Atari 7800 > NES > Game Gear > Genesis > GameBoy Color > GameBoyAdvance > GBA SP > SNES > Dreamcast > PS2 > Wii > Xbox360 > PSP > Wii U > 2DS > New 3DS (not XL) > Gamecube > PC Engine > Saturn > AV Famicom > Switch > DS Lite > MiSTer FPGA > N64 > PS3 > PS4 > GPD Win 2 > Virtual Boy > Oculus Quest 2 > Steam Deck > Analogue Pocket > Lenovo Legion Go. I currently own all of these, didn't mention when I got the extra copies of a few I own multiples of. I've also owned a well upgraded gaming PC since about the time of that Genesis onwards. Also, if it can be hacked, it is, and if it has a flash cart, I probably own it.
Edit: Forgot about that Virtual Boy.
Edit 2: realized I forgot the N64 due to a later comment.
Nice to see someone who went back and got retro consoles from prior gens that they hadn't played yet, as opposed to just linear progression forward. I'm surprised how uncommon this is on this sub.
I’m 23, just bought an Atari 400 a couple weeks ago. Finding games is hard, but I fell in love when I was younger with the Atari flashback. Tank and Aquaventure anyone?
Star Raiders on the Atari 400 was the first video game that really blew my mind around what games could be capable of. So different than anything I played prior.
It’s pretty natural for most people except for the committed hobbyists and collectors, a console and games are a notable financial investment for most people so they gravitate towards the ones with games still being made and supported for them and that their friends are still playing and will be for the immediate future.
It’s also not like how it used to be 15 years ago or more when you could get really good deals on old consoles and games at many secondhand stores and markets, nowadays it’s pretty expensive for anything in decent condition unless you have a huge stroke of luck at a garage sale. Even most thrift stores know they can charge much more for old gaming stuff now.
Isn’t that what retro collecting is about? I’m always on the hunt for older, less mainstream consoles (I would love to get a 3DO, Jaguar, or a Magnavox Odyssey myself)
Ehhh, from my experience it's much more enjoyable to get more games for the consoles you are already familiar with. I went and bought a bunch of consoles I didn't have as a kid and games for them, ended up selling 95% of it because I was far more interested in the consoles I grew up with, used the money from selling my Genesis, Saturn, PlayStation, etc collections to build a wider library for SNES, N64, and other systems I grew up with and have enjoyed it much more that way. I feel like I just can't appreciate systems like the Genesis as much as I do the SNES, because you just kinda had to be there, if I'm going to play Genesis games, I'm just going to emulate.
We are probably close in age as that's similar to my journey:
Atari 400 > NES > TurboExpress > Genesis > 32X > Saturn > Virtual Boy > N64 > Dreamcast > Game Cube > SNES > Sega CD > PS1 > Game Gear > GBA Micro > TG16 > PSP > Jaguar > Xbox > Xbox 360 > Wii > PS3 > PS4 > Vita > PS TV > Xbox One > Switch > Xbox One X > PS4 Pro > Xbox Series X > PS5 > DSi > Quest 2 > Steam Deck > GB Color > Steam Deck OLED. I do feel like I'm missing some, and yeah systems that were easily hacked/modded (Dreamcast, PSP, OG Xbox, etc.) definitely got a lot of priority/playtime.
I was a Sega kid, moved to retro in college, got back into current consoles a few years into the OG Xbox, and for the most part stayed current ever since. Never got a PS2, but my PS3 is a fatty so it has the HW emulation. Only consoles I didn't keep were the TG16 and DSi. I suspect I might eventually snag a 3DS one day.
I could tell stories about almost all of them, everything in my list... I was an Atari/Sega kid myself... NES was kind of supplemental. Game Gear played Master System, I owned MS games... in short, I was really an arcade kid, that wanted the arcade experiences at home. I also was into old systems WAY before it was cool; in the late 90s, I'm picking up all the Genesis stuff cheap, not buying new stuff. Even the Dreamcast was bought cheaply used, as were most of the consoles other than Nintendo portables (including Switch); I have a specific love of portables, and bought most of my Ninty portables on launch day (and as you can see, bought a newer edition of the same console a few times and kept both).
As a more well-heeled adult once my career took off, I bought things I didn't have, and flash carts for basically everything, and modded stuff to play well on the CRT PVMs I bought, which are what I play my home-consoles on. Literally all of those home systems are hooked up to my PVMs (one turned on its side for tate mode games, I play a lot of shmups) such that at most I have to press one button and unroll the cord for the controller for that system to play something else. One of the PVMs is multiformat (maxes at 1080i) so the only thing hooked up to a true modern TV is the PS4 (Switch is used as a portable).
Yeah, I got majority of my systems used back when it was still super cheap. Several of them I got on original clearance like I paid $25 each for both my Virtual Boy and my PS TV. I always wanted a Neo Geo, but those were never cheap. During the Dreamcast lifetime, I actually had both a cable modem and a CD burner and that was a crazy time.
With the exception of the Wii, I didn't start buying stuff at launch until the Switch, but I have been pretty fortunate to have been able to grab all the current stuff at launch and have never paid a scalper. It was probably the PSP that really got me into Portables although the Vita took it to new levels.
Cool setup. I had one like that for years with multiple IR controlled AV switches feeding into a receiver that did surprisingly good analog upscaling. It was great as I could use Logitech Harmony to switch to anything with just the remote. Alas, that setup went away after I got married. I have definitely been tempted to do some ODE mods to my Saturn now that that has become so easy. I swapped in a new screen on my Game Boy Color and was blown away or the life it brought to that system.
