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sethnintendo said:
superchunk said:

Nope. This.... or really similar.

 

Ah I edited my post to put a more older looking electronic football game pic up...  Anyways, cool looking game.  I had this when I was young and it is a shame I don't have it anymore...

 

I actually wish I got into Game & Watch more back in the day so I would have a decent collection now (if I was able to hold on to them for so long).  I had a few Tiger machines back in the day.


I also had this....



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superchunk said:
sethnintendo said:
superchunk said:

Nope. This.... or really similar.

 

Ah I edited my post to put a more older looking electronic football game pic up...  Anyways, cool looking game.  I had this when I was young and it is a shame I don't have it anymore...

 

I actually wish I got into Game & Watch more back in the day so I would have a decent collection now (if I was able to hold on to them for so long).  I had a few Tiger machines back in the day.


I also had this....

Ah cool.  I suppose you don't have anymore?  Reminds me of this most recent article at NintendoLife.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/02/feature_nintendo_battle_donkey_kong_tabletop_vs_game_and_watch

Shows a DK tabletop game



bought day one or close to it apart from C64 - Amiga they where my first machines - PS1 - PS2 - Xbox - PSP - 360 - PS3 - 3DS -Vita - WiiU . the rest new and second hand SNES with adaptor - Saturn - N64 - Dreamcast - GB - GC - GBA - Wii



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mjk45 said:
  SNES with adaptor

What adapter?  The Game Boy adapter (Super Game Boy)?



3rd gen-my family owned a NES and GameBoy before I was born, I played these systems in my days as a youngster. For NES we had Super Mario 1-3, both zeldas, 2 ninja turtle games, duck hunt and dr mario. For GB I played mario land, wario land, metroid 2, bugs bunny castle, gremlins 2, tetris and of course pokemon

4th gen-my grandma bought a Genesis in 1995 for all the grandkids to play when they visited, we had Sonic 2, altered beast, street fighter 2, tiny toons game, lion king and crystal pony tails(for my sisters)

5th gen-in the summer of 1999 my dad bought us an N64 with mario 64 and star wars pod racer and this system made me a gamer. I had smash bros, ocarina, star fox, milos astro bowling, dk64, pokemon snap/stadium/puzzle league and paper mario. For christmas 2000 I got a gameboy color with pokemon silver and it was the best present ever, I latrr got megaman Xtreme, tony hawks 2 and pokemon card game.

6th gen-this is my favorite gen, gamecube was the first system I ever bought with my own money in 2003 and is still my favorite console of all time (ps3 close 2nd) the games I had were sunshine, rogue squadron 2, luigis mansion, smash bros melee, mario kart, metroid prime 1&2, wind waker, twilight princess, custom robo, fzero, star fox adventures/assault, wario worls, tales of symphonia, REmake/zero/RE4, splinter cell, soul calibur and mgs twin snakes. I got a GBA SP for christmas that year and had pokemon ruby, mario advance 1-4, LttP, minish cap, mario & luigi, sword of mana, DKC, fire emblem, advanxe wars, golden sun and metroid fusion/zero mission. In 2005 I bought a PS2 slim just to get mgs 2&3, I also had god of war, gta 3, vice city, jak trilogy, final fantasy X.

Gen 7-I kinda got out of gaming around this time instead focusing on sports and girls but in 2009 I bought a Wii. Good system but didnt live up to the GC, my games were mario galaxy, skyward sword, MP trilogy, other M, MH tri. In 2010 I bought a DS lite for pokemon diamond and white. The following year I got a 3DS and my current games are 3d land, OoT, mario kart, kid icarus, RE revelations, fire emblem. Last year I upgraded to the XL and got a PS3 with GoW saga, uncharted trilogy, darksiders, vanquish, infamous collection, RE5, MGS4, LBP2, ratchet all 4 one.

Gen 8-ill probably get a WiiU when it hits $200 and a couple of the big hitters are out, then a PS4 in a few years as I still have a ton of DS/3DS and PS3 games to play.



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Third generation

Home consoles: Nintendo Entertainment System
Handhelds: -


Fourth generation

Home consoles: -
Handhelds: Gameboy (Pocket)


Fifth generation

Home consoles: Nintendo 64
Handhelds: Game Boy Color


Sixth generation

Home consoles: Gamecube, Xbox
Handhelds: Game Boy Advance (SP)


Seventh generation

Home consoles: Wii, Xbox 360
Handhelds: Nintendo DS (original, lite, DSi, DSi XL)


Eight generation

Home consoles: -
Handhelds: Nintendo 3DS



6th gen: GBA and SP

7th gen: DS, PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360

8th gen: 3DS, PSVita and Wii U and definitely getting a PS4



sethnintendo said:
kain_kusanagi said:

386 Turbo Dos and Windows 3.1 PC

You skipped the 286?  386 was pretty good but not as good as the 486 though!

I believe my parents 286 and 386 were just DOS.  I don't think we got Windows till past 486 days.


lol, yep skiped the 486. My friend had one, but back then tech moved slow enough that you could get away with older stuff longer. Once 3D Graphics cards became the norm it started to get harder to hold onto your PC while the latest games required more and more powerfull tech. It just keeps getting worse too. That's why I like consoles so much, for 5-10 years I don't have to deal with any upgrades. I usualy upgrade my PC in the middle of a console generation, that way I'm always able to play the latest games. My PC gets old while my consoles are up to date and then my PC is up to date while my consoles are showing age.



sethnintendo said:
mjk45 said:
  SNES with adaptor

What adapter?  The Game Boy adapter (Super Game Boy)?

it came second hand with a number of adapters  , from memory there was a nes to snes one and one for japanese games not sure what the third one was for , I still own it but a friend of mine who as setup a storage area under his house a kind of museum has it and my N64 at the moment , he used to own a video shop in England before he migrated here to Australia  and has lots of rare japanese gaming gear , an aside to that is the guy who came up with worms worked for him at the store his name was Andy Davison and was according to my friend a brilliant tech , but spent most of his time upstairs on an Amiga 2000 developing what became worms and when the store was going broke his mum came in pleading for my friend to keep Andy on , they both got real angry when they where told by my friend it wasn't a matter of paying or not paying wages , It was either  vacate  because he was deep in the red or face bankrupcy and they abused the shit out of him even though he turned a blind eye to Andy spending more time on worms than working , still Andy went to team 17 with the demo and the rest is history.



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First console I played on was my brother's Atari 2600. Next in line of "shared" stuff were NES, SNES and SEGA Mega Drive. Mega Drive was until then my favorite system Sonic, Golden Axe... When PS1 was released I was old enough to get it on my own (with mom's help of course) and at that time I started being interested about PC's. Next generation I skipped altogether since I was in my "PC phase" (MSN Zone and 56k modems... fond memories...). PS3 was my choice in 7th generation, I still have the launch model (I had to exchange the laser once) and I still play some games on PC.

From the handheld perspective. GameBoy which turned 20 this year, still works and every year or two I replay Warrio Land my favorite GB game. Next was PSP which I got only because of Crisis Core. Was a decent system, but after I got PS3 I barely used it. And last but not least is the PSV which is of all the systems I mentioned my favorite.

Future plans? I'll stick with SONY, I was pleased with every SONY product I owned thus far. If the PS4 has a decent line-up and a reasonable price, I might get it in release window.