I thought this would be interesting, give us all a chance to remenisce over our old consoles. So here's my
console history.
April 1990 - Master System
I was only 4 years old. This was my first
console ever. I was hooked since. I still remember my first games. I had Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Paperboy, The Ninja and Castle Of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse. I loved all of them. I still fondly remember some of the later games I got over the next few birthdays/christmases Enduro Racer, Putt & Putter, Sonic The Hedgehog, and Golden Axe Warrior where some of my favourites.
Fate of this console - I still have it to this day.
Christmas 1993 - Mega Drive
I wanted this all year and when I got it, it was faulty out of the box, apparently I didn't get to play it till the second week of January my parent said because they had to send it back to Sega. Apparently I was so greatful to have my own that I didn't mind that it was broken and actually comforted my Mum telling her I didn't mind waiting longer to play it, I was just happy to have one... I don't know how true that is, but it's a sweet story anyway.
Fate of this console - Traded it for a 3DO
Christmas 1994 - Mega CD
I actually don't remember using my Mega CD all that much, I only remember having 3 games for it Terminator, Earthworm Jim and Mickey Mania.
Fate of this console - Traded it for a 3DO
September 1995 - CD-i
I was given this with 4 games and 3 educational discs. It was bought by my dad second-hand in order to make such I had an "advantage" going into High School... I was still only 9, but it was a nice gesture. Good thing though, I was allowed to keep this
console in my bedroom... I think my dad forgot it had games on it.
Fate of this console - Sold it when in high school.
April 1996 - Sega Multi-Mega
I still don't quite know why I got this for my birthday, I already had a Sega CD, but I somehow convinced my dad that it was worth it because it was also a walkman as well (well it was technically). When my parents bought me this is was still around £250 in the shops, although I'm fairly sure I got a discounted display model... still I had one.
Fate of this console - I broke it a few years later... it was advertised as a portable walkmen, I tested this description to the hilt. If I'd known it would be a limited release collectable I'd have been more careful with it. It was eventually thrown away by my parents, after all it didn't work anymore.
November 1996 - 3DO
One of my cousins had a 3DO with Crash n' Burn, Total Eclipse and Killing Time. He told me he was going to sell it because he never played it and I offered to trade him my old Sega as I didn't need it, I had the new compact Sega... he agreed. Possibly not the best trade on my part but I was happy.
Fate of this console - I still have it, but it doesn't read discs anymore
Christmas 1997 - Sega Saturn
As you can see, a pattern is emerging. My parents bought this for me and I loved it, one of my favourite consoles. This also marked a time when I was allowed all my games consoles in my room... YAY! School work inevitably suffered.
Fate of this console - I took it to my girlfriends house in 2002 and left it there so we'd have something to play at her house... we split up 6 months later, as far as I know, she still has it.
Christmas 1999 - Sega Dreamcast
My parents, always content to feed my sega needs bought me another Sega
console. This was my last
console that I didn't personally go out and buy myself. It's still one of my most loved consoles.
Fate of this console - I still have it, but it randomly stopped working, not sure why... I got a second one last year though which works great.
Summer 2001 - PSOne with LCD screen
Years of only occationally getting to play my brothers playstation finally broke me and I decided to get my own, I went a step further and got the one with the portable screen, it's a cool little screen actually and I love it.
Fate of this console - I still have it.
October 2004 - Xbox
I was in university and didn't have any of my games consoles with me... I did however have a student load and a local electronics store. I in a fit of madness went down and bought a portable TV, CD player and Xbox (including DVD remote) all in one go and brought them all back to my dorm. I was most pleased with myself... I ate noodles and baked beens the rest of the semester.
Fate of this console - It's currently my DVD player for my bedroom, I play some games on it very occationally.
Summer 2006 - Playstation 2
My brother gave me his Playstation 2 because he "didn't realise he already had one and bought a new one", apparently he thought it was broken and put it in the bottom of the wardrobe, found it a year later and tried it and it worked fine... this is the same PS2 he bought back in 2001.
Fate of this console - This is my primary games
console, I play it daily.
May 2007 - Xbox 360
My room-mate gave me this for nothing... yeah, I was shocked too. He just bought an Xbox 360 Elite and decided he didn't need his old one so gave it to me. It had a dodgy drive that opened and closed only when it felt like it and it sometimes flickered if you played it for too long. This became my primary
console and DVD player for 3 years... he bought it at launch... this
console was BADLY treated, it was in the Living Room of a 5 person student dorm room and it had coke spilt on it, cigarette ash spilt on it, pizza left on it like a table, clothes thrown over it...
Fate of this console - I still own it, but it overheats if you play it for more than about 10-15mins, so it's basically useless. I'll probably repair it. It's shocking the thing lastest as long as it did.
Christmas 2009 - Xbox 360
Knowing my Xbox 360 had a tendancy to overheat occationally and the drive would sometime just refuse to open, or for a change of pace constantly open and close, they decided to get me a new one...
Fate of this console - It red-ringed 3 months after I got it. It then red-ringed again 2 months after being fixed... it's currently acting as a paperweight.
June 2011 - Gamecube
Got this recently at a car-boot sale. Didn't have any games with it but that's OK, I bought a couple on eBay. It's a good little
console and I'm enjoying it. I'd played my cousins before so I was glad to finally have my own.
Fate of this console - I still have it and play it somewhat regularly.
So... that's my
console history. What's yours like? (and please don't hate me too much for breaking the CDX/Multi-Mega, I didn't mean too).
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