Popular Post s-man Posted October 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2022 What was your first console? And favorite game on it? Mine: Atari 2600 Favorite Game: Missile Command MetalPSI , factory sealed, Roo_Phillip and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Second hand Playstation 1 Tomb Raider 1. Now, of course, the graphics are blocky and the controls incredibly clumsy, but I discovered that I really liked exploring the imaginatively designed environments in the game, and why I now like taking my time exploring around in much larger RPGs. Quite a tough game. Classic Doom. Unlike Tomb Raider 1, something I could still pick up and play. Pure, cathartic, non-stop destruction. The humble Watcher lurking, Galen130 and MetalPSI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) As a kid growing up with my family…Atari 2600. Favorite game was Adventure. My first console after moving out…SNES. Favorite game was Final Fantasy III. See a trend? Edited October 11, 2022 by Galen130 Ken Aldred, The humble Watcher lurking and BriD. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Odyssey Monkey Shines Keep in mind, I got this second hand around the time NES came out. I had my first Atari in 89 My first NES in 91 My first PS in 97, and have gotten every PS at release except PS5 The humble Watcher lurking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) On 10/11/2022 at 1:41 AM, Galen130 said: As a kid growing up with my family…Atari 2600. Favorite game was Adventure. My first console after moving out…SNES. Favorite game was Final Fantasy III. See a trend? The first brand new console I ever bought was the first X-Box, towards the end of its life cycle: actually, the 360 had just come out. The games were beginning to disappear from the shops as well, but I picked up Halo 1 and 2, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, GTA San Andreas, the first three Splinter Cell games, and the surprisingly good Chronicles of Riddick. So, a cheap console, and a surprisingly good-if-limited range of classic games as well, given my late timing. Edited October 11, 2022 by Ken Aldred Galen130, The humble Watcher lurking, Skylath and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 7:07 PM, Ken Aldred said: The first brand new console I ever bought was the first X-Box, towards the end of its life cycle: actually, the 360 had just come out. The games were beginning to disappear from the shops as well, but I picked up Halo 1 and 2, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, GTA San Andreas, the first three Splinter Cell games, and the surprisingly good Chronicles of Riddick. So, a cheap console, and a surprisingly good if limited range of classic games as well, given my late timing. I actually had an Xbox 360 for a while, but didn’t play many games on it. I bought the console to play the Mass Effect games, which were great…of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-man Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 9:07 PM, Ken Aldred said: The first brand new console I ever bought was the first X-Box, towards the end of its life cycle: actually, the 360 had just come out. The games were beginning to disappear from the shops as well, but I picked up Halo 1 and 2, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, GTA San Andreas, the first three Splinter Cell games, and the surprisingly good Chronicles of Riddick. So, a cheap console, and a surprisingly good-if-limited range of classic games as well, given my late timing. One of my all time favorite games. I especially loved going through the 'we don't go into ravenholm' part, very cool! Ken Aldred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szav Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 TI-99… Dartmouth vs Yale football… all text. True old school. Qalyar and Roo_Phillip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 TI-99/4A. Played a lot of TI Invaders, Chisolm Trail, Hunt the Wumpus, and a great many of the Scott Adams Adventure cassettes. Roo_Phillip and szav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz G. Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) On 10/10/2022 at 8:06 PM, s-man said: What was your first console? And favorite game on it? Mine: Atari 2600 Favorite Game: Missile Command Same. Same. EDIT: Actually, I just remembered my very first "console" was Pong. 2 sticks hitting a box back and forth. I felt like Elroy Jetson living in the future. Edited October 11, 2022 by Chaz G. Cliff R. and MetalPSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylath Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 GameCube as a kid. My personal favorite was Midway Arcade Treasures 2. Playing Gauntlet, Mortal Kombat, Total Carnage, and Rampage World Tour had a profound effect on my love of video games. Some other gems were Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (the Y-Wing bombing campaigns and the Datooine missions were visually mesmerizing), Shrek 2 (simple enough RPG elements that reminded me of the Bard's Tale remake that came out around the same time.), and Mario Kart Double Dash. Ken Aldred and MetalPSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 First console: NES Favourite game: Played a ton of Mario 3, Ice Hockey and Castlevania 2. That sucker was hard Favourite memory: I was 7 and we had to go to supper at East side Marios. I had made it so far in Mario and did not want to lose my progress, so I paused and turned the TV off. Well 3 hours later when we got him, all was well but that little NES was scorching hot...my dad made me turn it off so it would not die on me. MetalPSI and Ken Aldred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Cliff R. Posted October 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2022 The Atari 2600 was probably the first console I bought. Spent a lot of time playing Space Invaders. Shortly after that, I acquired a Vectrex console and was addicted to Battlezone. The Vectrex used a vector scan display instead of a raster scan. Lines were bright with no pixelation. Wish I'd kept it. Ken Aldred, Chaz G., 1950's war comics and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-man Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/11/2022 at 5:02 PM, Cliff R. said: The Atari 2600 was probably the first console I bought. Spent a lot of time playing Space Invaders. Shortly after that, I acquired a Vectrex console and was addicted to Battlezone. The Vectrex used a vector scan display instead of a raster scan. Lines were bright with no pixelation. Wish I'd kept it. I loved the look of Battlezone. Never played it on the console, just in arcades and spent a lot of quarters on it. MetalPSI and Galen130 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff R. Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 10:21 PM, s-man said: I loved the look of Battlezone. Never played it on the console, just in arcades and spent a lot of quarters on it. Battlezone was one of the first 3D games. The other games of that era couldn't match that sensation of being immersed in a battle from all sides. It was great. s-man and MetalPSI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-man Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 10:31 PM, Cliff R. said: Battlezone was one of the first 3D games. The other games of that era couldn't match that sensation of being immersed in a battle from all sides. It was great. Also loved the Star Wars arcade game (Atari 1983) which had the 3D feel as well. Unfortunately I sucked at it and never came close to beating it. MetalPSI and Cliff R. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Atari 2600. Centipede was my favourite. The humble Watcher lurking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I grew up mainly on colecovision through ps1, so my favorites tend to be from that era, things like Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Baseball Stars, Contra + Super C, Super Black Bass, Metal Gear Solid, etc. MetalPSI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
