What was your first video game system?

[Bionic Commando]

I started with the Atari 2600 and the Commodore 64 computer system that shows you I'm an old school gamer.I even have the G.I. Joe game for the C-64!!
YouTube - C64 Classic G.I.Joe 1985 Epyx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0flr_PYtf4)

I had probably 1000's of pirated free computer games back then.When my best friend got the colecovision and NES I had to get an NES,then worked to Super NES,Sega Genesis,Playstation,N-64,Sega Dreamcast,PS-2,X-Box I have not yet jumped to the next generation since pretty much work has now taken up all my time.Although I still considering getting the PS3 just to get the new Final Fantasy 13.Collecting Joes has become my little sanctuary now

[USAgent]

Atari 2600 w/Asteroids! would fly that little ship in a straight line until the big asteroids got real close... then pull back on the stick and see how many times it could "warp" before blowing up.... not many.

[Bionic Commando]

Atari 2600 w/Asteroids! would fly that little ship in a straight line until the big asteroids got real close... then pull back on the stick and see how many times it could "warp" before blowing up.... not many.

Missile Command and Pitfall was my addicition

[Blaster'spunchingbagg]

Nintendo Entertainment System, got it for christmas in 1988. My parents searched high and low, but being originally from NJ, my dad was a cop and he knew a guy who new a guy. . . you know?

[Syn3sthesia]

The NES. Little did I know that the SNES was coming out two months after I had gotten it.

[Bionic Commando]

Nintendo Entertainment System, got it for christmas in 1988. My parents searched high and low, but being originally from NJ, my dad was a cop and he knew a guy who new a guy. . . you know?

Did you have the one with that Gyro-Might thing or whatever it was called?when it first came out.It was that little robot thing that had light sensors for eyes.It was pretty much sold out back when I lived in NYC went to my friends house everyday after school to play it

[HissCommander]

Atari with Qbirt and Pitfall.

Though thats not the oldest system ive had, just the first. I also had a commodore 64, and an intelevision.

[Saboteur]

Atari...Followed shortly by Intellivision..
How many Donkey Kong fans are there out there?
Sab

[Monkeywrench]

Nes

[HissCommander]

Atari...Followed shortly by Intellivision..
How many Donkey Kong fans are there out there?
Sab

donkykong was the sh!t. i still have my Donky Kong Jr. Arcade style game/alarm clock! i love that thing

[joss789]

First was Coleco Vision, follow by Atari 2600, NES, SNES.

[Shogi]

Atari 7800

But I didn't get that until around the time the Super NES came out (My mom wasn't a fan of video games)

Coolest thing about the 7800? It could play 2600 games also :)

I was rocking out to Galaga, Yar's Revenge, Mario Bros. and one of my fav's:
Dr. J and Larry Bird Go One on One!

I loved breaking the glass in that game!

[xFlintx]

Intellivison was my first system. Mine still works and I hook it up and play it from time to time.

[fred v]

nintendo....

[Tomahawk]

nes..tons of fun

[copperhead33]

Oh c'mon...I'm the only one here that owned Pong/gun game machine?

had that thing way before i got a 2600

[Atreides]

TI-99 Part computer & video game system. Kind of an odd little piece of equipment. Had controls with it and you could do basic programming and save it to an audio tape.

[kndy]

First console my dad bought the family the Magnavox Odyssey. One of the few times in my life I could remember me and my father playing video games. Have since tried to get him back into it but he's now more into the Hoyle PC games and a golf game on my old PDA that I recently gave him.

[Headman]

Pretty sure it was the Atari 2600.

[1SGHauser]

Se-gaaaaa!

[donnie76446]

atari 2600 then nes came with spy vs spy

[zartan1]

Me and my brother's first was the Odyssey 2 around 1979-80. It had this one game called "Pick-Ax Pete" that was awesome. After that came the Atari 2600 complete with woodgrain trim, I still got it. We were the first in our town to get an NES Christmas 86, and our house became the local arcade.

[mister-x]

atari 2600, river raid, yars revenge, zaxxon, oh yeah!!! bring it on!!! then i graduated to nintendo,sega, playstation, then ps2, i can still feel my brain cells dwindling away

[JoeFanPDX]

Mine was Intellivision. It didn't have the titles that Atari had but the games looked and played so much better.

My friend growing up had the G.I. Joe game for the Commodore 64. I remember the first night he got it was also the night we rented The M.A.S.S. Device VHS. Good times great memories.

[Dutchmaster29]

NES! For Christmas the year it came out my parents got me Excitebike. I was so excited then they told me that the system was backordered and I didn't get it until well into January. It was worth the wait but what a wait it was until it came in.

[Mainframe]

Eutopia on intellivision was my favorite game I never had

[evlgtr]

Sega Megadrive.

I still think Toejam & Earl is a great game!!

[foor]

I'm an Atari 2600 and Intellivision man meself.

I'm not surprised at how many tankers have that as their first system. It shows how old we are....

[Cobra-Love]

I started with the Atari 2600 and the Commodore 64 computer system that shows you I'm an old school gamer.I even have the G.I. Joe game for the C-64!!
YouTube - C64 Classic G.I.Joe 1985 Epyx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0flr_PYtf4)

I had probably 1000's of pirated free computer games back then.When my best friend got the colecovision and NES I had to get an NES,then worked to Super NES,Sega Genesis,Playstation,N-64,Sega Dreamcast,PS-2,X-Box I have not yet jumped to the next generation since pretty much work has now taken up all my time.Although I still considering getting the PS3 just to get the new Final Fantasy 13.Collecting Joes has become my little sanctuary now

Yes! Me too! I 1st got the Atari 2600 w/ Combat. Then I got the Commodore 64 and in Dec. 1985, I got Epyx G.I. Joe game. It had good graphics and character animation for it's day and you could be a Joe or Cobra. I got really good at it but every time you were gonna capture all the Cobras, one would escape the jail! It never ended!

[The Commander]

NES when it first came out. My cousin had an Atari that I used to play a lot but man when the NES came out my sister and me begged for it! Super Mario Bros FTW!

