How'd you get your consoles/handhelds?

[SlayerX]

If you guys can remember, it'd be interesting to see when/how/why you guys got the consoles that you own today, or did own at one time.

Myself, as posted in the "Under 25" thread:

NES - Christmas/family gift? No clue, too young, New
SNES - Christmas present from Grandma one year, New
N64 - Christmas present from parents, New
PS1 - Gift for myself with B-day money, New
N64 - After my parents split, Used
PS2 - Bought with Christmas/B-day money, New
Cube - First paycheque, New
Xbox - Bought earlier this year, New

DS - Waiting for me under the Christmas tree, New
Gameboy Pocket - Christmas from parents, New
Gameboy Color - B-day gift from my Mom
GBA - Christmas gift from my Dad
GBA:SP - Bought for myself

And I think that's about it....

*EDIT* Editted the whole thing to shorten it up and make it easier to read :D

[ghostangelofcky]

NES - Christmas as a kid, thanks mom!
SNES - From a Gameforce
N64 - Used, Gameforce
GCN - New, Gamestop
2600 - Present from Grandma
JAG - Ebay
TI-99 - Thrift store, goodwill
3DO - Ebay
TGCD - Cool Stuff store
SMS - DP Trade
GEN - Bought blockbuster music
SCD - Thrift store, savers
32X - Cool Stuff store
SAT - DP trade
DC - New, Media Play
PS1 - Christmas, mom and dad
PS2 - B-Day, the wife
Xbox - used, reman, EB

God I love Christmas.

[Eternal Tune]

I'll play:

Consoles:

SNES: Christmas present back in 92. My sister also got one, which I later took.

Playstation: Christmas 97. Saw Final Fantasy VII, knew I had to own that system. PS1 combo was a birthday present a few years back.

N64: Following year for Christmas. Had to have Ocarina of Time. Too bad I ended up with a gray cart version. I also have another N64 which is located in a Pokemon Snap Station taken from Blockbuster, when I worked there.

Dreamcast: Originally a Christmas gift, that I returned because I though Sonic Adventure sucked. Later re-bought for RE: CV.

Playstation 2: Bought on launch day. Then I purchased a progressive scan model when they were released. Recieved a white import system from Christmas one year.

Gamecube: Bought on launch day. Gift from my mom.

Xbox: Purchased after Christmas due to the fact I asked for one, but didn't get it.

NES: Given to me by Oobgarm. Toploader.

Genesis: Given to me by Gamestop. Nasty system, that I cleaned up. Model 1.

Sega CD: Given to me by a assistant manager at another Gamestop who had a crush on me.

Saturn: Purchased off Oobgarm in order to play Albert Odyssey.

Handhelds:

Gamegear: Christmas gift....

Gameboy Color: Birthday present one year. Purchased with Link's Awakening DX.

Gameboy Advance: Purchased pink system when it was released. Given a white one by my sister who "didn't want it."

GBA SP: Bought close to launch.

DS: Last year's Christmas present from my parents.

PSP: Bought at launch.

Neo Geo Pocket: Bought somewhere in a bundle....

Gameboy: Adopted it after it was abandoned at Gamestop.

[jcheatle]

Hmm... interesting topic, let's see...

NES (original toaster): given to me by my neighbor in Jan. 89
NES (top loader): Christmas 93 from the parents
Sega Genesis: Christmas 94, once again from the parents
PS1 (original): Christmas 97, parents... subsequently stolen during my freshman year of college
Atari 2600: flea market, sometime in summer 99
PS1 (redesigned version): around Sept. 2000 when it was released... my friend fried it trying to put in a mod chip later on
SNES: flea market, summer 2001 I think
N64: used at EB, summer 2001 also
Gamecube: used at EB, summer 2002
PS2: I think Gamestop online, got a free copy of Vice City with it, summer 2003

I think that's about it.

[alec006]

Off Ebay:

PS1
NES
SNES
Sega CD
Sega Master
Sega Dreamcast
Atari 2600
Super Pong

Walmart:

DS
GBC
GBA
Xbox
Gamecube
PS2

Best Buy:
Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn

Circuit City:
Atari Flashback 1
Atari Flashback 2

Toys R Us:

N64
GBP

Digitpress:

Sega 32X

[Gapporin]

I'll bite:

Atari 2600: Bought at Goodwill (along with E.T. and Defender, yay!)
Dreamcast: Bought from pawn shop.
Game Boy: Birthday present from my parents, eons ago.
Game Boy Advance: Christmas present from my brother.
Game Gear: Bought off of eBay.
Genesis - Model 1: Bought at local game store.
Genesis - Model 2: Traded in DP deal (Thanks, Quintracker!)
Intellivision: Bought in DP deal (Thanks, Mr. Jiggles!)
Microvision: Bought off of eBay. (Thanks, Kitsune Sniper!)
Neo Geo Pocket Color: Bought off of eBay.
NES: Traded in DP deal (Thanks, person from Canada who's name I should remember, but don't!)
Nintendo 64: "Inherited" from the family.
Nomad: Bought in DP deal (Thanks, Chunky!)
Odyssey2: Bought off of eBay.
PSX: Traded in DP deal (Thanks, Quintracker!)
PS2: Bought by the parents, so it's not technically mine...yet.
Saturn: Traded in DP deal (Thanks, om3ga!)
Sega CD: Traded in DP deal (Thanks, VACRMH!)
Sega Master System: Bought in DP deal (Thanks, Ghosts N' Goblins!)
Sega Master System Compact: Traded in DP deal (Thanks, Shernand!)
Super Nintendo: Bought from pawn shop.
TRS-80: Bought in DP deal (Thanks, Jibbajaba!)
Virtual Boy: Bought off of eBay.

Boy, that was a trip. Can't even believe I remember all that.

[Cryomancer]

original 2600 - no idea. been arouns since i remember existing. lost to time.
second 2600 - goodwill
original NES - i think this was an xmas thing but i can't remember. lost to time.
secondary NES - grandparents got it somewhere along the line...recentely got it from them.
genesis - xmas
snes - can't remember. possibly xmas.
32x - bought with birthday money
sega cd 1 and 2 - digital press!
n64 -xmas
brick gameboy - can't remember. birthday maybe. lost to time.
gameboycolor - work
gameboy advance - girl's bro had two because he lost one. was said that if the other was ever found i could have it. found it. too bad one of them doesn't work.
SP - getting it in a few days for xmas
DS - last xmas
odyssey - work
vectrex - work
dreamcast - birthday i think. others from work or trading.
ps2 - free from girl's bro, it stopped working, i made it work again, kinda
gamecube - ebay
xbox - xmas money the year with the JSRF bundle
playstation - free from girl's other bro, have yet to get it working however.
turbografx 16 - from smokehouse

best i can remember

[doogy]

Ok, here's how it went for me... some of these are approximations and guesses

Atari 2600 - Was my Grandma's - give to me in 1992/93 age 3/4
NES - Was my Grandma's - given to me in 1992 age 3/4
Apple IIE - This never belonged to me, but Dad brought it home from 1990-93
Tandy PC with Windows 3.1, 4 MB of ram, and 78 mhz processor - parents bought brand new from Radio Shack for around $1500 I think around '93 or '94... My main concern was "Will it play solitaire?!" (age 4)
Game Gear - brand new from Mom and Dad, Christmas of prolly 95 or 96... guess it was older than I thought at the time - I just looked it up and it was released in 90! I had no clue... anyway, I love this thing!
N64 - the Christmas right after it was released, brand new from Mom and Dad...
PSX - bought used for myself from eBay around 2002
HP Pavilion desktop computer 1.3 ghZ, 256 MB's of ram... upgraded... brand new from mom and dad, Christmas 2002
GBA - bought used for myself from EB Games around 2002/2003
Sega Genesis - bought for myself used from eBay... have since picked up several used... got my first one approximately 2002/2003
Gamecube - bought new for myself sometime just before the price drop to $100... I paid $150... I think approximately 2002/2003...
SNES - bought used for myself from eBay, around 2003
GBA SP - Christmas 2004 brand new from Mom and Dad...
Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop - brand new, customized to my liking, paid for by Grandma and Grandpa for this Christmas... I got it in November...

