What Was Your First Gaming Console?

[StrikedOut]

First device was a Commodore C64 but first console was a Sega Mega Drive.

[theyarecomingforyou]

BBC Basic:

[GEEKedUP DJ]

My cousin gave me his Atiri when I was like 8. Back then it was the coolest thing ever and because of it, I now wear glasses because I always sat up under the tv for hours playing pac-man.

A couple of years later, I was introduced to the sega genesis!Wonder why I'm not blind!

[kawasabi]

Atari 2600 Jr

[REM2000]

Technically not a console but the first gaming machine I had was the original ZX Spectrum My first actual games console was the SNES I think.

Exactly the same for me too, the above was my first computer, don't know if you would classify it as a console. My first real console was the SNES.

I loved Horace goes skiing, Daly Thompsons decathalon and tapper.

[MightyJordan]

My first console was the PlayStation, but the first one in my house was the Intelivision. And yes, we did have the Intellivoice add-on too (the only voice games I remember playing are Space Spartans, and B-17 Bomber).

[KitCh]

This was my first console with Sonic built in :) Loved it!

[Dotdot]

Dr.Mario & Tetris.

[medhunter]

From Atari none sense with 171 games @ 1986-1990 to XBox 360 Slim @ Nov. 2011

[Hardcore Til I Die]

Sega Master System II, followed by a Sega Mega Drive!

[hckngrtfakt]

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[AJerman]

Intellivision or Atari 2600. Not sure. Since I was born in 84, these were actually my uncle's I think.

[Xilo]

Mine was the ColecoVision. I thought that was the most awesome console back then. I hated the joysticks though. They were a pain to use. I remember this thing was quite expensive too. $300.00 if I remember correctly?

Mine was as well. I eventually got the addon to allow me to also play Atari games. :D

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

Does a PS2 Count?

[Aergan]

This was my first console but the mario watch was my first mobile console.

I had one of those as well. Extremely tough game as a kid!

[qdave]

My only non-pc gaming hardware which I had in mid-late 90's :D

[LUTZIFER]

My only non-pc gaming hardware which I had in mid-late 90's :D

Those things were awesome! Had one in the early 90s. Had tons of games for it.

I always found it hard to believe that no other company made a portable that could even beat that, till what, 2 decades later.

I don't even think there was a computer out that could be games as well as that thing could, not to mention you could even watch TV on it.

[Gnieus]

The first console I ever had as my own was the original PlayStation. The fat one, not the slim PS1, although I did own that one as well.

[George P Global Moderator]

I'm surprised no one said they had a turbo graphics 16.

[turbo_turbet]

Technically not a Gaming Console but my first gaming machine was a Amstrad. Had a black and white screen and pretty sure it cost my parents 3500 AUD back in 1988.

Then i won a Gameboy in like 1994 and then owned a Nintendo 64, a Xbox, 360, PS3 and Computer.

[Kreuger]

Sega Genesis is the first one I can remember although I had a Master II. Also NES. No idea which I got first.

Edit: I also had an Amiga that we only used for games that ran off of floppy disks. They went directly into the keyboard too.

[YanksOnTop]

Atari 2600 with adventure, space invaders and asteroids!!!!! You love the wood grain!!

[Boxster17]

Much like several others, the Atari 2600 was my first home console.

[soniqstylz]

Atari 2600, but I didn't play it much. My dad had a coin-op business (used to buy and then lease/repair arcade games, jukeboxes, pool tables, cigarette machines, etc.), so I'd just go to his shop and play whatever the latest arcade or pinball machine was. Had a Donkey Kong Jr. tabletop version in the house for years; I think that's where my addiction first came about.

Got an NES, and my brother later got a Sega Genesis. Gave up gaming until college, my buddy had a Super NES, which we eventually traded in for a PS1 and played the **** out of MVP Baseball and Resident Evil. Tomb Raider was the cinch for me that I needed to buy my own PS1 later that year.

[Scorbing]

My only non-pc gaming hardware which I had in mid-late 90's :D

SEGA gave up on the home video game console business way too early and way too fast. They were ahead of their time.