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

[wiggyx]

Turned 27 today (well, yesterday).

Happy birthday!

35 here.

[GREEN00]

23, I'm a wee babe. My first console was the Genesis bundled with 6-Pak, but I only got really interested in games starting with Gamecube.

[Pikkon]

31 here

And like most started with the nes but the snes is my fav,I do miss the early 90's.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

36

... and I have to lengthen the post in order to post it.

[fergojisan]

I am 43, but I am a classic gamer, not a retro gamer. In my opinion, Bit.Trip Runner is a retro game; 2600 Pitfall is a classic game.

GET OFF MY GODDAM LAWN

[Xander]

I'm 27, started with the NES in 1989

[TheRetroVideoGameAddict]

I'm 32/m/Massachusetts.

Also, this is my first post here on the forums and it's so nice to meet you all! Happy gaming!

[Polygon]

I'm 32 and I'm glad to see I'm not among the oldest here.

[Graham Mitchell]

I'm 34 and I started with a nes and a sega master system. But I remember playing Atari 2600 and 5200 at friends' houses when I was younger.

The first game to really get my attention was moon patrol on the c64. It still holds up as a pretty decent port.

[Cornelius]

The the earth has made 35 laps around the sun since my birth.
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[Lady Jaye]

I am 43, but I am a classic gamer, not a retro gamer. In my opinion, Bit.Trip Runner is a retro game; 2600 Pitfall is a classic game.

GET OFF MY GODDAM LAWN

Ferg wins with a well-argued distinction between retro and classic gaming.

I'm 37 years old (actually will be attending my 20th anniversary high school reunion tonight).

[Smashed Brother]

I'll be 35 in two months, and next year I'll be 36

[Atarileaf]

I'm 43 as well although at this point I'm defintely closer to 44. Won't be long before I qualify for Grey Power.

[wiggyx]

I'm 34 and I started with a nes and a sega master system. But I remember playing Atari 2600 and 5200 at friends' houses when I was younger.

The first game to really get my attention was moon patrol on the c64. It still holds up as a pretty decent port.

Wow, your back story is nearly identical to mine except that I got into moon patrol playing in the arcade, standing on a milk crate

[Daltone]

I'm 27 and joined in 2003.. yikes!

[T2KFreeker]

37. NES was the whipper snapper console for me. Had the 2600 and Intellivision back in the day and when I graduated to the "8 Bit" generation, I had the Commodore 64. We got a NES later, but it was actually a Famicom with a converter to play US games. We thought it was UGLY! Oh, and never liked the SNES either really, sorry. Was a Turbografx/PC Engine/Genesis guy.

[Solo_Skywalker]

26. I like it here, you guys make me feel young.

[mailman187666]

turned 31 this month. First concole was the 2600 when I was around 3. My mother bought me a little red step stool so I could reach the arcade controls around that age as well to play Pac-man and donkey kong. I joined here in my mid 20s.

[Collector_Gaming]

i just turned 29 a few days ago

Lets see here if my quick calculations are correct then then the average age here is 32 years old!

[Tupin]

I'm going to make all of you feel really old. Guess what was the "big" game that came out the month I was born?

EarthBound.