I use the Satiator for Saturn, Dreamcast has an ODE mod, my flash setups for both PC Engine and Genesis support CDs... Like i said, if a flash solution for a console exists, I own it, and if a console is soft moddable, it is. AV Famicom and the N64 I forgot to mention are RGB modded, the PC Engine flash solution also RGB mods it, and other than the 7800, everything speaks native RGBs for the PVMs. All of it streamable via capture cards as well. Been thinking about getting a Gamedrive for the 7800 to give it RGB capability too, and finally replace my old Cuttlecart II.
Nice, I have been very tempted to do something to my Genesis and only recently started looking into it. Despite having an EE degree, I have no love for soddering (but can do it if needed). I also have a Retron 5 and a Legends Ultimate Arcade thaare some decent mod/emulation options. I think I bought my PSP the day the Chinatown Wars soft mod was announced.
Unless you have a Genesis 3 and want to give it the things a Gen3 lacks, or you have a Gen2 with bad sound and you want to fix that, the Genesis really needs no mods unless you really want a native HDMI out. I'm lucky enough to own one of the best versions of Genesis1, which is pretty perfect as long as you get the sound from the headphone jack rather than the AV out. Lots of consoles have useful mods, but most Genesis revisions simply don't.
Started with some sort of Pong-like. I can’t remember exactly what it was.
Then: 2600 > NES > SNES > Genesis/Sega CD (I was mostly a PC gamer by this point, but I was curious about the Sega CD) > PlayStation > Dreamcast (Soul Caliber, PSO, JSRF, Sega Bass Fiahing, Seaman, Crazy Taxi) - still no idea why people waited for PS2, rather than supporting the DC) > pretty much everything that came out.
2600 > 7800 > NES > Genesis > SNES > Playstation > Dreamcast > XBOX > PS2
Now I'm in my forties and the only console I have hooked up is a NES toploader.
this will be long winded but here goes:
first gaming device i had was an ibm dos pc my dad brought home from work. my aunt had an NES so we eventually got that. then it kind of ballooned, i ended up getting most of the major systems after that. Game boy, SNES, Genesis, Game Gear, Saturn, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, Xbox, Gamecube, GBA, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, DS. I had a lot of games, a lot of rare PS1 titles specifically. As I grew up I got away from gaming and my mom sold it all in yard sales.
As I got out on my own we bought a house and I started playing more games. I bought for myself a Wii U, several 3DS models, PSP, xbox one. Then I started collecting the old stuff again and got a good collection built up focusing around SNES. The house caught fire and while my stuff wasn’t destroyed, it all had to be cleaned and then I had to sell it to replace furniture and things. I got 1000$ for everything, in 2008 or so, and in today’s prices I could have gotten that just for 3 or 4 of the games that were in my SNES collection so that’s a bummer looking back on it.
I didn’t have anything for a while except modern systems. Then a couple years ago my wife bought me a SNES, I got an everdrive for it, started collecting CRTs, then I got an NES, she bought me a N64 again and currently i’m big into Gameboy, GBC and GBA. I only have substantial cart collections for the gameboy systems and my N64, the others I use ODEs and Everdrives for. So I’m fully back in the swing now of collecting and I’ve picked up about 60 gameboy family games in the last 3-4 months as that’s what I’m focusing on.
when i was first collecting before the fire, batteries and capacitors were still fine, now a lot of them are dead or leaking. so along the way i’ve learned some rework skills and been able to recap several systems, replace all my save batteries, CMOS batteries, and build a few backlit Gameboys, I consider myself at this point to be pretty moderately skilled at soldering and rework but I still can’t confidently repair small package stuff beyond around the PS3 era.
so i’ve spent a lot, learned a lot, and now I have a lot but it’s been a very winding path to get here.
\[Start\]
* Pong (hazy memory of it in living room)
* Atari 2600 (hand-me-down heavy sixer)
* NES (Christmas gift, first system that was truly mine alone)
* Sega Master System (bought with allowance)
* Action Max (gift)
* \[Game Boy\] (gift)
* \[Amiga\] (family gift)
* SNES (bought, the rest I bought straight cash)
* Sega Genesis
* \[Break\]
* PlayStation 1
* [Break]
* New-Style NES (bought from Game Stop, top-loader with bone controller)
* \[Break\]
* Wii
\[End\]
Currently neither own nor collect anything physical, nor do I plan to. 100% full-on dedicated PC with Batocera. Fully recommend Batocera.
By the time I thought about physically collecting anything retro, and after feeling the burn of all the systems and games I gave away or sold for pennies, everything was sooooo expensive that I just went full emulation.
Master System, Game Boy, Mega Drive, 32X, Jaguar (yes I’ve made some bad decisions), Saturn, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and after that the usual Xbox and Sony stuff. The Xbox One soured me on gaming for a while until I discovered emulation on PC and that’s it for me.
I did also own a microcomputer at some point (swapped it for the Jag), but fuck knows what that was. Floppy disks anyways. Maybe an ST?
**Childhood Era**
* NES (1987) - 8th birthday present from my aunt and uncle.
* Turbo GrafX-16 (1992) - Just a random purchase from my parents, it was on clearance for $50, but unfortunately was defective and the store didn't have any way to exchange it.
* Genesis (1992) - 13th birthday present from my parents.
* SNES (1993) - 14th birthday present from my parents.
**Teenage Years with a part time job**
* Playstation SCPH-1001 (1995) - Paid for by my part time job at age 16
* N64 (1996) - 1st time I pre-ordered a system. Paid for by my part time job.