[mwilday]

An old Texas Instruments computer my dad had.

[Johnnyakiba]

I am not as old school as all of you but mine was the NES. Nintendo Entertainment System.

It still reigns as the best system to me because it had all the GREATEST games. Most of which are now being remade into new games. (Megaman, Bionic Commando, Prince of Persia)

It sadens me because NO ONE in my 2D game development class knows anything about old games and they HATE 8-BIT. (RAGE) WTF!

[DarthBrett]

The Atari 2600. I think it came with Combat and I also got Pac-Man...........X-Mas '81.......good times!

Edit: I have to post some of my fave games for the 2600

Pac-Man
Donkey Kong
Defender
Ms Pac-Man
Space Invaders
Asteroid
Combat
Q-Bert
and my favorite........Pitfall!!


My cousin had Intellivision......never liked the huge remote control-like controller, though.

[FirstOne]

Nes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VIPER 48]

The Atari was my first system. I got it with a crap load of games. I got a NES shortly after and played Mario Bros. until i dropped...

[ShakeZula77]

Atari 2600 and a Commodore 64. Though the NES was my first true love. Hell I still play tetris PIP on my 42" TV when I'm bored.

[Blaster'spunchingbagg]

Did you have the one with that Gyro-Might thing or whatever it was called?when it first came out.It was that little robot thing that had light sensors for eyes.It was pretty much sold out back when I lived in NYC went to my friends house everyday after school to play it


No, I think it was refered to as B.O.B. not sure what that stood for. I had just the plain old run of the mill NES bought off the back of a truck, that came w/Super Mario Brothers.
kinda like the movie Child's Play except it wasn't a doll.

[TK1072]

My first system was a Pong system from Sears. Me & my brother got it for Christmas one year as a present for both of us. It played about 3 or 4 different versions of Pong. Fun stuff for those days.
I don't remember what year exactly, but later we finally got the Atari 2600 followed by Intellivision.
The Pong system is long gone, but still have my Atari & Intellivision. Combat on Atari is still kind of fun to play with your friends while enjoying multiple "adult beverages". :)

[Shin-Gouki]

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/Shin-Gouki-2005/a9d05e41.jpg

[Bernit69]

My sister bought a Comm 64 back in the day. She had like 3 or so games for it. Then I became a full time gamer with the release of Nintendo (NES). Now I just mostly play games on the PC.

[cthulhu522]

Atari 2600... Combat and Missle COmmand... Those games stole my younger years. I also had a Commodore 64... Pirates and Bard's Tale were awesome!

I remember mowing yards to get a NES when they first came out. WHen I finally had the cash, I got it with The Legend of Zelda... hehe That game still rocks.

I still have a working 2600 and NES. I pull out the NES on occasion to play FFI and Dragon Warrior... NES had some great RPGs...

[synthalus]

I got to play on the Commodore a few times at a couple of my friends, but hated how long the load times were on those things!

The NES was my very first Console.
I got it somewhere around 1988-1989 on the day I had an accident with my bike. I fell pretty hard and had a stick popping close to my eye.
lol I remember I was really happy, but a bit sad as I couldn't play that well with a headache.
I had the Actionset with the NES, 2 Joypads, Zapper, and the multipack Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt.
The games (which were back then really expensive, around $70) I got for the NES were:
- Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
- Super Mario Bros. II
- Super Mario Bros. III
- Legend of Zelda II: The Adventures of Link
- Batman
- Flintstones
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Adventures of Bayou Billy
I played a lot of NES games at the local toystore for 2 bucks at a machine that had around 9 games to choose from with 3 continues. Also another local toystore had a different machine where you could just play a game they had in there I think for 2 bucks per 15 minutes.
I remember playing Blaster Master, Legend of Zelda, Batman II Return of the Joker, TMNT II: The Arcade Game, Probotector (EURO version of Contra), Blue Shadow (EURO version of Shadow of the Ninja), and a couple more over at my nephew's house like Fester's Quest, Ducktales ! & 2, Super Off-Road. Good times :)
I always wanted the games that featured in Captain N: The Game Master. I loved that cartoon! lol
Super Mario Bros. Super Show was ok, but was awesome when a Zelda Episode aired XD

Eventually I ended up selling my NES and bought a Super NES from that money. A few years later I sold the SNES for a Sega Megadrive II (EURO version of Sega Genesis) Lion King Pack, which I still have to date.

Between those years I had a Game Boy for a like a month, I sold the thing again because it was horrible to play at such a small monotone screen, I hated it.

Can you believe I never saw Star Wars until I was 14? I bough a set of the tapes because they were cheap and the art looked so cool! We didn't have a vcr anymore because it was stolen (with a tape of my GIJOE tv recordings in it!!!)
A boyfriend of my sister brought along his old NES with like 20+ games which I could play for a few weeks. Star Wars caught my eye because I had the videotapes. I played the game and loved it!
I soo had to watch those tapes now, so I rented a vcr and watched them and made my own lightsaber from a flashlight and a tube.
I never had a single Star Wars figure as a kid! I never knew it existed! lol

Later on, I bought the SNES and the NES again witha bunch of games, the ones I had and the Star Wars game.
My next console was the N64 for Zelda: Ocarina of Time (the best Zelda game I've played, I finished it 3x!)

I got a game boy color (this one was so much better than the big old vintage one) for some Pokemon games and the zelda DX somewhere along the road.

