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On what platform did you play your first video game? (poll)
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I played SNES, GB and on Windows all around the same time (~2000-01), I wanna say SNES with Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario Kart and Super Mario RPG was first, followed by GB and Pokemon Yellow a few months later, then the original Sims on PC a few weeks after that.
SNES. Earliest memory of game was TMNT tournament fighters or Madden 98. It wasnt until I saw MGS1 running on a Playstation that I was hooked though.
Arcade games were what I played first. Of course, they weren't always in arcades (in food takeaways, randomly placed thoughout shopping malls, sports clubs, etc.
Earliest memory of me playing games is kind of conflicting with me. It's either the SNES or the N64.
As far as I can remember it was the family Sega Dreamcast. I love the aesthetic of it and still have a soft spot for it.
Atari 2600 - Pole position is the first one I have any memory of playing.
born in 82 and had an awesome uncle that loved video games so I'm sure I played pong before but I truly remember the 2600 being the first "console" I ever played
born in 82 and had an awesome uncle that loved video games so I'm sure I played pong before but I truly remember the 2600 being the first "console" I ever played
I think it was on the NES. Could have been SNES, but it was a crash dummy game that was released on both and I'm not sure what version it was since I was like four and had just moved continents. The second game I played was Super Mario Bros 3, so that makes me think it was the NES.
Amstrad PC 1512
8086 CPU
512 Kb of RAM
no HDD
Two 5 1/4" FDD
MS-DOS 3.20
I remember some games didn't even need MS-DOS. Just boot directly from disk at startup.
8086 CPU
512 Kb of RAM
no HDD
Two 5 1/4" FDD
MS-DOS 3.20
I remember some games didn't even need MS-DOS. Just boot directly from disk at startup.
1. Arcade (in '85-ish)
2. Friend's Atari 2600 (original VCS, in '86)
3. My own Atari 7800 (in '88)
But after that, I quickly caught up to new systems and new games with the arrival of the glorious 16-bit Era.
2. Friend's Atari 2600 (original VCS, in '86)
3. My own Atari 7800 (in '88)
But after that, I quickly caught up to new systems and new games with the arrival of the glorious 16-bit Era.
I'm honestly not sure - it was either Super Nintendo (my grandmother had one, and I eventually got one as a hand-me-down) or DOS (my father had a computer and I would play, like, Mickey Mouse edutainment games, and watch Battle Chess play itself).
I voted SNES because I remember that more specifically, but it's really a coin toss. It was around the same time, between 2-4.
I voted SNES because I remember that more specifically, but it's really a coin toss. It was around the same time, between 2-4.
Hanimex Pong in the 70s
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Hanimex pong console, Quick review
Here we have a Hanimex 7771 electronic TV game from the mid 70s. I should be making more vids soon, hopefully you all enjoyed this quick review!
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(MS-DOS or early Windows, I'm not sure)
So many apogee games, also Wolf3D and later Doom. I knew command prompt better then than I do now...
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Pong clone for me.
I wonder how many people are considerably younger than the console they first experienced. For example, my nephews would all answer NES, because of me, but they were all born after it was off the market. I have no doubt that many people's first game was on an old system (at the time), rather than a new one.
I wonder how many people are considerably younger than the console they first experienced. For example, my nephews would all answer NES, because of me, but they were all born after it was off the market. I have no doubt that many people's first game was on an old system (at the time), rather than a new one.
I´m not 100% sure, but i think it was the gameboy, some shitty games on it, before i got to pokemon, because i didn´t know any better lol.
If not nes.
If not nes.