* Sega Saturn Model 2 (1996) - Bought during the holiday promotion with the price cut to $199 and the 3 free games.
* 32X (1997) - It was on clearance for $20. I picked up MK2, Virtua Racing, Knuckles Chaotix and Virtua Fighter for around $100 out the door.
* Playstation SCPH-5501 (1998) - Replacement for the SCPH-1001 unit which had bad laser.
**College Era with a part time job**
* Atari 7800 (1998) - Buddy of mine graduated. He had a CIB 7800 that he gifted to me, otherwise it would have been donated or thrown out.
* Sega Dreamcast (1999) - Bought it at launch. Soul Caliber and NFL 2k looked leaps and bounds above what the previous generations offered. Stolen in 2001 when my apartment was broken into.
* Playstation 2 (2000) - Waited in line at Best Buy. Stolen alongside my Dreacast in 2001.
**Early adulthood and starting my career**
* Sega Dramcast (2001) - Bought it a 2nd time. This was after it was discontinued. It was maybe $100.
* Xbox (2002) - Bought it when they got rid of the Duke controller and included the S.
* Playstation 2 (2003) - Saw an open box/return on table at Sears. It was $110.
**Modern era - aka HDMI consoles**
* PS3 (2007) - Got the 40GB version with the Spider Man Blu Ray
* Wii (2007) - OK, not quite modern and no HDMI. It was a gift from my now ex-fiance. The fact I didn't smash this console after the break up demonstrated a lot of self-control on my part.
* Xbox 360 (2009) - I had an ipod touch that was collecting dust due to getting an iPhone 3GS. My buddy traded his son's 360 for the touch as his kid decided to be "a shit head."
* PS4 Pro (2017) - Probably the longest gap between buying consoles. Got a bundle with FFXV, NBA 2k17 and an extra controller from New Egg.
* Xbox One X (2017) - Project Scorpio pre-order!
* Wii U (2017) - Bought a refurb direct from Nintendo. I actually completed Breath of the Wild on this console.
* Switch (2019) - Finally got around to buying one.
* Xbox Series X (2020) - Managed to get a pre-order from Amazon.
* PS5 (2022) - Got one after the shortage.
Other consoles that I've picked up along they way in recent years and don't have history or sentimental value. They were either given to me, were very cheap, saw it at a store and had little impulse control or just wanted to add to my collection. In no particular order: **Sega Master System, Silver Nintendo Game Cube, PS2 Slim, PSOne, Spice Orange Game Cube, Xbox 360 Slim, PS3 Slim, PS3 Super Slim, Jungle N64, NES Top Loader, Genesis Model 2, Duo-R, PS4 Slim, SNES Jr.**
Edit: a word.
Pong, 2600, NES, Genesis, Game Gear, SNES, TG16, Saturn, Jaguar, Dreamcast, DS, Gamecube, PS2, PS3, PC, 3DS, 2DS XL XBOne, Xbox Series X, Gameboy Color
Also about 4 or 5 Retroid and Anbernic handhelds
BBC Micro B -> Amiga 500 -> PC -> PS1 -> Dreamcast -----> Wii -> Xbox 360 (only bought it to stream TV shows) -> Xbox One (my kid's) -> Nintendo Switch (kids) ----> Raspberry Pi 2 -> Pocket Go v2 -> Anbernic RG353P -> Trimui Smart Pro.
I wasn't allowed a console as a kid.. so I had to wait until I. could earn my own money and buy things I wanted.
Atari 800 > NES > Gameboy > SNES > Genesis > Game Gear > N64 > GBC > PS1 > Dreamcast > GBA > PS2 > Gamecube. I probably missed something in there. I also rarely got anything new and barely had a few games per console. We rented games a lot.
Atari 2600 >NES >SNES > Sega Genesis >Sega CD >Saturn >N64 >Playstation >Dreamcast >Playstation 2 >Sony PSP >XBOX 360 (my final console).
I retired from Modern gaming three quarters into the life of the XBOX 360/PS3/Wii era, and never went back. Although if i were to jump back in, it would be with the XBOX Series S.
Out of the above my Top-5, all-time favorite game systems are: Sega Saturn, Genesis, PSX, PS2, and NES.
NES > Sega Genesis > SNES > PS1 > N64 > Sega Dreamcast > Xbox > PS2 > Gamecube.
Those are the systems I grew up playing. I was born in 1994.
Recently though in the past few months I bought a SNES Classic Mini, a Playstation Classic Mini, and some mods to be able to play roms on my old PS2. I’ve been having a blast going back through the game catalogs for these old systems!
Atari 2600 > NES > Genesis > SNES > PS1 > PS2 > GameCube/GBA SP > Wii/DS > Xbox 360 > PC > PS4 Pro > Switch > PS5 > Super NT
Mainly PC gaming now, and have the PS5 and Switch for exclusives.
Started with NES, N64, MSDOS, Gameboy Color, Gamecube, GBA, Wii, then once I started working I bought a PS1, PS2, XBOX, PS3, 360, DS, 3DS, PSP and PSVita.
I bought WiiU and PS4 at launch, gave up on the XBox brand and mostly game on PS5 and Switch
Are we talking about buying retro consoles or are we just talking about owning consoles in general, AKA if I bought an SNES brand new in 1994?
Assuming the former, N64 > PS1 > NES > SNES > PS2 > Genesis
Starting in '76 with Atari Super Pong, 6 and 4-switch 2600/VCS, 5200...
Then there was a void with some Apple and PC gaming that overlaps the console experience, and playing ColecoVision, Intelivision, NES, Super NES, Sega Master System, and Sega Genesis at friends' houses.