That's about it... I'm sure I'm missing lots, but those are the big highlights...

[doogy]

stupid double post... sorry!

[Ulticron]

NES - I bought w/saved money back in the 80's
SNES - Again I bought w/saved money back in early 90's
Gameboy - Christmas Present in 89
Saturn - I bought in 97
Virtual Boy - I bought in late 90's on clearance
Game Gear - Traded VB to a friend for
Neo Geo Pocket Color - I bought in late 90's
Genesis & Playstation - I bought same day in late 90's
32X & Sega CD - I bought in late 90's on clearance
Sega Master System - I Bought at fleamarket in late 90's
Vic 20 - I bought at a thrift store in the late 90's
Dreamcast - I bought on 9/9/99
PS2 - I bought in 2001
N64 - I bought the demo unit at work cheap in 2001
GBA - I Bough on Launch day
Xbox - I Bought on Launch day
Gamecube - I bought in 2002
Atari Jaguar and 3D0 I bought off a co-worker in 2003
GBC - I bought several diferent colors cheaply on clearance in 2004
TG16- Traded the same friend from above in 2004, he got a spare mint condition Saturn I had and a spare SMS, I also got back my Virtual Boy from him.
TI-99 - Was given to me in 2004

[Lord Contaminous]

My timeline: (i'm 23 years old now)

NES -Christmas 1988

Game Boy B&W - October 1992, dad bought me one from Montgomery Ward

Super Nintendo -Christmas 1992

Sega Master System - Summer 1993 from a TRU sidewalk clearance sale

Genesis 2 -Christmas 1993

Sony Playstation - Christmas 1995

Sega 32X -Christmas 1996, killed off my Genesis 2

Nintendo 64 -Christmas 1997

Sega Saturn -My Birthday 1998, several months after its death.

Sega Genesis model 1 - January 2000 4 years after the 32X curse, bought a set from Funcoland for 15 bucks.

Sega CD -Spring 2000, it's a long story. In 1998, my friend and I swapped Genesis and SNES for sometime. The Sega CD in which we thought was broken was included. I was curious that if it really did work so I put another AC adapter in, and voila! it worked.

Turbografx 16 - October 2000 traded my import copy of Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22 for a set.

Sega Dreamcast -Christmas 2000

Game Boy Advance - June 2001, one of the first to get one.

Playstation 2 - Bought it ON September 10, 2001 a day before you know what....February 5, 2005, that same PS2 went under the knife for its passport to Japanese gaming.

Neo Geo Pocket Color -sometime in 2002

Nintendo Gamecube -Summer 2002, sold this past spring

Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo CD -October 2002

XBox -January 2003, no longer had one as of this past May

Sachen QBoy - Fall 2003. actually a Famicom clone. the controller ports were screwing up

PC Engine Duo -January 2004. sadly it died within a matter of months. Not even a force such as "omnedon" could save it. R.I.P., it's ok, you did your best!

Game Gear -sometime in 2004, member "Ghouls N'Ghosts" sold me one for 15

Super Famicom System - April 2005, my SFC system, accompanied with a boxed Rockman 7, made its pilgrimage from Osaka, Japan to Prince George, Virginia.

PC Engine Duo-R -May 2005, $175 + my basic Turbografx 16 got me back on the Turbo/PC Engine saddle thanks to D-Lite.

And that's it. 8-)

[Rogmeister]

This is a good question but I probably have no clue for most of my systems...

Atari 2600--My parents probably gave me my first one. I eventually sold it and when I got one again, I bought it off a guy I found on the internet (probably my first internet console buy).

Atari 5200--Probably bought it new when it first came out but I'm not sure where that may have been at.

Atari Lynx--Can't recall.

Atari Jaguar--I think I may have bought it from a mail order place, possibly Chips & Bits. Are they still around?

ColecoVision--My sister-in-law gave me hers, I bought another at a flea market. Both were within the last 5-7 years, I think.

Sega Genesis--Online auction (not Ebay)

Sega Saturn--Ebay

Sega Dreamcast--Probably eBay but not positive.

PS1--Can't recall where I got my original model, got a PSOne via eBay.

PS2--Not positive but probably Wal-Mart

XBox--Would you believe I honestly can't remember? I'd guess Wal-Mart there, too, though.

Super Nintendo--K-Mart

Nintendo 64--Online trade

GameCube--Wal-Mart

Nintendo DS--Wal-Mart

[punkoffgirl]

I'm going to boot this over to the gaming forum!

[Joker T]

Playstation-Christmas gift from parents
Game Boy Color Yellow-Bought at launch
Game Boy Color Green-Bought at launch (SOLD)
Game Boy Color Blue-Friend gave this to me
Game Boy Advance Purple-Bought at launch (SOLD)
Game Boy Advance Blue-Bought as replacment
Game Boy Advance Silver-Bought around launch (SOLD)
Playstation 2-Present from my Dad
Playstation 2-Replacment
PSone with LCD-bought at Target
Xbox-Bought around launch (SOLD)
Xbox-Bought as replacment
Gamecube-Bought a year after launch
Gameboy Advance SP Blue-Bought around launch
Gameboy Advance SP Black-Bought it when I saw it for $39
Nintnendo DS-Bought at launch
PSP-Bought around launch
Nintendogs Nintendo DS Blue-Bought around it's launch

[christhegamer]

gameboy color(sold)- gift from uncle (complete, see-through purple w/ both pokemon red AND blue complete!)= I think around $100-$150

GBASP- Christmas present from mom (plus a couple of games that I can't remember right now...)= something like $100-$200

N64- Christmas present (complete, w/diddy kong racing complete.)= dunno; think it was all around $150-$160

first NES- garage sale (loose, w/2 controllers, orange zapper, and 7 loose games)= $4! :D

second NES- [different] garage sale :P (loose, w/2 controllers, orange zapper, a SH1Tload of various manuals, power pad, and 7 complete games and one with box!!! :o )= sadly, $30 :(

PS2- EB games/B-day (refurbished, w/ THPS3, extra controller and mem. card)= ...maybe around $150-$200

Atari VCS (broken)- friend in in exchange for a manga book [Rave Master #1]

Sega Pico- garage sale w/ five games, two of which with manuals= FREE :D

-that's all, folks! :)

[Jumpman Jr.]

Let me think:

NES: Origionally, my parents bought it for me as a kid, not exactly sure when/why
SNES: Same as NES
N64: Bought it for myself after seeing how cool Super Mario 64 was. Must have been '97.
Virtual Boy: Bought various pieces from various people (stand, eyepiece, headset) about a year ago
Intellivision: Bought it off of a forum member at a swap meet 2 Augusts ago.
Master System: My ex-friend gave me her childhood one.
PS1: My brother gave me the one that he's always had
Genesis: Got it at a garage sale when I first started collecting for $10 with some games.
That's all I can think of for now 8-)

[tholly]

