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KENNY GUIDO 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 45	which ones did you own? I started off with the 1977's Coleco's TELSTAR. Later in 82, I got the ATARI 2600. in 84, I got me a COLECOVISION. Then, in 86, my friend got me a NINTENDO that he found in the garbage and it was BRAND NEW! I then got the TURBO GRAFIX systerm in 89. I grew out of game systems for years after that and I broke down in 2000 and bought a SONY1. then in 2004, I got me a GAME CUBE.

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GrimmBilly 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 211	I don't know the exact dates that I had these, but I started with the Atari 2600 in the early eighties. Moved on to the NES in the late eighties. Sold it along with all the games to buy a SNES. I bought a PS1 in the late ninties, and then upgaded to the N64. I now own all three major consoles, Gamecube, Xbox and PS2. However, on the next round of consoles I think I'll only be buying the Xbox2. Most "exclusive" Nintendo games just don't appeal to me anymore (except Resident Evil 4, which was awesome). Most every game that comes out on a Playstation console will come out on the current Xbox console only with better loading times, memory capability, better grahics and online ability. Oh yeah, I also had the Sega Dreamcast and Sega Saturn at some point.
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KENNY GUIDO 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 45	GrimmBilly wrote: I don't know the exact dates that I had these, but I started with the Atari 2600 in the early eighties. Moved on to the NES in the late eighties. Sold it along with all the games to buy a SNES. I bought a PS1 in the late ninties, and then upgaded to the N64. I now own all three major consoles, Gamecube, Xbox and PS2. However, on the next round of consoles I think I'll only be buying the Xbox2. Most "exclusive" Nintendo games just don't appeal to me anymore (except Resident Evil 4, which was awesome). Most every game that comes out on a Playstation console will come out on the current Xbox console only with better loading times, memory capability, better grahics and online ability. Oh yeah, I also had the Sega Dreamcast and Sega Saturn at some point. thats what I hate about GAMECUBE, they dont carry all the good games like PS2 & XBOX do. If I want a game, I have to buy it for PS2 and play it on my sons system.

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GrimmBilly 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 211	Being a lifelong Nintendo fan, I originally bought the Gamecube for the classic franchises like Zelda, Mario, and Metroid. Now that I'm getting older I'm realizing that I just don't enjoy those types of games anymore. I prefer a game I can pick up play a few rounds and not worry about again for awhile. Games that have huge storylines and long "quests" are just too time consuming these days.
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murfj 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 36	I was so far behind in the game lol! I managed to get my hands on an Atari 2600 in 1988 when my friend got rid of it after getting a Nintendo. Then finally in the summer of 1989 I got a Nintendo. I felt that I grew out of it a few years later and never bought another gaming system, however last year I pulled the Nintendo out of the closet and have gained a new appreciation for it- it brings back TONS of memories to play any of the Super Mario Bros. games, Ninja Gaiden, Donkey Kong, etc- and it's just a blast to pop one of them in and play it for a few minutes.

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Daniel85 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 1699	My first console was the Sega Master System II (with a game, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, built in). After that I got a Game Boy, and then a SNES. I've also had an N64, PS1, PS2, and Gameboy Advance SP. I hardly ever play the consoles anymore, I only use my GBA SP (it's awesome because they've re-released a lot of the old SNES RPGs and platform games, and the SNES was my 'golden age' of gaming). I've been thinking of buying a Gamecube, cos they're helluva cheap these days. I don't think I'll buy one of the next gen consoles, at least not until their prices eventually go down.
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KENNY GUIDO 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 45	I know there are emmulators out there but a few weeks ago I was in a flea market on long island and there was this arcade game with some fake lettering on it. I took a closer look at it was an emmulated video arcade game!!! I couldnt believe it! It had over 1700 arcade games, just like the arcade. there were games there that I havent seen in years (pac man jr, mr do, gi joe) and games I never seen in before (mr do's run run, donky kong 4) I asked the kid where they got it from and he said his friend built it. I asked how much for one and he said $3000. I am so tempted to buy one.

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GrimmBilly 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 211	KENNY GUIDO wrote: I asked the kid where they got it from and he said his friend built it. I asked how much for one and he said $3000. I am so tempted to buy one. All you need to do is download the MAME32 emulator and find the roms and you'll have all these games on your PC. I can pretty much guarantee that's all this "arcade" was, a PC in a box. You'd be paying $3000 for the arcade box and joysticks. Well, and the PC I guess, but it doesn't take a very powerful one to run these old games. I have MAME32 on my PC here with 4gigs of ROMS and that's a lot. There isn't any old game that I can think of that I don't have. The best place to find the emulator and ROMs is a peer 2 peer file sharing program like BearShare or ShareBear or whatever. I also have a USB "playstation like" controller for it, way better than using a keyboard for older games.
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Kray 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 944	My first console would be the classic NES. Then came the SNES, the Gamegear, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, and the Gameboy SP. Then I started collecting things like The Atari 2600, Commodore 64, and a Jaguar, then the Genesis, the N64, and the Gamecube came after that. And that's what I got so far. I'm working on collecting a few more before I get any more of the new generation's systems like the PSP or the DS or the new set of consoles.

