Your First Game Console

[vision89]

The Atari 2600, though this was actually in 85-86, and I was either four or five. I had a friend that lived down the road, Rodney, who had one also. We'd easily fill an entire day playing the 2600, those were some good times. To us it didn't matter what year it was, we had no idea there was ever a video game crash. We were just two kids playing a great video game system, and to us it was just as alive as it had ever been.

[The Manimal]

First system was "inherited" VCS (in the form of Sears Tele-Games). Second system was a brand new NES w/SMB-DH in 1989.

I would then go on to buy a Game Boy in 1996 or so, a SNES in 1997 or so, a Genesis in 1998 or so, and that was it until last year or the year before...(since then: Dreamcast, PS1, Gamecube, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear).

[The Insomniac]

First system (well, kinda) was the Commodore Vic-20, first system I owned was Genesis.

[Gzilla23]

My first system was a Sega Genesis. I really wanted a NES but I have to say Sonic helped change my mind back then. Now I can Happily say I have both

[Savedman]

My parents bought my brothers and I our first system when I was about 10. It was PONG and it had just come out!!!!

[Professor Hector]

My first system was a 2600, which my parents bought when I was around three years old. The first system I really cared about though was my NES, which I received a couple years later for my fifth birthday.

[KirbyStar27]

SNES *sniffle

SO MANY MEMORIES

[Viper]

Good old NES. I was one happy 5 year old playing Duck Hunt

[ECWSandmanECW]

Sega Genesis

[Kamisama]

Sometime i got an SNES, until that i only played around with some 286 IBM-PC and the NES/SMS of a friend of mine The first handheld system was btw, a Gameboy, bought on 3.Dec.1991 !

[MonkeyWizard]

Wel, It kind of depends how you count it.

The Atari 2600 might qualify, but it belonged to my entire family, not just me.

The NES also might qualify, but it was given to me as a present, so I didn't buy it with my own money.

If neither of those count, then it was probably the SNES.

[Eternal Tune]

Christmas '92 my parents bought both my sister and me Super Nintendos, as gifts. I remember getting my ass handed to me by her all the time in various game, now she won't go near the stuff.

[PentiumMMX]

First System: Nintendo 64

I also have an NES, Game Boy Pocket, and Game Boy Color, too!

(I now want a PS2!)

[Milk]

I have vague, early childhood memories of a generic mid-80's console in my house. I think it had Frogger and Pacman, and I have no idea what happened to it. The first system I was old enough to play was an NES. It must have been 1989 or 1990, since I was 6 when we got it. It came with Mario\Duckhunt and Snoopy Olympics, then a little later my father bought around 20 games at a garage sale. I can only remember a few of them...Double Dragon II, SMB 2, Robocop...the rest are just a blur.

[Simply Dave]

Very early on it was one of those home Pong systems but our first real system was the Atari 2600.

[michael_lynx]

Mine is an Atari. I don't know what number goes with it like 2600, but I do remember getting it barely. My aunt gave it to me. I think that was when i got hooked on video games and became too lazy to do my school work....<sigh>, but I'm fought my laziness and have won a long battle.

[Sibs]

My first console was the NES. Got it when I was 6(13 years ago) for Christmas. The NES is still one of my favorite consoles.

[Nez]

Ahhh my old Nes. As I look fondly at its sharp edges and now dull ensignia (damn cleaning solution) I remeber the times my cousins would come over. First thing we woul do is play some games, Shooting ducks (duck hunt) or kicking eachother with a giant boot (battle toads) we all had such a great time. ohhh the memories. Think I got it in the late 80s 87 88 89 some were in there.

[PapaStu]

Coulda sworn I posted in here before, (I looked, I didnt) oh well......

First system I can remember playing was my parents 6 switch 2600. It was eventually "given" to me (it was old and was in the throws of dying) when they replaced it with a 7800 (I think). The first system that I truly called my own was my NES that I got when I was 7 or 8 (87/88)

[lionforce]

The first system that I ever owned was the Grandstand Adman 2000 which was a Pong Console (It only played Pong) and this console was given to me by my great aunt, I'll never forget that console, black and white colors only and endless games of Pong. I remember playing this thing at 7 years old and thinking "wow the TV is alive"