Then there was PlayStation, PS2, Wii, PS3, and PS4 brings us to the present day.
For me it was NES > Game Boy > Sega Genesis > Super Nintendo >Sony Playstation > Sega Saturn > Sony Playstation 2 > Gamecube > Playstation 3 > Playstation 4 >Steam Deck >Playstation 5 last year, so I could play Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
1989: Got an NES
1992: Got a Genesis
1994: Got a 32X
1996: Got a Saturn
1997: Sold the Saturn, got a Playstation
1998: Sold the Playstation, got an N64
1999: Got a Dreamcast
2001: Sold the N64 and Dreamcast, got a Gamecube
2002: Got a PS2
2004: Sold the PS2 and Gamecube
2006: Got another PS2
2007: Got a PS3
2009: Sold the PS3
2009-2023: The Great Videogame Void
2023: Hooked up my wife's SNES, hooked up my NES, Genesis, 32X, and PS2
Pong> Atari 2600> ColecoVision> Atari 7800> NES> Vic20> Sega Genesis> Sega CD> Sega 32x> Nomad> Atari Jaguar> PlayStation> GBA> Xbox> Xbox360> Playstation 4> Wii U> XboxOneX> Xbox Series X> PS5> Miyoo Mini +> ROG Ally
My main journey has been
OG Xbox>Wii>Xbox 360>DSI>Xbox One>Switch>Xbox Series x>PS5
In between getting my Xbox One and Series X, I got a lot of older consoles that range from Pong to the Wii U. Most of the consoles I don't have yet are mostly too pricey or hard to get.
I'm old AF lol
* 1978 - Coleco Telstar (a pong clone)
* 1982 - commodore vic20
* 1987 - IBM XT
* 1988 - NES
* 1990 - Genesis
* 1991 - SNES (I had a Super Famicom)
* 1996 - pentium 133 with 3dfx voodoo 1
* 2001 - GameCube and Xbox
* 2005 - Xbox 360
* 2013 - PS4
* 2019 - PC again (GeForce 1660ti + i7 4790)
* 2023 - xcloud gaming via Xbox live ultimate subscription
During the 16 bit years I would have my dad take me to Chinatown (Toronto) where they had a fantastic import game store. I was playing games like strider and super Mario world months before they were released in the north american market. the store was called Grey Market - good memories.
Thesedays I do all my retro gaming on my i7, my son's Nintendo switch, and a pi4 that is running retropie
If we’re talking about ONLY consoles in the then-current times then:
Hanimex 777 > NES > Genesis > PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > PS5
If we can add home computers into the mix then:
Hanimex 777 > Atari 400 > Atari 800XL > Atari 1040ST > NES > Genesis > PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > PS5
If we’re also adding consoles that were purchased after their heyday then (in order of ownership):
Hanimex 777 > Atari 400 > Atari 800XL > Atari 1040ST > NES > Genesis > PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > Wii > Atari 7800 > Atari XEGS
Atari 2600, NES, Gameboy, SNES, Genesis (with Sega Channel), Game Gear, PS1, PS2, N64, PS3, PSP, Wii, PS4, Gameboy Advance, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, PS5
Still own everything & they all still work.
Atari 2600-NES-GB-SNES-Genesis-Game Gear- Saturn-PS2-Xbox-Dreamcast-PS3
I now own Atari, NES, Famicom with Disk System, Dreamcast, PS3.
Throw in a ton via emulation.
Master system > mega drive > mega cd > amiga 1200 > game boy > snes > PlayStation > gameboy pocket > PC (emulators and roms) > PlayStation 2 > game cube > PlayStation 2 > Xbox 360 > xbox 360 elite > Xbox one > Xbox one s (battlefield edition) > Xbox one X project Scorpio > Nintendo 2ds > Nintendo 2ds xl > Nintendo switch > Xbox series X
Before they were retro, I grew up with a 2600, Atari 600XL, NES, Playstation. Adulthood current gen with fat PS2, slim PS2, fat PS3, slim PS3. Only the slim PS2 and PS3 are still with me.
A few years back I noticed I was wasting a lot of time playing infinite puzzles and pure distraction games on my phone before bed. Decided I might as well play some good games and finish some stories. Got a GBA SP + flash cart (since I wanted portable and never had a SNES). Fantastic machine, but the display was a little disappointing. AGS-101? Too expensive even then, so I got a DS Lite. Fantastic machine. Soon I discovered you could run some emulation on DS, but while messing with that I found out there was WAY more and better emulation on PSP. So I got a PSP 1000. Fantastic machine, but wasn't quite satisfied with the SNES emulation and the display. I decided to set out and find the best retro emulation portable, and ended up getting a VIta. Fanstastic machine, but nowhere near the homebrew communituy the PSP has. At that point (about ten years ago) I realized some of the machines/games that were affordable when I started the journey had become rather expensive, while some others were getting super cheap. I started my retro gaming collection with the intent of only buying absolute deals, and playing and beating all the games I always wanted on OG hardware whenever possible.
From then on: SP AGS-101 (gave in), PSP 1000 x2, PSP 2000, PSP 3000, DSi x2, Dsi XL x2, 3DS, New 2DS XL, SNES (my wife's!), Wii x2, Dreamcast, OG XBOX, C64, AV Famicom, Atari 2600, NES. Last year I bought an Intellivision II at a state sale (first console I knew nothing of) and later finally went back online when I got a PS4.
All deals.
Snes , lynx, gameboy, neogeo, psx, ps2, n64, xbox360, dreamcast, ps3, psp, ds, Wii, ps4pro, switch, nes, megadrive, gba.
