How many of these gaming systems did you own?

[siberian khatru]

Neat site, history of home consoles:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/

This was the first video game my family bought, Christmas 1977:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/colecotelstarcombat.jpg

[DaKCMan AP]

I own(ed) the following:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/nintendoentertainmentsystem.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/segagenesis2.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/snes.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/segasaturn.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/nintendo64.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/segadreamcast.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/microsoftxbox.jpg

[Lzen]

Wow, cool site. My family had this when I was a kid:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/magnavoxodyssey2.jpg

[Hootie]

I had:

Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Gameboy
Sega
Dreamcast
64
Playstation 1
Playstation 2
XBox

[cdcox]

I had the 1972 Maganvox Odyssey. First ever video system bitches! They had these awsome plastic film overlays that stuck to your TV screen by static electricity that you used when you wanted to change games.

Also had Atari Video Pinball - the first Atari system eva!!11!!!!

I own uuuz all.

[HemiEd]

Wow, cool site. My family had this when I was a kid:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/magnavoxodyssey2.jpg

I sold a lot of those and Ataris. ROFL

[QuikSsurfer]

NES, turbo grafx 16, sega genesis, sega cd, n64, sega saturn, dreamcast, xbox, 360

[SnakeXJones]

Atari 2600
Nintendo
Gameboy
Super Nintendo
Sega
Game Gear
Sega CD
Panasonic 3DO
Sega Saturn
PlayStation
Nintendo 64
Sega Dreamcast
PS2
X-Box

[SLAG]

http://www.thegameconsole.com/nintendoentertainmentsystem.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/snes.jpg


http://www.thegameconsole.com/segagenesis.jpg


but i had the "2"

http://www.thegameconsole.com/sonyplaystation.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/nintendo64.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/segadreamcast.jpg


http://www.thegameconsole.com/sonyplaystation2.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/microsoftxbox.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/sonyplaystationtwo.jpg

[KcMizzou]

NES
SNES
Nintendo 64
Gamecube
Gameboy
Dreamcast
PS1
PS2
XBox 360

[siberian khatru]

Maybe it would be more interesting if I limited the question to pre-1990 consoles. I gather everybody has the Playstaions, Nintendos, XBoxes, etc.

[Bugeater]

Even though the Atari 2600 came out before this, this was the first one we ever had.
http://www.thegameconsole.com/colecotelstararcade.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/atarivcs2600.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/nintendoentertainmentsystem.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/segagenesis.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/sonyplaystation.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/sonyplaystation2.jpg

http://www.thegameconsole.com/sonyplaystationtwo.jpg

[CoMoChief]

Atari (still works too)
Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Game Boy
Game Boy Advanced (hardly played it)
Game Gear
Sega Nomad
Sega Genesis
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Game Cube (sold it b/c it sucks)
Playstation
Playstation2 (when it broke to all hell I got.....)
Xbox
My roomate has a Xbox360
I'm gonna get the Playstation 3.

[Halfcan]

Playing pong on Atari-that was living-especially when you cut the size of the paddles.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Damn...was I the only one who had one of these?

It rocked at the time.....

[007]

Wow, cool site. My family had this when I was a kid:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/magnavoxodyssey2.jpg

I loved that system. My son plays it today and loves it too.

[Rain Man]

I had a Pong-type machine, but it must've been a knockoff since I don't see it on this site. I'd be willing to bet that my parents still have it packed up in their garage somewhere since they have never, ever thrown anything away.

Mine was kind of similar to this in function, but the appearance isn't quite the same. It had two or three different games, all of which were essentially Pong, and three or four different game speeds, of which the fastest was nearly impossible to play.

http://www.thegameconsole.com/colecotelstaralpha.jpg

[Bugeater]

Damn...was I the only one who had one of these?

It rocked at the time.....
You must've been one of the rich kids. :#

[Stewie]

I had a Commodore 128 with Flight Simulator that I spent hours on... and around 1980 I had this:

[Bugeater]

Did anyone ever play Warlords on the Atari 2600? It was one of very few 4-player games for the system. We had some epic battles with this game.

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Warlords_2600_ScreenShot1.jpg
"The War is on. Four great warlords are battling each other because they hate each other. How do they attack each other? By bouncing a ball around and hoping to hit the enemy warlord."

[Boyceofsummer]

Damn...was I the only one who had one of these?