Sega Saturn was my next console which I somehow sold again a few months after owning it because I was more into playing PC games (especially Tomb Raider) The Playstation 2 (Silver edition) is my newest console to date. I have not yet jumped to the next generation. I probably will at some time. I want at least all the consoles with the Zelda games, I'm a huge fan of those! (with the exception of the 3 ubercrappy Philips CD-i Zelda games)

For like 5 years I have rarely played any console games because of the MMORPG Ragnarok Online, where I met my wife :)

I just started to play the N64 game Zelda: Majora's Mask. Collecting G.I. Joe's takes up all of my collectors money atm, so barely any new games atm. I get to play the Nintendo DS soon as my wife gets one for Christmas XD

[synthalus]

I started collecting NES games & consoles around 6 years ago, I got around 3 working NES consoles whic I made regionfree as well and got around 80 games for it now. Most of the games I wanted as a kid :)
I am trying to make space and sell lots of my old toys and have been thinking about selling some of my NES games as well, but my wife wants me to keep them for our gamesroom XD

[Eopie Herder]

Oh c'mon...I'm the only one here that owned Pong/gun game machine?

had that thing way before i got a 2600

Nope. I had that too.

[dmizrok]

Oh c'mon...I'm the only one here that owned Pong/gun game machine?

had that thing way before i got a 2600

You aint the only one....Pong was my first too!!! although I remember how awesome Frogger was on the 2600... I just found a N64 at a garage sale for 15 bucks, with 4 controllers and about 8 games (including Zelda)!!! awesome find!

[gba88]

atari 2600.... we got it from a guy used with a handful of games. about a year later my cousins got an NES and I couldn't believe the difference in graphics! I thought that having an NES was like having an arcade machine at home :)

I can't say I had really fond memories of the 2600...there were a lot of games that you could just never finish or that were complete crap. I think tutankhamun and HERO were 2 of my favorites. I couldn't believe how BAD pac man was on the 2600. I remember being extremely disappointed at how it looked on the 2600 compared to the arcade!

[BigD350Z]

Atari 2600 (Although mine was just video computer system, got it before they started calling it 2600). I've still got two of them with about 65 games. It doesn't have the play value though that the NES does. That was my second system and still the one with the most great titles. I had an obsessive/compulsive kick a few years ago where I had to get all the original black label games. I did, but I never play them. I got the one with R.O.B (robotic operating buddy) and the laser gun. I think that system cost about $250 in '87. Crazy! Maybe it was $150. Anyway, then from there the normal route of Game Boy, SNES, Sega Genesis, Playstation, N64, Game Boy Color, Sega Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Game Boy Advance SP, Nintendo Wii, and Playstation 3. Still have all the systems except for Playstation (which I can play on PS3) and N64 (which I can play on Wii), and a couple of the Game Boys. All this said, all I play anymore is Guitar Hero and I'm getting ready to go pick up World Tour in a few minutes!

[dmizrok]

playing N64 Zelda on a Hi def TV is like playing Adventure on the 2600..lol okay, not THAT bad but damn those "cutting edge graffics" are blocky and rough! its still a fun game though...
(and for the record, I loved Adventure for the Atari...a yellow block for a hero lol)

[BigD350Z]

Zelda for the SNES is still the best Zelda ever IMO.

[dmizrok]

Zelda for the SNES is still the best Zelda ever IMO.
agreed...although Adventures of Link ( the second NES game) is a close second...

[MAJOR BLOOD]

My first was an Atari 2600. I used to play the game that had all the different planes you had to shoot down and Haunted House. Then my buddy got NES and that was it. I wasted a good year of my life on Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. Once he got the action pad and the Olympics that was it. Ma dukes did not see me much for that summer.

I do like how the new systems have the games down loadable now. Not only can you have close to the game you played as a kid but some of them do enhanced graphics. I have a WII and an XBOX so I'll download a classic once in a while. I need to turn on the box and get that new Bionic Commando. Has anyone played that yet?

[GEN.TEX]

My first sytem was a NES. I still have it put up. I have a XBOX 360 and a PS3 currently.

[Tall Creeper]

[QUOTE=Bionic Commando;390305]I started with the Atari 2600 and the Commodore 64 computer system that shows you I'm an old school gamer.I even have the G.I. Joe game for the C-64!!
YouTube - C64 Classic G.I.Joe 1985 Epyx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0flr_PYtf4)

I had both of those systems including the G.I. Joe game for the C-64, still have them.
I then went to a Nes with games like(SMBros., Zelda, Metroid, Tecmo Bowl , M. T. Punchout, Super T. B., etc..) followed by a Super Nes, N64 Goldeneye was and is the best, Gamecube, PS2

[nyb3017]

My first system was the colecovision. i never got what the number pad was for on the controller.

[nyb3017]

My first system was the colecovision. i never got what the number pad was for on the controller. and have had every system since.

[MikeyT]

coleco vision. Q-Bert.

[CG23]

Nes

[CaptainDinobot]

Mine was NES on my 5th birthday.

[LaDracul]

Atari 2600. My favorite game was "Keystone Kops".

[Shin-Gouki]

Atari 2600. My favorite game was "Keystone Kops".

Just as long as you didn't say ET we are all good

[sgt.bludhound]

a video game system that I got to own also my first system was the OG Gameboy system. spinich green and dark green....yea I had like 4 of them (I kept breaking the screen or dropping them..lol)

[sgt.bludhound]

Just as long as you didn't say ET we are all good

is it true they buried thousands of copies of that game in mexico?

[ReganOmics]

i had a Sega master system first with Alex kid an brawler. after that my aunt gave me there atari 26oo with: empire strikes back-combat(exact same as gijoe but without the vector cobra logo)-berserk-adventure-asteroids-outlaw-tennis-plaque attack- an another one where you drop flower pots on spiders climbing up the wall.
after that it was sega genesis

[Nathan92]

Didn't have any until around 2002, got the gameboy advance, then the playstation 1, then an Xbox 360 a couple of years ago.

[skatezaz]

i think the first one i owned was the sega genesis and then we got an N64

[duecey]

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp119/Leblogawesome/atari.jpg
Wasn't it beautiful? And last I checked it still worked too! It's at my moms house, but I have a mini all in one I got from Target a few years back. I used to be awesome at Pitfall and Combat. I even had ghost busters but that was barely a game. Been a gamer ever since though I have fallen off considerably in these last years.

[gijoevscobra4ever]

Nintendo Entertainment System, got it for christmas in 1988. My parents searched high and low, but being originally from NJ, my dad was a cop and he knew a guy who new a guy. . . you know?