1. NES - new, back in the day for xmas from parents
2. SNES - used, ebay
3. SNES (compact) - used, local store
4. N64 - new, toys 'r us
5. GCN Platinum - new, eb.com
6. GCN GB Player Platinum - new, toysnjoys.com
7. VB - used, ebay
8. GB - new, backin the day b-day gift
9. GBP Silver - used, ebay
10. GBC Atomic Purple - new, easter gift
11. GBA Platinum - new, eb
12. GBA e-Reader - new, eb
13. GBA SP Platinum - new, eb.com, easter gift
14. GBA SP NES Classic - new, circuit city
15. Sega Genesis (model 1) - new, toy works
16. Sega Genesis (model 2) - used, flea market
17. Sega 32x - new, toys 'r us
18. Sega CD - used, from friend
19. Sega Saturn - used, from friend
20. Sega Dreamcast - used, ebay
21. Sega Game Gear - used, from friend
22. Sega Game Gear (Sonic Blue) - used, from friend
23. XBox - new, gift from grandfather, eb.com
24. XBox (Halo) - new, eb
25. XBox (Lime) - new, mountain dew dew u promotion
26. PSX - used, flea
27. PS2 - new, eb
28. O^2 - new, parents bought it back in the day
29. TG-16 - used, ebay
30. 2600 (darth vader) - used, ebay
31. 7800 - used, local store
32. Lynx - used, ebay
33. Intelli - used, friend
34. NGPC - used, ebay
35. GBC Store Display (teal & berry) - used, digitalpress
36. DS - new, eb
37. PSP - new, eb
38. Wonderswan - used, digitalpress
39. Game.com - used, ebay
40. Pokemon mini - new, pokemon store.com
41. Neo Geo MVS 4-Slot - used, local seller
42. Irem Vigilante cabinet - used, super auctions
43. Nintendo Vs. sit-down - used, local seller
44. Super Mario Bros. pinball - used, super auctions
45. Bally Special Forces - used, local seller
46. Midway Space Invaders Deluxe - used, coin-op warehouse
47. GoGo Juggler slot machine - used, super auctions

[OdSquad64]

These are about in order i think

NES-my dad had it before i was born
Genesis- Christmas present
Gameboy- Christmas present
Gameboy Color- Christmas present
R-zone- suckiest Christmas present ever
N64- Christmas present
Dreamcast- Bought it myself
Gameboy Advanced- Bought it myself
Gamecube- Christmas present
Atari 2600- Bought it myself
SNES-Bought it myself
Sega Saturn-Bought it myself
Atari 7800- Gift from grandma
Intellivision- Bought it myself
Nintendo DS- Bought it myself
PSTwo- Bought it myself
Sega CD- Bought it myself
Sega 32x- Bought it myself
Sega Master System- Bought it myself
3DO- Bought it myself
Virtual Boy- bought it myself

hope i didn't forget any

[Pantechnicon]

1st of each type only:

-Atari 2600, Santa, Christmas 1981, gift
-Gameboy, some mall in Baltimore, 1989, $90
-NES, Goodwill, 1996, $5
-SNES, Goodwill, 1996, $10
-Gameboy Color, Toys R Us, 1998, $50
-Atari Jaguar, Gamers, 1998, $18
-Atari 5200, Gamers, 1998, $35
-Atari 7800, Ebay, 1999, $50
-Atari Lynx, Ebay, 1999, $35
-Milton Bradley Microvision, Goodwill, 1999, $1
-Intellivision, Goodwill, 1999, $5
-Sega Genesis, from friend, 2000, gift
-Colecovision, Goodwill, 2000, $10
-Odyssey 2, Goodwill, 2000, $20
-Sega Game Gear, Goodwill, 2001, $5
-Atari XE, Goodwill, 2001, $10
-Playstation, from friend, 2001, gift
-Vectrex, GameForce, 2002, $70
-Virtual Boy, Goodwill, 2002, $3
-Sega Saturn, Goodwill, 2002, $15
-Gameboy Advance, Noble Collectibles, 2003, $40
-Nintendo 64, Gamestop, 2003, $20
-Sega Dreamcast, Digital Press, 2003, Trade
-Playstation 2, Goodwill, 2003, $10
-Neo Geo Pocket Color, Hastings, 2004, $60
-Nintendo Gamecube, Noble Collectibles, 2004, $15
-TurboGrafx 16, Noble Collectibles, 2005, $45

…it’s been a helluva ride so far!

[jonathonwillie]

nes- buddy, pawn, hock
game gear- buddy
genesis- buddy
game boy- hock shop
gmae boy advance- retail store
snes-gift, hock, pawn, ebay
gamecube- ebay
ps2- retail
n64- xmas gift, ebay, hock

[MrRoboto19XX]

I am incredibly blessed with some great situations.

(in the order I aquired them)

Odyssey^2 - My parents - from before I was around.
Game Boy - A christmas gift for my father - $90 - Dec 1990
SNES - $150 - Sears Funtronics - June 1993
N64 - $120 - Funcoland in Wilmington, DE - June 1998
Game Boy Color - Christmas - $90 - Dec 1999
Sega Master System - Found it at my church, it was then given to me as they had no use for it - June 2000
Sega Dreamcast - Electronics Botique - $150 - Feb 2001
PS2 - Bj's - $380 (Bundle) - Feb 2003
GBA SP - Babbage's - $100 - Oct 2003
Neo Geo Pocket Color - $80 (Bundle) - Dec 2003
Genesis 2 - Friends Girlfriend about to throw it away - Feb 2004
Virtual Boy - Friend Getting Rid of his old stuff - Oct 2004
NES - Same Situation, same friend - Oct 2004
Sega Nomad - Same Situation, same friend - oct 2004
Atari Lynx - Same situation, same friend - Oct 2004
PS1 (Modded) - Same situation, same friend - Oct 2004
Sega Saturn - Another friend found it in his garage - April 2005
Yobo Famiclone - Power Gamer - $40 - May 2005
Farichild Channel F - Goodwill - $20 - June 2005
Atari 2600 - Goodwill - $20 - July 2005
Gamecube - Gamestop - $60 - September 2005
Atari 7800 - Friend getting rid of old stuff - Dec 2005
PS2 (Modded) - Friend who gave up gaming - Dec 2005
Xbox - Same friend, same situation - Dec 2005
DS - Same friend, same situation - Dec 2005

And there we have it, like I said, I fall into some nice stuff for no apparent reason.

[RetroYoungen]

Lessee if I can remember...

NES: The first one, Christmas of 1986. Second and third ones, can't remember.
SNES: Birthday or Christmas, can't remember.
N64: Gift from my dad, birthday or Christmas.
Gamecube: Christmas, 2002 (I think, maybe 2001)
Game Boy: Perfect report card, 3rd grade.
Game Boy Color: Christmas gift, 1997, from my mom
Game Boy Advance: The original model was a birthday present before CGE 2002, the SP model I bought myself (the NES SP) at Target three days before its' official release
Genesis: Late birthday gift from my uncle
Sega CD: Bought from 4Jays a little while back
Saturn: FuncoLand, bought by me
Dreamcast: Bought it from my friend who wanted to buy a PS2 and sell his old games.
Game Gear: 4Jays store a few years or so ago
Playstation: Birthday, 1998 I think
PS2: Bought by me at Funcoland
NGPC: CGE present to myself
XBox: Christmas present from last year
Atari 2600/VCS: CGE 2001
Atari Lynx: CGE 2002, I believe
Atari Jaguar (my model be broke, though): CGE 2002 I think

I won't count my FamiClone that I picked up this past CGE, as it's not an "official" system. But... yeah. Long-winded.

[McBacon]

Carboot Sales: SNES (£3)x2), NES (£1), Master System II (£1) Gameboy (£1)

Cash Convertors: Saturn (£18)

Birthday/Christmas Gifts: Gamecube, N64, Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, GB Micro (Well, in a few days time!), NGPC

Free from Friends: Phillips CD-i, Game Gear

Borrowing: Xbox, PS2

Rubbish Dump: Megadrive (£4)

Nintendo Star Catalogue: GBA SP (Kingdom Hearts Edition)

This Forum: TurboGrafx 16, JVC X'Eye, Game Gear

Retail: PSOne (£15 from Currys), PSP (£161 from PC World)

[Nez]

NES- Christmas presant from parents. mid 80s NEW

SNES- " " from grandparents. Mid 90s New

N64- " " parents 97 NEW

GB pocket- TRU is all i know. NEW

GBC- Also purchased from TRU. NEW

CUBE- Thrifty Joes USED in 2003

Gameboy-USED $10 at Gamecrazy 2005

Dreamcast- Purchased by myself for $40 in 2002 right after my new job and after the system had died.

Genesis- Game dudes I dont know what year though.