It rocked at the time.....

this system with the "The total destruction of a planet!"


http://www.intellivisionlives.com/media/newsletters/news031031.html

[chagrin]

I had the first Magnavox, the atari VCS, the Intellivision, one of the first Coleco ones (can't remember which), then naturally the nintendo, super nintendo, dreamcast, PS1, PS2, X-Box

[RedandGold]

Damn...was I the only one who had one of these?

It rocked at the time.....

I didn't have the original, but I had the Intellivision II

http://www.thegameconsole.com/mattelintellivisionii.jpg

[stevieray]

I only had my imagination.

[Archie F. Swin]

Intellevision was an improvement graphcs-wise over 2600, but the controls were torture. Colecovision was probably the best pre-NES system. Coleco's Donkey Kong was tops.

[Dartgod]

I had a Pong-type machine, but it must've been a knockoff since I don't see it on this site. I'd be willing to bet that my parents still have it packed up in their garage somewhere since they have never, ever thrown anything away.

Mine was kind of similar to this in function, but the appearance isn't quite the same. It had two or three different games, all of which were essentially Pong, and three or four different game speeds, of which the fastest was nearly impossible to play.

http://www.thegameconsole.com/colecotelstaralpha.jpg
Your description sounds exactly like what we had.

[KC Jones]

Intellevision was an improvement graphcs-wise over 2600, but the controls were torture. Colecovision was probably the best pre-NES system. Coleco's Donkey Kong was tops.

Ridiculously wrong. The disc was awesome, and still better in my opinion than joysticks. Clearly this is true as modern consoles basically use a disc control. The problem was the additional button layout, but even though they took a toll on your hands, the gameplay advantage of having more than one big red button meant the games were on average far superior to Atari titles.

[Archie F. Swin]

Ridiculously wrong.

My opinion can't be rediculously wrong, dumbass. That disc you speak of came and went with Intellevision, If you gave that control to any 15 year old gamer today they'd throw that bitch through the window.

[alpha_omega]

Damn...was I the only one who had one of these?

It rocked at the time.....

No...I had one as well. The baseball was the absolute best (at the time of course)!

I loved the Intellivision!!!!!!

[DaKCMan AP]

I used to have one of these. I loved playing it and it still worked up until 5-6 years ago when it was dropped and died.

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.space.invaders.JPEG

[ExtremeChief]

We had the Pong game that Rainman speaks of and then an Atari 2600. My kids have had a Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Playstation2, and XBox. They haven't even asked about a 360 or the new playstation or a Wii (which I think would be cool to have).

[Adept Havelock]

I've always been a vid game fan...I still remember the first time I saw a pong machine, and was entranced by the fantastic graphics and sophisticated sounds. Such a quantum leap over Spacewar. ;)


Over the years I've bought...

Some set-top Pong Box...long since dead
Atari 2600
Intellivision
Colecovision
Sega Genesis
3D0 :cuss:
Sony Playstation
N64
Sega Dreamcast
XBOX
XBOX 360


Now I just run ROMS for all but the PS and DC on a modded Xbox.

[Redrum_69]

Atari 2600...asteroids, pac man, maze craze
Nintendo...final fantasy..dragon warrior series, ninja gaiden series, wizard and warriors 1, and 2, shadowgate, black bass, castlevania, mega man series, tetris, dr. mario, legend of zelda series
Sega Genesis..shinging in the darkness, road rash, herzog zwei, warrior of rome 2, landstalker, shadowrun, dungeons and dragons
Super Nintendo..out of this world, final fantasy series, super black bass, shadowrun, super castlevania
Sega CD..silpheed..Lunar...
Sega 32x..doom 32x
Playstation..final fantasy 7, 8, 9, etc...final fantasy tactics
Gameboy..link...
Gameboy color..dragon warrior 2 and 3
Gameboy advance..
Gameboy advance SP...kingdom hearts
XBOX..halo, baldurs gate 1 and 2, halo 2, grand theft auto series,
Nintendo 64..legend of zelda
XBOX 360..call of duty 2, 3...Oblivion, madden, gears of war,


Now list your favorite games for each system..

[KC Jones]

My opinion can't be rediculously wrong, dumbass. That disc you speak of came and went with Intellevision, If you gave that control to any 15 year old gamer today they'd throw that bitch through the window.