I have a similar story. My next door neighbor and his wife were my third set of grandparents, adoptive, but grandparents nevertheless. My third grandfather ran a pool hall. He knew a guy who knew a guy. The Christmas that the NES was impossible to find, my parents tracked one down and a few games. Uncle, my third grandparent, on Christmas morning brought over a hug cardboard box and said merry christmas. It wasn't wrapped. I opened it with my brother to find it packed with games. I mean packed with games. Many of them in duplicate. The duplicates I gave away. That was the second best Christmas ever. First best was waking Christmas morning, running down stairs to find a U.S.S. Flagg built in the living room. That was awesome.

Intellivision was my first game system. Then a brief stint with atari before the NES.

[protoxero]

inorder

1 NES i think i was 5 or 6 when i got one i still have it.

2 SNES i still have it.

3 game boy pocket i had a gold one i think its rare now, it got jacked from me.

4 N64 i think i have it some where.

5 PS one the frist model, i have it still works great and its moded too.

6 PS2 fat one have it but only plays some games.

7 PSP old model have it.

8 PS2 skinny sliver model have it works great.

9 nintendo DS black one have it, i also had a old fat blue one sold it for a new one.

10 PS3 old 60 gig rocks and i have it.

[DarthBrett]

Systems I've owned and how I rate them (1-10)

1981 - Atari 2600 (8)
1987 - NES (9)
1987 - Sega Master System (6)
1989 - Gameboy (8)
1990 - Sega Genesis (8)
1992 - Super NES (10)
1994 - Atari Jaguar (2)
1995 - Sega 32X (2)
1996 - Playstation (7)
1996 - N64 (9)
2001 - Game Cube (7)
2005 - XBOX (8)
2006 - XBOX 360 (9)

[ladyhump]

Atari 2600. Many late nights were spent playing River Raid

SNES is still my favorite system

[DarthBrett]

Atari 2600. Many late nights were spent playing River Raid

SNES is still my favorite system

Yeah, the SNES had so many great games. Everything about that system's classics scream quality (the gameplay, the graphics, the music). I truly believe that was the best video game system ever made.

Do you mind listing your Top 10 Favorite SNES games, 'hump?

[Bravestarr]

Atari 2600.

I had Pac Man, Space Invaders, E.T. and Combat to name a few of the games.

Anyone here ever see "Cloak And Dagger?"

[DarthBrett]

Wasn't that the movie with Henry Thomas (the kid from ET)? SAw it way back in the mid 1980's.

[Moses]

Oh c'mon...I'm the only one here that owned Pong/gun game machine?

had that thing way before i got a 2600
The Telstar Arcade? That was my first! Then Magnavox Odyssey 2 and finally Atari 2600 after that

[DarthBrett]

Here's my Top 10 favorite SNES games, 'hump

The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
Street Fighter 2 - Hyper Fighting
Super Mario World
Mario Paint
Super Castlevania IV
Star Fox
Super Metroid
Stunt Race FX
Contra III - The Alien Wars
Super Punch-Out!!


Secret of Mana, Griffey Jr Presents MLB and NBA Jam just missed the list.

[Bravestarr]

Wasn't that the movie with Henry Thomas (the kid from ET)? SAw it way back in the mid 1980's.

Yeah, that's it.

The kid has an Atari video game cartridge that contains some sort of US government secret code inside.

The reason I mentioned the film is because it provides decent insight as to what life was like during the age of Atari video games.

[Darth Phoenix]

Atari 2600, NES, Gameboy, SNES, N64, Playstation, PS2, Nintendo Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, PSP, PS3.

[BIG BOSS]

the g.i.joe arcade game was the best.
the first system i got was an atari,dont know which model,forgot.
i still got my nintendo,super nintendo,nintendo 64,gameboy sp,nintendo ds,wii,super gameboy,fc twin,playstation 3, and psp.

[JR0d28]

NES all the way!!!!

[gdztoyz]

My first system was the Atari 2600, and my first nemesis was my dad. That all changed after I spent many days during the summer of '83 practicing *cue Rocky training montage*. After that fateful game of Combat in which I totally obliterated my dad, I took the crown:)

It wouldn't be until the NES I would get into video games hardcore.

SNES is my favorite.

[Irid70]

The Atari 2600. Later, the 7800. Then PCs. Never had Nintendo until my bro bought an N64 while in college. Then got a Dreamcast for Christmas one year, an XBOX the next. Most of my favorite games are PC games from about 1989-1996. Sierra Adventure games for the win...King's Quest, Conquest of the Longbow...loved all those.

[L.T. SEAL]

Atari 2600 ....pacman was the game loved eating the square power pelats

[Bionic Commando]

The Atari 2600. Later, the 7800. Then PCs. Never had Nintendo until my bro bought an N64 while in college. Then got a Dreamcast for Christmas one year, an XBOX the next. Most of my favorite games are PC games from about 1989-1996. Sierra Adventure games for the win...King's Quest, Conquest of the Longbow...loved all those.

Dude!! I loved the Sierra games.I used to go to my best friends apartment all the time when I was a kid because he was the first to get an NES and the first to have a PC on the city block.King's Quest,Police Quest,Space Quest and another one called Manhunter??I think takes place in future NYC

[Irid70]

Dude!! I loved the Sierra games.I used to go to my best friends apartment all the time when I was a kid because he was the first to get an NES and the first to have a PC on the city block.King's Quest,Police Quest,Space Quest and another one called Manhunter??I think takes place in future NYC


Sierra was money back in the early 90s. All those games were great; my favorite was definitely the Robin Hood game, "Conquest of the Longbow." Probably, in all honesty, that game was the best contemporary version of the Robin Hood story; better than any movie, book, or tv show.

[generalhawk]

atari then i got a used nes system ah the 80's dang i miss the cold war era jk

[Bionic Commando]

Here's my Top 10 favorite SNES games, 'hump

The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
Street Fighter 2 - Hyper Fighting
Super Mario World
Mario Paint
Super Castlevania IV
Star Fox
Super Metroid
Stunt Race FX
Contra III - The Alien Wars
Super Punch-Out!!


