glynnahab wrote:Super Nintendo - for all the obvious reasons like nostalgia, game library, etc. Also, it was the first console I bought with my own money as a kid. I saved up for it for over a year collecting money.
The first console I bought with my own money (not counting an old NES me and my bro went half on at a flea market) was a GameCube back in '02. It was the day before the first day of the '02/'03 school year (my Junior Year) and I scored a Jet Black console, four controllers, two memory cards (the 59 block ones), and a few games (Luigi's Mansion, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Pac Man World 2), and a Luigi's Mansion game guide. I spent weeks saving up, which was easy cuz at the time, I started working at my Dad's job site (he does construction), toting lumber (mostly 2x4s), paid $7/hour. I mostly spent my time in the van playing my GBA (back when I had the old model) or reading game mags figuring out what games to get for the GameCube.
The second was the Xbox, the following year. I got the system, two controllers (wanted 4), two games (Spider-Man PH Edition and Midtown Madness 3; wanted to also get The Hulk, but put it back), and a memory card (that I had to put back). The story goes like this: again, I spent the summer working on another jobsite, still at $7/hour, and one day on a trip up the beach (slang for going up to the Nags Head/Kitty Hawk/Kill Devil Hills area), I put some stuff on layaway.
The next year was a DreamCast, refurbished off of EBgames. I also bought a few games (Crazy Taxi, Illbleed, Power Stone, and Soul Reaver) and a memory card.
Then the Saturn next year, off of eBay. It was $70something and came with an assload of games (including NiGHTS, Alone in the Dark, VF Remix, and Virtua Cop), two controllers and a lightgun. That summer I also scored more games (including Street Fighter Alpha) and a Virtua Stick. I also got some DC games (like Typing of the Dead AND the keyboard).
Then in 2006, me and my bro went half on an Xbox 360. He chose all the games (I wanted a variety, but HE wanted nothing but FPS games). He would later sell me his half of the system and his games.
And last year was the Year of the Wii. I only bought one game (Super Paper Mario) and the system. But a few weeks later, I'd have Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Resident Evil 4.
This year should be the Year of the PS3.
And FYI, the first video game I bought myself was Sonic 3 for the Genesis. I never cleaned my room, and thus never got an allowance. But... I still managed to score enough money to get the game when it came out.
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Oh, crap! I went off on another tangent again.
my bad
