Post your first console/computer......

[Guerrilla]

nowt wrong with a gameboy mate, they were awesome. i remember mickey mouse and the first super mario very well

Indeed they were epic, was Mario, Paperboy and Tetris for me.

Without a doubt still the most used present i have ever been given

 

[Mobius 1]

the only problem with the gameboy was when you wanted to sneak a quick session in while in bed, and there was no backlight

 

[Nismo]

the only problem with the gameboy was when you wanted to sneak a quick session in while in bed, and there was no backlight

Clip on light FTW!

 

[The Running Man]

in those days you'd have no 'saved game' function and if you managed to get to the Plane game or submarine section of Mario, you were on fire and praying that you wouldnt run out of lives before the end.

in primary school on 'games days' or whatever there were a few of us who'd take our Gameboys into school and hook them up for 2x way tetris which btw is immense fun.

i

 

[Moley]

Ah the warlock of firetop mountain, we were discussing these books at work the other day. In a fit of nostalgia I almost bought one

I still have a stack of the original books....

 

[HeX]

 

[DJDaz]

First computer was the commodore vic 20

First console was the NES

 

[SeraphX]

amiga 600
vaguely remember the days of brutal football, ( why cant football be like that this now ? lol )

 

[Mr_White]

 

[Davinnicus]

First system was a 48k Spectrum, the one with the rubber keys. Purchased with chess, scrabble and a formula 1 game. Had to buy a seperate tape recorder in order to play the games, oh, and not to mention the joystick interface so you could actually use a joystick.

 

[point decay]

first console was the 2600, after that i moved onto PC's.

Atari 800 xl, first pc i owned.. wish i had kept it.

couple of years later, i moved onto the commodore 128d, it was huge and arguably heavier than the PC sitting next to me right now.

 

[Howitzer]

Like others here my first was a SEGA MASTER SYSTEM II.

Ahh, loved it! Especially that MASSIVE pause button on the console itself haha!

I got it with Alex Kidd built in and a copy of Out Run

 

[Kitejumper]

My first experience was at school on the The Acorn BBC Archimedes 305. Watching a vector flight sim of a triangle zooming over a patchwork landscape. Way back in the late 80's. Then learning BASIC in the computer room at school. Now what are my kids playing on.... a 360 with a wheel and kinect on the way. Just imgaine the next 30 years of progress...... I should be retired by then and ready to plug myself in to a virtual game fest retirement . No doubt the goverment will stop that utopian fantasy somehow.

KJ

 

[Mobius 1]

snip

wow, that has really stood the test of time, it still looks great even today!

 

[VFM Addict]

A Sinclair Spectrum 48K direct from Sinclair mail order when it launched. Cost £175 IIRC. A hefty wedge at that time, more than a month's mortgage.

A full set of office prog's soon cost me about another £20. The Last Word (WP), Omnicalc (SS), Masterfile (DB), The Artist (Draw). Gaming? Well it just had to be Manic Miner.

Heck, that's all nearly 30 years ago................ (Exists stage right feeling v.old)

 

[iv-tecman]

Mastertronic £1.99 games, that you could get from just about anywhere, even your local papershop.

that brings back memories.. I remember the £1.99 games you could pick up anywhere. Our local video rental store had hundreds of them, real pocket money games..

Although in 1980 £1.99 was still a bit of money..

 

[utajoker]

first console was a master system 2

first computer a commadore 64.

first proper desktop was an IBM 486.

 

[Semiskimmed]

 

[XZiBIT]

BBC Micro with repton. Awesome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repton_(video_game)

 

[Kutter]

my first was an Atari vcs, then a 48k speccy.

Fav game on the CPC 464 was combat Lynx