MasterSystem, MegaDrive, PC, GBC, PC,GBA-SP, PC, GameCube <3, PC, 360, Wii (sold), PS2 (yes 2), DSLite
Pretty much sums it up. My uncle brought himself a Masterystem when I was 8, and I was round at his house constantly from that point, trying to complete Alex the Kidd (the built in one). Then we managed to weedle one of our own out of mum and dad. Then same uncle got a MegaDrive, and the process repeated, we all played Sonic 2, and eventually got mum and dad to get us one.
And for a few years (I think) that was thar, Thunder Force IV, Sonic 2, Micro Machines, Mortal Combat, and countless others rented from the local video store.
The my dad got a PC for work at home, and I was introduced to my first FPS, Wolfestien. And I FUCKING LOVED IT. this was also the golden age of shareware for me, games like commander keen, halloween harry, hocus p[ocus etc, and a hidden gem in the form of Dungeouns of the Unforgiven, a shareware RPG. Which I also worshiped.
Moving on in years games like the original Command and Conquer came out, and I saved for weeks to get it out of my pocket money. Also one hell of a game.
And so I stuck with the PC, the PS1 had come out, and I was bitter at it killing Sega, well I blamed the PS for it anyway, =P In between PC gaming, LAN parties playing Rogue Spear, Half Life, Quake 1 and 2 UT etc, Pokemon came out. And so started my obsessiuon with pocket monsters. I had always hated Ninendo, I was a Sega kid, and they were the enemy during the console wars of the 90's, but the gamegear was utter shite, and the GBC was not. So when the GBA came out, I waited a bit and got the black SP version, sexy little bit of kit I thought, and with games like Advance Wars and the massive library they had, I was happy with that in between owning at CS 1.6 (which I still play on occassion) on the PC. The internets had arrived! And so did true multiplayer for me, albeit at 56k.
Years on, I got a Gamecibe, my favourite ever console. SSB: Melee took over my life, I had all maps chars and all but 4 trophies before my memory card killed the save, I was a ninja at that shit yo! I also played my first Mario and Zelda games, Metroid and F-Zero, all awesome games, and I'm replaying Windwaker atm. One of my favorite games on it was my first JRPG, Tales of Symphonia. I got it for christmas on year, and kind of missed christmas, and probably most of that year. The story, graphics, charaters, all standard fare, but all awesome together. One of my favourite games ever made. So I started buying up any JRPG I could, got a PS2 for FFX and KH
I then got a Wii when it came out. 6months later I sold it. Crap, I shall say no more.
Then I met my fiancee who isisted I got a 360, which I obliged to and have played it more than her (who knew). Oblivion. WOW!
Oh and somewhere in there I got a DS, to keep up with the newest Pokemon games etc.
And World of Warcraft stole 2-3 years of my life. But I'm clean now =P
Currently, I play a mix of both PC and console. My current MMO poison is EVE online, and yeah, here we are.
The timelines a bit squiffy here and there, but my memory is even more squiffy.
TL;DR = 2 decades of gaming, lots of hardware, losts of software, losts of fun and fond memories.
