First system you bought with your own money.

[devilman]

Hmm, first system I bought with my own cash was a Mega Drive but that was pre-owned. First new system would've been a PS1 from my local Game shop. If I remember rightly, there was a discount on up to three games bought with it so I came out with FF7, Die Hard Trilogy & International Track & Field - the first two keeping me entertained for hours.

[cyberfluxor]

To not include pre-owned consules is harsh. Because I've only become a descrete gamer for almost 3yrs now the only NEW system I got was a Gamecube bought with giftcards from Christmas. Other than that, I've bought all my current used systems except PS1 (Was a gift from an ex while we dated) and an N64 (Grandma saw I was in need of a game system). The first system I actually paid for myself though was a used Genesis which I bought with Columns as well. That's what started my whole collection. *tears*

[sabre2922]

PSX within the first week of its US launch

a friend of mine still has my original launch Playstation and it still works but it has to be played upside down of course.

[le geek]

New, it would be an N64 around when Zelda came out...

Cheers,
Ben

[diskoboy]

Okay.. My story.

I remember seeing a huge Toys R' Us ad for a new system in 1986 called the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was the week before the end of school when I saw it. It also had a picture of a gun and a wierd looking robot and a few game screenshots.

I remember saying to myself, I must have this...

I carried that ad in my pocket throughout the summer as motivation.

So all that summer, I saved every dime I had earned, and even took my first job cutting lawns. On August 27th, 1986, 3 days before school started back up, I finally saved up the money to buy the bare bones system which was only an astonishing $79.99. That afternoon, my dad took me to TRU and I purchased my NES. I brought it home, set it up, and I was too busy trying to save the princess to be bothered for the next several days.

A week later, I got grounded from it because my grades were shitty. Go figure..

[Icarus Moonsight]

My first system, I personally bought and paid for was, a Sega Master System (Hang On / Safari Hunt built-in version). The origins of my love for most things Sega

[Pantechnicon]

First new system bought with my own dinero was the original Game Boy upon its U.S. release in 1989.

First console system I bought on my own was a used Atari 2600, purchased in 1994 to replace the one my parents dumped at a garage sale without my consent (yes, despite having eventually replaced everything they sold and building a 2600 collection 15 times its original size, I still hold a slight grudge about this).

Now that I think about it, I've never bought a new console system, and I guess I consider this a point of pride.

[donkeykong1]

The first system I bought with my own money was my SNES. I had ant Atari 2600 and an NES so my parents didn't want to buy another system. They told me that if I wanted another I would have to buy it with my own money. Ever since then I have bought them all myself. I have also been lucky enough to recieve some as gifts from my girlfriend. She gave me my PS2, Gameboy SP, and my PSP. I will however buy my own PS3 as soon as it comes out.

[Poofta!]

the first, original Playstation, it was about a month after FF7 came out, so it was 1997. i played it at my friends house, saved up for a month, and bought the system and a couple games. good times.

[retroman]

For me it was the NES.....I bought it at Caldors. I had a Intellivison at the time and i remember thinking the NES graphics where the shit....and they were for the time.(1986)

[Tron2005]

For me it was the Gameboy ! i bought it new at Toys R Us for $89.99 USD on January 2 1989 i still have it to this day with the box and all of the packin stuff!

then it was the Sega Genesis 2 that came with Sonic 2 that i got January 1 1994 for 129.99 from Walmart

all the consoles i had before Intellivision , IntellivisionII, Intellivoice, Intellivision 2600 system Changer and the Atari VCS were christmas gifts from my Parents.

I have something about buying consoles in the winter months most of my newer conosles i have purchased in the last 4 years or so
November: Xbox and PSP
December: Gamecube in December
January: Game Boy Advanced SP, Gameboy Micro
February: Xbox360 February

[l_lamb]

I can't remember if if was the NES Control Set from Toys R Us or an Atari 5200 on clearance at Federated with a whole stack of games. It would have been in 1986.