Thrillho Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 In a different post I posted a pic of a computer I used in 6th grade, in finding that pic I was wondering if I could find a pic of the first pong/console game I had. Sure enough i did. I think we got it around 1976 or 77, I remember getting it at my parents old house and we moved from there in 78. what was your first one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 The first one I really remember playing extensively was the Odyssey 2 with its membrane keyboard. We even had the voice module for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoiceStriker Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 I'm going to be revealing myself as a young whippersnapper here, but the first dedicated video game console I personally owned was the good old NES. I had friends with Intellivisions and Atari 2600's, played with plenty of Apple IIe's at school, and had a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A at home (if you don't remember these, they were a cartridge-based computer like this), but the NES was the first real console that was MINE, that I got to know and love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Htide Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 My first one was either a colecovision or a intellivison. We had both, I just can't remember which one we got first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Originally posted by ChoiceStriker@Jun 18 2004, 02:24 PMhad a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A at home (if you don't remember these, they were a cartridge-based computer like this) Hell yeah! We had one of those. I keep intending to dig it out of storage when I am at home (as in, where I grew up) next and see if it still works. :tu: We had the joysticks, speech synthesizer, and some good old tape players to save stuff on. As far as first actual game console... well... let me date myself ridiculously - as a newbie - by admitting it was the Xbox. Ok, we did have one Pong clone machine, but I can't remember which one exactly it was (and since it was just a few games, no cartidges, I'm not counting it). [EDIT]This is the Pong device we had. The Bentley Compu-Vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Failsafe Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Dad brought us home the Coleco Vision in the early 80s. Man, we had some intense Donkey Kong competition and I can remember Dad becoming addicted to Q-Bert (and cursing at Sammy the green bastard who would turn blocks back to their original colour). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 That's because Sammy IS a bastard. Always will be . We had an Intellivision first, then a Colecovision after the rest of the neighbourhood went Coleco. Good, simple times. Burgertime is still a classic by any stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Mine was the Odyssey 2 as well. As a matter of fact, I think we got it when the NES was already out. We never invested in an NES until a year or two after it was released. Oh, and the $1-$5 boxes of cartridges for the Odyssey 2 didnt hurt either! TURTLES rocked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baiter Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 The Atari 2600 of course. :tu: An apple IIE followed shortly after, karateka and summer games ruled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zot Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Oddessey 2 as well. It was followed by a C64 which eclipsed everything else gaming related until I finally bought an NES about 10 years later. Hehe, the golden years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 We had a pong box . But the first full fledged system was Intellivision. That system had a lot of good titles. Frogger Burger Time Astrosmash Atlantis Utopia Bowling Skiing Poker Tron Deadly Discs He-man (rare title) Empire Strikes back Night stalker Major League Baseball Carnival Pitfall Im probably missing a few . But it was a lot of fun back then. I still remember buying games at toys r us for it towards the end of its run. The good ole days of gaming capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Utopia was flat-out amazing for its time. True classic. Lock 'n Chase was another good Intelly title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Yep Lock-n-Chase kicked ass. I knew i forgot one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 I loved my Intellivision - that was the first cartridge system that I ever had. My father had an Atari 2600, & before that,one of the Combat tank systems. My first gaming things,though - were a Coleco Telstar Pong machine & a handheld Mattel Football II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam P Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 The first one I owned? Sega Genesis... :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 The first gaming system we had in my house was an Atari 5200. We had two games for it, Pac-Man and Galaxian. A few years later my folks bought a computer and that became my source for gaming for several years afterward. The first real video game console that I owned was an NES, which I received for my birthday, after months and months of begging for it. I think it's safe to say that it was a sound investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathartic Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 I followed the same progression as Baiter. Atari 2600 was my first (I remember running and jumping around my apartment like nutcase when my grandparents got me Frogger for my birthday). I think my favorite game for the Atari was Adventure though. Next was the Apple IIe, complete with the 80-columns card, ImageWriter II printer, mouse - the works! I spent way too much time playing stuff like Bard's Tale II, Archon 1 & 2, Montezuma's Revenge, Hard Hat Mack, Conan, Aztec, etc. Man, those were the days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 A 2600 here. I can still remember going to the Dollar General store and buying 2600 carts for like 50 cents a piece. My dad was working up in NY the year they test marketed the NES there and he bought me one. I still have the Motherboard from that system somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Atari 2600 here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlucci Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Mine was the Radio Shack TV Scoreboard, a pong clone that had a light gun and some skeet shooting variants. Lots of cool reminiscing from us old-timers here. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcalx Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 We had a hand-me-down Pong clone along with a one-game console that was shaped like motorcycle handlebars. The entire game was jumping over busses. I remember enjoying it. I was then given an Atari 2600 as a birthday gift which I would still have if my father hadn't given it away in the NES days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobeto Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Odyssey 2, followed by Colecovision...the only game I ever had for the Coleco system was Donkey Kong. I barely remember the Odyssey 2; I do remember thinking it sucked, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPieter Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 First system the parents got for me was an Atari 2600. First system I paid for with my own money was the SNES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 We had a pong machine first, I have no idea what model it was. That was followed by the wonderful Intellivision, then a C64, then an NES, an IBM clone, and onward to owning everything like I do now heheh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeyYankee Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 I started of with the 2600 as well :tu: Later my brother and I graduated to the Colecovision in the mid 80's. I remember my dad bringing home a RadioShack TRS-80, but none of us were really computer literate at that time, so nothing really got done with it :shock: My how times and games have changed Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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