First System

[Zoobamaphooza]

What was the first video game system that you ever owned.

Mine was the NES. My friend gave me his when he got his SNES. It came complete with a running pad, zap gun, and a collection of about 20 games. I only bought one game for the system: Final Fantasy.

So what got you started?

[ricklucas]

NES here as well. First game I played for it was Megaman 2.

[The Fallen Evincar]

My first system I can remember like it was yesterday...A good old Sega Genesis, cool black, I always liked it better than those damn Nintendo kids...It was pretty awesome, although I mainly just played Sonic games, the Lion King, and Batman Forever.

[MagicDude.dec]

NES....Came home from kindergarten and my dad had one set up. I didn't even know what it was, but I knew it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
The first gaming experience I remember was playing the original Mario Bros.

Damn fine times...

[PlentyPurple]

NES. I begged my mother for it when I saw it at Wal-Mart then when she said no, my grandmother bought it for me.

It came with that stupid track game where you run, duck hunt, and Super Mario Brothers, all 3 of which I was too young to beat. Though I did have fun with it. One of my earliest childhood memories is when my dad and I would play duckhunt and he'd yell out "Duck!" and we'd both duck and cover.

It seems corny now, but it was at least a happy memory.

[MagicDude.dec]

You couldn't beat Duck Hunt or Mario? We're about the same age, so that would make us about 5 or 6 when we got the NES. And I totally kicked ass in both games. I guess I've always been a 1337 gamer :)

Super Mario was the greatest. I still find myself humming songs from that game that I haven't heard in over 10 years :p

EDIT: 1000 posts...Yay

[Goblin Grenade]

Sega genises totally, my favorite games were ones based off of disney movies.

[Jon]

When I was 5 or 6, in the early 1980s, my dad bought us an Atari 2600. Combat, Air Sea Battle, Yar's Revenge, Dragonfire, Cosmic Ark, Defender, Berzerk...good times.

[Highroller]

SNES, complete with Super Mario World, soon to be joined by Super Mario All-Stars in my video game collection. I swear, SNES is the greatest system ever created, even if it didn't have Smash Bros.

Super Mario Brothers... which I was too young to beat. Though I did have fun with it.

I feel your pain. I couldn't beat Super Mario Brothers when I was a kid.

[Dragoon1]

SNES, with Super Mario Brothers. Had so much fun with it.

[Warblade]

Ah yes, jmd! Another Atari 2600 player! :D That was my first system as well, although I don't really remember playing it all that much since I was really young when my parents bought it. Sadly though, a really bad storm came through and flooded the basement and the Atari 2600 was ruined. :( *sniff* Poor lil' Atari...I hardly knew ye.

[THEDARKPRIESTCYRIC]

Atari 2600, damn I feel old :sweat:

[Scuirimancer]

Mine was also the Atari 2600. You guys have probably seen these already, but there are these Atari controllers out there with an Atari system and a handful of games built into them. You just hook them up to your television and play. They are like 15 bucks. I got one for Christmas last year and it's pretty cool. It has Adventure, Yar's Revenge, Missile Command, and Centipede, among others.

[M. Bob]

Sega Master System with Sonic. Good times...

[misterpid]

Atari (before it was called the 2600). Combat was the best game. My brothers and I would spend hours blasting each other.

I also had the Radio Shack version of Pong - 2 dial controllers, about 6 games including 2 shooting games. The best part was shooting the ball while someone else was playing Pong. I don't remember if I had this before or after getting the Atari.

[Yax K'uk Mo']

Atari 2600, damn I feel old :sweat:
You feel old???

I had a frikkin' Odyssey system, with plastic overlays that you taped to the television.

[HAWKEYE7]

Atari 2600, damn I feel old
You feel old???

I had a frikkin' Odyssey system, with plastic overlays that you taped to the television.
:lol: These young whipper snappers!

My first "system" was a black and white Pong game that only played Pong, nothing else. No cartridges, slots or ports. Two hard wired controllers that were basically just knobs. The cost a fricken fortune too!

[Isildur9473]

Super Nintendo.

[Ryro]

It was that old Sega rectangle thing with the fat cartridge games. I'd be damned if I can remember the name, but it had games like Shinobi and California Sports.

[MagicDude.dec]

Just think...In 10 years, a kid will be able to say, "My first system was an Xbox 360!" and I will bow my head in shame.

Be proud of your roots. Those who grew up with the Atari, embrace it! :)

[Lota Cowboy]

NES, I got the typical package with Duckhunt and Mario Bros, I remember the Gun was broken so when we were little we danced around to the music of duck hunt and the goofy dog giggling...

[extremeicon]

Our parents never let us have a video game system till my brother and I bought one for ourselves. It took us about 6 months to save up for a NES (which by that time was already about 4 years old). We bought it from some guy my dad worked with. The only game it came with was the original SMB.

[hollywood]

wow, you all are talking about these really old systems(relativily) from the 80's. I feel young. The first gaming console in my house was the PS1 when I was six. But it was my brothers. The first one I actually owned was a PS2 and I got it for christmas the year after it came out. The first game I played on it was Jack and Daxter, I beat it in about four hours. My favorite game for the PS1 was deffinately Spyro the Dragon, Best game ever.

[Highroller]

:lol: These young whipper snappers!

My first "system" was a black and white Pong game that only played Pong, nothing else. No cartridges, slots or ports. Two hard wired controllers that were basically just knobs. The cost a fricken fortune too!

YOU HAVE A PONG?!

HAWKEYE, you are |33t beyond a level I could ever dream of.

[hollywood]

Meh, pong. There are much better games out there then and now. So what if it was the first "video game" that doesnt mean its the best. And, leet is spelled 1337.

[Ljoss]

First one that I ever owned was NES.

But my brothers owned an Atari and a Commodore64 which were the first systems I ever played.

[Leilani]

When I was really really little [like, still an infant], we had an atari. Only, the sump pump backed up, and killed the basement. Which was where the atari was. :( I only know we had one 'cause there's pictures of me 'playing' on it. [Basically my parents turned the thing on, and i pushed buttons.]

After that, we didn't get a gaming system for a long time: the next system was an N64. Mario Kart 64. xD I ROCKED at that game. and I don't anymore. Have roughly 20 games for it.

Few years later, we got a PS2. which is what we still game on in this house. :) I'm beginning the plant chapter of mgs2, and then I'm going WAYY back and playing FFVII. woot.

I've also got a game boy color, and a game boy advance. Don't use the color one anymore, but it's still fun to have around. I play tetris on the advance every so often...:D

[misterpid]

Commodore 64 was a computer (as opposed to being a game system). But the ony thing it was good for was playing games. There were some great games for it back in the day.

[Dragon of the Pants]

SNES.Saved up from birthday/Christmas/alowance, and it cost me 186.00$ Canadian at the time. I bought Super Mario All stars and Paperboy 2.:) I love that thing. TOo bad it got stolen. I'm in the market for another one.:P