What was the first console you bought with your own money, and why did you choose it?

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

The last system my parents purchased for me was N64. The first system I purchased myself was an indigo GameCube, when I was 18. I feel like it was a launch bundle with Luigi's Mansion, Roque Leader, and Wave Race: Blue Storm, but I'm not 100% sure.

I chose GCN because it was the successor to N64.

Mine was the Gamecube too!

I picked it up when I moved out of home to go to University. In the 6th gen I wanted one as I had an SNES/N64 when I was little, but my parents got us an Xbox instead, so as soon as I was free to buy my own, I had to see what I'd missed.