Secret of Mana, Griffey Jr Presents MLB and NBA Jam just missed the list.

You have some of the same favorite ones as me but I can't narrow it down to just 10 since there was so many.
Street Fighter II - I was an arcade pro fighter making people lose quarters in different neighborhoods and when it first hit the home console it was huge something like the first big memory cartridge and it cost $75
Final Fantasy II & III-I was and still an RPG geek
Starfox-paved the way for 3D shooters
Super Mario World-I played that thing for hours and had the Nintendo Power guide so I can complete all worlds
Legend of Zelda-felt so cinematic loved the series
I can go on but will end up writing a novel

[scifinut999]

mine was atari 2600

[goosetuber]

wow been reliving my childhood!
To answer questions
1. The Nintendo robot was called B.O.B. The bionic operating buddy
2. Yep, saw cloak and dagger, and I think it was an atari 5200 cartridge. Dabney Coleman was a poor substitute for flint playing Jack Flak

Did anyone else have the broderbund game "karateka"??
Yeah it was c64 and apple II title but it was better than most games that came out until the NES

[BIG BOSS]

wow been reliving my childhood!
To answer questions
1. The Nintendo robot was called B.O.B. The bionic operating buddy
2. Yep, saw cloak and dagger, and I think it was an atari 5200 cartridge. Dabney Coleman was a poor substitute for flint playing Jack Flak

Did anyone else have the broderbund game "karateka"??
Yeah it was c64 and apple II title but it was better than most games that came out until the NES

no, his name was R.O.B (robot operating buddy), i still got one,just missing the battery cover.

[HissCommander]

I just got an Atari 2600 with wood trim with 56 games of ebay the other day. Should be here this week. Very excited!

[BIG BOSS]

I just got an Atari 2600 with wood trim with 56 games of ebay the other day. Should be here this week. Very excited!

i had one of those.cool. i just dont have the tv for it no more.

[JoeJunkie]

Am I the only one who suffered through a TurboGrafx 16? Though the Commodore 64 was technically my first system. Many many hours with dad playing some airplane bombing game, I think it was called Blue Max.

[Cobra Invasor]

NES with Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt

[Novacaine]

My dad loaned some money to my moms brother (my uncle) around NOV 1988 (my uncle was a bad heroin addict at the time) he did not have the money to pay my dad back before christmas like promised, and my dad had planned to buy me an 8-bit nintendo with the three-pack (duckhunt,mario,and track) that year. My dad told my uncle he did not care how he did it but I was going to have that video game system under the christmas tree that year (the amount borrowed was not enough for the system but was 80ish% of its retail cost). My father assumed my uncle would buy a stolen one, but he was not prepared for what happened next. My uncle left the house, walked about a mile to the local Toys R Us in Napa California, grabbed a shopping cart, strolled over to the nintendo display, grabbed one and thew it into the cart, and then pushed the shopping cart out the front door. He returned an hour later with the nintendo. My mother wrapped it an I had the best Christmas ever. It wasn't till I was much much older that my parents and uncle shared this story with me. (kind of sad)

[OSOK]

sega master system, an 8 bit dream

[the_loud_master]

lol a gameboy

[HissCommander]

anyone have a sega CD they want to get rid of?

[cliff secord]

Atari 2600 for me, damn that was so long ago, it almost feels like another lifetime.

[Bionic Commando]

anyone have a sega CD they want to get rid of?

I have the Sega CD and 32X attachments I'll have to check if it still works I also have that Dana Plato Nightrap 32XCD

[VandalSavage]

I had the Atari 2600 with Combat and picked up Asteriods and Space Invaders I believe...later got Graph Wonders like Pitfall, Megamania, and River Raid....Also remember solving Raiders of the Lost Ark with my dad and uncle.

Mr. Savage

[UMAN]

My first game system was an SNES.. Super Mario World, Mario All-Stars, and Mortal Kombat were our first games... I still prefer this system over anything else!

[Lantern_Lad]

My first game system was an original SEGA... before the Genesis.

Thing was awesome, but broke down 3 times. Each time it broke down my Mom (who kept all receipts) took it back and got us a new one.

Eventually got a Sega Genesis which was then stolen when someone broke into my Mom's house. Now I have a PS2 that sits around and collects dust because I don't play video games anymore.

[Frakk_mirror]

Atari 2600 with asteroids 1983 ,i still have the old game console minus the joysticks ,i don't know what to do with it ?

[spazzy]

I am not sure what it was but I had a bunch of games, it was an old school computer and I remember most was the Empire Strikes Back game, where you are in a Snowspeeder fighting AT-AT's. Atari?

Then Nintendo came out, ahh I played it for so long, then Super Nintendo, and didn't buy a console until PS3, by that time I was pretty much done with games, and sold the ps3 with all my 20+ games. It was cool, I just didn't give myself enough time to play it so it just sat in dust for 5 months.

[DarthBrett]

You should have kept the system because it can be used to look at your pics on your computer on your TV and a decent blu-ray player to boot.

[spazzy]

You should have kept the system because it can be used to look at your pics on your computer on your TV and a decent blu-ray player to boot.

Eh, it added a bit more high def, but with my HDTV and dvd player, it works fine with or without it.

I tried getting all I can out of it, but in the end I spent about $800 (cables, router, controllers, etc) plus games on it, and it wasn't doing enough.

For the gamer, it is a great system, I was just fooling myself trying to get back into it.

[DarthBrett]

Spazzy, you have an HDTV but not a blu-ray player? That's a crime!! Shame on you! LOL

[Scarlett002]

I had the Atari when I was very little and use to play Donkey Kong trying to save the Princess!!! And when you are small it's all "oooooo and aaaaa!!!" LoL. Now with these new systems and games, they just blow you away with the graphics and gameplay. I totally Love to play my Video Games!!! Good thing I have a relative working for GameStop. LoL :D

[vega-1]

Atari 5200 was a really good system back in the day

[spazzy]

Spazzy, you have an HDTV but not a blu-ray player? That's a crime!! Shame on you! LOL

I know I thought I would be complete with the ps3, but then I started to buy blu-ray dvd's and regular dvds, then it started getting really expensive, but I do have HD cable box, but it only covers a handful of stations I watch.

