I started out with both a 2600 hundred and a NES. My uncle gave me his old 2600 one year, and my grandma had the nes for Mario and Pac Man.
I than got a super nes which is what really set me off on gaming. I still to this day think Link to the Past is the best Zelda game. All of my friends owned the Genesis though and I ended up playing that a lot with them. Always taken turns on sonic and there was this old....fighting game we use to play that had a lot of DC comic guys in it....was really fun. A little to young to remember the name.
Next Gen i was pretty much a pure N64 guy. The star wars games, jet force gemini, and golden eye just made me swallow over into it. I was kinda a nintendo fanboy during this gen and didn't pay the ps1 a single drop of life. I don't even think i picked up a dualshock that gen however.....towards the end I really got into PC gaming and ever since that's been my Forte. I started out with Warcraft II, than diablo, Planescape: Torment and starcraft when that came out. (funny thing is i don't care too much for blizzard games anymore....yes i know shoot me for being such a pc guy and not liking one of it's biggest companies)
the ps2 era I got lucky on. My mother won a ps2 in a drawing at the BX (it's like walmart for military people) for valentines day. When i got this though, there wasn't too many games on the system yet and went back to play a bunch of ps1 games.....and I was missing out. Loved MGS, FFVIII, and Legend of the Dragoon. Than i REALLY got into Dark Cloud.....gamecube I wasn't really liking that much. The controller really threw me for a loop. X-Box I didn't own and didn't care too much for except for splinter cell and halo. For those of us who don't remember Splinter Cell was an xbox exclusive for quite some time. Keep in mind though i was pretty big on PC still Warcraft III, Everquest, FFXI...
This gen. I think i owned every console this gen each for a different reason. I bought ps3 first, and it was a backwards compatible one. I had too many ps2 games i still needed to play. I bought an 360 for a few games....mainly halo and oblivion. (it wasn't released on ps3 yet and my PC was getting old) I do however think the 360 was the first console i ever sold....I didn't play it enough and i didn't want a Live subscription. I was moving to japan as well and needed some cash to help with that. The Wii....didn't interest me. I did however buy it for two reasons. I'm a huge monster hunter fan and i wanted MH3.....and i knew my family would like it. about mid generation, i knew my PC was getting old and i built a brand new one. I've actually built 2 pc's this gen as i get money more fluidly now. I must say though I rarely play any of my consoles now and pretty much do 99 percent of my gaming on PC now. The little i do on consoles is do to exclusives and playing with friends in the states. Otherwise i wouldn't be playing dust 514 if it wasn't for a good friend who's going to be the best man at my wedding soon.
EDIT: I rebought the 360 for star ocean 4...... than it came out on ps3 like a year later -_-
CURRENTLY PLAYING: Warframe, Witcher 2
