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AZWification said:

3DO? Wasn't that damn thing more expensive than 5 high quality whores put together?


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.



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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!



                
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Vita then PS4.



With my own cash. Hmmmm I'm pretty sure ps2 but maybe ps1.  Game was to long ago to remember. something on nes or maybe snes.



The first console I'm pretty sure it was the PSP with a Fifa 09 bundle. For home consoles the PS3 with Motorstrom Pacific Rift.

I'm not sure about my first game since I started buying them myself with an age of 11 or 12, but even if it was "my" money I didn't earn it, since it was a gift. My 1st "kinda" job was with 15 and I remember buying GTA 3, Silent Hill 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer for the PS2 even before I got the console for christmas

Good 'ol times



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Gamecube Metroid Prime pack. Wish I still had it.



Atari 2600 with space invaders, berserk and missile command, took all my lawn mowing and pocket money.



Sega Master system..

Hang on

I got Atari 2600 in cristmas present.. traded it in,, and put up 1000 KR (200$) on my own. And i was 11

But before that, when i was 7 years old, I (for money owned at collecing botles at concerts) i got "gren house" a Nintendo Game and watch, and i actully (for own money) got all the Game and Watch games



Nintendo 64! I can't remember the first game i bought - probably some random game boy game. The first game I bought for the N64 was Super Mario 64.



nanarchy said:
Atari 2600 with space invaders, berserk and missile command, took all my lawn mowing and pocket money.

Ditto! Except without the bezerk.