When did you start gaming? What systems have you played on?

[Demon Pimp]

And what are your favorite games.

I started back in the original Atari days. "Space Invaders" and "Pac Man". Then Nintendo and NES. Sega, "Mortal Kombat" - FINISH HIM - FATALITY! PS1, "Blasto" voiced by the late Phil Hartman of SNLm. "Duke Nukem - Time to Kill" still have that disk, "Tomb Raider". PS2, "God of War" 1 and 2. "Lego Star Wars" both of em, "Ratchet and Clank", "Jack and Daxter" to name a few. Still have my original green screen Gameboy and my Gameboy SP. Inherited a Sega Game Gear from a friend. My wife and I each have Sony PSPs and a small library of games for our hour long train ride into and out of Chicago everyday.
And now, PandaBear Assassin is helping me plan out my next PC so I can continue my almost 30 years of gaming that began with the first quarter I ever begged off of my parents so I could play Pong or Space Invaders on some arcade machine. Gaming just keeps getting more and more fun and better looking and the jaw dropping awe is still there.

[blahdan]

Im young compared to most of the people here, first system was NES, god I loved 'duck hunt' and 'spy hunter'. Then my parents surprised me with a playstation back in i think 98. I loved 'medal of honor' and 'ape escape'. Got a PS2 for Christmas in 2002 and just got a wii a few weeks ago. Oh and I used to have one of the old game boys that was as big as a brick, but it got stolen... In total about 13 of my 18 years have been with video games.

[hOoLiGaN]

Im young compared to most of the people here, first system was NES, god I loved 'duck hunt' and 'spy hunter'. Then my parents surprised me with a playstation back in i think 98. I loved 'medal of honor' and 'ape escape'. Got a PS2 for Christmas in 2002 and just got a wii a few weeks ago. Oh and I used to have one of the old game boys that was as big as a brick, but it got stolen... In total about 13 of my 18 years have been with video games.

I'm probably younger.... I started on NES after it was out for a while, specifically Mario and Thrilla's Safari. Then N64 I started playing Super Mario, Donkey 64, StarFox, Zelda. Later I got into PC gaming.... Wolfenstein, CS 1.6. And here I am today.... Halo 3, CSS, Battlefield: Bad Company.

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[blahdan]

Yeah i dont even remember when I first got the NES, might of been my sister's. I really miss that thing though, so many good games.

[Timmah!]

I've played the all-in-one PONG system. My grandma had it and we'd played everytime we went to visit her.

First one our family owned was an Intellivision.

Beat that. :p

[Demon Pimp]

Holy Shit, Timmah you are an old school Bad Ass. Intellivision and Pong. I remember the jealousy I felt when my friends got those and how lame I thoght my parents were til they finally caved and bought our first home console. And blahdan, thanks for the Duck Hunt reference. Didn't that also have skeet shooting on the same cartridge. Funny how they had that tech way back in the day, PS2 almost got it with the Eye Toy (have one of those too, try playing some of those games when you've had a few. Brought mine to a buddies gaming New Years Eve party a few years ago. It was a riot). But it took Nintendo to really bring it and itself back with the Wii. Hell, my Mom bought my Dad one for Christmas. I still had to set it up for them. The irony being my Dad is the guy who never got the appeal of video games, but is now happy that when he moves the controller it actually does something. It was always funny watching his whole body turn left or right or him lifting the contoller way up in the air while he tried to play Pac Man on our Atari system.

[blahdan]

Not only did duck hunt come with a skeet shooting game, it also came with super mario brothers. The original. Once I get around to buying some wii points, im gonna get all my favorite old games. To tell the truth , my knowledge of consoles and video gaming before the NES is fuzzy.

[Heretic]

1986 - Atari 2600, when I was 4 years old. Then the Gameboy, followed by my cousins's NES, followed by my Sega Megadrive, followed by playing Prince of Persia on a black and white PC running DOS in 1995, followed by my own PC running Windows 3.11 in 1996, which became my primary gaming platform. In 2002 I got an xbox (didn't like it and gave it to my cousin), and in 2004 I got a PS2 (rarely played, and gave it to another cousin), proving to myself that I'm a PC gamer through and through.

