Old Gaming Systems! :d

[jarrur]

Funny, I just wondered if I would buy meself a Megadrive. I recently found my Sega Game Gear. Instanly bought few games from eBay and it still kicks ass. Also got my C64 in the closet, perhaps I'll give it a go too during the Christmas time. I also had Mega Drive and PS1 but some how I didn't get that feeling when playing with MegaDrive so I sold the PS1.

So hmm... I would say my the best old gaming machine: Commodore 64/Mega drive

[MetDream]

If I had stock in Nintendo for every freaking $ I have spent on nintendo systems that I have purchased for my child (or he has saved up his money to buy) we would be rich by now. My son has had: nintendo, nintendo 64, nintendo game cube, game boy, game boy color, game boy advanced, and nintendo ds. Plus all the games!! He sold the orginal nintendo when we got the 64, but he has kept the 64 and the game cube and all the hand held systems. But they are all up in a box in his closest as he now just plays his PS2 and his nintendo ds.

[Phantom_Lord_GER]

... play station 1 ... with tomb raider 1 and resident evil was killer
back in the days ... and N64 ... mario kart ... of course great too but ...
somebody destroyed it on saturday after a lost ... you know who you
are!

and of course Atari 500, C64 with soccer yeah and the good old Amiga 500
with zack mckracken for example ... great old days ...

[Doin]

In 1983 we also had the then ultimate gaming machine - Commodore 64.
We mastered highly complex commands such as Load "$",8,1 to see what was on a disk.
We breathed a sigh of relief that we had a disk drive and not a tape deck that took 10 hours to load a game that by the end of it you couldn't be bothered playing anyway.
We marvelled in wonderment and frustration as games which would work once or twice would mysteriously fuck up without warning and never work again (despite the fact that the disks hadn't had drink spilled on them or been near a magnet.) Who can forget the flashing red light of death and the silent spinning 1541 disk drive letting you know that you were never again going to load that game.
It did, however, provide hours of fun and the games were certainly at the forefront of gaming technology. Who can forget Bruce Lee, Way of the Exploding Fist, Skate or Die, Wonder Boy, Mission Impossible (could anyone actually work out what to do? )Bubble Bobble, crappy arcade conversions and countless others I can't remember.
Once a fun gaming machine - now a fancy doorstop.

I had an Atari 2600 which I got for my birthday in 1985. Go the game cartridge! Who can be bothered with loading time!

[MetDream]

I've only ever played two video games back in the 70s.... pong and packman. After that I decided I didn't like playing them!

[MetallicaSMC]

since i grew up playing the original nintendo i would have to go with that. i have never found a game i liked more then the original zelda on NES. nintendo has never been the same since

Yes Zelda was one of the best games ever for the NES. I loved Metroid too.

I would have to say NES was my favorite system throughout the years. That's what I grew up playing.

[peniskopf]

and N64 ... mario kart ... of course great too but ... somebody destroyed it on saturday after a lost ...

shit happens. who cares. the Wii is coming, new mario kart 64!!! battles on the new generation. and btw, it was not a 1 point loss, it was a f*ckin 2 point loss

[wiepie]

I think the most sleepless nights I had was with the NES or gameboy.
Before those I played with games on those flexible floppy's...hehe great graphics on those games...

[Snow]

ZX81, Spectrum & C64 started it all off, but for consoles:
NES (loved Contra & Super Mario 1)
Super NES with Magicom attachment, allowed you to copy games onto a floppy and play them.
Sega Master System
Mega Drive
N64
Gamecube
PS1 (had three of these as the laser kept burning out with copied games)
PS2
Xbox (modded)
X Box 360 (this is my current one)

I don't play as much as I used to but I take it with me when I work away, doubles up as a great DVD player


On a side note, anyone remember the classic Speccy and C64 games like Atic Atac, Jet Set Willy, Pyjamarama & Boulderdash?

[frantik2k3]

Throughout time, I've owned the following...

Nintendo
GameBoy (original and pocket versions)
Playstation 1
Playstation 2

Not much of a gamer, but playstation 2 is definitely my favorite to date. Favorite game thus far... Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. I play that one whenever I get a chance