It still does wonders with my dvd player, compared to a normal tv.
Definitely one of my BEST purchases ever, I highly recommend everyone getting a HDTV.

[Rivan01]

Atari and the Intellivision.

[Wylde Weezle]

In order:
Atari 2600 [1981!]
Commodore 64 [1984]

Sega Genesis -> 32X -> Sega CD -> Sega Saturn
[PC 386-486]
Playstation 1
Xbox
Xbox 360

Growing up, my best friend and his cousin both had a Texas Instruments console that used cartridges and a keyboard/joystick. Neighbor had the Intellivision, but only one kid in the neighborhood had the Colecovision.
I had a cousin who had everything put out in the late 80s to mid 90s including Neo Geo and Turbografix 16. I think he even had an Atari Jaguar.
My brother had a Super NES, N64 and a Sega Dreamcast that I'd play on from time to time. I'm never really current with my consoles. I didn't get an Xbox until 2003 and I've only had my XB 360 for a couple weeks now.

[DarthBrett]

I had the stupid Atari Jaguar....waste of money. It only had two decent games (Tempest 2000 and Aliens vs Predators).

[vega-1]

I know I thought I would be complete with the ps3, but then I started to buy blu-ray dvd's and regular dvds, then it started getting really expensive, but I do have HD cable box, but it only covers a handful of stations I watch.

It still does wonders with my dvd player, compared to a normal tv.
Definitely one of my BEST purchases ever, I highly recommend everyone getting a HDTV.

I love my HDTV! Especially when I'm watching Football

[Zefram]

Atari 2600 and C64

Yeah, I'm that friggin' old. :D

[MeLikeJinx]

There were four of us... all boys.

My oldest brother's first video game system was actually Pong. LOL.

My second oldest brother's first video game was the Atari 2600.

My third oldest brother's first video game system was Intellivision.

And my first video game system was Nintendo (which my oldest brother bought for me, lol).

Somehow we missed the ColecoVison. LOL.

[ceraurus]

My parents never really got me much in the way of video games. My best friend growing up had Pong and the Atari 2600. My other friend had an Intellivision. The first I got was the Tandy TRS-80 - I'm not sure-off hand which version (not one of the first). I had some pretty kick ass text-based cassette tape games and Baseball!

[cyberjoe]

My first video game system was the nes, with Super Mario Bros. My parents and Uncle had also purchased Metroid and Castlevania for me. No doubt in my mind, that day was the closest I've ever come to heaven.

[solo0525]

nintendo ... my mom wouldnt budge and by me a atari ... but I love me some Duck Hunt ....

[crock master]

commodor 64
atari 26oo
nes
sega
sega cd
super nintendo
never had a nin 64
playstation
and i just smashed my ps2 broke the system and game both in one punch.
now i am not sure what i am going to do

[minstrelboy]

I forget what the first system was even called - it used cassette tapes, and we had about 40-60 games for it. My dad got it as some kind of package deal. Then we had a Commodore 64 and an Atari 2600, but I don't remeber which we got first. That was all I had for a long time. I had to go to my cousins houses to play the Nintendo or Sega systems that came out later.

[harkiri]

Not sure which we had first, the atari 2600 or the commodore 64, but after that it was an SNES, then a Playstation,then a PC, then N64, PS2, then finally an Xbox so I could play Halo.

[jlaing2607]

My first system was a NES for X-mas of '89

[misfit1015]

Colecovision, darn I miss playing Venture and River Raid now.....

[Foolproof]

Nes, 1987.

[CTGLinks]

Pong....seriously

and then Intellevision

and then Atari 2600

I own every system now : - )

[iowajedi]

Atari 2600. Still have it in the garage. Occasionally pull it out to get my Asteroids fix. But most of my limited gaming time these days is spent on the Xbox 360.

[Amakusa666]

Nes was my original system. 2nd system I owned was the Master System II and then TurboGrafx-16 when it was time to move towards 16-bit graphics capable systems.

[fred v]

Old school nintendo...super mario bros...can't beat it..:)

[Rising Phoenix2]

my first system was the odyssey. mine still works too >.>

[dsrader]

The atari or intelevision,i think thats what it was called

[cobralalalala!]

Atari 2600, all black four peg, affectionately referred to by collectors as the Darth Vader. Berserk,combat,pacman,Phoenix, these were my favorites :)

[BigErn]

Coleco Vision

If my dad hears us talking about video games to this day he brings up Venture, good times.

[samantha]

I don't know what it was called but it played "Pong". I don't think it had any other game to it, just Pong.

[coola784]

Nes, i remeber playing it all the time with my brothers.

[Phobos_Deimos]

I don't know what it was called. It was a yellow thing with 2 knobs that played 3 games, one of which, I believe was Pong. Then we got an Atari 2600.

[DOC]

NES was the first for me.....I still play it from time to time ;)

[samantha]

I don't know what it was called. It was a yellow thing with 2 knobs that played 3 games, one of which, I believe was Pong. Then we got an Atari 2600.

I had the same game system. I remember the two knobs too. I do not have any clue what the system was called but it was the first game system I ever owned. My brother gave it too me.

[Phobos_Deimos]

Just looked it up, it was the Magnavox Odyssey 300. Wow that looks so ancient!

[Cobra Commander]

Atari 2600

[coola784]

you know whats funny about Nes is that i rented ninja turtles for my 360 a while back and it was horrible, i was talking with my bro and we were like man ninja turtles for Nes is so much better and cooler.

[Cobra-Love]

Atari 2600 w/ Combat ( guess I was always into war toys!)

