Your First Gaming Console?

[Wintermoot]

a GBC I nagged my parents for one for ages when I was a kid I later got a used N64

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

Atari 2600, yes I'm that old

 

[ScottyApps]

SNES, always had to fight my mother over who got to play Mario xD

 

[Asehujiko]

PC, running DOS. With upgrades, it lasted till last year when a new GPU didn't fit in the case.

 

[saiyanwarrior]

The sega master system, and a question for my american cousins I know we got that here in the uk did you get it in the us, as all I've heard people bang on about early consoles in the us is the nintendo ones.

 

[MurderousToaster]

It was a Sega Master System. I wasn't even born when it was released, but my dad owned one.

 

[fenrizz]

My first console would be the Sega Master System II.

With Alex Kidd and Sonic.

After that I got the Playsation, Playstation 2 and the Nintendo 64.

Now I got the Playstation 3.

 

[Kiju]

Atari 2600 when I was around 4-ish... I still miss Pole Position...that game was fun.

 

[Centarius38]

SNES for me that was so awsome after that ps1 then ps2 and a ps3 mmm i wonder which console company i like.

 

[katsabas]

Game Boy with Tetris and Super Mario Land. Still have them. Still works.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

Atari 2600 when I was around 4-ish... I still miss Pole Position...that game was fun.

Pole Position rocked face. It was THE racing game back in the day. Even had it's own cartoon with a badass theme.

 

[ethan22122]

mine was a gameboy colour with the 1st super mario

 

[Deleted]

The nintendo entertainment system! After that it was the SNES and Genesis around the same time.

Damn, I feel old, then I look at people saying their first was an Atari. Respect man.

Also in before playstation 3.

 

[mip0]

PS1
We had a Mac too with some preinstalled games on it.

 

[Kyanite]

This includes PCs, GBAs, GBs, GBCs.

Mine was a Nintendo 64 when I was about 3, which I played with my dad. I loved that console. Then it just up and died on me. After that it was a Game Boy Colour. I lent it to my friend and he bloody lost it, along with all of my games.

So, Escapists, I ask you; what was your first console/gaming device of any kind?

Holy crap, that makes me feel old.
I had the Atari 5200. Yes, I know the 2600 is the one everybody likes (at least, the people old enough to know of it,) but I didn't have that. I had the 5200. The biggest complaint on the system is the massive controllers. I honestly had no problems with it. I've seen plenty of people try to play with it and massively fail, but I thought it was perfectly fine. Speaking of the 5200...my favorite game on it was Galaxians. I found an internal cheat with the game too. To start a new game, you just push one of the buttons. Any of the buttons...but...if you push Pause to start a new game, the enemies don't shoot at you. First time I did it, I thought I broke the game somehow.
To any people that grew up on the newer systems (N64/PS1 and beyond,) please go play some old school games. It'll make you appreciate more the graphics and such you have now. That, and a lot of the games last longer than the prettier ones that are made presently. Seriously. Stop reading this and go play. NOW.

 

[Eleima]

Mine was a ColecoVision [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColecoVision].

Not exactly the most recent piece of hardware, but it was fun at the time!!