i ate some parts of my dads atari, and bite a nes controller, i wasnt a realy smart child...

Sega Megadrive/Genesis was my first console. First game was 'GODS' but I was too young and had no idea what was going on, so Mum exchanged it for 'Donald Duck Quackshot' and it was so awesome, still one of my favs.

Next I got the PS1. Amazing, found my love for J-RPGS.

Next I got the dreamcast. Still my favourite console of all time.

Soon after I got a PS2 ... For some reason I couldn't get into it.

Soon after that I got the gamecube and I was a happy man, Dreamcast + Gamecube was all that I needed.

Then I was a Uni student and had little gaming time, even though I got a ps3/Wii/360.

Now I work and have other passions, but still own a WiiU and Xbone (Didn't plan on buying one but I loved the Sunset White console bundle so much)

First gaming machine was Commadore 64, can't remember much about it though. Then later my dad got an Acorn Computer, sure not as powerful as PCs but had some awesome Krystalis classics on it. Mad Professor Moriarty and Swiv.

We later got a SNES and had a few on it and while I did play I was still young and on a farm, we had better things to do. Later my parents got a PS1, then later I discovered Final Fantasy 7, I got lost in games for a few years after.

While I got a PS2, my main hobby during this time until mid PS3 gen was comics. Yet I played a lot of games still, I kept up with Tekken and FF basically. Then comics became utter tripe so I'm now back playing games.

I'm starting to think though games is taking up too much of my time. I'm near dependent on them. I don't watch TV or want to go out as much as I used to. They are filling and empty hole. :P

My first console was the Sega Master System and my first game was Cyborg Hunter. After that I got Zillion 2 and Alex Kidd in Miracle World. 

Then I got a NES and my forst game was Castlevania 2. From then on I have had almost every systen that was released. Right now I have both a PS4 and XB0 but I am currently play GUN on the XBOX 360. It's actually a pretty decent western game. I am also currently going through a long back log of games on the XBOX 360 and PS3.

I first started gaming in the late 80's/early 90's I think, and it's all thanks to my older brother who had an Amiga 600 (or something like it). He, me and our younger twinbros played a lot together, mostly strategy games like War Lords and Civilization.

When I turned 8 (maybe?) I got MY first console, the awesome NES. We played a lot of Mario and Zelda on that machine. I still have it plugged in to my TV ^^ But we never really quit playing the Amiga and strategy games.

My little bro eventually bought his very own N64, and them graffix blew us away! It was awesome! Zelda was the high light of course ^^ We three younger brothers eventually convinced dad to get us a PS1, and I played a lot of Warcraft 2 on that machine - and Soul Blade. Damn, that was some good times ^^ I also moved on to Civ II on PC around this time.

When I moved out I got my first very own PC, and more or less forgot about console games for quite a few years. I played mostly Civ II and III but also got introduced to Europa Universalis II by my older bro. And that's how things were for a long time; a lot of strategy games (mostly the Civ- and EU-series) on PC.

Then at Fall '07 I visited one of my little brothers, who owned a Wii. I loved it from the moment I started playing. Wii Sports was awesome. Zelda TP was awesome. It was awesome. I used to come by him on my way to or from College to play some Zelda. It was around this time me and some friends and my younger bros started to play a lot of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, usually on our way to the pub. In 2010 I got my own Wii - my first own console in a VERY long time.

In 2013 I got my first handheld console, the 3DS, together with Zelda ALBW. Nowadays, I play on my 3DS, Wii and PC and are just waiting for the right time to buy a Wii U.

Thanks to Nintendo and the Wii I'm yet again a happy console gamer :D

My console owning history in chronological order of when I purchased them:

the ones I still own are bolded.

Philips Videopac G7000 (AKA Magnavox Odyssey²)
Atari 2600
NES
GB
SNES
Master System
Mega Drive (seller's remorse)
Commodore 64
N64
PS *
Dreamcast
Mega CD
Saturn
Game Gear
32x
PS2 *
Virtual Boy
GBA
GameCube
Jaguar
3DO
Atari Lynx
Xbox
DS *
PSP
Wii *
360
PS3 (fully B/C model)
3DS
Atari 7800
Vita
Wii U

* = only sold due to successors having backwards compatibility, still have my games for those respective consoles

