What was the First Game and Console you bought with your own cash?

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soicanignorethefools said:

It was monumentally expensive. I think I paid $499-549 or so  for the preowned machine at the time (new were over $800 CAD due to the weak dollar vs USD)  but it was the most incredible thing I'd ever seen until the Playstation 1 and Sega Saturn came around. Need for Speed, Road Rash, Return Fire, Crash and Burn, D, Syndicate, Wing Commander and a whole wealth of other really great games. I genuinely enjoyed the machine.

I purchased a Goldstar one from a used shop for around $25 a few years ago with a few games included but haven't hooked it up yet to indulge in some nostalgia. It might not even work, heh.

From what I heard, it even had the best version of  Super Street Fighter Fighter II Turbo! The big problem was that its initial price tag put the PS3's " 599 US DOLLARS" price tag to shame!