First of all, this might have been discussed in a seperate thread but either the forum search is less than brilliant or I am too old to figure out how to use it properly and thus I could not find a better suited thread.

Onward to the point: I was thinking about the various video game systems I have owned and realized I have oned at least one system from each of the (generally accepted) eight generations of videogame consoles. My twisted journey of main console ownership goes like this:

1st gen : Some unknown brand pong/soccer/tennis console. Low on quality and bits, huge on entertainment value

2nd gen : Atari 2600. Were there any others in this gen ??? (just kidding)

3rd gen : NES. Achieved the ultimate in gaming glory when I once defeated Mike Tyson

4th gen : Sega Megadrive (Genesis). Possibly my favourite console I've owned

5th gen : Nintendo 64. The console that turned me off 3D gaming for a while

6th gen : PS2. Didn't care for it

7th gen : Wii. Probably my second favourite console so far

8th gen : Time is overdue for a Microsoft console, but I bought Wii U instead. 

So what twisted path have you taken through the history of video gaming? The world wants to know.

6th Gen: GameCube; loved it, my favorite console. XBOX; Meh, Halo was all I cared for. PS2; Pretty good, loved Kingdom Hearts! GameBoy SP; Great console.
7th Gen: Wii; Really good console, probably in the Top 3. DS; So many great games.
8th Gen: 3DS; Really great console so far, can't wait for the games to come.

I will be getting a Wii U. (Yes, I did have all of the Big 3's Consoles in the 6th Gen. )

Thanks for your contribution, I guess my intent was to list main consoles and consoles only, not handhelds but I see now the error of my ways, thanks for your list.

You're welcome. It's sad that more people haven't posted in here...

Fourth Gen: SNES. My favorite console to date
Fifth: N64. Lots of gems on there that not many people know about
PS: RPG heaven
Sixth: GC. Had some of my favorite games ever, including my fav, Tales of Symphonia
Seventh: Wii. Loved all the hidden gems in this console too.

Handhelds: Had the gameboy all the way to the 3DS. DS is my fav so far, with GBA and 3DS not far behind.

Pre-Gen1: Played quite a lot on my brother's Amiga and Commendor computers. Awesome stuff!
Gen1: Got me the NES, and it was glorious! I'm still trying to beat the original LoZ...
Gen4: Played some Sega when ever I got the chance over at my sister's place. Sonic was way cool!
Gen5: AMAGAAAAD! The hype! The graphics! The 3D! N64 and PS1 was crazy good!
Gen6: I played 1 game of Mario Kart the whole gen... I mostly played strategy games on my PC
Gen7: First time I played the Wii I was blown away. Holy fuck it was good!!! Just amazing. My PC gaming continued.
Gen8: We'll see what this gen brings... Wii U seems to be the most interesting/innovative console, but PS4 has da powaaah! So we'll see...

1st gen : Some unknown brand football console. Low on quality and bits, huge on entertainment value/

2nd gen : Atari 2600

3rd gen : NES

4th gen : SNES

5th gen : Nintendo 64

6th gen : NGC and PC

7th gen : Wii and PS3

8th gen : Wii U and ??

3rd gen-Played Duck hunt at a friend's

5th gen-Played Pokemon Stadium at a friend's

6th gen-GCN 1st and fav console. WindWaker and SSB pretty much got me into console gaming. Tales of Symphoina was my 1st gaming "experience".

7th gen-Wii/PC. Got the Wii 2 years after launch. Played Zelda, Prime 3, and had a couple software droughts. Got a PC for Starcraft. Played some Lol as well.

8th gen-WiiU/PC (Maybe PS4) Already gots the WiiU, will get a rig after I save up $$. PS4 only if JRPGs are good.

1st Gen : Stand alone Pong machine; 8 Game portable game that I can't remember the name of.

Commodore 64 and Atari 800 XL

2nd Gen : Atari VSC, Colecovision, Intellivision; Nintendo Game & Watch

Tandy 1000 IBM Compatible PC and Apple ][

3rd Gen : Atari 7800 and NES

386 Turbo Dos and Windows 3.1 PC

4th Gen : Genesis, Sega CD, 32X and SNES; Gameboy and Game Gear

Pentium 100 Windows 95 PC

5th Gen : Saturn, N64, and Playstation; Gameboy Color Virtual Boy and Nomad

AMD Windows XP PC and iMac

6th Gen : Dreamcast (Best console ever), PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox (Halo for the WIN); Gameboy Advance and Neo Geo Pocket Color

AMD 64 Dual Core Windows XP PC and Mac Mini

7th Gen : Xbox 360 (Halo 4 the WIN), Wii (Love Nintendo, but still not a fan of motion controls, PS3; Nintendo DS, PSP

AMD 64 Six Core Windows 7 & 8 PC and Samsung Galaxy Note Android Smart Device

8th Gen : Going to get them all, maybe even an Ouya; Nintendo 3DS and I'm sure I'll get a Vita eventually

Probably going to go with an 8 Core AMD CPU and whatever the best deal is on the best video card with as much RAM as I can afford.

I still have it all and I've since filled in some of the holes like Turbo Duo, Atari 5200 , Game& Watch games, and so on.

4th Gen: SNES; so many great memories. I learned to love Mario and Zelda.
5th Gen: PlayStation; I enjoyed it and loved Gran Turismo. Nintendo 64 the console wowed me and had many great games
6th Gen: PlayStation 2; it had a ton of games I Also discovered the great GTA. Xbox; This is where Halo, one of my favorite franchises was born. Gamecube; it is my favorite Nintendo console yet, it also had my favorite game of all time (Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door)
7th Gen: Xbox 360; it has a great and continuous library of games and doesn't disappoint. Wii; it had a lot of great games and was one of the few consoles to ever wow me. 8th Gen (so far): Wii U; leaves a bad taste in my mouth although this could change over time.