1) I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. I should have stated that while I value your opinion, it is severly flawed and obviously the product of a confused and simplistic mind. BTW, what does rediculous mean?
2) The basic premise of the disc, a flat pressure based motion control with more than 4 cardinal directions is alive and well in nearly all modern game controllers.
3) Gee... do you really think a kid would throw out a 26 year old piece of hardware? Hard to imagine, I mean it's not like it's obsolete or anything.

[kcchiefs12983]

i want this baby. 4 player tecmo action

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k177/kcchiefs12983/cTecmo_Bowl.jpg

[Redrum_69]

i want this baby. 4 player tecmo action



Your mom is like a 4 player gaming system....shes placed in the living room as four guys eagerly stand around her with their "joysticks" in hand, they "plug" into her box, a euphoria of excitement mixed in with sweaty palms is felt by all, joining in at anytime is encouraged, and throughout the night her box is manhandled by many strangers inserting and pulling out their discs.

[DaFace]

Atari 2600
NES
SNES
Playstation 2

I'm not a big gamer.

[siberian khatru]

Atari 2600
NES
SNES
Playstation 2

I'm not a big gamer.

Me neither.

In addition to the Coleco tank game, I've owned:

Atari 2600
NES*
Sega Genesis*
Nintendo 64
PS2

I used to play Madden on the N64, but slacked off over time. My kids play the N64 and PS2. I'm pretty much out of the bidness.

Although I will occasionally play the old Atari games online. And I never pass up an opportunity to play a Galaga arcade system when I see it. For some reason I'm addicted to that game.


* hand-me-downs from my uncle.

[Redrum_69]

* hand-me-downs from my uncle.



this explains everything, nancy

[Mr. Laz]

atari
nintendo
super nintendo
gamecube

[siberian khatru]

this explains everything, nancy

Says the guy who collects Barbie dolls.

[DaFace]

This will reveal a level of my geekiness, but most of my video game console purchases have been governed by the Final Fantasy series. I just buy whatever console they're using a few years after it comes out.

[Fishpicker]

atari 2600
NES
SNES
N64
gamecube
sega genesis
sega cd
sega 32x
gameboy
gameboy advanced
gameboy color
DS
Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox

I'm done. I won't buy another console

[KcMizzou]

This will reveal a level of my geekiness, but most of my video game console purchases have been governed by the Final Fantasy series. I just buy whatever console they're using a few years after it comes out.I absolutely loved VII, but they kinda lost me after that.

[DaFace]

I absolutely loved VII, but they kinda lost me after that.

I can see that. I was a HUGE fan of 6 and 7, but 8 and 9 weren't all that great. I liked X and X-2 just fine, though. Anxious to play XII. Of course, it just came out, so I'll probably wait a year or so. :D

[joesomebody]

Atari VCS 2600
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Sega Genesis
Sony PlayStation
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation 3

[Skip Towne]

I never had a "home" unit but i owned about $200,000 worth of arcade style video games beginning in 1981. I was the mean old bastard who came around and collected all those quarters. About 1.5 million over an 8 year period. I got half of the money and the location got the other half. Those suckers weighed about twice what a refrigerator does as they were built of plywood, not plastic. I survived the first few attempts at home units with the Atari being the strongest competition. Nintendo finally shut me down shortly after Donkey Kong. You little f*ckers made me temporarily wealthy.

[cdcox]

I never had a "home" unit but i owned about $200,000 worth of arcade style video games beginning in 1981. I was the mean old bastard who came around and collected all those quarters. About 1.5 million over an 8 year period. I got half of the money and the location got the other half. Those suckers weighed about twice what a refrigerator does as they were built of plywood, not plastic. I survived the first few attempts at home units with the Atari being the strongest competition. Nintendo finally shut me down shortly after Donkey Kong. You little f*ckers made me temporarily wealthy.

My favorite arcade games were Battle Zone, Spy Hunter, and Road Blasters

[stevieray]

My favorite arcade games were Battle Zone, Spy Hunter, and Road Blasters

Asteroids!

[Rain Man]

I never had a "home" unit but i owned about $200,000 worth of arcade style video games beginning in 1981. I was the mean old bastard who came around and collected all those quarters. About 1.5 million over an 8 year period. I got half of the money and the location got the other half. Those suckers weighed about twice what a refrigerator does as they were built of plywood, not plastic. I survived the first few attempts at home units with the Atari being the strongest competition. Nintendo finally shut me down shortly after Donkey Kong. You little f*ckers made me temporarily wealthy.

