cba.gy
Nov 4 2009, 03:15 PM
First Console = AceTronic
First Computer = TI99/4A
Best Console Memories = MegaDrive
Best Computer Memories = Acorn Electron
dcm2284
Nov 4 2009, 03:37 PM
First Console = Atari 2600
First Computer = POS my dad got at a yard sale
Best Console Memories = SNES
Best Computer Memories = Counter Strike 1.6 till 5am on Christmas Eve
Inky
Nov 4 2009, 03:50 PM
First Console = Atari 2600
First Computer = some crap eMachine
Best Console = SNES
Best Computer Memories = Pirating 4d boxing and Doom. (yeah I've been at this a looong time)
emsley
Nov 4 2009, 04:40 PM
First Console = NES
First Computer = Atari ST
Best Console = SNES
Best Computer Memories = MOHAA Multiplayer.
waal
Nov 4 2009, 04:54 PM
First Console = A B/W multi pong clone from the late 70's, wish I could retrieve the name.
First Computer = Amiga 500
Best Console = Neo Geo
Best Computer Memories = Cinemaware's Wings.
emsley
Nov 4 2009, 04:59 PM
^ neo geo?
You must have had some money!
waal
Nov 4 2009, 05:24 PM
nahhh just big luck. Had it second hand back in the nineties from a (rich) guy who just didn't care. I had Magician Lord, Viewpoint and Last Resort for the cost of an SNES !
Cospefogo
Nov 4 2009, 05:43 PM
First Console = Atari 2600
First Computer = TRS-80 Color Computer
Best Console Memories = Sega Mega Drive
Best Computer Memories = PC Pentium 2 running DOS games
- kenshiro -
Nov 4 2009, 06:09 PM
First Console = Nintendo NES
First Computer = P2 PC shit
Best Console Memories = XBOX
Best Computer Memories = never
sbpaabck
Nov 4 2009, 06:13 PM
First Console = NES
First Computer = Sinclair Spectrum zx81 +2
Best Console Memories = Super Nintendo (beating super r-type and starfox)
Best Computer Memories = PC playing Wing Commander 3/4 - AMAZING!!! would love to play them again!!!
RedCapsMan
Nov 4 2009, 06:24 PM
First Console = NES
First Computer = x386 Packard Bell
Best Console Memories = Being one of the first kids around with an N64 and Mario 64 (Grandma told me to sell it before Xmas for $1000. I could have, too)
Best Computer Memories = Full Throttle/Sam & Max LucasArts Games (then discovering emulation freshman year of college, what a revelation)
Mooney
Nov 4 2009, 10:40 PM
First Console = GameBoy Color Pokemon Edition
First Computer = Apple ][e
Best Console Memories = Beating Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (PS2) in one sitting with a friend.
Best Computer Memories = Building my own for the first time.
letmealone
Nov 5 2009, 12:29 AM
First Console = Pong clone
First Computer = Sinclair Spectrum 16k
Best Console Memories = Nintendo 64
Best Computer Memories = Commodore Amiga
emsley
Nov 5 2009, 12:35 AM
Look how the generations jump.
neoryu
Nov 5 2009, 02:30 AM
First Console = Colecovision
First Computer = Commodore64
Best Console Memories = Discovering the emulators for the Xbox + owning all the great Sega Saturn imports
Best Computer Memories = getting one of the very first commercially available CD burners
iq_132
Nov 5 2009, 05:04 AM
First Console = Atari 2600
First Computer = Apple ][ with the green and black monochrome screen and dot matrix printer.
Best Console Memories = Working on FBA-xxx and CoinOps and watching some previously unemulated (on xbox) games running along quite nicely.

Best Computer Memories = I could list dozens of memories that make me smile.
NEIL222
Nov 5 2009, 10:34 AM
First Console = Can't remember the name, fucking old though (beige coloured number)
First Computer = ZX Spectrum
Best Console Memories = Xbox. because it does so much, its got plenty of memories....
Best Computer Memories = Amstrad CPC, Amiga. Seeing Flashback running on an Amiga back in the day.
Typing out lines of BASIC code from an Amstrad magazine to do my own programs/games.
Garcimak
Nov 5 2009, 06:14 PM
First Console = Sega Master System
First Computer = Atari ST sold later for an Amiga
First Handheld console = Lynx
Best Console Memories = Playstation (damn me, everybody around me even those who were not into gaming had bought one)
Best Computer Memories = Amiga
Best Handheld Memories = GBA
2xMarcy
Nov 6 2009, 01:23 PM
First Console = Colecovision
First Computer = Commodore Vic 20
Best Console Memories = finishing Chrono Trigger on SNES
Best Computer Memories = showing Lemmings on Amiga 500 to a girl I liked sooo much, then spending the rest of the day playing with her (just lemmings sadly)
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