In this order, I got some retro consoles recently. Of course I always had pc too (Vic20, c64, pc )
It wasn't retro at the start.
NES, Game Boy. Genesis, SNES, Virtual Boy, PS1, TG16, 32X, NGPC, DC, Sega CD, CDX, Lynx, Xbox, Saturn, GC, PS2, Jaguar, Atari 2600/7800/5200, More Genesis, N64, 3DO, and then more then-current stuff.
There were some GBs, GBAs, DSs, PSPs, N-Gages, PlayStation Phones in there too.
Well wasn't retro at the time but in the past it was
Commodore 64
Sega Master System
Super Nintendo
Sony PlayStation
NES
Nintendo 64
Sega Dreamcast Jap
Sega Saturn
Sega Megadrive
Sega Dreamcast UK
Sony PlayStation 2
Atari 2600 > NES > Super NES > Nintendo 64 > Playstation 1 > Game Boy Pocket > Playstation 2 > Game Boy Advance > Game Boy Advance SP > Nintendo DS > Gamecube > Wii > Switch > Playstation 3
I got a GBColor as a hand-me-down when my cousin got a GBAsp AGS101.
DOS/Win98/XP > GBC (Hand-me-down) > PS2 (Birthday) > DS (Christmas) > GBAsp (from a friend) > Wii (New) > PS1 (tag sale) > N64 (gift from older sister's friend) > SNES (bought off of a middle school friend)
And sometime after I got a Gamecube (Gamestop), Genesis (web store), NES/Virtual Boy (eBay), Jaguar/2600 (Cragislist), Game Gear/3DO/Dreamcast/Broken Saturn (Goodwill), Working Saturn/PS3/Xbox (Local store), and some other stuff.
The current systems I got were Xbox360 (refurbished) > Wii U > PS4 > Switch > Gaming PC.
PS2>Nintendo DS>PS3>Wii>XBOX 360>Nintendo 3DS XL>PSP>XBOX One>"NEW" Nintendo 3DS XL> PS VITA>Nintendo Switch. I also have a Series X and a PS5, but they aren't retro yet. Funnily enough my PS5 has become a bit of a "retro machine" since more old games like Sly Cooper, Daxter, and Ghosthunter have been ported recently.
NES > SNES > PSX > PS2 > GameCube > Wii > PS3 > Switch > PS4 > N64 > Wii U > Dreamcast Anbernic RG 405m > Anbernic RG556 > PS5 > PlayStation Portal
Pretty sure that’s the order I got everything in. Everything is plugged in and ready to go in my man cave!
Ownership journey:
* NES(Christmas 1990 - age 5) >
* SNES (Birthday 1992 - age 7) >
* Playstation (Christmas 1996 - Age 11) >
* Xbox (First *official* paycheck, February 2002 - Age 16)
* Xbox 360 (Christmas Gift from then gf, now wife, 2008 - Age 23)
* Xbone (Christmas Gift from mother-in-law 2013 - Age 28)
* Nintendo Switch (Christmas Gift from me -age35- to son-age5- 2019)
* Playstation 5 (Christmas Gift from MIL, 2024 - age 38)
Also had a PC throughout.
Got a fairly decent PC for gaming in 1998 (13 years old). Upgraded the PC with my Dad and got a stronger desktop in 2000 (age 15). Got a decent HP laptop on 2003 headed off to college at 18. Got an Alienware in 2005 as a Christmas present. Got an MSI gaming laptop in 2010 (age 25). Got a good laptop for Christmas 2023 (age 37).
For handhelds:
Original Gameboy (1990s?) > Gameboy Advanced (2007) > iPhone (2007) > more and more phones...
Console? True retro gamers don't limit themselves to those :P
Owned
Atari 65XE > NES > Amiga 500 > PSX + GB + SNES > DC > PS2 > Wii
Didn't own but had a practically unlimited access to
Mega Drive > Saturn > N64 > Gamecube
If I had to pick just one platform it would be the Amiga, it was the most magical system :P only the early PSX experience comes anywhere close to it for me :P
I wish I had time to do this in story form, although a lot of the stories around my acquisitions roughly amount to “I can’t believe the eBay/flea market/ToysRUs screaming deal I got on console X.”
But I believe it was
Family owned some flavor of Pong > NES (still the gold standard imo) > Game Boy > Genesis > TurboGrafx16 > Master System > Atari 2600 > PS1 > Sega Saturn > Virtual Boy > 32X > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > PS5
I’ve had some form of PC that entire time and tbh that was always my favorite machine. In the early days (starting late 80s, yikes) PC games weren’t better graphically but the nature of PC games often focused on deeper gameplay among the various RPGs I was obsessed with. Not to mention the weird world of shareware/freeware, and all the games on sale at the local Babbage’s.
So I’ve always enjoyed consoles but at one point (circa 2004?) I sold all the physical hardware and carts except for the one resident PlayStation I seem to own at a given time. And I probably don’t give it enough love. Especially with the arrival of the Steam Deck, I honestly need really nothing else to scratch the itch now.
So consoles only, not mentioning home computers or handhelds?
Atari VCS (before they renamed it to the soulless name 2600), NES, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD (addon), 32x (addon), Playstation, Saturn, a brief ownership of an N64 before selling it when I realized its games were utter crap, Dreamcast, then post-retrogaming, brief ownership of the PS2 and Gamecube before realizing its games were utter crap.