32x- Swapmart purcahed with a bunch of games and my now sold 3DO for $70

Sega CD- Games+ in 2003 ugh way over paid

Saturn- Game Dude in 2003

PS- Free from cousin had upgraded to a ps2 2001

PS2- Purchased used in 2003 febuary EB games

Xbox- Used game dudes again in 2003

NeoGeo Pocket- Purchased from Hellvin in 2005

NeoGeo CD- Purchased from Xanxi in 2005

NeoGeo AES modded- Traded with Adol( I think) in 2005.

NeoGeo AES US- Lot with SS SS2 KOF 94 all US a memcard 2 controllers for $225

TG-16- Ebay 2004

GBAsp- New? in 2004? I think

2600- Purcased a stores entire pre nes era lot. I kept a vader for myself and all the unique titles I had and sold off the rest. I think that cost me $300 but I can't really recall.

I think that is all.

[XianXi]

TRS-80 II - Mom bought it from RS new in 85 or so but gave it to me in 90, still got it.
NES - Christmas from Dad
SNES - Bought new
N64 - Savers $10
Dreamcast - swapmeet, came with SFIII3rd and PS 1 & 2 for $40
NGCD - 1st one from Clubninja, 2nd, 3rd and 4th from a friend.
AES - Crackhead for $100, came with 6 games
NGPC - bought new from friends shop, most games from Mickey.
PS1 - bought new when price dropped to $149
PS2 - bought used but new for $40
PS3 - bought new for $499
Xbox - screw that I hate MS
Turbo Expresseseses - Swapmeet $3, same day another with TV tuner for $20 and next day 1 complete in box with 3 games for $40.
NES toploader - New from TRU for $20 in 95, should have bought them all if I knew they would fetch that much. @_@
Gameboy SP - free, found it on the PS2 demo unit in Blockbuster
Sega cd, genesis w/copier and saturn - bought from a guy who was gonna throw a bunch of stuff the stuff out because his brother moved out a long time ago. Took the big box home and found out the brother was an RPG freak, he had all the big titles from Sega CD & Saturn mint and complete with strategy guides.

[sega-trader]

Chronological order.

Gameboy (original big grey thing) - New - present from parents.
JVC X-Eye (genesis/sega cd) - New - Best Buy
Sega 32x - New - Toys 'R Us
Atari Jaguar - New - Tiger Direct mail order
Sega Saturn - Used - ebay
Sega Dreamcast - New - Best Buy at launch
Microsoft X-Box - New - Best Buy at launch
Neo Geo Pocket Color - New - Amazon.com
Nintendo DS - Used - here a few days ago

[starchildskiss78]

Let's see....(in chronological order):

NES (gift from brother to family during x-mas '90, current one received from gf's brother who didn't play it anymore)

Genesis (birthday? gift from mom around '92...wanted the Altered Beast model instead of the Sonic one! Second one bought used from Game Xchange [complete in box but played!] in 2003)

Super NES (traded my Genesis to a friend for it about a year after I got it, Second one bought in 2001 from Game Xchange)

Game Gear (Xmas present from brother in '93, Second (and third!) purchased from flea market (2nd) and Game Xchange (3rd) within the last year

Sony Playstation (purchased used from Babbages in '99, Second one (PS One) purchased new from...Game Stop(!) in 2002 after the original died.

Dreamcast (new from Sears employee catalog late '00 maybe early '01)

N64 (Pikachu Model) purchased new from Toys R Us Xmas '01

Game Boy Color (purchased from a flea market early '05)

Atari 2600 (purchased from a yard sale early '05)

Gamecube (bought used/refurb June '05 from EB Games...returned the 1st b/c it wasn't working out of the box, returned the second a couple months later because it wasn't reading discs, on third one)

Saturn (bought from Game Xchange in June '05)

Gameboy Advance SP (bought used/refurb from EB Games Aug '05)

That's all of them...had to jog my memory a bit on some of them!

----------------------100th Post!!!!!!!!!!!------------------

[starchildskiss78]

grrrrr double post

[Skyway_Recreation]

let see, hmm first thigns first
saturn model 2, got it back in late 1998 early 1999, b-day present from my mom, regret not spending an extra 20 for a playstation, but i love that saturn.
*Genesis 1i had two of em now only one, scored back in 1999
*atari 2600 and jR found them both in the trash wiht like 20 games,back in 1999 also
*sega cd mk 1., scored this by trading some FAKE marijuanan to a pot head friend of mine, it included a 32x and a genny 1 all MINT, looked liek it was outta the box for a min. this was 2000
*Dreamcast, scored it in 2001 rite b4 it died, my moms BF bought the smashpack collection one for me. i still use this DC today.
*Ps2. my friend dan basically gave this to me, i dunno how i got it from him, he just let me borrow it, then he bought another one, and he told me to keep it. this was late 2002
genesis mk2. found it in the trash with a controller plug and all! this was 2001
*gamecube, my moms BF got me this when it came out. still have it but don't play the thing, it sits in my closet.but i got geist, so it will come out to play after 2 years.
*gameboy(big grey brick), given to me by a friend, because it wouldn't work, turned out the batt terminals were all corroded, cleaned em and it played fine, back in 2002
Sega Saturn model 1, got it in a trade for a mac performa pile of crap computer. this si the saturn i game on to this day, this was 2001
*Gameboy advance, got it from my little sister, who got it from her dad, the GBA is now dead.also 2001
*Nintendo FamiCom.scored in 2004 for 40 bux with a high quality japanese black market 190in 1 cart this was last year
*Super nintendo. got this last year, and it didn't work, given to me by a friend, i got bored and tried to fix it this week, it pissed me off so i slammed it and it miraculously now works 8-)
*SegaMasterSystem, got this from the same friend that gave me the snes, the control he gave me with it was broken, and i haven't bothered to get oen since then, the RF doesn't work but AV works crystal
*FamicomDiskSystemX2 got them both off of ebay.one works great, the other is extremley crapped out and worn
*PCengine,got it from a cool dude in canada i know through ebay, sold it to me non working for 25 bux with a game(r-type I) and controller, when it got here,i worked the board over, found that the main fuse had blown so i replaced it , and now she works like a CHAMP, but the controller was damaged., some one did an AV mod to it in hongkong so that was a + :D
P.S if someone could help me out with my quest for the pcengine/turbo duo controller, PLAEASE PM ME OR EMAIL ME. i WILL pay some good money for it!

[ahamilton0953]

Sega Master System: Gift xmas of 88
Genesis: Original, as a gift in 90(I think) brother lost/stole/pawned it, bought 2nd one used at some used game place (not a chain) 2 yrs ago.
Game Gear: Xmas gift ( was brothers, confiscated) and also one from a friend.
SNES: used, Gift from wife
N64: First used one bought from a friend, had to give to brother after my wife broke his NES, wife bought me a new(used) one along with the SNES as a gift/apology
Cube: Brand new gift from wife (not guilt related)
PS: 1st one bought used from a friend for when I was recouping from shoulder surgery, died. 2nd used from Funcoland.
DC: Used from Ebay

Still need to get a Saturn, 32x , CD , NES, and some others LOL . Just don't feel like paying through the nose!

[jajaja]

NES - Dad bought it for the whole family for x-mas 1987 (think it was in 87)
PSX - Bought in store myself
PS2 - Bought in store myself
GBA - Bought in store myself.

All other systems like SNES, Neo Geo AES, Mega Drive, SMS etc have I bought on Ebay in 2004/2005.

[goatdan]

Cool thread!