[(GI)Joe]

sega master system

[(GI)Joe]

you know whats funny about Nes is that i rented ninja turtles for my 360 a while back and it was horrible, i was talking with my bro and we were like man ninja turtles for Nes is so much better and cooler.

dude ihear you on that one.. i revisit alot of the games i thought were classics and spents hours and days playing , golden axe , streets of rage and i go back now with a friend on xbla and we beat the game in like 30 mins .. i remember it being wayyyy harder and cooler lol .. maybe i should stop doing that and ruining my memories

[The Commander]

My younger cousin had an Atari that I played but the first video game system my folks got for us was the NES back in '87 I believe when it first came out.

On a side note, is it not ironic that the older systems are still the ones that actually work the best? I can still run that NES system that's 20+ years old yet my brother's Xbox has gotten two RROD in the last year.

[tigerforce-88]

atari 7800

[CodenameLawman]

Atari 2600.

[MachineGunEtiquette]

My parents had an atari 2600, the first one I got was the NES, and I killed that bastard. I spent more time with that thing than any human should have.

[MachineGunEtiquette]

dude ihear you on that one.. i revisit alot of the games i thought were classics and spents hours and days playing , golden axe , streets of rage and i go back now with a friend on xbla and we beat the game in like 30 mins .. i remember it being wayyyy harder and cooler lol .. maybe i should stop doing that and ruining my memories

all i gotta say about that is Altered Beast.

"wiiiiisssee fwom youw gwaaaavee" was so much more fun back in the day.

[TheSerpentKing]

SNES with Donkey Kong Country. The game that got me addicted the video games and still one of my favorites!

[Python_Puckman]

Intellivision... Tron Deadly Discs was freaking awesome!

[The Commander]

all i gotta say about that is Altered Beast.

"wiiiiisssee fwom youw gwaaaavee" was so much more fun back in the day.

I saw that on Xbox Live and I'm SOOO tempted to get it. Used to play it all the time at a local convenience store!

[GGPiKE]

All of my friends had Atari and Nes, so I always played video games at their houses. My first console was the Turbografx 16 and soon after the Turbo Express. I loved the hell out of that system and still do. After the TG16, my next console was the Sega Genesis. I got into computer games for a while at that point, so my next console wasn't until the Sega Dreamcast, followed by Xbox and then Xbox360 and a Wii.

[D'Compose]

I think mine was either NES or Commodore 64 swiftly followed by the AMIGA 500 ...I don't know what to say other than DAMN THOSE THINGS HAD SOME GAMES!!! :D

I'm pretty sure up until recently (then XBOX 360 Live and COD4 came along) I had my best gaming experiences with those machines, video gaming fun at it's purest :)

[Joecom]

Nes I had
Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt
Zelda
Double Dragon
Mega Man 1 and 2
Contra

those when my first games

[gijustin5051]

ColecoVision. Used to love playing Zaxxon.

[Fury]

i had a system called the Odyssey...it was put out by Magnavox and the first games I had were Baseball and Pick Axe Pete.....Pick Axe Pete was a sort of Donkey Kong rip off....

http://www.wisevid.com/thumb/2_3527.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/agg/cov200/drg200/g250/g25057y8tzh.jpg

[DaViper]

My first system was the commadore 64 playing donkey kong jr. , then it was the atari 2600. My brother and I eventually got the nes, snes, turbograpix, atari jaguar, and sega cd. Man those were fun days.

[homer_sapien]

Atari 2600.

[MachineGunEtiquette]

i had a system called the Odyssey...it was put out by Magnavox and the first games I had were Baseball and Pick Axe Pete.....Pick Axe Pete was a sort of Donkey Kong rip off....

http://www.wisevid.com/thumb/2_3527.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/agg/cov200/drg200/g250/g25057y8tzh.jpg

WOAH.
those are like seeing a Bigfoot riding a Unicorn.
that takes me back.

[MachineGunEtiquette]

so since we are on the retro gaming system thing what all systems do y'all own?
right now I am up to this:
Atari 2600
NES
SNES
N64
Gamecube
Wii
Sega Genesis
Sega CD/32X
Dreamcast
Saturn
PS1
PS2
PS3
Xbox 360
TurboGraph-x 16
DS

I am on the lookout for a 3d0 and a jaguar if anyone knows anyplace where they is cheap.

[dbuchan]

I think it was called a telestar? I dont know who made it but i think It had four games pre installed. pong, ice hockey, tennis and soccer. All that changed was the background colour and the size of your paddle and goal.It was a very cool system for the late 70s.

[Indy]

Atari 2600. Along with Keystone Kapers, Pitfall and some game where you are some knight jumping over dragon fire.

[dadiz8412]

mine was the atari

[Gunzlingr]

Fairchild Channel F

http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/Game%20Consoles/11%20Fairchild%20Channel%20F.jpg

My parents got it used from my aunt and uncle. We played Blue Max vs. Red Baron until it wore out. Then we got an Atari 2600.

Eventually I saved my money for an NES.

[citizendan1st]

Intellivision with Burgertime...then TRON!!!

[HawkHauser]

For me, that would be NES.

[mech-grunt]

Atari w/pong

[megatron103]

i had table tops which were the coin op arcade machines shrunk down then Atari

[Bionic Commando]

Atari 2600. Along with Keystone Kapers, Pitfall and some game where you are some knight jumping over dragon fire.

I loved Keystone Kapers.That Knight game was called Joust,that was probably the first competitive game I had that friends would come over and we fight each other for hours.Another addictive Atari game for me was Kaboom,my family and friends would get excited how I got past the higher and faster levels

[crackus]

Atari!!! asteroids and space invaders were so fun then... good times... :) have you guys had game and watch by nintendo??

[kingphilbert]

I had nothing until the first GameBoy, then Genesis. I used to borrow my uncle Atari, and always had friends with NES then SNES, but my parents never really wanted me to have them.

[Rich_JJ]

Commodore 64 for me! The next one would be the original NES, then Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, X-box 360, and finally the PS3.