[AzzSazzin<TWM>]

I remember having Pong in the early to mid '70s. From there to Atari 2600, Intellivision, SNES, N64, PS2, Gamecube, GBA, xbox and now we have a 360, a PSP and a DS somewhere in the house. So I've had many of the consoles that have come down the pipe. I didn't have a jaguar, 3D0, Saturn but I think thats about it. Also had a series of PCs and a Commodore 64 in the run of consoles too. Man I miss the commodore 64 that was such a fun computer at the time :evilgrin0036:

[Prosthetics]

all started with I was 7 or 8 with SNES, then computer games I had to use DOS to get into. Then N64, then PS, then Stronghold and AOE series, then UT, then CS, then DoD, then CS again, then Wc3, then DoD again, then Wc3, then UT 2004, then TF2 & CSS.

[ShangoXG]

my first gaming memory is of some wierd game where you had to shoot little targets on the screen with a gun on the pc, except it didnt have floppy discs or cd's...some wierd cartridge thing...but it was on a pc... oh and i used to have a snes..man i loved donkey kong, then i had a N64 and played mario kart and Mario 64 a lot, then a ps1, then xbox which my gran bought me with halo...i got addicted to halo and halo2 for a while there...to the point i could win 3v1 matches against my friends lol....then pc gaming from wc3, to WoW, to wc3, to TF2 and CSS! woot!

[Hydra]

my first one was a VIC 20/commodore 64 (cant remember which one it was), that was alot of fun, playing pacman and that digging game(forgot the name) then it was a gameboy, then a computer in 1991, and ive stuck with computers since....i do have a wii and a 360, just never play them

[Phearr]

Dont remember much at all. My uncle had a ps1 the big one and i played it and since then iv been a gamer :) So my first console is a PS1 and my first comp was when i started playing d2 cs and all those games.

[lulzkiller]

I remember being incredibly stingy when I was younger and I would say "gaming's for losers" but then I went to an arcade and playing Ninja Gaiden and I loved it. I think I was...7.

[TrinitY^PL]

My History of Gaming (somewhat)
1. NES
-mario
-duck hunt
2. SNES
-mario
-kirby
-double dragons
-legends of gala
-top gear
3. Gameboy
-(i have not a single clue as to what games i had)
but at least 10-13
**Started Gaming on PC, Nothin too big**
4. Playstation X
-TH 1,2,3,
-TM 1,2,3,4
-Fifa 01,02
-Bass Fishing
-GT 1,2
5. XBOX
-TH 4,American Wasteland
-CS
-Forza
-Ninja Gaiden
**Played my Multiplayer PC games, as well as CS, DOD, etc...
UT, GTA 2, The Sims, Sims Theme Park, Sim City 2000,3000 etc..
6. Nintendo DS
-Mario 64
-and some others that I dont remember
7. PSP
-NFS:Carbon, Most Wanted, Underground Rivals
-Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition
-Fifa
-The Hustler
-WPT 2005?
8. Playstation 3 (60gb)
-COD:3,4
-Ninja Gaiden
-NFS: Carbon
-Unreal Tournament 3
-GTA:4
-MGS:4
-RFOM
9. Nintendo Wii
-Mario Galaxy
-Mario Kart
-AMF Bowling
-Resident Evil: Umbrela Cronices
-Super Smash Brothers Brawl
-Links Crossbow Training

Here I am today!

in the future Im looking to get an Xbox360 Elite
and with that get the following
- Ninja Gaiden 2
- Forza 2
- PGR 4

just a list from the top of my head and yes i was bored!

I dont rly have ne ""Gaming Stories" it was something that I really enjoyed since playing Oregon Trail in 1st grade. :party0002:

[Tippo]

started gaming in 1989. my older brother handed me the controller to mega man on NES. i can VAGUELY remember it, but i do. then i got addicted to mortal combat I, then severely addicted to street fighter -> street fighter II -> street fighter II turbo. and the rest there's way the fck too many to name.

[Timmah!]

holy phucking ballz... I just came across this: http://www.intellivisionlives.com I may need to play me some Astrosmash. Wait... I wonder if I already have it with MAME. Hrmmm...

[Demon Pimp]

I really liked the last video link at the bottom. The 2 dorky kids that were dressed as pilots, one even had on an old leather pilot helmet on. Speaking to each other in bad british accents. The night mission, trying to avoid getting shot down. Things really peaked at the 8bit level.