Lets see here:

Atari 2600 - My dad bought it in late 1983 during the crash cheap to play Space Invaders. That was pretty much as far as his gaming career went, although he kicked ass with that game.
NES - I bought in about 1989 with money saved for months at a Baseball card show. Super-good deal with the system and five games -- Centipede, Super Mario 1, Duck Hunt, and two others I don't remember but still own. Got a great deal on it. (I was 8, it was a TON of money at the time at $50.00 I believe.)
SNES - 1995 (I think). Christmas gift as I really, really wanted Donkey Kong Country. Got the Mario set and Donkey Kong Country seperately. Was SORELY disappointed by Mario World. Still kinda am (sorry folks!)
Jaguar - 1996 from online. I had never thought it came out.
N64 - 1997 (?) from God-knows-where. Some sort of used place. Bought for Earthbound 64.
Neo Geo Pocket - Bought on the day before they got pulled, I forget when that was. I had wanted one all along and didn't have the money. I was worried that they would get very expensive after they got pulled, so I purchased one right away. Looking back, I way overpaid... but it was WAY worth it.
Dreamcast - My birthday in 2001, I think. It was when they were $99.99, and I got the Super Smash Pack version for $119.99 at Best Buy. I still have that exact console.
Xbox - early 2004. Had wanted one for a while. Bought the Halo version.
GameCube 1 - December 2004 with Mario Kart, large memory card and extra controller for $99.99.
GameBoy Advance - (player), mid 2005. Had ONE GameBoy Advance game at the time, didn't pick up more for a long time... and it wasn't a game you'd usually buy a system for - Extreme Ghostbusters.
Nintend DS - November 2005. Had four games for it before I bought it, and by the end of the week I bought it on, I had about 16. Quickest growing game library I've ever had.

[blissfulnoise]

1st of each type only:

-Atari 2600, Santa, Christmas 1981, gift

So we do have something in common! That was a milestone Christmas. My parents, through their generosity, screwed my wallet for life (and theirs until I was old enough to get a job).

[Kid Ice]

Good one, SlayerX

2600...I have 4 or 5 of them, a couple from yard sales, a couple from eBay deals where I was really just trying to get the carts

7800...picked up at a flea market when I first started collecting

Vectrex...electronics "trading post" when I first started collecting

Intellivision...father-in-law donated this and his boxed Intellivision games when he heard I was collecting

NES...bought the toaster for my wife for Christmas about 15 years ago. Bought the toploader at Kaybee about 10 years ago. Picked up a couple more toasters along the way.

Genesis...X-mas present from my wife...1993?

Super NES...no clue

3DO...bought an FZ-10 at Best Buy, traded a Game n Watch to DP for an FZ-1

Saturn...bought one at a WalMart on clearance, picked up another at a flea market

PSX...bought "refurbished" at Gamestop. Won a PSONE at one of DP's game nights. Just bought another PSX today to try out the link cable.

N64...bought the SWEP 1 set when it came out

DC...birthday present at launch

GC...birthday present at launch

PS2...bought at Circuit City when GTAVC came out

[VG_Maniac]

NES - got it for Christmas 1988.

Game Boy - got it for my birthday, 1991

SNES - got it for Christmas 1992

N64 - got it for Christmas 1996

Virtual Boy - bought it on clearance at Toys R' Us in early summer 1997. Sold my first one about a year after I bought it and another one off Ebay early this year.

Genesis - bought it from a friend in late 1998

Sega Saturn - bought it used from a local video game store in early 1999, sold it a few months later. Bought another one off ebay during the early part of summer 2004.

Playstation - bought it used from a local video game store in 1999. It broke down a few months later, and I got a new one that Christmas.

Game Boy Color - bought it new about a couple weeks before Thanksgiving 1999.

Game Boy Advance - bought it new in late summer 2001.

Playstation 2 - was given to me by my uncle Thanksgiving 2001.

Game Cube - got it for Christmas 2002.

Dreamcast - bought it used off ebay in late 2003.

Intellivision - bought it at a garage sale earlier this year for $5 with several complete games.

Atari 2600 - got it off ebay earlier this year.

Atari 7800 - got it off ebay earlier this year.

[dreamcaster]

First SNES - Bought it on September 9th 1995 for $209. All my own birthday and pocket money went into it's purchase. Came with Super Mario All-Stars and bonus controller. Sold it less than two years later.

Now for the stuff I still own:

Nintendo 64 - Bought from Southside Video Games (one of few privately owned game stores in my city that has since shut down) on August 30th 1997 for $189. Traded my SNES and 5 games for $150 value towards it.

Atari Lynx - Bought preowned at a Cash Converters for $40 back in November 1997.

Game Boy Color - Christmas present 1998.

Sega Game Gear - Grandfather found it in my cousin's rubbish bin, gave it to me and said: "here you work it".

Game Boy Advance - Birthday present (August 28th 2001).

Atari 2600 Jr. - Acquaintance at school and his friends were trying to smash a Pac-Man cart by dropping a concrete bench on top of it. It didn't break! I told that I'd have it, and he told me there was a console and games to go with it. Next day he brought it to school and gave it to me for free. About 2 years later, after we'd left school, I'd heard that he was trying to contact me because he wanted it back. Fortunately, the friends of mine that he contacted didn't give him my number or address. :D

Nintendo GameCube - Bought on the Australian May 17th 2002 launch day along with Wave Race, Star Wars, Mem Card and extra controller for like, $500 or something. Biggest mistake ever.

Second SNES - Found in complete (box/manual/sealed bags) in EB for $20. Yellowed, but in excellent condition.

NTSC Nintendo 64 - November 2002, bought it for $60 at Cash Converters. Included Majora's Mask (with holo label), Pokemon Stadium 2 (not for resale cart) and Banjo-Tooie.

First NES - $20 at Cashies in December 2002. Got Bionic Commando with it - UGH!

Sony PlayStation 2 - Bought for $395 in December 2002. Came with World Rally Championship.

First Sega Dreamcast - Bought for $120 at Cashies in January 2003. Kept randomly resetting. Turned out it was FULL of cigarette ash. Disassembled entirely and completed sanitised. Worked perfectly ever since. Bought Sega Rally 2 with it.

First Sega Saturn - $40 at Cashies in Feb 2003 (model 2). Bought Hi-Octane (awful) and Sega Rally (awesome) with it.

Sega Mega Drive II + Sega Mega CD II combo set - June 2003, $50 perfect condition, boxed (looked unused). Included Road Avenger.

Sega Master System II - July 2003, free off a family friend with 7 games.

Microsoft Xbox - Birthday present (Aug 28th 2003)

Second Sega Saturn - Mint, unused $25 at Cashies (Oct 2003)

Second SNES - came with Score Master Arcade Stick and HoneyBee Super Magic Converter all for $19 (Dec 2003).

Second Sega Dreamcast - Mint condition, bought as a spare for $100 from GameTraders in Dec 2003.

Sony PSone + LCD Combo - brand new from EB for $200 in December 2003

Sega Mega Drive - complete (box/manual/Sonic 1), $20at Cashies (Feb 2004)

First Sega 32X - No cables, $5, Good Samaritan Store (March 2004)

SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color - Brand new off Play-Asia for $110 shipped with 6 games (March 2004).

Second NES - Mint unused, $5 at Good Sammy's (April 2004)

Sega Master System - console only, $3 at Good Sammy's (Sept 2004)

Second Sega 32X - no AC adapter (had a spare anyway), everything else present (32X cable/converter cable/manual/box/metal things etc) for $35 shipped off eBay (Sept 2004)

Super Famicom - console only, $20 from Good Sammy's (Nov 2004)

Second Sega Game Gear - bought as a replacement from original GG which died. $75 off eBay. Then it broke pretty quickly but I cannabalised it for parts and got my old one working again. Probably one of my worst purchases however.

Amiga CD32 - Bought for $20 from sunday markets. Dead (Feb 2005).

Atari 7800 - $5 from Sunday Markets (April 2005)

Sega Mega Drive 2 (Asian Model) - $10 from Cash Generator store (June 2005)

Nintendo DS - birthday present (Aug 28th 2005)

I think about covers it all!