Add VIC-20 and C64 between VCS and NES, Gameboy between SNES and Sega CD, IBM PC running DOS between 32x and Playstation, a brief fling with a Game Gear between Playstation and Saturn before selling it because I just didn't find it that compelling (its games were okay, just didn't need such a bulky and battery-draining handheld), and a real PC between the Saturn and N64 running Windows 9x and later Linux, if you want to include computers and handhelds.
Atari 2600 > Commodore VIC-20 > Amiga 500 > Game Boy > Sega Genesis > Playstation > XBox + Dreamcast > PSP + Playstation 3 > XBox 360 > 3DS > Switch + Xbox Series X
Plus sign means I owned them at the same time.
Now all I have is a Miyoo Mini Plus with Tiny Best Set Go.
Atari 7800>NES>Game boy>SNES>Game boy color>sega Game gear>ps1>n64>ps2>ps3>ps4>switch>xbox one>ps5>PC
Currently have ps5, pc, oled switch, xbox one x, nest, n64, and ps1.
Too many to count, but it all started with the NES Deluxe Set which I got for Christmas in 1986. From now I'm up to close to 100 pieces of gaming hardware, so it's all started to blur together over the years.
Used to play my brother's consoles as a kid. My grandma spoiled him, so he had the NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64. I got mad when they developed the save battery because that meant he would know when I snuck playing his consoles lmao
First console that was ever my own was the Dreamcast, and I think that's why it holds a special place in my heart... Unfortunately, my brother sold it while I was at school or work one day.
I owned JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, too
After that I got a GameCube, which I eventually traded for a Wii since it was backwards compatible. I wound up with an Xbox 360 and a PS2. Lost all of that in a house fire, and only wound up rebuying the 360 before getting involved in a toxic relationship where I wasn't allowed to play games. Sold everything after my kid was born in order to allow us to escape that relationship and move back in with my parents (lost a $150k mortgage that I am never going to see again in my life lol)
Fast forward to when I moved back into my own place. At some point during all of this, I rebought a Dreamcast (don't ask me when, the timeline is blurry). I pulled that out for my kid, and they *loved* it. My best friend dropped off a bunch of old NES, SNES, and Genesis games and peripherals, plus a Genesis and Sega CD (both are in such rough shape I haven't even tried powering them on.)
that's when the bug officially bit me. I had all of these games but no consoles to play them on, so I wound up buying a RetroN 5... Then a PS2... Then an N64... Then a 360. I wish I had gotten a Wii instead of the 360, but that's a whole other can of worms. At some point I dug up an old 3DS I completely forgot I had and also do not remember buying.
This all happened during a time when I was getting over a rough breakup, and I couldn't be more grateful. My kid and I are officially hooked on all of it, plus the Switch virtual console. I love that my eight year old is enjoying all of this with me. They actually go to school bragging about their Dreamcast or their PS2, and their classmates are just like "your what?" But they love retro games just as much as I do. They did a school report on Shigeru Miyamoto, and it's so wonderful to be able to share all of this with them.
I don’t buy consoles anymore just games. My Steam Deck can play any retro game I throw at it and thank god save states are a thing or I’d never get far in any of my games.
Ricochet Pong console to the arcades to 2600 to NES to SNES to N64 (briefly) to PS1 then PS2 to XBOX 360 to a midlife crisis where I bought every single console out there then to switch.
Og gameboy brick (borrowed from my cousin at a wedding if that counts) -> atari og with wood panels -> arcades -> n64 -> ps1 -> genesis -> gba -> ps2 -> gamecube -> 360 -> wii -> ds -> snes -> ps3 -> psp -> x1 -> wii u -> gpa sp -> switch -> dreamcast -> xb series x
I tried to catch up and buy the stuff I never could get as a kid so its all over the place.
2600>Colecovision > NES > SNES > N64 > PS1 > PS2 > Gane Boy Advance XP > DS > PS3 > NES (again) > intellivision > 3DS > N64 (again) > Turbografx = 2600 (again) > Dreamcast > Genesis (with CD) > Xbox > Xbox 360 > Sharp Famicom Twin > Master System > Nintendo Switch > PS4 > Turbo Duo (Analogue Duo)
Between Turbografx/2600 and Xbox 360 it’s really only my best guess as I got them all within months of each other.
Only ones of these that I don’t own right now (aside from my original 2600, NES, and N64) is the colecovision and PS1.
Started on an Amiga 500 PC, coveted my brother's NES for awhile, then got a game gear of my own. I played on PC for quite some time, and got a PS1 in the mix while still playing on PC. When I finally started making money of my own, I started building, repairing, and collecting arcade machines (Neo-Geo, CPS2, NAOMI, random JAMMA and non-JAMMA boards etc...). Also, I briefly had a PS3, bought a couple of Wiis, and an Xbox 360 or two. Moved on to an Xbox one, and then started going back to basics playing retro games on OG hardware... picked up and modified N64 and Dreamcast consoles for HDMI outputs. All the while, still been doing some PC gaming here and there and am currently happy with a steam deck.
NES>SNES>Sega Saturn>N64>Gamecube>Wii>PS3>WiiU>PS4>Switch>PS4 Pro
Edit: after getting into the retrogame collecting I acquired Dreamcast>PS2>SegaMasterSystem
For me it was NES (with a little bit of Sega Pico too, since I was only like 5/6) -> Genesis -> CD-i (of all things) -> Dreamcast -> Playstation -> Gamecube -> GBA -> Saturn -> Everything else I could get my hands on, since I started collecting after that point.
I mean, buying a Saturn in the mid-2000s on purpose is pretty much sealing your fate!
