System you grew up with

I grew up with the ps2 so i didn't experince some of the best systems and games that were realsed in the 90's. I love retro games now and i have a strong appreciation for the older games. What are your thoughts on games that were released before your time.

I grew up with the ps2 so i didn't experince some of the best systems and games that were realsed in the 90's. I love retro games now and i have a strong appreciation for the older games. What are your thoughts on games that were released before your time.

zhnun

Got my NES for Christmas 1988 when I was 4.

I started with N64 & played PS1/PS2 as a kid. I'm not sure why I didn't get a SNES, I guess I started gaming a little later than most.

I'm going to stop looking up hidden gems and stuff like that for older games because i never thought of it like that.

Got my first gaming console on my 5th birthday back in 1992 which was a Sega Genesis. I was a sega kid until the N64 came out, then went back to Sega with the Dreamcast, and since then have been heavily into Sony consoles.

well define system , from the time I was about 3 ,till 10 or 11 , all I had was a PC (whether it was my dad's/grandad's computer, or later on my own), and I did all of my gaming on that, although I also got a Gameboy when I was 5 or so (it was probably a GB pocket if I remember correctly)

eventually I got a PS1 , and later on in early 2003 I got a PS2.

really besides that the only console gaming I did early on was some Mega Drive , and some NES (played on a clone system  no less) at a friend's house.

atari 2600 as a kid then master system

but didnt use either much, first system i played any real time on was SNES when i was 14

videogame system I grew up when I was a little kid was the Atari 2600 and I enjoyed every game that I got to play including E.T. Yes I loved the E.T. game and still love it.

Big whoof. Wanna fight about it?

Amstrad CPC up til i was a teen when i switched to PC. Didn't bother with consoles until a friend got a PS1 and i decided i wanted one too.

I was lucky to have grown up on the Supernes. Although i appreciate the classics on older systems.

Sega MegaDrive and PS1 for me

I'm going to stop looking up hidden gems and stuff like that for older games because i never thought of it like that.

zhnun

I could make a list of games you should play, but honestly most are ones you either have or know you should.  it is no secret that Super Metroid is the best game on the system ;)

I started with the launch of the SNES and went to N64, then Gamecube, then Wii (sold it) which turned into 360 (sold it) which turned into PS3 and later rebought a Wii.  I also bought a PS2 this gen and played MGS, GoW, and FF games on it mainly.  

I also started PC gaming for over 6 years, though I played games like Diablo 1 and 2 and others long before that.  

I have gone back and played older games that I missed, be it before I started gaming (such as the first Zelda) or games I missed (such as the MGS series).  I will definitely play older games (I played Deus Ex recently for the first time) and sometimes I will love them, sometimes I won't.  Some have aged poorly, some are still masterpieces.  I personally don't usually love NES games and such because they are so old that games like Zelda and Metroid suffer when it comes to world design and exploration.  Of course there are other games like Mario Bros that are just fine and very fun.

I got an Atari 2600 when they first came out for christmas, my parents said they were playing it for a good month while I was asleep before I got it as a gift. Best game I played on it I'd have to say Pitfall 2 (and I was also addicted to Yar's revenge).

Then got a NES, about 6 months after launch. I was so excited to get it, remembering playing arcade versions of the games in the early 80's.Best games: tough to beat Super Mario Bros 3 for that system. That said, they where a lot of good games for the system. My favs off the top of my head: Adventure Island, Battletoads, Megamans, Ninja gaidens, Zeldas, etc.

At 14, got an SNES. To me, this was my favorite console to date. No more games than the NES, but to me the quality the games had on this system was top notch. My favs where: Street Fighter 2, Fzero, Super Mario Worlds, Super Metroid !!!!!!, Zelda: Link to the Past !!!!!!!!!! and so much more...

At 17, sold everything :-O Don't ask me if I regret it!!!!! Remember selling my SNES (it was mint!) with 30 games for cheap (a little over 100$).

Nowadays, trying to catch up on some of the games I haven't played back then. The Oldest system I've got right now is the Gamecube and GBA. I've bought game collections (like the megaman and Zelda collection per example) or I buy virtual console games on Wii-Wii U (recently got Super Metroid for 30 cents on VC, no one in their right mind almost could pass this up for that price, unless you had the game already).

I thought about buying older systems and games. Even if they don't come cheap, they rarely lose any value (unless damaged of course). Sometimes I hunt for some good games on Gamecube and GBA, play it, and if I don't want to keep them, I try to sell them for my cost price (sometimes I get more for them, sometimes less, but I'm pretty much even in costs). Therefore, free to play!

Right now, if I had to choose which older system to buy, I'd be the SNES for sure. 2nd place NES. Atari: No thanks!

SNES at the age of 3.