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System 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 74809	yeah definitely dont fork out $3000 for a MAME machine! I've got one sitting in my office. It's nothing more than a Pacman cabinet that i was fortunate enough to have given to me, I just had to drive to it and pick it up. You can check on usenet for offers like this, thats where i found mine. And inside the Pacman cabinet is a Pentium III 700 w/256 mb ram and a 10 gb hard drive, running Windows 98, the complete mame rom set, and using Arcade@Home as the front-end and a black 19" dell monitor. All in all I probably spent about $200 dollars on it. The computer was "donated" to me by my employer.. ha. I really only had to buy the buttons and joysticks, OH and the keyboard mapper that maps the buttons to keystrokes on the keyboard, it's called the IPAC, it's very simple to install and configure. If you have any specific questoins to ask, you can add me on AIM or contact me here. As for game consoles, I started out with the Atari 2600, Moved onto the NES in 87 or 88, Next was the Sega Genesis and then the SNES, followed by the Sega Saturn, Playstation 1, Nintendo 64, Playstation 2, Gamecube and finally XBOX. I also purchased the Atari Jaguar, but I was never very interested in it.

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System 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 74809	1. Emerson Arcadia 2001 2. NES 3. Atari Jaguar (due to AvP advertisements) 4. 3DO 5. Sega Saturn 5. N64 6. XBox Wow, I agree that 3k for a MAME cabinet is far more than an arm and a leg. You could get a very nice rig going for much less. Or just pump MAME32 out to a nice television set and be very happy with that. You can contact me also re: M32.

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System 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 74809	I began with the Atari 2600 - - i had this weird E.T. game...anyone have that one? That game was like, impossible, i think my mom helped me play it and finally finish it! After that, I think the next thing we had was Nintendo. Then, Gameboy Sega genesis Dreamcast (short lived) Super NES Playstation Playstation 2 GameCube Nintendo DS PSP (playstation portable - kicks arse) I love the GameCube now, my sis has it. And the PSP is great fun, you can watch movies on it too. :-)

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System 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 74809	Here's my list in chronological order of when I got the system... 1) Mattel Intellivision 2) Atari 5200 3) NES 4) Nintendo Gameboy 4) SNES 5) Sega Genesis w/ CD 6) Sony Playstation 7) Sega Dreamcast Microsoft Xbox 9) Sony Playstation 2 10) Sony Playstation 3 (oh... please please please please) =)

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jadedoz 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 710	My first console w a Calecovision in 1987 from a garage sale. Then in 1990 I got a Sega Master System 2 Then in about 1991 I got a NES In 1994 I got a SNES and a Gameboy In about 1997 I got a N64, not long after I got a Playstation 1 and a Gameboy Pocket. Then I got a PS2, Gamecube and then an Xbox in 2004.