My first console was a NES in 94' with only 1 game Super Mario Bros, one year later my parents bought me a SNES with 3 games: Super Mario World, Super Street Fighter 2 and Donkey Kong Country.
In 99'- 2000 i had 2 consoles : N64 and PS1...
N64 with Super Mario 64, Pokemon Snap and Mario Kart 64, later i had 3 more games: Super Smash Bros, The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and Paper Mario (which was the best game i played until 2002 when i played Final Fantasy VII)
Ps1 with more than 40 games, but i spent more time with N64 , i liked it much more , that changed for a short time in 2002 when i played Final Fantasy VII.
In 2003 i had 2 more consoles, a XBOX and a PS2, both were great with so many good RPG.
I spent more time with XBOX because i had Morrowind, i was addicted to that game, i liked it more than Final Fantasy X from ps2, which was also a great game. Overall ps2 had many good games, like FF10, Persona 3&4, Dragon Quest and many more.
In 2006 i bought a Wii, the first console i paid for with my money , now i have over 80 games on wii. Mario Galaxy, Xenoblade, The last story, Super Smash bros Brawl, etc, are only some of the great games for this console.
In 2008 i bought a ps3, i have now over 50 games. Some of my favorite:
Skyrim, Oblivion, Mass Effect series, Valkyria Chronichles, Ni no Kuni, Far Cry 3, Uncharted series and Fallout.
In 2013 i bought a Wii U, i spent most of my free time playing on this console, i can't wait for X and i hope a Paper Mario game with the old battle system will be released soon for Wii U .

Hah, that's quite interesting. So you never got another game for your NES?

Haha great xD I remember that quote from somewhere though. Not quite sure from where!

My history with video games started in 1986 when my Dad who worked as an electronics salesman for Panisonic came home one night with a ColecoVision and it's entire library of games. You see Tony Hazapis, of Hippos Electronic store in Albany couldn't sell the things (ColecoVision was discontinued in '85) and was looking to unload on someone. It was a magical evening when my father came home with those games. The controllers looked like freaky telephones with a number pad that counted from 0-9. It even came with a steering wheel. I spent hours of my time playing Rocky and Dr. Doo. The fact that Rocky captured my imagination is hilarious in retrospect because the game offered only one fight - Rocky v. Apollo Creed obviously - and was just insanely difficult.

That same Christmas I received the NES system and had a freak out moment similar to the "Nintendo Sixty-FOUUURRRRRRRRR" kid. I loved my Mario and Duck Hunt but really didn't get hooked until I played The Legend of Zelda. The exploration in that game inspired me to march around my neighborhood woods with a card board sword and a back pack of inventory items. It resonated with me so much that in my early twenties I ended up getting the Triforce tatooed on my back. I was drunk and immeidately regretted the decision but after awhile it grew on me and I now wear it as a badge of (nerdy) honor.


In 1990, Nintendo Power Magazine, started teasing the Super Nintendo. Mind was blown. I couldn't comprehend the amazing graphics. In an act of desperation I started mowing ALL of the lawns in the neighborhood and sold ALL of my used video games... which I would also later regret in my twenties/thirties. As a kid, I couldn't understand why my copy of Mega Man 3 was only worth $2.50 when I had paid like $50 worth of chore money to buy it originally. Thus began my disdain for video game trade-ins.

The early 90's was a glorious time for video games. It was also a BAD time. It was an era that birthed fan boys (read Console Wars, http://www.amazon.com/Console-Wars-Nintendo-Defined-Generation/dp/0062276697). the playground was divided. The Sega kids and Super Nintendo kids would compete in every aspect to prove that their system was greater. We would play football, basketball, baseball, 4-Square and even physically fight each other for the rights of the BEST SYSTEM! History has shown that Nintendo eventually won but not without its reputation being severly damaged by Sega. The games were amazing - I played my first RPG (Final Fantasy IV - II in the US), once again Zelda inspired me... this time to start drawing out my own video game maps on graph paper.

In 1992 I went over to my cousins house and played Bonk's Revenge on Turbo Graphics 16. I was a spazzy kid and pretended to be a real life Bonk... I used my head to try to crush a coffee table. The coffee table won and I had to be rushed to the hospital for stiches. I carry that scar with me to this day.

In 1994, my father - now working for JVC - brought home a free JVC X'Eye. Which was basically a glorified Sega CD-Sega Genesis hybrid console that saw very limited release in the US. I secretly enjoyed the console while pubically continued to denounce SEGA. No one ever found out my secret but damn Sonic CD was incredible fun.

The late 90's came around and I was a "cool" high school kid. Crumbling to peer pressure, Nintendo was for lame-o's and PlayStation was for the cool kids. I got a PlayStation. During this time my interest in video games waned a bit. I was more interested in running cross country and track and driving my 1989 Volvo to places.

Then I went to college ... I got a GameCube and my social gaming renaissance began. Mario Kart, Mario Tennis, Smash Bros Melee, Gauntlet, etc and so forth. I was poor so I didn't buy games often but man we played those games every day between classes. We were convinced that we were the best smash bros players of all time. I later learned that we actually sucked. Whatever man!

i'll do a to be continued for more modern gaming - i don't feel like typing anymore