[Zilla]

Original Gameboy- christmas of 89 with Tetris- long since gone
Sega Genesis- summer 92- long since traded in for a.........
N-64- sometime in 97- traded in for a.......
PS1- sometime in 98
GBC- summer 98
Genesis (again)- fall 98 bought from a friend
SNES- 1st half 99 given to by a friend
Dreamcast- spring 2000 traded in for a ......................
PS2- sometime in 2002
Decided to never trade anything in again and get into collecting to facilitate gaming- beginning 2004
NES- 2004 ebay
SNES-2004 Gamestop
N64-2004 Gamestop
GBA SP-2004 Wal-Mart
Genesis-2004 Gamestop
Gamecube-2005 Target
SMS-2005 friend
Saturn-2005 ebay
Dreamcast-2005 flea market
TG-16-2005 friend
DS-2005 friend as a wedding present to me
PSOne-2005 Ebay
X Box- 2005 Halo Edition Present from wife

[diskoboy]

Odyssey 2 - Christmas present 1979. It was actually meant for my sister. Of course, It ended up being mine. My sister played it once the whole time we had it.
Atari 2600 - Christmas present 1981. This was mine. I had to have Pac-Man and Space Invaders..
Intellivision - I bought it off a friend for $50 after he got an NES in '88.
C-64 - Christmas 1983.
NES - The very first console I bought with my own hard earned money. I remember seeing an add in USA Today for them in 1986, and I had to have one. By the end of the summer, I saved the $80 for the console/SMB only set. I got it the Friday before I started 6th grade. Good times..
SMS - Christmas 1987
Genesis - Christmas 1989 (I spent all Xmas day playing Ghouls N' Ghosts.)
SNES - I bought in 1992, right before Street Fighter 2 came out.
JAG - Christmas 95. Regreted it 3 days later.
didn't buy any consoles until....
Dreamcast - Bought on 9/9/99 with a copy of Sonic Adventure and Soul Calibur. The DC got me back into gaming again. :D
Xbox - Febuary 2002.
Still waiting on my 360 (EDIT - got one on 3/1/06).

[Retsudo]

PS2- I bought a year ago at EBgames.com. Bought by a Girlfriend. My first one bought in April of 2001. I had to have it to play Tekken Tag.

Dreamcast- My nephew gave it to me. Along with 2 games

PS1- Bought it at Funcoland in 1997. Bought by me. My first one was bought in April of 96. I got a PS1 for Tekken.

Saturn- My nephew gave it to me. Along with 13 games.

NES- I bought in 1985. Dont remember where. Dont remember why I bought it.

Snes Mini- I bought it at a Pawnshop in 2002 for 30 bucks.
My first one I bought in 92 along with SF2.

Genny/ Sega CD- Bought from a customer at EBgames for 10 bucks. It also came with 9 complete games and 2 Genny carts. Including Snatcher.

Intellivision- My pops bought it for me in 1981. Actually its a Tandyvision from Radioshack.

[Flack]

Pong: Family gift, November 1977.
Odyssey II: Family gift, Xmas 1978.
Atari 2600: Family gift, Xmas 1979.
TRS-80 III: Family gift, Summer 1981.
Apple II: Family gift, Summer 1983.
Commodore 64: Birthday, Summer 1985.
NES: Bought from co-worker, 1990.
SNES: Bought from Best Buy, close out, 1994.
Atari 5200: Garage sale, CIB for $5, Summer 1994.
PSX: Birthday gift from dad, Summer 1996.
N64: Birthday gift from wife, Summer 1997.
Dreamcast: Xmas gift from wife, Xmas 2000
PS2: Camped out launch day, 2000.
GBA: Got to play while wife was in labor, Winter 2001.
GP32: Bought online, Summer 2002.
Genesis: 1st one, gift from friend, Fall 2002.
Intellivision: Bought via DP Forums, Winter 2002.
GCN: Bought for $79 on Black Friday, 2003.
Saturn: Thrift store, $10, Summer 2005.
Xbox: Bought from Omnedon, 2005.

[Julio III]

MegaDrive2 - think it was a birthday gift from parents, we drove down to Special Reserve to get it, also got a new bike that year so it was a good year :) . Got it with Sonic 3 and MegaGames1

Dreamcast - pre-ordered from EB in Enfield and went down after school to pick it up. Got Sonic Adventure and TrickStyle with it, as well as a VMU and a vibration pack

Neo Geo Pocket Color - hmm, got it in Enfield, probably EB or maybe Dixons, shopped about for a nice anthracite one and got King of Fighters R2 and Puzzle Bobble Mini with it

DS - got it on my birthday this year, mum paid for it as she hadn't got me a present. Got WarioWare, Project Rub and KuruKuru Kururin with it

Master System 2 - boot sale this summer, wanted to sell it like i did with a SNES i got from the same boot sale

Saturn - boot sale this summer, only £6.

and thats the end of my small collection of things, as you can see, I kindof got back into gaming this year

[slip81]

32x - Christmas Gift
GBA SP - Birthday Gift

Atari 2600, NES, SMS, GB, GBC, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, PSX, Saturn, Dreamcast, GBA, PS2, GCN, Xbox - all brought with my own money from either TRU, Ebay, or a small local store that went out of business a few years ago.

[Slate]

Nothing like bringing back a topic that is off the first page.

These systems are in the order i got them in, mostly.


2002:

GBA - Birthday Gift


2003:

N64 - Bought from EB Used

PS1 - Bought from Walmart new

Dreamcast - Bought from EB Used

Gamecube (Platinum) - Birthday Gift

Atari 2600 (6 Switch and 4 Switch) - Dad bought these for $5 from a yard sale

Genesis - Bought on ebay

Odyssey 2 - Bought from Salvation Army

Xbox - Christmas Gift


Atari Lynx - I do not know when i got this, but it was late in the year.


2004:


NES - Bought in a load for $20

Atari 400 (Does this even count as a game system?) - Same as above (Bought in a load)

Atari 7800 - Same as above (Bought in a load)

SNES - Bought from goodwill

Sega Pico - Bought at a flea market

Sega Master System - Bought at a flea market

Sega Game gear - Bought at a yard sale (This one does not work, i bought another one off ebay later)

PS2 - Birthday Gift

Nintendo DS - Christmas Gift

Sega CD - Christmas Gift


2005:


Intellivision - Bought from goodwill

Sega Saturn - Bought at a flea market

Virtual Boy - Bought on ebay

PSP - Christmas gift


Colecovision (Not sure when i bought this)


2006:

So far, nothing, Unless you count my Rally X Arcade cab as a system.


BUT, here are some systems i am planning to get this year - I have not got them yet!

Xbox 360 (Planning for my B-Day)

Nintendo Wii (Planning for Christmas)


Also, i am thinking of buying these systems:

Atari Lynx (I can't get my first one to work)

3DO

CDi

Jaguar

Jaguar CD

Turbografx-16

Turbografx-16 (CD) (Considering i want the TG16 stuff i may just buy a turbo duo)

This entire list does not list some items, like different models of the genesis, or my second console of it's own type, And so on.

[namzep]

Atari 2600 (don't have it any more) - got sometime in 1984 from an uncle who no longer used it.

NES - got for Christmas '88

Gameboy - bought with birthday money in 1992

SNES - Christmas '93

Genesis - picked up on ebay (December 2004)

N64 - bought with money from first job (1996)

PSX - bought with money from first job (1996)

GBA SP - gift to self due to a really shitty year (June 2005)

[B - Mark]

Atari 2600 ( I don´t have anymore ): Present from my parents in 1985.
When i won my Atari isn´t a special date for exemple Birthday, Children´s Day or Christmas.

Nintendo Game & Watch - Oil Panic: Gift from my aunt in 1988 during her travel to USA in the same year.

Master System: Present from my parents in the Christmas 1989. Same year of the Master System´s release in my country.

Genesis: Birthday present from my aunt in 1992.
She brought for me during for her travel to USA in the same year.

