My First Console

[Ady]

Yeah, it was the Megadrive for me. It was a complete suprise. I was upstairs playing with my wrestlemania figures with my mate and my mum called up for me. I came down and there was a Megadrive box sitting on the table! I WENT NUTS!

Your post reminded me of this classic:

[Eight Rooks]

I played on several others back to the Megadrive, but I didn't get an actual console of my own until the Dreamcast. Trufax. Everyone gave me the usual "Why didn't you hold on for a PS2 it will open a portal into nirvana" spiel, and, well, then I'd fire up Soul Calibur and they'd generally shut up for quite some time.

Home computers, then yes, ZX81 with the dead flesh rubber keyboard. First game was Space Invaders, too. Ah, memories.

[Mad Gear]

First computer was a ZX81 back in 82 or it may have been 83.
First console was a Japanese Megadrive early 89 (as the first one i ordered never turned up).

[CMcK]

My first console was the Master System II with Alex Kidd built in. It came with the light gun and Operation Wolf. I reckon this was about 1989 maybe 1990. Previously it had been home computers all the way from an Acorn Electron, through a few Speccys and on to the C64.
The MS blew me away though. Even though the C64 was a mature platform by then and devs were getting great sound and graphics from it I could see the quality of design and playability of the console titles were far superior. Of course the joypad was a big factor in that as well.
Instant loading games seemed amazing. Tape loading seemed old hat and so slow. I had owned a few C64 carts but even they were really slow to load.
Simple things like games coming in a plastic box with a proper manual made the whole experience a step up from home computers.

Even though I've owned many other systems, both older and newer, since then the MS will always be looked back upon fondly as where the outrageous outlay started!

[smithers0105]

First console (and first computing related item too) was an Atari VCS for Xmas 1981, with Asteroids and The Empire Strikes Back (oh, and Combat too, natch, since it was included).

Got a C64 for Xmas 1983, which was probably when I really got in to games big time (the Atari carts having sky-high prices compared to tapes, so I only got carts for Xmas/Birthday presents).

It is a little scarey to think I've been gaming pretty much uninterrupted for 27 years

[Synthesthesia]

First one I played was probably that one with the paddle and the ball, think it was some form of atari? Not sure.

First one I owned was a Master System with Alex Kidd and Sonic some Christmas in the early 90's.

[DCharlie]

heh, i was about to say megadrive, but does the Dragon 32 come under console/computer hybrid? Okay, the answer is no, but hey!

I wonder what drove decissions on games being cartridge or not back then on machines like the D32?

[Ady]

The first computer I ever owned was actually a VIC-20, and when that died, we upgraded to the Commodore 64, which remained with me throughout most of my childhood and is, to date my most cherished machine.

The first console? Megadrive.

[abigsmurf]

Atari 2600 woodie.

First console that was mine rather than family was the master system.

[parkinho]

My first console was a NES that was bundled with TNMT, received as an Xmas present in '90 (I think)

[abigsmurf]

My first console was a NES that was bundled with TNMT, received as an Xmas present in '90 (I think)

I Hope you still shudder when thinking about the dam level :P

[fallenangle]

First console was a PS in 1997 bundled with Riven, C&C, Tekken 3 (which I still play regularly) and Colony Wars: Vengeance. That same PS is still going strong after thousands of hours use, most recently 80+ hrs with Panzer Front Bis (bought from Play-Asia BTW).

[parkinho]

I Hope you still shudder when thinking about the dam level :P

Most definitely, it has given me a permanent mental scar. I can still hear the low health sound in the back of my mind...

[Skull Commander]

First console for me was one of those orange multi game machines which had variations of pong, but ours also came with a gun for an exciting 'shoot the dot' game!

If that isn't counted then it was an atari 2600 with centipede, midninght magic, solaris and space invaders

[honeymustard]

Mega Drive II. Think it was sold in the Friday Ad