What was YOUR first system?

The NES for me. I don't regret not playing the Atari first, looking back Atari games are virtually unplayable messes. It comes of no surprise to me that the market dived during Atari's reign.-RPGamer-

Good times.

Atari 400 in 1982. My dad came home from work and surprised me and my sibs with it. Obviously like most kids with surprises, we were at awe, yet overjoyed.

Missile Command FTW!! 

Nintendo 64ninjiijitsu

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]The NES for me. I don't regret not playing the Atari first, looking back Atari games are virtually unplayable messes. It comes of no surprise to me that the market dived during Atari's reign.Panzer_Zwei

Good times. 

It's not like I haven't played these games. I don't recall any then or now being "good times", maybe slight above average times, but that's about it. To each his/her own though.

[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]The NES for me. I don't regret not playing the Atari first, looking back Atari games are virtually unplayable messes. It comes of no surprise to me that the market dived during Atari's reign.-RPGamer-

Good times.

It's not like I haven't played these games. I don't recall any then or now being "good times", maybe slight above average times, but that's about it. To each his/her own though.

I remember leaving my parents Atari 2600 on all night without a cartridge in it once. They took it back to Sears and promptly got a replacement.

I bet a lot of people don't even remember the days when Sears sold video games.  

The NES for me. I don't regret not playing the Atari first, looking back Atari games are virtually unplayable messes. It comes of no surprise to me that the market dived during Atari's reign.-RPGamer-

Mine was the NES. What was the point of putting famicom? People would have known to put the NES.laughingman42

I grew up in NYC. I've seen a few Famicoms before in the 80s. Back when small time independent botiques were how you got games and stuff for your Master Systems and TurboGrafx 16s. Because all of the big retailers were usually 100% Nintendo. A lot of these dealers in NYC dealt with imports like the Famicom Disk Drive and such.

[QUOTE="ninjiijitsu"]Nintendo 64Homesrfan

 My first system was the Atari 2600, along with Moon Patrol.

[QUOTE="laughingman42"]Mine was the NES. What was the point of putting famicom? People would have known to put the NES.TekkenMaster606

I grew up in NYC. I've seen a few Famicoms before in the 80s. Back when small time independent botiques were how you got games and stuff for your Master Systems and TurboGrafx 16s. Because all of the big retailers were usually 100% Nintendo. A lot of these dealers in NYC dealt with imports like the Famicom Disk Drive and such.

Then it should have said NES/Famicom instead of having them as seperate entries. Sony should be on the list instead, just because with the way some of the cows in SW act, you KNOW the Playstation was their first system.

[QUOTE="TekkenMaster606"]

[QUOTE="laughingman42"]Mine was the NES. What was the point of putting famicom? People would have known to put the NES.GrlGmr

I grew up in NYC. I've seen a few Famicoms before in the 80s. Back when small time independent botiques were how you got games and stuff for your Master Systems and TurboGrafx 16s. Because all of the big retailers were usually 100% Nintendo. A lot of these dealers in NYC dealt with imports like the Famicom Disk Drive and such.

Then it should have said NES/Famicom instead of having them as seperate entries. Sony should be on the list instead, just because with the way some of the cows in SW act, you KNOW the Playstation was their first system.

Well, actually, I could name a few fans of one particular platform who I think started gaming on the Nintendo 64 as kids. Because that's what their parents related 'safe' and 'video games' with, Nintendo. and then they probably got Playstation 2s as a Christmas or birthday gift during their early teens. And now they've got Xbox 360s. 

And for some reason, that makes them experts. :lol: Call me back kids when you've learned everything about the rise of gaming from 1988-1994. Walk and punch clones. Birth of the FPS. The 16-bit era. Arcades.... 

If you grew up during the same time I did, you probably remember the machines you'd find in a building like this as your 'first gaming experience'

RIP. Good times. 

If you grew up during the same time I did, you probably remember the machines you'd find in a building like this as your 'first gaming experience'

 

 

RIP. Good times.

TekkenMaster606

haha looks like my neighborhood *cough* detroit *cough* 

Game boy pocket was the first, and N64 was my first consoleChopperDave1

 I remember the gamboy pocket days. That tiny little thing really did fit in your pocket too.

the super nintendo when i was like 3 or 4

my first game was super mario bros and is one the best games of all time for me