First Home console that was YOURS

[Ultimo Gallos]

No not your dad's old SNES he let you play so he got an hour of peace. First one bought for you. Home Console not handheld.

Atari 2600 for me. Won it from Godfather's pizza when I was in 1st grade. 2 days after winning it flooded in my area and no school for the rest of the week. Only game I had was Combat,which sucks solo. Mom went out and got Space Invaders. Months later old cousin taught me how to "fry" the system and get more shots on screen in Space Invaders.

[Kalmia]

I had a few old consoles passed down to me from older cousins (Spectrum ZX and Amiga 500 spring to mind) but the first one that was mine was the NES. It was near the end of it's life and I think the SNES arrived soon after I got mine, but I was too young to care.

[Sigma: Current SRW Champ!]

6th Birthday was an NES with Super Mario Bros and Metroid. First game I ever beat was that copy of Metroid.

[Zombie Mod]

commodore 64/sega mega drive.

depending on your definition of home console.

[Feyrhausen]

Mine alone?

NES version 2. Before that we had Commodore 64, NES, and SNES but they were all shared with my brothers.

[Cyno]

I took over my dad's NES, but the first console that was all mine was the SNES. Of course my dad would play games with me on that, too, like Street Fighter II and Super Mario World.

[fg]

Mine was I believe the Commodore Vic-20.

[Urn Anderson]

The first one that was just mine was an NES.

The one I played first that belonged to my dad was a Magnavox Odyssey 2.

[Celexa Bliss 54]

I got an NES for Christmas in 1993, I believe. Got an SNES maybe two years later, I think. The idea was that my sisters would be allowed to use them, too, once they were old enough. And since they were both in my parents' room, how often I got to use them was limited. First system I bought for myself and got to have in my own room was the N64 in 2001 and I've bought all my consoles since.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Dec 19, 2023 19:22:11 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

commodore 64/sega mega drive.

depending on your definition of home console.

For me the c64 isnt a console it is a computer. But I get that most of them got used for games and that was it.

First console I bought myself was a Sega Genesis not long after it came out. Was working by then.

[Scoops]

Technically, got a Genesis 3 and a Virtual Boy that were "mine" as opposed to my brother's that i got to use. But my first real console was the GameCube on Christmas with a copy of Luigi's Mansion, Rogue Squadron, and SSB Melee. It was f***ing awesome.

[thegreatnodnarb]

Shared a NES and a Sega Genesis with my brother but they were more his than mine. My first solo home console was the Nintendo 64.

[Starshine]

SNES, and my first game was Yoshi's Island.

[tirtefaa]

I spent all summer mowing lawns and saved up enough for a PS1. It was nice knowing my parents couldn't technically take it away from me since I bought it myself.

Had I been able to save my money up any sooner, and I would have bought an N64. But by the time 1998 hit, PS1 was starting to surpass it and it was clear it was the better bargain.

[ToyfareMark]

Christmas 1988 I got an NES, along with Gradius, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Back to the Future lol.

[The Ichi]

NES with the Mario Bros/Duck Hunt cartridge.

[Zombie Mod]

Dec 19, 2023 19:45:12 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

Dec 19, 2023 19:22:11 GMT -5 Zombie Mod said:

commodore 64/sega mega drive.

depending on your definition of home console.

For me the c64 isnt a console it is a computer. But I get that most of them got used for games and that was it.

First console I bought myself was a Sega Genesis not long after it came out. Was working by then.

that's why I said depends on your definition of home console.

first console I bought for myself, it'd be either a gameboy pocket (dont remember if I bought it myself or not but I think I did as this would have been late 97-early 98/early 98-late-98.) or my ps2 which I know I 100% paid for myself (as I have for every console ps2 onwards, both xbox 360's, ps3 super slim, ps4 500gb, 1tb ps4, 500gb xbox one, 1tb xbox one with elite controller, nintendo switch, ps5, xbox series s, xbos series x. yes I took full advantage of working in games retail for near 15 years and the various discounts over that time frame.)

[Hurbster]

ZX-81, I'd spend hours typing in the programs that came in computer magazines at the time, played a few games as well. I guess the first one I really played games on was the C64. First actual console I bought for myself was the Saturn, followed by the PS1.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Got a SNES for my fifth birthday.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

NES was the first one. It was gifted to me and my brother for Christmas. Than the SNES. The first game system I flat out brought on my own was the first playsation.