You know why? Because you need to buy new games. I get people telling me they just don't play theirs anymore, yet the last time they bought a game was at launch! Ticks me off that does.Flibster said:
My first was a NES with Mario and Duck Hunt.
What was your first Console you had/owned
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My first was a NES with Mario and Duck Hunt.
Mr Spew said:You know why? Because you need to buy new games. I get people telling me they just don't play theirs anymore, yet the last time they bought a game was at launch! Ticks me off that does.
My first was a NES with Mario and Duck Hunt.
Shockingly I've spent £120 on games for it in the past 8 weeks...
Nothing grabs me about it.
Still - makes an interesting bookend.
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Hmmm lets see.
Vectrex ( vector graphics consile ting with a bulilt in screen )
Dragon32
Zx80 then a ZX81
Acorn electron
Spectrum 48K rubber keyboard type.
Spectrum +
NES
Master system
Commodore CD-32
Amiga
Atari Jaguar
Atari ST
Super NES + Megadrive+Mega cd+ Cd-32
Panasonic 3DO
Phillips CDi
Atari Lynx+ Gameboy+ Gamegear
Sega Saturn
Playstation
PC ( lots of them..... )
and thats about it. I gave up on consoles after i started getting into PC's
Vectrex ( vector graphics consile ting with a bulilt in screen )
Dragon32
Zx80 then a ZX81
Acorn electron
Spectrum 48K rubber keyboard type.
Spectrum +
NES
Master system
Commodore CD-32
Amiga
Atari Jaguar
Atari ST
Super NES + Megadrive+Mega cd+ Cd-32
Panasonic 3DO
Phillips CDi
Atari Lynx+ Gameboy+ Gamegear
Sega Saturn
Playstation
PC ( lots of them..... )
and thats about it. I gave up on consoles after i started getting into PC's
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NES.
My first console was the NES "Action Pack" with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt in one cartridge and the light gun.
What games have you got?
The NES was a very popular console, lots of companies jumped in on the act to produce games for it as they saw making games as a big money spinner - similarly with the Gameboy and the Playstation. Unfortunately, this meant to most of the games being absolutely rubbish, and having to swathe through the large numbers of poor games to get to the real gems.
I've always really enjoyed the Mega Man series of games, and Mega Man I to III on the NES are superb. Double Dragon can be entertaining (although pretty hard!). The first Zelda is also pretty cool, but the daddy of them all has to be Super Mario Bros. 3.
Other games I remember enjoying: A Boy and His Blob, Duck Tales, Gremlins 2, Punch Out!, Metroid, New Zealand Story, Contra/Probotector I/II, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Track and Field, and Zelda II (although it departs a bit from the rest of the Zelda series by being side-on!)
Unfortunately for the NES, most of the games I listed above are available on other consoles - either updated versions or simply versions made for a console with better tech specs.
Flibster said:
What games have you got?
The NES was a very popular console, lots of companies jumped in on the act to produce games for it as they saw making games as a big money spinner - similarly with the Gameboy and the Playstation. Unfortunately, this meant to most of the games being absolutely rubbish, and having to swathe through the large numbers of poor games to get to the real gems.
I've always really enjoyed the Mega Man series of games, and Mega Man I to III on the NES are superb. Double Dragon can be entertaining (although pretty hard!). The first Zelda is also pretty cool, but the daddy of them all has to be Super Mario Bros. 3.
Other games I remember enjoying: A Boy and His Blob, Duck Tales, Gremlins 2, Punch Out!, Metroid, New Zealand Story, Contra/Probotector I/II, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Track and Field, and Zelda II (although it departs a bit from the rest of the Zelda series by being side-on!)
Unfortunately for the NES, most of the games I listed above are available on other consoles - either updated versions or simply versions made for a console with better tech specs.
AtreuS said:
Another Vectrex owner!
Minesweeper was awesome, I remember getting to level 14 and waiting for the new baddies and stuff the manual promised, they never appeared
I actually got my Dad to phone up the makers and ask where they were lol
NES here. Came home from school one day to see it sitting in the front room, my dad with a big grin on his face 
Not just any old NES, it was the super pack one, whatever it's called, with the multi tap thing (called the 4 Score) I think, and 4 pads for Nintendo World Cup Football aceness. And there were a bunch of other games, Super Mario Bros, Tetris, Duck Hunt, Turrican 2, McDonaldland, The Simpsons: Bart Vs The World, Ferrari F1 Challenge. Happiest day of my life. 
Not just any old NES, it was the super pack one, whatever it's called, with the multi tap thing (called the 4 Score) I think, and 4 pads for Nintendo World Cup Football aceness. And there were a bunch of other games, Super Mario Bros, Tetris, Duck Hunt, Turrican 2, McDonaldland, The Simpsons: Bart Vs The World, Ferrari F1 Challenge. Happiest day of my life. 
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Mine was a Sega Master System with Shinobi, Golden Axe and R-Type. Also had the built in games of Hang On and Safari Hunt with the light gun.
Was a great selection of superb classic games which no doubt turned me into the gaming fanatic I am now.
Was a great selection of superb classic games which no doubt turned me into the gaming fanatic I am now.
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Atari 2600.
Centipede, Yars Revenge and Defender were my bread and butter.
Atari 2600 -> Amstrad CPC464 -> Amiga 500 -> Playstation -> PS2 -> XBox -> 360
That's not including various PC's owned and upgraded over the years.
Centipede, Yars Revenge and Defender were my bread and butter.
Atari 2600 -> Amstrad CPC464 -> Amiga 500 -> Playstation -> PS2 -> XBox -> 360
That's not including various PC's owned and upgraded over the years.
First console I ever had was one of the old black and white Tandy TV Games, don't think it had a name as such, just "TV Game". It had the usual pong and light gun, and also a basic motorbike game which had a tiny bitmap motorbike travel across the screen on three rows, either jumping something at the end or just a time trial. Had a separate paddle for use as a throttle. I was actually quite mad at my dad at the time cos I wanted a different system which had ice hockey and "grid iron", which the Tandy didn't have, and the motorbikes sucked tbh. I'm only just coming to terms with the disappointment nearly 20 years later.
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did you know there was both a mk3 megadrive AND a mk3 master system? i didnt till yesterday lol
