My first gaming console

candycab · Feb 5, 2003

well here it is ! this was the first gaming console I ever owned <a href="http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2" target="_blank">http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2</a>

I was about 6 when it came out , I m now 31 , I still have it in its origional box and it works as if it were new today.

ray_7 · Feb 5, 2003

The first console I've ever owned is a NES, bought for me by my dad around 1988, when I was 5.

dirtboy69 · Feb 5, 2003

damn that system you posted the link to must be worth alot if you still have it anyway the first system i had was my sega master system got it in 1987 for my birthday i was the only person in my whole town with a sega cause nintendo was the cool one anyway i was made fun but sega was the better system i think

td741 · Feb 5, 2003

My first game system was this:
<a href="http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=719" target="_blank">http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=719</a>

I had a light gun as well.

After a while we discovered a bunch of bugs like being able to shoot the ball in all of those different pong games. Being able to merge some games together by putting the game selector halfway. wink

Hmm, Candy, you're not that much older then me, I'm almost 30 *shudder*.

Hot Chocolate · Feb 5, 2003

The Sega Master system was the first system i ever owned. My mom bought it for me cause my cousin had got a NES and she didn't want me to feel left out of the gaming loop

evil wasabi · Feb 5, 2003

my parents played videogames so when i was born i allready owned an atari 2600 and an NES. my next system i got for my birthday in i think 92 when i was 5, my genesis. (still have all the exact same systems to this day, no box for the 2600 or nes though, parents threw em out even before i was born crying )

Tha Art · Feb 5, 2003

The first system I got was a nintendo in 1989. I loved it and still would play it today if it wasn't for that cursed Game Genie that gave my poor system a virus. Once I gave away my Game Genie, my nintendo couldn't play any games. Now, I'm the proud owner of a PS, PS2, Dreamcast, and SNES.

Too bad I can't find any games for my SNES system now! Thank goodness for remakes!!

<small>[ February 05, 2003, 02:44 PM: Message edited by: Tha Art ]</small>

$hockwave · Feb 5, 2003

candycab:
well here it is ! this was the first gaming console I ever owned <a href="http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2" target="_blank">http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2</a>

I was about 6 when it came out , I m now 31 , I still have it in its origional box and it works as if it were new today.

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Tehcno · Feb 5, 2003

Mine was the $200 Atari 2600. Then the $50 Atari 2600. Then the SMS... I loved that thing.

Sonic1787DC · Feb 5, 2003

Tha Art:
The first system I got was a nintendo in 1989. I loved it and still would play it today if it wasn't for that cursed Game Genie that gave my poor system a virus. Once I gave away my Game Genie, my nintendo couldn't play any games. Now, I'm the proud owner of a PS, PS2, Dreamcast, and SNES.

Too bad I can't find any games for my SNES system now! Thank goodness for remakes!!

Are you like... ya know... retarded!?

Anyway, the first system I got was my SNES when I was 6.

candycab · Feb 5, 2003

$hockwave:

candycab:
well here it is ! this was the first gaming console I ever owned <a href="http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2" target="_blank">http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2</a>

I was about 6 when it came out , I m now 31 , I still have it in its origional box and it works as if it were new today.

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link does not work.

Seems to be working fine for me ?

As for these things being worth money , according to the site I found it on they are worth about 22.00 I think it said.

My second console which I still have today as well is the odessy2 with the voice adapter and about 50 some odd games , the cool part is I still have all the origional boxes after all these years , man where does the time go ?

RabbitTroop · Feb 5, 2003

I had a similar console. I had a Radioshack tennis game. It was basically the same thing, it had about 5 games of pong on it, some with multiple padals... and a cool Pause feature! hehe...

-Nick

Hot Chocolate · Feb 5, 2003

Tha Art:

Too bad I can't find any games for my SNES system now! Thank goodness for remakes!!

spock ever try ebay or gamestop?

aria · Feb 5, 2003

My first was the "console masquerading as a computer": The C64

Then I got an NES, way late in the game (Power-Pad edition)

GunstarHero · Feb 5, 2003

Sweet. I love looking at those old Pong machines, that one does look nice too. I still have my original 2600, works perfect, and still in use on a regular basis.

Bluevoodu · Feb 5, 2003

my 1st system... Magnaxov Oddyssey

<img src="http://www.egameaddiction.com/posticons/bvcollection/bv20.JPG" alt=" - " />

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NeoSneth · Feb 5, 2003

candycab:
well here it is ! this was the first gaming console I ever owned <a href="http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2" target="_blank">http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2</a>

I was about 6 when it came out , I m now 31 , I still have it in its origional box and it works as if it were new today.

I have that exact system sitting in my closest in perfect working order with box and instructions. The wood paneling is why i kept it. Sounds comes from the system , it is hilarious. I do nto have the ac adapter, but i have the order form that came with the system tho.

Ghost-Dog · Feb 5, 2003

While my parents had an Atari VCS (been gaming for 22 years now =p), my first console that was truly mine was the venerable Sega Master System. I got it for Christmas in 1986 if I remember correctly.

I still have it to this day, and most of my games. My old save on Phantasy Star (circa 1986) is still intact. buttrock

Lagduf · Feb 5, 2003

The NES was my first console, i dont remember how old i when i got it but im sure it wasaround 1988 or 1989.

Alkanan · Feb 5, 2003

sega master system

Bishamon · Feb 5, 2003

candycab:
well here it is ! this was the first gaming console I ever owned <a href="http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2" target="_blank">http://www.vintagegame.com/specimen.cfm?VItemID=72&VMenuItemSel=Museum&VMenuItemIDSel=2</a>

I was about 6 when it came out , I m now 31 , I still have it in its origional box and it works as if it were new today.

Nice!!

I'm 32, and my first console was some sortof of 4-game Pong console (played on a tiny B&W TV). I wish I could remember the brand the console was, but unfortunately it was probably sold in a garage sale in the late '70's after my dad bought us a new Atari VCS.

I think the games were tennis, squash, hockey (?), and a forth one I can't remember. I do recall that it used a dial to select the various games (I think). Damn, I wish I still had that thing. frown

chris1 · Feb 6, 2003

td741:
My first game system was this:
<a href="http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=719" target="_blank">http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=719</a>

I had a light gun as well.

After a while we discovered a bunch of bugs like being able to shoot the ball in all of those different pong games. Being able to merge some games together by putting the game selector halfway. wink

Hmm, Candy, you're not that much older then me, I'm almost 30 *shudder*.

I still have that Today..You may be able to see it in the pics..

<small>[ February 06, 2003, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: chris1 ]</small>

chris1 · Feb 6, 2003

Awesome Topic..I collect Pongs..See Pics.

I have added more to that pile.
Those are old pics.

My first system was a Telstar Arcade.

CrackerMessiah · Feb 6, 2003

I have no clue as to how it entered the house, but for all intensive purposes it was a welcome start on the gaming habit:

<a href="http://www.old-computers.com/magazine/view.asp?r=2&a=8" target="_blank">http://www.old-computers.com/magazine/view.asp?r=2&a=8</a>

Emerson's Arcadia 2001 (the top one pictured).

And as far as I know, it's still in working order. Oh, the time spent of Cat Trax and Tanks A Lot alone... whoo...

dojosky · Feb 8, 2003

atari pong system was my first system when i was 2 back in 1974 !! and yes candycab and i were good friends and neighbors so i remember his odyssey 2 stuff we played with it ! and i had my coleco vision at that time and my collection then grew big and bigger etc...

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