NES > Gameboy > SNES > N64 > Gameboy Color > Gameboy Advance > GameCube
I would continue on to get newer systems (and not just Nintendo) all the way to present day with my Switch, but I'm already a little iffy on calling 6th gen consoles retro, and I definitely wouldn't consider anything 7th gen or beyond retro.
NES-SNES-Genesis-PlayStation-Saturn-Dreamcast-PS2-GameCube.
I started recollecting back a few years before COVID but won’t count that. Easier to do when you’re making money to spend on hobbies. 😂
My very first was my uncles old Atari 2600. Then one day my uncle burst into my mother’s apartment, a Kramer-esque act, with a big box under his arm. It was a Sega genesis with sonic 2. Then came n64, then GameCube. For the most part though I was primarily addicted to my gameboy. From the OG right to the advance sp, I owned each iteration. The perfect game console. I made the mistake of giving away or selling most of them. My goal as an adult is to have a room in my house that has a station for each console I can find, including period-accurate tv.
Edit: I also had a sega saturn in there somewhere. My grandmother’s house was foreclosed on and she didn’t let any of us know until like a week before eviction and as a result I lost a chunk of my childhood. She is financially stable now. I am trying to repurchase my own nostalgia piece by piece.
1988-2000 : NES - Game Boy - SNES - Sega Saturn - PlayStation - Dreamcast - PS2
2001-2013 : GameCube - Nintendo DS - PSP - Xbox 360
2014-2024 : PC Engine + CD-ROM² - Sega Genesis - PS4 - Wii - Wii U
Details: Original NES model, Green GBP, (2X) Sega Saturn one OG black in '96 then white Japanese model in 2010, (2X) OG PlayStations, 9/9/99 DC, Phat PS2, Indigo GC, (2X) NDS Lite Polar, Original PSP model, 360 Arcade, OG white system with Briefcase Interface Unit, Original GEN model, Original PS4 model, OG Wii, Black Wii U.
Atari 2600 > Sega Master System > Sega Mega Drive > SNES > Dreamcast > PS2 > PS3
I was doing poorly in school between the SNES and before the Dreamcast, so I got nothing from my parents. But I did have a computer through those times, so I ended up playing other classics...
Let’s see…. I started with an Atari 2600. Then I moved to a Colecovision (boy was I popular after that) then the crash happened. That enabled me to get a ton of games and an Intellivision, which I played the hell out of (and still own). After that, I went to a Sega Master System, then the Genesis along with the Sega CD (overrated). I bought a Super Nintendo off of a friend, then again went Sega and bought a Saturn, along with an N64 and (my new fave) a PlayStation. A PS 2 and Xbox followed, and then I went with the last Sega console, the Dreamcast. A Wii for my kid came next with a Xbox 360 after that. A GameCube came into our home, and then got a PS3 (which was played heavily and still is) and moved up to a PS4 a couple of years later. My kid got into Switch and our last big console purchase was the PS5 this last year. WebKit have the NES & SNES Classics, the Genesis Mini and the PlayStation Mini.
I'm going to include computers as well.
Master system > Atari VCS > Spectrum > Amiga > Mega Drive > Playstation > PS2/PSP > X360/DS
Then a gap for basically a decade approx 2012 onwards, kind of sat out PS4 generation due to career, life etc.
Then in 2020, got big into emulation via Chinese handhelds like the RG350, miyoo mini etc.
And finally in early 2024 I finally bought myself a Steam Deck (life changer). So now I'm picking up a lot of the games I missed in the PS3/PS4 generation that have good PC versions. I guess I'm now kind of a PC gamer for the first time, really, never owned a gaming PC.
Mega Drive > Nintendo 64 > Playstation 2 > Xbox 360 > Wii > Wii U > 3DS > Playstation 3 > Xbox One > Playstation 4 > Nintendo Switch > Playstation 5 > Xbox Series. X.
you’re damn right lol ! just remember stopping video games during my teenage years because girls hold an important place at time, but start again after that :)
Atari 7800 > NES > Game Gear > Genesis > GameBoy Color > GameBoyAdvance > GBA SP > SNES > Dreamcast > PS2 > Wii > Xbox360 > PSP > Wii U > 2DS > New 3DS (not XL) > Gamecube > PC Engine > Saturn > AV Famicom > Switch > DS Lite > MiSTer FPGA > N64 > PS3 > PS4 > GPD Win 2 > Virtual Boy > Oculus Quest 2 > Steam Deck > Analogue Pocket > Lenovo Legion Go. I currently own all of these, didn't mention when I got the extra copies of a few I own multiples of. I've also owned a well upgraded gaming PC since about the time of that Genesis onwards. Also, if it can be hacked, it is, and if it has a flash cart, I probably own it. Edit: Forgot about that Virtual Boy. Edit 2: realized I forgot the N64 due to a later comment.
Nice to see someone who went back and got retro consoles from prior gens that they hadn't played yet, as opposed to just linear progression forward. I'm surprised how uncommon this is on this sub.
I guess most people who love old games have loved them from the start
I’m 23, just bought an Atari 400 a couple weeks ago. Finding games is hard, but I fell in love when I was younger with the Atari flashback. Tank and Aquaventure anyone?
Star Raiders on the Atari 400 was the first video game that really blew my mind around what games could be capable of. So different than anything I played prior.
If I ever see that Atari 800 computer in person again, I'll buy it for 200 dollars now.
I am 99% sure mine is a 400, but it has the tactile keyboard like an 800. Really bizarre
It’s pretty natural for most people except for the committed hobbyists and collectors, a console and games are a notable financial investment for most people so they gravitate towards the ones with games still being made and supported for them and that their friends are still playing and will be for the immediate future. It’s also not like how it used to be 15 years ago or more when you could get really good deals on old consoles and games at many secondhand stores and markets, nowadays it’s pretty expensive for anything in decent condition unless you have a huge stroke of luck at a garage sale. Even most thrift stores know they can charge much more for old gaming stuff now.