[cyberfluxor]

2001:
Nintendo 64, Gamestop (used)

2002:
Genesis, Gamestop (used)
Super Nintendo, Gamestop (used)
Nintendo Entertainment System, Gamestop (used)
Dreamcast, Gamestop (used)
PSone, Xmas present (2nd hand used [exgf])

2003:
Gamecube, Best Buy (new)
32X, Cool Stuff (used)

2004:
Atari2600, Ebay (used)
Saturn, Cool Stuff (used)
Original Gameboy, Cash Converters (used)
2 Dreamcasts, Cash Converters (used)

2005:
Yellow Gameboy Color, Video Game Heaven (used)
Sega Master System, Brother gave it back to me (Purchased '90 new by dad)

2006:
Gamegear #2, Replays (used)
Will most likely buy a new Wii & DS


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I guess '02 was my busiest year getting game systems. Since then it's become more concentration of getting games for those systems. I plan on continuing to get older consules as they become available at the pawn shops and thrift stores, but til then I may start buying some new game consules and get a few games (All new to support current makers).

Back in late 2004 Cash Converters thought Dreamcasts prices crashed so they sold them for $10 each so got 2 extras incase one breaks down in the future.

[jboypacman]

pong-family owned system was there as long as i could remember

1st atari 2600-gift from my aunt and uncle

nes-gift from my grandparents

sega genesis-gift from my grandfather

turbographics-16-first system i purchase myself

snes-second system i purchased myself

saturn-bought on clearance at local store when the saturn was no longer in production

n64-gift from aunt and uncle

dreamcast-gift from aunt and uncle

ps1-bought myself

ps2-bought myself

gamecube-bought myself

1st neo pocket-bought myself

2nd neo pocket-gift from aunt and uncle

gba-bought myself

ds-bought myself

game.com-found at aunt and uncles house

2nd atari 2600-bought along with 20 games from a friend

colecovision-gift from friend

[tom]

Atari VCS 2600...bought myself in 1984
Atari VCS 2600 Jr small rainbow...traded VCS for VCS Jr. in 1985
Atari XE w/FDD...bought myself in 1985
C-64 w/FDD...bought myself in 1986
some 086 PC took home from work at weekends..1987
C-128...bought myself in 1988
Commodore Amiga...bought myself in 1989
NES...bought myself in 1990, traded later for VCR
Coleco & Adam...bought off workcollegue in 1990, ebayed it in 2004
Atari Lynx...bought myself in 1991
Atari Portfolio...bought myself in 1991
Sega MegaDrive...bought myself in 1991
Olivetti 286 PC...bought myself in 1991
Apple ][...bought myself in 1992
HP Vectra 386 PC...bought in 1993 (gave 286 in exchange)
Sega Mastersystem...bought myself in 1992
Atari 7800...bought myself in 1993
Game Boy...bought second hand in 1994
Nintendo SNES...bought second hand, can't remember date
Atari 5200...from Russ Perry in trade for Amstrad GX 4000 in 1994
Atari Jaguar...bought myself at release (can't remember date)
Sega Game Gear...bought second hand from Computer exchange in 1995
Sony PSX...bought myself, traded SNES and many games, in Feb 1996
Apple Mac...fleamarket in 1996...trashed
HP 486 PC... from a second hand shop 1996...later sold
Toshiba Laptop Pentium ...from work collegue in 1997
Two IBM ThinkPads 760ED Pentium 133 MHz...found outside near some rubbish bins (true) in 1997
Amiga CD32 bought of work friend in 1997
Sega Saturn...secondhand, can't remember date
Atari 1040ST...gift from friend
Sharp MZ 731...gift from a friend
Amiga 500 plus...second hand from work friend in 1997
Amiga 1200 and 600...second hand off wife's work collegue in 1998
Nintendo Virtual Boy...gift from Dominick Roman in 1998
Tiger game.com...bought myself on release (1998?)
Turbo Express...second hand CEX London, 1998(ish)
Nintendo GB pocket...second hand...can't remember date
Gamate...second hand CEX London 1998
Sega TeraDrive...from Sega offices via Computer shop in 1998
Panasonic 3DO...second hand from Computer exchange in 1998
Sega Nomad...second hand from CEX London, 1998
Sega Multimega...second hand in 1998
Neo Geo pocket from Video Game Centre, can't remember date
PC Pentium II 333 MHz in 1999...Computershop...later sold
microvision...ebay 1999
Epson PX8...ebay 1999
Sony Data Discman...ebay 1999
Magnavox Odyssey...Andrew Davie's, from ebay 1999
NES ROB pack...bought second hand in 2000...ebayed in 2003
Handspring Visor...ebay 2000
PC Pentium III AMD 999 MHz in 2001...Computershop...later sold
Nintendo Game Cube...bought myself on release day with inflatable Nintendo chair
Sega DC...second hand in 2002
Neo Geo Pocket Color...bought new in shop, can't remember date
N64 Pikachu edition...bought at Game for GBP29.99 new
WonderSwan FFII box...bought myself at Video Game Centre in 2002
Cybiko...ebay in 2002
3DO Blaster...ebay 2003
Amstrad MegaPC...ebay 2003
Atari MegaST...ebay 2003...later trashed
Philips CDi...second hand shop in 2003
Apple iMac...ebay 2003
Pokemon Mini...Woolworth in 2003
Pentium IV...Computer mail order...2004
GB Color, GBA...2004
GBA SP...second hand in 2005

[Damaramu]

Well let's see:

JVC X'Eye- Purchased as part of a lot on Ebay

Pioneer Laseractive- Purchased from DP member methuselah.

Atari 5200- Bought it as part of a lot; included 26 games and 4 controllers.

Sega Nomad- Bought for $50 off a guy I know from work.

NES Toploader- Got this at an EB in Austin circa '97 for $.99, boxed. No system instructions.

Saturn (model 1)- Picked this up at the videogame shop I worked at in Austin, around '96.

Saturn (model 2)- Bought from the same videogame shop, in '98 I think.

Saturn (model 2 #2)- Co-worker gave this to me, last year I believe. Was complete with a stack of loose games, a 3d analog pad, a couple of controllers and a 3rd party lightgun.

Dreamcast #1- I got this Best Buy when they're were being clearanced out....about 2001, IIRC.

Dreamcast #2- Old roommate gave this to me before he left for California.

SNES- Bought this from my current job, for $29.

Genesis (model 1)- Picked this up for $5.99 at Goodwill 2 years ago with no hook-ups. It did come with 2 6-button Sega brand controllers. I still haven't tested it out.

Genesis (model 2)- Picked this up at my current job, around the same time as the SNES. $10 bucks I think?

Genesis (model 3)- I believe I got this at Goodwill a couple of years ago. About $5 or so.

PS2 #1- Got this refurbed at Gamestop in 2002.

PS2 #2- Remember friend who moved to Cali? Yeah, sold it to me for $20.

GBA #1- My wife bought this for me for Christmas '02, IIRC.

GBA #2- Bought this used for about $40 for the wifey.

GBA SP2- Picked this up last Christmas. A little present for myself.

PSone- Bought brand new from Wally World, circa 2000.

[videogameking26]

Nintendo- X-mas Present from parents when I was 7
Super Nintendo- Ebay
Nintendo 64- present from friend
Sega Genesis- B-Day present from parents when I was 16
Sega CD- flea market
Sega Saturn- Ebay
Sega Dreamcast- present from friend
Turbo Duo- present from friend
Playstation- bought from step brother
Playstation 2- Circuit City
GameCube- Walmart
Gameboy Advance SP- bought off co-worker
Nintendo DS- launch
PSP- birthday present from girlfriend last year
Xbox- GameStop
Xbox 360- won off the Every10minute contest from Mountain Dew

[mario2butts]

Ooh, fun!!

