Your personal journey through the video game generations

[Maris]

I wasn't old enough to have a console from gens 1-3, but here's my journey so far:

4th gen: SNES. Still one of my favorite consoles of all time, thanks to Super Mario World & A Link to the Past. Had the Game Boy as well. Pokemon Red/Yellow FTW!

5th gen: N64 & PSX. The N64 slightly edges out the PSX as my favorite console of gen 5. I sunk a ton of hours into Final Fantasy 7-9 & Tactics as well as Metal Gear Solid though.

6th gen: My most diverse gen. I owned the GCN, Xbox, & PS2. I'd say PS2 and GCN were tied for my favorite of this era. Also had a Game Boy Advance/SP. I did eventually get a Dreamcast but that was last year.

7th gen: Started off with the Xbox 360 in 2005, and stopped playing it ~2009. Got my Wii at launch and played it fairly consistently throughout. PS3 I bought in 2010, and later sold it off to allocate some money for my Wii U preorder. I'd say Wii won as my favorite console because by 2011 or so I had pretty much transitioned most of my games to my PC. Also had the DS which is up there with the SNES as my favorite console overall.

8th gen: Started off with the 3DS at launch. Now I have my Wii U. Looking forward to any new stuff from Sony and Microsoft's next consoles.