What gaming generation was the first console that you played?

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What generation did you start with?
Gen 1	46	11.70%
Gen 2	76	19.34%
Gen 3	98	24.94%
Gen 4	54	13.74%
Gen 5	71	18.07%
Gen 6	36	9.16%
Gen 7	8	2.04%
Gen 8	1	0.25%
Other??	3	0.76%
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rolltide101x on 28 July 2015

Danman27 said:
First console my family owned was an N64. Then we got a ps2. Then I personally own a ps3 and ps4. I didn't get really into gaming until gen 7.

N64 was so amazing..... I loved my N64 more than my PS1 lol

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TheLastStarFighter on 28 July 2015

My friends had an Atari, and then my family got ColecoVision. So Mario in Donkey Kong is pretty much my first real lasting home gaming memory. We also had Ladybug, Xaxxon and DK Jr. My personal first was NES.

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HBninjaX on 28 July 2015

2nd generation

I had Intellivision, Colecovision, and Game & Watch haldheld games.

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ninjapirate42 on 28 July 2015

Lots of love for Gen 2-5 so far!

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Danman27 on 28 July 2015

rolltide101x said:

Danman27 said:
First console my family owned was an N64. Then we got a ps2. Then I personally own a ps3 and ps4. I didn't get really into gaming until gen 7.

N64 was so amazing..... I loved my N64 more than my PS1 lol

I kind of wish we would have owned a ps1 also.

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Ultrashroomz on 28 July 2015

5th Gen with the PS1.

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SvennoJ on 28 July 2015

I started with an MSX, 1983. Birth place of MGS and the first and only successful MS console in Japan. I guess it's third generation although it's not listed as such anywhere. It came out just a bit before the NES in Japan.

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ninjapirate42 on 28 July 2015

I know I didn't get my NES until 1991, even though SNES came out that year. It seemed as if no one really owned it or knew about it until 1993 when we could rent them from certain stores.
Very fond memories of NES/SNES/Genesis.