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I'm 29, and the first game I played was a platformer made up of ascii characters on the Kaypro computer.
SHEATH013

I wonder if it was the same game I remember playing.  It was very much just a standard 2D platformer, like a Super Mario Bros. but the graphics were made entirely of ASCII characters.  I have fond memories of that game.

I'm 25 and started with an Atari.  I liked it alright, but it wasn't until the NES that I really got hooked.toppsseller

This seems to be pretty common among people our age (Im also 25). I had to think for a minute which way to vote. While the 2600 was my first system and I do fit into the 25+ (just barely), I really "grew up" playing the NES. I never got really hooked on any atari game, maybe alittle on missle command and atlantis, but nothing like I did with the original Zelda.

[QUOTE="toppsseller"]I'm 25 and started with an Atari.  I liked it alright, but it wasn't until the NES that I really got hooked.Working_Stiff

This seems to be pretty common among people our age (Im also 25). I had to think for a minute which way to vote. While the 2600 was my first system and I do fit into the 25+ (just barely), I really "grew up" playing the NES.

This is exactly where I fit in; if you exchange "Colecovision" for "Atari".  That was my first system, and I played it for quite a while before I got a NES, but I would consider my childhood as having been dominated by the NES much more so than the Coleco.  So ultimately I placed my vote with the NES. 

By the way, I don't care about anonymity: I'm twenty nine years old.  Which seems to be about the average age of those who have fessed up so far.  I wonder what the average age is on the other GS forums, especially the main forums. 

Probably far lower.  Perhaps that's why I have completely abandoned those forums and now post here exclusively.

I prefer brunettes, not blondes.gmsnpr

I second that.

:)

Edit: Glasses are a plus too.

I wear a size 12 shoe. gmsnpr

Then take all the waffles and replace them will pancakes.amorphe

Pancakerevolution? ..... hmmmm nah, doesn't have the same ring to it.

Oh hey, I'm 33.  I'm pretty much sure everyone knows that.  Started on the Atari 2600 and then spent most of my time gaming on the TRS-80 and Commodore 64 until I came to a country that had consoles.
aspro73

Oh yeah I totally forgot about the Commodore VIC-20 that I used to play with.  I guess that would probably be the first system I really owned and played games on.  I remember my dad used to get this computer magazine that actually had game programs listed in the back (as in the the code for the games was listed in the back) and I would type them all into the computer, then save it to the tape drive.

[QUOTE="gmsnpr"]I wear a size 12 shoe. amorphe

Im only 16 but i grew up on NES for sure, i remember having friends come over and we would play mario 3 or duckhunt for hours, and its where i discovered my favorite game castlevania.falconclan

[QUOTE="amorphe"][QUOTE="gmsnpr"]I wear a size 12 shoe. gmsnpr

Im only 16 but i grew up on NES for sure, i remember having friends come over and we would play mario 3 or duckhunt for hours, and its where i discovered my favorite game castlevania.falconclan

Wow, I moved to a new country by myself when I was 16 to start a new life, and yet I am impressed.

[QUOTE="falconclan"]Im only 16 but i grew up on NES for sure, i remember having friends come over and we would play mario 3 or duckhunt for hours, and its where i discovered my favorite game castlevania.aspro73

Wow, I moved to a new country by myself when I was 16 to start a new life, and yet I am impressed.