Do you remember the first console purchase you had a say-so in?

[Adrenaline]

I was hooking up my NES, SNES and PS1 last night to my tv set (bought use a few years ago, all work still) and I was thinking about the first consoles I had. The first console I had was a NES that was a gift from Santa for my brother and me. The first console I had input in:

For my birthday (Sep. 2) and Christmas of 1991 all I wanted was a Super Nintendo. My mom actually allowed me to go to Wal-Mart with her and pick the system out. I got to pick out an extra game, which happened to be Final Fantasy 2.

 

[ChaoZ]

Sega Genesis.

 

[murphy55d]

I can't remember if I bought an SNES or a Genesis first. So, its one of the two. Santa brought the NES, I picked out everything after. Just not sure the order.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Atari 2600 from Sears, the Target Fun pack-in was awesome!

 

[Chriscross3234]

I was happy playing on my parents NES and the Gameboy they gave me. I was way too young to know that they came out with an SNES (I was about 6 or 7), however, my parents got me one anyways. The first system I wanted and had a say in was getting my N64 for Christmas.

 

[raystorm]

The first console I purchased when I was a kid back in 86 (I was 10) was the Sega Master System along with Space Harrier. I bought it with the allowance I saved up and boy did I love it especially since I was a sega arcade fanatic backk then. Its a shame was sega is now but back then especially in the arcades they couldn't be beat in my eyes with stuff like outrun, golden axe, shinobi..etc. Slowly I bought the sms ports of those games.

 

[pontifex]

like does asking your parents to buy one particular system for Xmas count as having a say in it?

 

[Queasy]

NES. I think it was 1986 but the only console my family had known was Atari and my Dad got the Atari 7800 for Christmas for us that year. To give you an idea about my Dad when it came to Atari, he bought an Atari computer. I was very unimpressed with the 7800 especially in comparison to what I saw with the NES. So, I began saving up my money and several months later, I had enough to get the NES. My Dad ended up being impressed with the NES and my Mom told me that he wished he hadn't bought the Atari 7800.

 

[sonoma1993]

Sony Playstation

 

[nsafreak]

Nintendo Gameboy because I bought it with my own money. Haven't received a console as a gift. I have bought a SNES, PS1, PS2, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, XBox, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS and XBox 360 though.

 

[Razgriz]

n64...mario kart 64 ftw.

 

[Ruptga]

N64, though we'd had an NES for years before that. My first game was Star Fox 64, but Mario Kart, Goldeneye, and the Battletanx games probably got the most play time until Super Smash Bros. came out.

 

[Adrenaline]

Originally posted by: pontifex
like does asking your parents to buy one particular system for Xmas count as having a say in it?

Yeah. Just put a little story into it how you asked and how it went about. I am looknig to hear how people got their first system when they realised what video games truly were like in the household.

 

[Adrenaline]

Originally posted by: nsafreak
Nintendo Gameboy because I bought it with my own money. Haven't received a console as a gift. I have bought a SNES, PS1, PS2, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, XBox, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo DS and XBox 360 though.

Nintendo - gift (Santa)
Super Nintendo - gift (mom)
N 64 - gift I believe (mom)
Dreamcast - me
PS1 - me
PS2 - me
Gamecube - me
XBox - me for my wife who wound up not playing it much, so I sold it on ebay
DS - gift from friends
Wii - me
XBox 360 - me
PS3 with MGS4 - me

 

[BenSkywalker]

Pong- Gift from my parents
Atari2600- Gfit from my parents
ColecoVision(first one I asked my parents for explicitly, aracde perfect DK)
Atari7800- Gift from Grandparents
NES- Spent money from my first job
SMS- Me
Genesis- Me
SNES- Me
SegaCD- Gift from Girlfriend
Sega32x- Gift from Girlfriend
Saturn- Me(Girlfriend not happy after the last two )
PS1- Me
N64- Me
PS2- Me
XBox- Me
NGC- Me
DreamCast- ebay(learned after the last three)
XBox360- Me
Wii- Me
PS3- Me

 

[mmntech]

Genesis - Gift from "Santa"
Gameboy Pocket - Birthday gift from parents
First PC - Bought by my parents so I could do school work in 1998. It quickly became a gaming system.
Gameboy Color - First portable I bought myself. I can't remember when I got it
N64 - me, first console I bought myself in 1999
Second gaming PC - Me, bought in 2002
Third gaming PC - Me, bought in 2006
PSP - Me, bought in 2007 with my tax return
PS3 - Me, a bought in 2007 as a bday gift to myself
Nintendo DS Lite- Me, used system bought on a whim in early 2009 right after the DSi came out. The store was eager to unload them.
Fourth gaming PC - Me, bought in 2009, my current rig.

 

[crownjules]

Atari 2600 - xmas gift in 1986
NES - gift after I had surgery in 1988
Gamecube - purchased on release day
Xbox 360 - purchased about half a year after it came out

My friend across the street owned both SNES and Genesis so I got to play those often even though I didn't have the system.

 

[Imported]

I had the option of picking between the Genesis or a SNES for Christmas.. I chose the Genesis.

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Originally posted by: Imported
I had the option of picking between the Genesis or a SNES for Christmas.. I chose the Genesis.

You chose poorly!

 

[Drako]

Atari 2600 when I was in college.

When I was in high school I knew a guy who had an Odyssey - everyone thought it was so cool. Those were much simpler times .

 

[BoberFett]

Family Owned:
2600

Gift:
NES

Purchased:
Genesis + Master System adapter + Sega CD
Lynx
SNES
Playstation
Saturn
N64
Dreamcast
Gamecube
Xbox
PS2
360
Wii
DS Lite

 

[pontifex]

I got a NES and SNES as gifts. Don't remember if they were Xmas or birthday gifts though. Most likely Xmas as my parents didn't have a whole lot of money. 1st console I bought myself was a PS1.

 

[FoBoT]

Sega Genesis, when the price dropped to $199 i bought one, i think it was 1991

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Atari 2600 -- my brother and I asked for it for Christmas and got it for Christmas 1980, if memory serves. I didn't own another console until I bought a PSP and Xbox 360 in early 2007. I was an exclusive C64/Amiga/PC gamer between them.

 

[Imported]

Originally posted by: RyanPaulShaffer

Originally posted by: Imported
I had the option of picking between the Genesis or a SNES for Christmas.. I chose the Genesis.

You chose poorly!

Sonic was a bad ass back in the day