If you have a "Space Duel" or "Galaxian" machine in good working order, I'll give you $50 for it. But you don't get half of the quarters.

[Skip Towne]

My favorite arcade games were Battle Zone, Spy Hunter, and Road Blasters
Spy Hunter and Battlezone were the two heaviest games I owned. More than 300 # each. I never played the games, I weighed them. I don't remember Road Blasters. Pole Position was the best car racing game I owned as far as earnings. It was heavy but it didn't need to be moved often. It would do $150 per week forever. I had 3 of them.

[Rain Man]

Pole Position ruled. Great game, and I wasn't even into racing games.

[SnakeXJones]

Too add I only bought an XBox mainly for Shenmue 2 other than that it was an extra dvd player.

[Skip Towne]

Pole Position ruled. Great game, and I wasn't even into racing games.
It was the only video game I was any good at. It really pissed the kids off that I could set the top score at will. Pole Position II, however, sucked monkey balls.

[cdcox]

Spy Hunter and Battlezone were the two heaviest games I owned. More than 300 # each. I never played the games, I weighed them. I don't remember Road Blasters. Pole Position was the best car racing game I owned as far as earnings. It was heavy but it didn't need to be moved often. It would do $150 per week forever. I had 3 of them.

I wasn't very good at Spy Hunter, but I loved the music.

Road Blasters came out around '87 to '88.

[KcMizzou]

Spyhunter was awesome.

[Archie F. Swin]

two words:

Road Rash

[CtrlAltDel]

SNES
Game Boy
R-Zone(I think that's what it was called. Basically a cheap virtual boy you strapped to your face)
N64
Game.com
Playstation
PS2
Gamecube

[AKCHIEF82]

ATARI 2600
COLECOVISION
VECTREX
NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
NINTENDO GAMEBOY
SEGA MASTER SYSTEM
SEGA GENESIS
SEGA GAME GEAR
SEGA CD
TURBOGRAFX 16
SUPER NINTENDO
PLAYSTATION
NINTENDO 64
PLAYSTATION 2
NINTENDO GAMEBOY ADVANCED
XBOX (2X, BURNT OUT MOTOR)
NINTENDO GAMEBOY ADVANCED SP
NINTENDO DS
XBOX 360
NINTENDO WII

OWNED SEGA SATURN AND SEGA DREAMCAST BRIEFLY BUT LIBRARY SUCKED. WAITED FOR DOA ON DREAMCAST BUT COULDN'T FIND IT OR MAYBE IT NEVER CAME OUT.

[Bugeater]

two words:

Road Rash
That was a great game. Racing, punching, and kicking all while listening to Soundgarden.

[SLQ]

The kids have plenty, I've never felt the need. I've always been an outside type gamer. Baseball, football, basketball, soccer, and lacrosse one summer. All good games and no chips to burn.

[Archie F. Swin]

Even though I bought Wii on the 6th...I will officially add it to my short list of gaming systems on Christmas Day.

[Predarat]

The only one I had that hasn't been posted on here is this one:

http://www.thegameconsole.com/atari7800.jpg

My 2600 had broke about a year before I got this one, we had tried to fix the 2600 but to no avail so this was under my christmas tree. It could play all of my 2600 cartrages plus new games with better graphics, almost as good as the 8 bit NES but the games weren't as good. But just as I got that the Nintendo became popular but my house was a popular hangout since these were failry rare and EVERYONE had a nintendo. The only difference was my controller had buttons on the upper sides.

[Archie F. Swin]

that's a suprising cartridge title

[banyon]

http://www.thegameconsole.com/segamastersystem.jpg

Haven't seen this system posted yet. Not many people I knew had it, but it was definitely better than the 8 bit Nintendo. At that time though, Nintendo still had a stranglehold on developers.

This game, though, is still one of my favorites of all time and was EGM's 1987 game of the year, way ahead of its time as an RPG.

http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1119787338-00.jpg

[teedubya]

Atari VCS 2600
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Sega Genesis
Nintendo 64.

about 2 years ago, I picked up a Dreamcast via SaulBadGuy's recommendation because you can play NES roms on it.

It broke though, so Now I dont have any game systems.