SNES
Got the SNES Mario World bundle with Street Fighter 2, F-Zero and Zelda: A Link to the Past as a Christmas present. Racing and fighting games are my favorite genres now. I enjoyed my time with Zelda but never got into any of the sequels. Other favorites include Super Metroid, Mario Kart, TMNT: Turtles in Time, Donkey Kong Country, Rock'n Roll Racing, Super Castlevania IV, Killer Instinct, Tiny Toons, Mystical Ninja and Contra 3.
THE publisher of my childhood: Konami
The SNES still works today.
PS (main platform)
N64
Saturn
Bought the PlayStation at launch with Ridge Racer, Wipeout and Toshinden. PS has been my main platform of that generation. I started reading video game magazines and got more interested in the technical aspects of PAL and NTSC, which is why I had my PS modded. We had a video games store in town that sold import games. I still don't know how I did it but the first time I played through FFVII it was the Japanese version. The graphics and music kept me going despite me not understanding any Japanese. I later bought a Nintedo 64 after seeing Mario 64 in the local games store.
Some of my favorite games include: FFT, SOTN, RR Type 4, Tekken 3, SF Alpha Series, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Resident Evil series, Tomb Raider series, Gran Turismo series, Motor Toon GP 2, Xenogears, Mario Kart 64, KI Gold, Soul Edge, Bloody Roar
My launch PS lived through the generation but I had to turn it upside down for games to work in the end.
Favorite publisher: Capcom
I sold the Saturn shortly after I bought it. For whatever reason Virtua Fighter 2 and Sega in general didn't do it for me back then which is funny because...
Dreamcast
PS2
PSP
Gamecube
Xbox
Spent most of my time playing on Dreamcast, even though I absolutely loved the first PlayStation and some of its games. The arcade ports blew me away and suddenly I couldn't get enough of Sega. I got as many games as possible and was absolutely gutted when Sega discontinued production.
Some of my favorites: Soulcalibur, Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, Space Channel 5, Samba de Amigo, Hydro Thunder, RE Code Veronica, Shenmue series, Quake 3 Arena Online, Phantasy Star Online, MSR, DOA2, MvC2, SF Zero 3...
Favorite publisher: Sega
After that I lost interest in gaming. I tried with the PS2 but apart from some SSX, GT3, FFX, DQVIII and God of War I mostly used the thing as a dvd player as I got more interested in movies and tv shows.
I bought the Gamecube because of the exclusive Resident Evil games (and Mario Kart DD of course) and even got an Xbox that I never used. My sister however loved games like Morrorwind and Fable.
Years passed...
PS3 (launch model)
360 (Falcon)
Wii
3DS
PS3 Slim
360 Slim
Vita
Still crazy about movie collecting I got a PS3 as a bonus for a cell phone contract. I had to own a blu-ray player and iirc the PS3 was considered a good one. I don't remember how I got The Darkness and Uncharted but the latter reignited my passion for video games, and luckily, the local games store was still there. Weirdly enough I found that most of my gaming buddies owned an Xbox 360 so I had to get one too.
My first game: Lost Odyssey. Incredible game.
I got completely sucked into the Xbox eco system with Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade and Xbox achievements. I still got the occasional PS3 exclusive. I also bought a Wii and a 3DS relatively late in the generation, mostly for Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Mario Kart 7/Wii, Mario 3D Land and a few other games.
Other favorite games include: Uncharted series, Last of Us, Gears of War series, SF4 series, Fable series, PGR series, Forza series including Horizon, RE5, Nier, Wipeout, MvC3, Tales of Vesperia, Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2, Persona 4 Golden, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space series, Blur, Split/Second, Sonic Racing Transformed, DKC Returns, Metroid Prime Trilogy ...
I still played on all systems but Xbox was my favorite platform.
The Xbox One was not.
Xbox One
PS4
Wii U
PS4 Slim/PSVR
Xbox One X
I almost skipped the Xbox One but it was the only console that was easily available at launch here in Germany. It had Killer Instinct and Forza and Ori but overall I spent much less time playing games on the system. My friends still played on Xbox and that sucked, because none of my friends had a PS4 to play SF5.
Some other favorites: Sekiro, Uncharted series, The Last of Us Remastered, Wipeout VR, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Driveclub, Forza Horizon series, Onrush, Dirt Rally, Resident Evil series, Crash Team Racing, Mario Kart 8, Mario 3D World, DKC Tropical Freeze, Tomb Raider series...
Series X
PS5
Switch
Luckily Microsoft did better this time. The Xbox is used almost daily. I simply prefer the eco system because of backward compatibility, Game Pass and other things. I only use the other consoles for exclusives or some multiplayer games...because all of my friends are on PlayStation now.
If you made it to the end of my personal console and gaming history: Thanks for reading.
