What was your gaming history?

[Anayo]

History? Dynasty? Chain? I'm not really sure what to call this so I'll show you what mine looked like:

1994 - NES
1995 - Sega Genesis
1998 - N64
2003 - Gamecube
2009 - PC
2015 - Wii U
2019 - hopefully Nintendo Switch and a PC with an HTC Vive.

Your turn.

[ElkinFencer10]

Are we talking when we got each platform we own or what and when each of our "main" gaming platforms were?

[marlowe221]

1988 - Atari 2600 (Vader model; still own it)
1993 - SNES (still own it)
1997 - PC (generic family PC)
2000 - PS2 (not mine; college roommate's)
2004 - Xbox (Halo Edition!!!)
2005 - GCN (in addition to the Xbox)
2007 - Wii
2008 - 360
2010 - PS3 & Sega Genesis
2013 - Wii U (wedding present!)
2014 - Built a PC
2015 - Xbox One
2016 - Atari 7800 & Atari 800XL

That's it, more or less. I didn't include handhelds and some of my dates are subject to a bit of human memory error but... it's pretty close.

[Reprise]

1993 - Sega Mega Drive
1999 - GameBoy Color
2000 - Sega Dreamcast
2000 - PS1
2002 - Nintendo GameCube
2003 - Nintendo 64
2003 - Sega Saturn
2003 - Original X-Box
2005 - Neo Geo Pocket Color
2011 - Playstation 2
2011 - Super Nintendo
2012 - Playstation 3
2012 - Wii U
2012 - Nintendo 3DS
2013 - OUYA
2013 - PS4
2013 - PS Vita
2015 - New 3DS
2017 - Nintendo Switch

[Anayo]

Are we talking when we got each platform we own or what and when each of our "main" gaming platforms were?

Each main generational upgrade. Like, "Oh, in 1992 I upgraded from an NES to a SNES, then in 1995 from SNES to a PlayStation." If retro stuff bought years after its heyday were included in there, I think it would get too complicated. XD

[Sarge]

It's gonna be hard for me to put dates to this, but I'll try:

mid-'80s - Radio Shack pong thingy
1990 - NES (Christmas)
1993 - Intellivision (maybe?)
1994 - Game Boy (Christmas, first game was DK '94)
1994 - C64 (somewhere up in here, anyway)
1995 - SNES (I think, yard sale with FFIII)
1996 - PC (college, Pentium 166MHz w/ 24MB RAM)
1999 - Sega Genesis + CD (right at the launch of the Dreamcast)
1999 - PSX (Christmas 1999, release date for FFVII GH on GameFAQs is wrong!)
1999 - Upgraded PC (Pentium II)
2000 - N64 (pretty sure, since I snagged Paper Mario and Perfect Dark that year from a Blockbuster)
2000 - Dreamcast (Grandia II and Marvel vs. Capcom 2, suckas!)
2001 - Game Gear (I think, Majesco model from TRU)
2001 - Sega Master System (Probably, thrift store for $8)
2001 - GBA (right after launch with Circle of the Moon!)
2002 - PS2 (Suikoden III)
2002/2003 - Gaming laptop (Inspiron 8200)
2002/2003 - Saturn (not sure, but I know I was still in grad school)
2002/2003 - GC (with Mario Sunshine from pawn shop)
2003 - NGPC
2003 - XBOX (bundle from GameStop, had to return, next one died entirely)
2004 - DS (Christmas)
2004 - Upgraded desktop PC (Athlon XP 2200+)
2006 - Wii (launch week)
2007 - PSP-2000
2008 - 360
2008 - DS Lite (sold for DSi, it was pink but only $30!)
2009 - PS3
2009 - DSi
2010 - Gaming laptop (Alienware M11x R2)
2011 - 3DS (sold to finance 3DS XL)
2012 - 3DS XL
2013 - Wii U (December)
2015 - PS4 (December)
2015 - Vita (Christmas)
2017 - Switch

Other systems that I have no idea where to slot:

Atari 2600 (Probably 2014 or 2015)
Colecovision (yard sale somewhere, no power supply so I have no idea if it works!)
3DO (2014?)
32X (No idea)

[Reprise]

Are we talking when we got each platform we own or what and when each of our "main" gaming platforms were?

Each main generational upgrade. Like, "Oh, in 1992 I upgraded from an NES to a SNES, then in 1995 from SNES to a PlayStation." If retro stuff bought years after its heyday were included in there, I think it would get too complicated. XD

Oh, sorry haha.

In that case: Mega Drive --> Dreamcast -> GameCube -> Original XBox --> PS3 --> Wii U -> PS4 -> Switch

[BoneSnapDeez]

late 80s - NES
mid 90s - Game Boy and SNES
late 90s to later 2000s - long hiatus from gaming
2010-ish to present - shitloads of retro games

[ElkinFencer10]

To the best of my memory, this is when I got each system. A couple of them might be +/- a year, but I think it's mostly accurate.

1992 - NES (Mom won it on Jeopardy!; I was like six months old)
1998 - Nintendo 64
2000 - Gameboy Color
2003 - Gamecube
2006 - DS
2008 - Wii
2009 - Genesis, Dreamcast, 2600, Sega CD, SNES, PS2
2010 - Saturn, Master System, Sega 32X, Game Gear
2011 - 3DS
2012 - PS3, 360, TurboGrafx-16, Xbox, Intellivision, HyperScan, 5200, 7800, Wii U
2013 - Jaguar, PS4, Xbox One, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, 3DO
2014 - Vectrex, Vita, Gamestick
2015 - Ouya, Famicom, PSP
2016 - Retron 5, Neo Geo MVS, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Virtual Boy, PC-Engine, PS1
2017 - Switch

[marlowe221]

Someone needs to come in here and post something earlier than 1988! I'm feeling old all of the sudden...

Bone? Where are you?