What was the first video game system you owned?
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What was the first video game system you owned?
The first video game system that I owned was the original Nintendo Entertainment System (the one that came with two controllers, the light gun and the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt game pak). At the same time I also received the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game:
What was the first video game system that you owned?
What was the first video game system that you owned?
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I think it was the Atari 5200 followed by the NES and Sega Master System.
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Born in 1980, my family got an Atari 2600 around 1981. Played that until we got an NES when I was around 7.
First system I bought with my own money was a Playstation 2 in 2001 (every previous system was a gift)
First system I bought with my own money was a Playstation 2 in 2001 (every previous system was a gift)
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Not sure of the exact model, but it was an Odyssey 400?, perhaps some model#. But definitely the one where it just had 3 dials on each side to control your player's side. And it was basically just Pong.
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Magnavox Odyssey 2
Then Colecovision, with the Atari 2600 Attachment
Then Colecovision, with the Atari 2600 Attachment
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When I was a kid, my family had a Tandy computer that I used pretty much exclusively to play games (Kings Quest, The Black Cauldron, Dr. J vs Larry Bird, the original Madden football), but I guess the NES was the first pure video game system that I owned. We had the one that came with the Power Mat. Probably the best Christmas ever.
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A secondhand Atari 2600, which never really worked correctly as far as I can recall.
NES was the first that I owned and played extensively.
NES was the first that I owned and played extensively.
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I had a sears version of the telstar thing. Fun stuff. Might still be in my parents' attic.
Other than that:
Atari 2600 - Christmas gift for the family. I think Space Invaders was the first game we got other than Combat.
Then the 7800 (never got the 5200 but my next door neighbor did); then an NES; then a hiatus from gaming while I discovered girls in HS and college; then the Sega Genesis thanks to a buddy who introduced me to Shining Force; then the Sega CD and *shudder* Sega 32x; then the PS1; then Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, Wii, and Xbox 360. I think that's the order. The only one I got on launch was the 32x, and boy that showed me.
Other than that:
Atari 2600 - Christmas gift for the family. I think Space Invaders was the first game we got other than Combat.
Then the 7800 (never got the 5200 but my next door neighbor did); then an NES; then a hiatus from gaming while I discovered girls in HS and college; then the Sega Genesis thanks to a buddy who introduced me to Shining Force; then the Sega CD and *shudder* Sega 32x; then the PS1; then Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, Wii, and Xbox 360. I think that's the order. The only one I got on launch was the 32x, and boy that showed me.
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Colecovision. Still miss it, actually.
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I think I had an Intellivision first, but an Atari 2600 was purchased at a garage sale around the same time.
The first one I got as a memorable present was an NES.
The first one I got as a memorable present was an NES.
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We got the Atari 2600 the first Christmas it was out, but at least a year before that we had one of those Pong games.