[PitViper]

I'm not sure if it was the 5200 or the 7800? But it was the Atari "Super System" that came with Pac-Man..it was the controller that looked like a telephone pad with the 2 orange "fire" buttons on the sides...

After that NES--which I firmly believe was the greatest home video game system ever...Bad Dudes? Castle Vania? Rolling Thunder? Mike Tyson's Punch Out?!?! Whhhhhaaaaaaaaat? It was off the hook!!

Then SNES...bringing Street Fighter 2 home changed everything!!

Genesis--NBA Jam alone was worth the price of owning the system, Altered Beast, Sonic and basically any sports games rocked.

I got Dreamcast after that (big gap I know) I still think Dreamcast was SOLID!!! Marvel Vs Capcom, Dead Or Alive, Ready To Rumble Boxing and NFL2K....I loved Dreamcast!

Xbox--Halo/Madden...great system

Finally Im down to XBOX 360 and I bought it JUST for Madden...personally I think Madden is the greatest thing since the NFL itself!

Honorable mention goes to my Gameboy Advanced..I still play it! I have the classic controller scheme, I bought it to play Castle Vania, then Street Fighter Alpha came out for it...and I still have no reason for another handheld!

[Some_Gamer_Dude]

Mega Drive II>Game Boy(Blue)>Game Boy Color(Indigo)>Game Boy Color(Pokemon)>N64(Pokemon)>Game Boy Advance(Indigo)>PSOne>PS2>NGC(Black)>Nintendo DS(Silver)>PS2Slim>Wii>PS3>PSP2000(Black)>XBox360(Arcade)

Future? Nintendo DSi

[Outsider]

NES baby

[Sunbow_Joe84]

NES. I actually saved my allowance with my brother. we earned money by cleaning house. washing cars for neighbors and our dad. mowing lawns. we bought it from the toys r us in midland

[RaygeOn]

i had a system called the Odyssey...it was put out by Magnavox and the first games I had were Baseball and Pick Axe Pete.....Pick Axe Pete was a sort of Donkey Kong rip off....

http://www.wisevid.com/thumb/2_3527.jpg

http://image.allmusic.com/00/agg/cov200/drg200/g250/g25057y8tzh.jpg

Odyssey for me too! This 1/2K system sucked! "Quest for the rings" and "K.C. Munchkin" (a Pac-man rip off) ate up alot of hours!

[Crimson Gord]

colico vision, not sure if i spelled that right but it had time pilot pit fall Qbert and a surprising number of other games. my uncle gave it to me a few years before the nes came out.

[Michael24]

First game system I had was the Atari 2600. Actually, it belonged to my parents, who had already bought it for themselves before I was born. But it was the first system I ever played. I remember countless hours with games like Missile Command, Pitfall, Space Invaders, and (yes) the infamous ET. :D

By the late-80s, we sold it and all our games and replaced it with the NES. From there we had Sega Genesis, N64, Playstation, Playstation 2, and now Xbox 360. The 360 is my brother's, as I don't play very many current gen games. However, I do have a PS2 Slim in my room for a few games that I do like, such as the GTA and Lego series. (Also still have the Genesis and N64, along with an NES I bought several years ago. For the most part, I'm an old school gamer. Heck, I even still have -- and play -- my Atari Lynx!! :D )

[GhostGL]

Pong, then got a Atari 2600

[jayeyejoo]

Nes with ROB

[Zartanman]

My first system was the Atari 5200 it had the Arcade Graphics and Pacman didn't sound like a rubber band.

Then it was the Nintendo, followed by Super NES, then Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Dreamscape, Playstation... and then I went PC Gamer. I haven't owned a console since.

[Syn3sthesia]

Nintendo!

[The Conflict]

Atari 2600

[Sgt. Kayfabe]

Atari 2600 was my first system. I remember playing Pac-man, Pitfall, Kaboom, and Circus Atari.

[hectorxd]

Atari 2600
Sega Genesis
PS1
PS2
PS3

[MyJoeCollection]

Atari 2600, then a drought that ended with the Sega Master System

[JohnnyAngel77]

Intellivision II.

[Xenomrph]

Atari 2600, although I used my father's Apple IIe for games a lot.

[Steelgrave]

Telstar/pong, then Intellivision, then Atari 2600. I wanted Colecovision but never got it.

[samantha]

Atari 2800, I loved "Joust"

[dsrader_jr]

NES only to learn on.Then the ps1

[The BLAY]

NES on my first trip to Florida in '89
I also acquired my cousins Commodore 64 at some point
man that thing rocked!
Ugh-lympics!

[megatronkicksas]

Original Zelda.

[Atomic Man]

Pong. Then on to the Atari 2600. Skipped Intellivision and Colecovision. NES, SuperNES, N64, Genesis, TurboGraphics, SegaCD, Sega32X, Atari Jaguar, Real3DO, PS1, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Xbox, Ps2, GameCube, Xbox 360, Wii. Have not broken down for a Ps3. Have kids, kinda tough justifying. Everything besides my 360 has been passed to my son and now my daughter is showing interest.

[gba88]

atari 2600 "used" Yeah, I remember my parents getting us a used 2600 with 4 or 5 games back in the day.

[arashikage tat]

My first was Colecovision

[CallMeRotten]

Apple IIe, but my first console was a NES.

[starscream-99]

NES. Hell yeah!!!

[pig iron grenadier]

Tel-Star pong system back in the 70s.

then Atari 2600, Intellivision 1 and 2, Colecovision.

Then later it was NES and Sega Master, Gensis, Saturn, Playstation1, Dreamcast, X-Box and X-Box 360.

I pretty much preferred Intellivision, then all the Sega systems, and now X-Box.

[red05]

A used Atari 2600 with about 20 games. Great times! I still have it today and play it occasionally.

[NokRipper]

Ugh, I first had a Commodore 64, then an Atari 2600, to a 7800

Played way too many text based rpg's as a kid

[Ocho_Eyes]

i had a sega, then sega genisis, then nintendo, super nintendo, nintendi 64, pklaystation, playstation 2, xbox, gamecube, ps3,gameboy.