Your Video Gaming Lineage

[digitalpress]

Tell me your PERSONAL timeline with regards to what game system got the MOST use (don't list them ALL), from your very first owned console to the present. Be as detailed or brief as you like. Don't worry too much about the dates, either - you can just call it "the 80's" or "my high school years", etc.

If you feel the need to use dates, feel free to use our timeline:
http://www.digitpress.com/archives/timeline.htm

Here's mine, to help you get started.

1972: Odyssey
1978: Atari 2600
1980: Atari 2600 and Intellivision
1982: ColecoVision
1984: Commodore 64
1987: Nintendo NES (yes, a latecomer)
1989: Genesis and TurboGrafx
1993: 3DO
1995: Saturn, then PlayStation
1999: Dreamcast
2001: PlayStation 2
2002: Dreamcast

[hydr0x]

1987-1990 Atari VCS 2600 (remember i was born 1983 )
1990-1991 PC
1991-1994 NES
1994-1999 PC
1999-2000 SNES (don't say a fuckin word )
2001-2002 Dreamcast
2003 Gamecube

[RetroYoungen]

Mine's a little short, since I haven't been around I don't have a lot to tell like some guys might.

Age 2 (1986): Got an NES for Christmas (well, my sister did, but she let me play it anytime I wanted, so it was sort of mine).

Ages 6-10 (roughly): Addicted to Super Mario Bros. 3.

Age 8: First (and only) perfect report card; Dad buys me Game Boy and Super Mario Land: 6 Golden Coins. Still have it, still play it (even though I've beaten it however many times).

Age 12: First mag subscriptions - GamePro and Nintendo Power (yup, the two most biased mags were my first foray into gaming journalism).

Age 13: First started collecting games with leftover lunch money and allowance cash. Collected primarily NES games. Also, I think this was the first year I bought myself a console: my second SNES.

Age 14: Broke 100 games, happy as a little Japanese schoolgirl at her favorite bands' concert.

Age 16: Broke 10 consoles (I think).

Age 19 (today): broke 500 games, over 16 consoles, and started college where I most of the time am playing emulated games on my PocketPC (but it LOOKS like I'm working... ).

That's all I can remember.

[Darth Sensei]

1978 Atari 2600
1980 Intellivision
??? TRS-80 Coco and Model 3
1981 Microvision
1984 Commodore 64
1985 PC
1986 NES
1989 Genesis & later CD
1994 Playstation
1997 Game.com (just kidding)
2002 PS2

This is to the best of my recollection. I've been playing PC games ever since 1985.

[Sniderman]

1970's Coleco Telstar with Target/Shooting Gallery

Late 70's Atari 2600, which I stuck with for a loooong time.

Mid 1980's Commodore 64. I never owned an NES, as I had this powerhouse.

Early 90's Sega Genesis/CD/32X

Mid 90s - PSX

Now - PS2

[IntvGene]

Early 80's Atari 2600
Mid 80's Atari 8bit
Late 80's NES
Early 90's SNES
Mid 90's Saturn
Late 90's DC

Of course, these are just approximations... my #2 system would be Intellivision for all those years of course. I didn't own one until early 90's though...

[hezeuschrist]

1986-1991: NES
1992-1997: SNES
1997-2000: Playstation
2000-2002: PS2
2003: Gamecube/PS2. They both really get equal play.

Somewhere in there I was addicted to Dreamcast for about 2 months, but it didn't last long

[rolenta]

1972: Odyssey
1979-Present: Atari 2600
1983: Atari 800
1983: Intellivision II
1986: Atari 7800
1989: Sega Master System
1999: Dreamcast
2001-Present: PlayStation 2
2002-Present: Gamecube

[Oobgarm]

1981-84: Atari 2600 (I was only 3 the first time I played it)
1985-91: NES
1989-93: Game Boy
1991-96: SNES
1996-97: N64
1997-2000: PSX
1999-2002: Dreamcast
2000-Present: PS2
2001-Present: Xbox/Gamecube/GBA

1998: Picked up Game Gear, Genesis, Saturn, and TG16 since I missed out on them back in the day.

While I still play a small spattering of all consoles now, my PS2 sees the most use.

[jaydubnb]

Early 80s- Atari 2600. I pretty much liked everything I'd played on it an it was this system that got me hooked into gaming. However, the vast majority of games that I used to love as a kid, now suck hard.

Late 80s- NES. Classic system. 'Nuff said.

89/90- TG16. Bought it on launch. Still play it and its PCE imports heavily.

Early 90s - SNES. Still play it often, though I come back to it less and less over the years,

Late 90s: PS. Castlevania : SotN and Metal Gear Solid = only games I care about for the system.

2000 - DC. Oh, how I love thee...

2001 - PC Engine Duo R. My TG16 love made me go to the source

Late 2001 - NGPC became my favorite handheld.

Early 2002 - PS2. *yawn*

Early 2002- Genesis. Yeah, I know, about 10 years late. Worth the wait just to play Gunstar Heroes

Late 2002 - NEO*GEO - Booya! This puppy is always in the heavy rotation.

coming soon: Game Cube. Viewtiful Joe owns me.

[NE146]

The MAJOR times spent were.

1. Coleco Telstar Colotron
2. Sears VCS
(intersperse Colecovision and Vectrex here.. both borrowed.. and of course Arcade games)
3. Handelds of all types. Usually Jap ones.
4. Atari 5200.
<long pause while the crash happens and I go to High School>

5. NES / SMS
6. TG-16/Genesis/SNES

By that point I have my own money so it's pretty much every major system since then except the 3DO and Neo Geo.