NES: Birthday 1994 with a box o' games(Hand-me-down from cousin who got an SNES)
Game Boy: Christmas 1996 New with Tetris (I got the brick right as pocket came out, ahh parental ignorance...)
Atari 7800: Thrift Store find 1997, forgot price (my first find in the wild!)
Game Gear: Pawn Shop 1997, $50 with Sonic 2 (bad deal but I was a dumb 11 year old)
Super NES: December 19th 1997, $60 with Mario World and Mario Kart (bought from cousin when he got an N64)
Nintendo 64: Birthday 1998 New with Star Fox 64
Genesis: Fall 1998 with Sonic 1-3 and Gunstar Heroes, used from FuncoLand for a total of about $50
Saturn: Early 1999, $40 used from FuncoLand
Playstation: Birthday 1999 New with Castlevania: SOTN

Somewhere between 1999-2001 I went nutz and bought a bunch of consoles all at once, including:
3DO: $50 used at flea market with a few games
Sega CD, Master System, Intellivision: $9,forget,$15 at another flea market all on the same day
Game Boy Pocket: $10 at a yard sale
Neo Geo Pocket Color: New for Birthday with Sonic
Colecovision: got from friend for giving him a spare SNES I found at a yard sale for $7
Odyssey 2: Birthday, parents found at flea market
Atari 5200: $50 at yard sale with a bunch o' games and boxed trak ball
32X: $30 at flea market boxed with Doom and Star Wars arcade

GBA: Birthday 2001, new at launch with SMB Advance, F Zero, and Fire Pro Wrestling
Dreamcast: Winter 2001 New with Sonic Adventure and NFL2K for $160 from JCPenny (right before Sega defaulted, burn)
GameCube: Christmas 2002 New with SSB Melee
TurboDuo: Fall 2004 from ebay, $275 with lots o'games
Playstation 2: Early 2005 Used with mem card and three games for $115 (from some jackass at my college who dropped out after I paid him and never gave me the goods, had to track him down at his house to get it. Got it, but was covered in cat pee and hair. Replaced case. Works with occasional load problems)
Xbox: Summer 2005 Used with 4 controllers Halo 2 and Wrestlemania 21, $100 (from a friend, sigh of releif after PS2 fiasco)
GBA SP2: Fall 2005, $60 used from Gamescape (store near my college)

[jcalder8]

Have owned:

Intellivision: My dad owned it when I was born
SNES: I bought it used
Sega Genesis: Got it as a gift from a family friend who used to work at EA
N64: I bought it used
PSone: I bought it used

Own:

NES: My parents bought this for my brother and I for getting good grades, I think
Dreamcast: Bought and traded in some N64 games to get it new
Xbox: I bought it new
Intellivision: I bought it used at a second hand store

[Aswald]

Odyssey 200: Christmas gift.

Atari VCS: Christmas gift.

ColecoVision: Varied over the years. Mostly garage sales.

Atari 7800: Purchased it myself. Would not have done so, if Joust for the CV had been completed and released back in 1983.

Atari 5200: Garage sale (village-wide). Only One I've ever seen so far.

Genesis: Given to me if I could get it to work properly. Did, but I returned it; the 16-Bit era does not appeal to me.

NES: Garage sale. Took some effort, but it works...o.k.

Gameboy Color: Second-hand store, for $4.00. Have yet to find a really GOOD game for it.

[DigitalSpace]

NES - The first one was an action set (with SMB/Duck Hunt, 2 controllers, and a Zapper) given to me as a birthday present in 1989. I remember that my mom bought it at the Montgomery Ward at Mall 205. It was sold in the mid 90s with all the games I owned at the time.
My current NES, also a toaster, was given to me last November by a friend as a late birthday gift.

Genesis - I bought a Sega Genesis 2 in April 2004 from fellow DP'er y-bot along with 2 6-button controllers, Sonic The Hedgehog, Golden Axe II, Monopoly, and Altered Beast for around $20 or so. y-bot lives in the Portland area and I bought everything in person. To this day, he's the only DP'er I've met in person, and he's a pretty cool guy.

Super NES - I got it for my 11'th birthday in 1993, brand new and bundled with Super Mario World and 2 controllers. I believe she got it at a Fred Meyer. I still own it, and it hasn't yellowed! :)

Nintendo 64 - Bought this from a friend of mine in early 2004 along with several games, including Goldeneye, Pokemon Stadium and a handful of wrestling titles. The wrestling games got traded off later, since I had no interest in any of them.

PlayStation 2 - For my birthday in 2000, my dad gave me a $400 Toys R' Us gift card to purchase a PS2 when it launched, along with some games. However, I never got around to preordering the console at TRU and missed out on getting it at launch. In early 2001, I heard that PS2's were back in stock, and so my mom and I headed out to the Clackamas TRU and got one, along with Crazy Taxi, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Simpsons Wrestling, and Final Fantasy 8 for the PlayStation.

Gamecube - I bought a Jet Black console with one controller in February 2004 for $70 used at a CD/Game Exchange. I also bought a copy of the Zelda Collector's Edition for $20 used at a GameStop the same day.

Game Boy Advance My first GBA was silver and purchased at a CD/Game Exchange in the summer of 2004 for $35, along with R-Type DX for the GBC for $6. In early 2005, I sold it and got a new GBA SP for $79.99 at a Best Buy.

[smokehouse]

NES- 1997 Friend $35
SNES- 1992 Bought new $150
N64- 2000 eBay $40
Game Cube- B-Day gift $FREE
Super Famicom- eBay $50
Famicom- eBay $75
NES “Top Load”- Pawn shop $20
SNES “redesign- Pawn shop $20
2600- Friend $30 (with 50 games!)
7200- Game store $15! (with 15 games)
Master System- eBay $30
Genesis/Sega CD original- Co-worker $35
”Consolized” Neo Geo MVS- Internet store $375
Region modded Duo R- Internet store $220
Playstation- Bought new $249
PS ONE-w-LCD- Bought new $70

GBC- Christmas gift
GBA- Bought new $99
GBA SP- B-Day gift
GBA SP+- Christmas gift
Lynx- Co-worker $30
GameGear- Pawn shop $20

And finally, gone but not forgotten:
3DO- Pawn shop $75 (with 20 games)
Laseractive- eBay $100
Jaguar- Bought new-w-4 games $50 (should have kept that one)
Dreamcast- Bought new $99
Genesis 2- Used $20
Genesis 3- Bought new $20

[PapaStu]

An excelent thread that I some how missed for quite a few months.

Atari2600: (Heavy Sixer) It was in the house already when I was born in 1980.
Atari 7800: Replaced the dead 2600 sometime around 1986 i'd venture to guess.
NES: Birthday present in 87..88?? from my Grandpa.
GameGear: Xmas present sometime in the early 90's.
Sega Genesis: High School Promotion present in spring of 94.
N64: Either birthday or Xmas present somewhere around 96
PlayStation: Xmas present from an Ex-Girlfriend and her mom in 99. I got it, FF VIII and Bio Freaks...
PS2: Got it just after it became easier to get, so April 01.
NGPC: Just before the launch of the GBA, instead of the GBA because I decided I didn't want a GBA.
GBA: Got at launch, because i'm crazy.
GB Color: Bought it complete boxed off my manager for 20 bucks just after I got my GBA.
GameCube: Got it on Launch in Nov 01.
XBox: Bought numerous ones at launch and sold them off, got mine Jan 02.
GBAsp: Got it 2 days after Launch, returned the next day and then got a new one due to a dead D-pad.
3DO: Got it from a friend who got it for 2 bucks in summer 02.
Atari Jaguar: A different friend gave it to me just after I got the 3DO.
Dreamcast: Spring 04 just before my Indy game shop closed its doors for good.
PlayStation Debugger: I got my first one in Summer 04 at CGE thanks to DarthVader.
**Toss in a few more PlayStation Debuggers and a Neo Geo AES that i've been babysitting since CGE.**
Nintendo DS: Got it at launch.
Sony PSP: 1 Year anniversary Present, in April 06.

That should be about it... not counting the DC, Cube, PS2, GBA, and DS's that ive given to friends as presents and such and the various NGPC's and DC's that I've gotten in lots for specific games, that were sold off as fast as possible.