Decided to focus on 8bit/16bit only.

I had a modded PS1 for a while to but I didn't aquire one until 2000. weird thing is the only PS1 games I own anymore are Megaman legend 1 and 2 and misadventures of Tron Bonne. Love those games.

[Gunstar Hero]

I'm 15 turning 16 in a month.

I believe I'm the youngest member on here and I really have no idea how I got into the whole retro gaming scene, I'm just glad I did

[Nionel]

28 here. Started gaming in the late 80s.

[M.Buster2184]

29 here. First console I remember playing was my older brother's Atari 2600. We didn't get an NES until some point between 89-91 due to family finances. Seemed were were always behind regarding the newest releases when I was younger, but we were okay with that. My first memories are of playing Empire Strikes Back, Krull, Keystone Kapers and Pitfall.