First console you bought for yourself, and why you chose it

[Mospeada21CA]

Nice. I get to post after Rocket.

Okay, handheld was Atari Lynx II. Cause I wanted portable color games. The library had many arcade type games which I also loved.

For console, Metroid Prime demo in Circuit City sold me on the GameCube.

After that, there was no turning back. ;)