[Scoots]

1981 or so: Atari 2600
1984: Colecovision
1986-1990: NES and PC
1990-1995: Girls
1995: N64
2001-2003: Odyssey2, Intellivision, Vectrex, Genesis, PS2, etc etc etc

The NES was the only system I really cared about as a kid. I bought it with money I won in an art contest and I loved that thing. It's still my favorite system though I don't play it as often as I did then. I only really got into "collecting" in a serious way in the last few years, before that I'd acquire some NES carts casually, but nothing systematic.

[Ed Oscuro]

Age 19 (today): broke 500 games, over 16 consoles...

Broke? Do you mean "beat" or "won" ? That's more games than I currently own, of any type, PC or console, freeware or otherwise. Damn. Probably more than I've ever owned too.

My lineage:

Born at the tail end of the year when the Nintendo Famicom was released (the 29th of the last month of that year)

Saw my first game...dunno when. NES I believe, sometime earlier than 1993 and possibly as early as 1990. Possibly.

Spent most of this time reading books and doing other more scholarly activities, fun :D

Saw my first Street Fighter 2 (-esque game) owned by same friend, at this time living in a different house. I immediately took a liking to Chun Li :) We're still considerably earlier than 1994, though.

In 1996-97 or so I started getting some FPS titles for my PC, started with the DOOM trillogy box, moved on, was still in this mode.

By 1998 I had become current, had a Nintendo 64, a PlayStation that I believe was bought in 1997 with my own money (still have had few games for it), and had become up-to-date in the PC games world with Half-Life. Never cared so much for the shooting, I usually used cheats in Half-Life and other FPSes when possible and became somewhat well acquainted with the Half-Life console (still not much better :D) I was a big fan of Heretic (by Raven) and Rise of the Triad (shareware only until 2001-2002, when I actually bought a copy and realized the full game sort of sucks). I also bought the AD&D Silver Edition set, with the big book and small quake-esque paper binder with three discs. Got to like Pool of Radiance quite a bit and struggled to give myself better weapons by hacking the files...without use of a hex editor. Oops! I also got to play some of the other games on that disc; unfortunately I don't know where the disc is anymore (same for many of my older game discs) and only have copies of a few of the titles on that CD.

1999: Bought Quake 3 band new at full price for Christmas, was disappointed at the game's structure. Started a trend whereby I'd buy a game and my brother would play it more; sometimes the opposite has been true.

1999-2001: Sort of hazy. Found AYB a bit too late, started my forum carrer by thinking it would be cool to be the last poster in each forum of GameSpy forums all at once, which I accomplished, posted, and later realized wasn't too cool.

2001: Lots of asshattery at GameSpy Forums. Lots of people coming, some going in disgust.

2002: Solid year of game buying, paid too much money for some stuff, but generally it was a good year learning.

2003: Started off with considerably less knowledge than I have now. Now things are looking much better, and I feel that I've evolved considerably past my roots.

[YoshiM]

1979/1980: Coleco Telstar Arcade
1982/1983: Atari VCS (won at a K-Mart Moonlight Madness event)
1985: TRS-80 Color Computer 2
Latter 1985/1986: TI 99 4/A
Latter 1986/1987: Atari 2600
1987: NES
1989/1990: Genesis
1993: IBM PC (moved from my 8088 to a 486 SX 25)
1996: N64
1999: Dreamcast
Latter 1999: N64
2001: Gamecube
Late 2002 to current: Xbox, but DC gets equal love as well.

[Raccoon Lad]

I don't remember the years, but it goes something like this:
2600
Nes
Genesis
SMS
Sega CD
SMS
32X
SMS
PSX
SMS
Dreamcast
SMS

gotta go back to what's best

[Half Japanese]

1989: NES
1990: Game Boy
1993: Sega Genesis
1998: Playstation
1998: Game Boy Color
1999: N64
2000: Dreamcast
2001: Neo Geo Pocket Color
2001: Playstation 2
2002: Gamecube
2002: Xbox
2003: Game Boy Advance

I didn't play very many games in the early 90s because I couldn't afford them (I was young), but I rented a good bit. I picked up in the last 5 years as you can see . I'd say I've spent the most time with the Dreamcast (ungodly amounts of time with Unreal Tournament and PSO online). Probably my favorites out of the bunch are the Xbox, DC and the NGPC.

[Sylentwulf]

1982?-1984? - Colecovision
1985 - 1989? - NES
1989?-1994? - SNES
1994?-2000 - Playstation
2000-2003 - Playstation 2

One system at a time for me I played a few atari games (I know blasphemy) but I don't think I ever owned one, I got a coleco when I was 5, NES when it came out, SNES, then PS1.... In Fact, the gamecube and PS2 are the only 2 current gen consoles I've ever owned at the same time.

[can_dude]

1986 - 2600
1989 - NES
1990 - SNES
1993 - PC
1995 - N64/PSX
2000 - PS2
2001 - PS2/XB/GC

[Zubiac666]

19?? (I think it was 83-84) Texas Instruments PC-Console thingy
1986 Famicom+Famicom Disk System
1986-1992/1999-2003 NES
1992-2003 SNES
1996-2003 N64
2002-2003 Gamecube

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

1974/75-80 - Sears Pong Sports IV
1980-present - Odyssey2
1981-present - Apple II
1982-present - Atari 2600
1988-present - PC (if that counts)
1989-present - Game Boy
1998-present - Colecovision, Intellivision
1999-present - Atari 7800, Playstation 1
2001-present - Atari 5200
2002-present - NES (how's that for a latecomer?)
2003-present - Atari 8-bit, Aquarius, TI 99/4A, Magnavox Odyssey, Odyssey 100-4000 consoles, coin-ops

I'm hoping to add a GameCube to my 2003 list, God and/or Santa Claus willing, with a GBA SP to follow in 2004.