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skaterboy572
9 years 6 months ago
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super nintendo for life!
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GrimmBilly 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 211	skaterboy572 wrote: super nintendo for life! You know, I almost have to agree with that statement. The SNES was a really big system for me. I think I was a freshman in high school when it came out. It had some of the best games ever created like Super Mario 3, Super Metroid, all the Super Star Wars games, Zelda Link to the Past, and the first 16-bit Castlevania game. Since the implemintaion of 3D graphics, they just don't make games like these anymore. I miss the side-scroller.
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Ray 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 73	1987 : It started with the NES my mother bought for me when we moved into a new town when I was 7. The NES STILL works and we used it WELL into the late 1990's and even still today. Here's the stuff we have. 1992 : After a year of playing the SNES at FAO Schwartz on Sunday afternoons, my Dad finally caved and my sister and I got the SNES. Lots of good times. A Link to the Past, FF2, FF3, Chrono Trigger, Street Fighter. Mario Paint, the Super Scope. I love it. 1997 : We pick up a Sega Genesis for pretty cheap. Naturally, I used it to take advantage of EA's Sports games. NHL '93 - 96' , Bulls vs. Blazers, USA Basketball, Madden. The Genesis did those sports games better than the SNES. It was pretty late that we picked up the Genesis. That was also the same year I got a Playstation for Christmas, long after it got released, so it was cheaper. Since then I have remained a gamer. With X-Box, PS2, and a Game Cube.
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GrimmBilly 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 211	Ray wrote: 1987 : It started with the NES my mother bought for me when we moved into a new town when I was 7. The NES STILL works and we used it WELL into the late 1990's and even still today. Here's the stuff we have. Damn, nice collection Ray. I wish I still had my 8bit NES. I sold it plus the 35 games I had to buy the SNES when it came out. Then a few years later I sold most of my SNES games to buy a Sega GameGear. I guess I'll never learn.kicking myself However I just bought some classic SNES games off of EB Games last week. After all these years they've finally dropped to a decent price. $1.99 - $5.99 for used games. I bought Mario All Stars, Starfox, Pitfall: the Mayan Adventure, and all 3 Star Wars games. They should be here sometime this week. I can't wait to break out the old SNES.
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laserkid 9 years 6 months ago Posts: 7	http://users.ign.com/collection/laserkidneo first and foremost has every game I won minus a few recent entries just so I don’t have to think stuff up on the fly for my game collection. Anyway I first got into videogames at around age 3 or 4 (mid to late1984 or early to mid 1985). A friend of mine had an Atari (no I do not know which version I didn’t pay that much attention at that age), between the adventures of Pitfall, and both Pac Man games it was an instant hook, arcades also offered my early love for videogames. It would not be until the Christmas of 1987 that I would get my own videogame system after constant nagging and begging of my parents, I had become an NES addict through the combined effort of the Super Mario Super Show, my next door neighbor who would often baby-sit me and my sister with an ENS, and our after school sitter who also had an NES. It was pretty quick that I realized I was getting an NES since there was a present wrapped in the exact box dimensions of an NES, I was right on that case but my perception of box depth sometimes worked against me as well (such as NES game sized boxes that had socks in them). Come Christmas I found it, with SMB/Duck Hunt, as well as SMB2 and Ninja Turtles 2 in my loot list, as you can imagine I did not sleep Christmas day night, I played all night and the major addiction began. When the SNES came out in 1991 I wanted one badly but it was t0oo expensive for the family wallet until August 1993, when a local Target had a special sale on SNES control decks (system + controller, that’s it), with the sake of an additional controller and ANY videogame of your choosing actually cost less then the actual SNES. My parents also being Mario addicts went with Mario World instead of my wanting the Ninja Turtles IV game (second arcade port). It is also worth not9ing many others were mobbing this sale for Street Fighter II and was the first time I’d heard the legendary name. Come Christmas I received my first games for the family owned system, Ninja Turtles IV, and Super Star Wars. From there the system eventually migrated permanently to my room with occasional blips to my sisters room, eventually a second system was bought to appease me and we had a family owned, and my owned system. While the SNES wasn’t perfect (I had soon become aware of Sega and secretly pined for Sonic games, but otherwise kept a good Nintendo fan boy anti Sega face), it would go on to become my favorite videogame system I would own up until very recently. Come 1996, Nintendo’s long awaited Nintendo 64 made its way onto the scene. Come that Christmas I would receive the system, and 2 games – Mario 64, and Star Wars Shadows of the Empire (which at the time seemed impressive but has not held up well). I loved the Fun Machine as Nintendo called it to death, but there was one void that I felt – you see all this time I had been a longtime Mega Man crazy nutzoid, owning each NES and each SNES game (minus the Soccer game), but I preserved in hopes that Capcom would “see the light” of Nintendo greatness. I parried the loss of Square which I had only recently found with Mario RPG, and Chrono Trigger, and a clearance copy of FF 3 on SNES, with the PC version of FF7, which despite how many people love, and I know this will get me killed, I found under whelming. What finally got me to fold was something very unlikely. In the end of 1999 a little company called Working Designs released a remake of a Sega CD game I had always wanted to play. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete so had me in its grasp that I both bought it, and Mega Man 8, BEFORE I could get a system, which was a grandparents gift that Christmas (said grandparent is ex military and used to take us to on base stores for discounts and let us pick our own gifts). I would go on in awe at the c0omparative cheapness of games to buy tons of PS1 games – many of which due to being so bad got sold at game stores later (among which included the regrettable Legend of Mana, worlds best opening segment and opening level, but after that, lackluster game play took over). From there I would acquire a Sega Dreamcast out of lust for Marvel Vs Capcom 2, and the wishing for an arcade perfect Marvel Vs. Capcom as well. Having a rebate for the system at the time (summer 2000) helped, I own more 2d fighters on this system then anything else, but there are 2 games that would forever change my gaming view, so much so that before Sega died out I was declaring generation victory for the Dreamcast (how very sad I know, but with these games I truly felt it). Shenmue and Phantasy Star Online were those two, games that brought back something in gaming I had not really felt since the SNES really, true gaming joy not just satisfaction. Sadly Sega didn’t make it past 2001, but its just as well, as this lead me to the current generation. In the end of 2001 I was working for Toys R Us, and had sold as many Nintendo Gamecube pre orders as I could in my own self hype for the system, I even was the first person to buy the system out of the store, with it I got a memory card, and three games, Luigi’s Mansion, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Wave Race Blue Storm, the next day I bought Super Monkey Ball, and just short of Christmas I bought Smash Brothers Melee. With the exception of Monkey Ball and Smash Brothers Melee the cubes launch games were pretty bad, I was a bit disappointed for some time, but the years of 2003, and 2004 turned that around, there are still games in those last years I still want to get, and I’ve managed to acquire a gamecube game list of 40 games, with few exceptions all good too. Side notes of this generation include getting a $20 Sega Saturn and a $5 copy of Nights into Dreams, and Clockwork Night, sadly I have yet to find more Saturn software. I also eventually got a PS2 at the end of last year for Kingdom Hearts and Mega Man X7 and X8. Of course there have always been Nintendo’s portables, I may not get all the redesigns (pocket, GBA SP), but from GB classic through the DS portable gaming also has been a good part of my gaming experience.
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GrimmBilly
9 years 6 months ago
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