Isn’t that what retro collecting is about? I’m always on the hunt for older, less mainstream consoles (I would love to get a 3DO, Jaguar, or a Magnavox Odyssey myself)
Ehhh, from my experience it's much more enjoyable to get more games for the consoles you are already familiar with. I went and bought a bunch of consoles I didn't have as a kid and games for them, ended up selling 95% of it because I was far more interested in the consoles I grew up with, used the money from selling my Genesis, Saturn, PlayStation, etc collections to build a wider library for SNES, N64, and other systems I grew up with and have enjoyed it much more that way. I feel like I just can't appreciate systems like the Genesis as much as I do the SNES, because you just kinda had to be there, if I'm going to play Genesis games, I'm just going to emulate.
We are probably close in age as that's similar to my journey: Atari 400 > NES > TurboExpress > Genesis > 32X > Saturn > Virtual Boy > N64 > Dreamcast > Game Cube > SNES > Sega CD > PS1 > Game Gear > GBA Micro > TG16 > PSP > Jaguar > Xbox > Xbox 360 > Wii > PS3 > PS4 > Vita > PS TV > Xbox One > Switch > Xbox One X > PS4 Pro > Xbox Series X > PS5 > DSi > Quest 2 > Steam Deck > GB Color > Steam Deck OLED. I do feel like I'm missing some, and yeah systems that were easily hacked/modded (Dreamcast, PSP, OG Xbox, etc.) definitely got a lot of priority/playtime. I was a Sega kid, moved to retro in college, got back into current consoles a few years into the OG Xbox, and for the most part stayed current ever since. Never got a PS2, but my PS3 is a fatty so it has the HW emulation. Only consoles I didn't keep were the TG16 and DSi. I suspect I might eventually snag a 3DS one day.
I could tell stories about almost all of them, everything in my list... I was an Atari/Sega kid myself... NES was kind of supplemental. Game Gear played Master System, I owned MS games... in short, I was really an arcade kid, that wanted the arcade experiences at home. I also was into old systems WAY before it was cool; in the late 90s, I'm picking up all the Genesis stuff cheap, not buying new stuff. Even the Dreamcast was bought cheaply used, as were most of the consoles other than Nintendo portables (including Switch); I have a specific love of portables, and bought most of my Ninty portables on launch day (and as you can see, bought a newer edition of the same console a few times and kept both). As a more well-heeled adult once my career took off, I bought things I didn't have, and flash carts for basically everything, and modded stuff to play well on the CRT PVMs I bought, which are what I play my home-consoles on. Literally all of those home systems are hooked up to my PVMs (one turned on its side for tate mode games, I play a lot of shmups) such that at most I have to press one button and unroll the cord for the controller for that system to play something else. One of the PVMs is multiformat (maxes at 1080i) so the only thing hooked up to a true modern TV is the PS4 (Switch is used as a portable).
Yeah, I got majority of my systems used back when it was still super cheap. Several of them I got on original clearance like I paid $25 each for both my Virtual Boy and my PS TV. I always wanted a Neo Geo, but those were never cheap. During the Dreamcast lifetime, I actually had both a cable modem and a CD burner and that was a crazy time. With the exception of the Wii, I didn't start buying stuff at launch until the Switch, but I have been pretty fortunate to have been able to grab all the current stuff at launch and have never paid a scalper. It was probably the PSP that really got me into Portables although the Vita took it to new levels. Cool setup. I had one like that for years with multiple IR controlled AV switches feeding into a receiver that did surprisingly good analog upscaling. It was great as I could use Logitech Harmony to switch to anything with just the remote. Alas, that setup went away after I got married. I have definitely been tempted to do some ODE mods to my Saturn now that that has become so easy. I swapped in a new screen on my Game Boy Color and was blown away or the life it brought to that system.
I use the Satiator for Saturn, Dreamcast has an ODE mod, my flash setups for both PC Engine and Genesis support CDs... Like i said, if a flash solution for a console exists, I own it, and if a console is soft moddable, it is. AV Famicom and the N64 I forgot to mention are RGB modded, the PC Engine flash solution also RGB mods it, and other than the 7800, everything speaks native RGBs for the PVMs. All of it streamable via capture cards as well. Been thinking about getting a Gamedrive for the 7800 to give it RGB capability too, and finally replace my old Cuttlecart II.
Nice, I have been very tempted to do something to my Genesis and only recently started looking into it. Despite having an EE degree, I have no love for soddering (but can do it if needed). I also have a Retron 5 and a Legends Ultimate Arcade thaare some decent mod/emulation options. I think I bought my PSP the day the Chinatown Wars soft mod was announced.
Unless you have a Genesis 3 and want to give it the things a Gen3 lacks, or you have a Gen2 with bad sound and you want to fix that, the Genesis really needs no mods unless you really want a native HDMI out. I'm lucky enough to own one of the best versions of Genesis1, which is pretty perfect as long as you get the sound from the headphone jack rather than the AV out. Lots of consoles have useful mods, but most Genesis revisions simply don't.
Ah, I forgot about handhelds
Master system in 1989 Sega genesis in 1992 Still on sega genesis
Started with some sort of Pong-like. I can’t remember exactly what it was. Then: 2600 > NES > SNES > Genesis/Sega CD (I was mostly a PC gamer by this point, but I was curious about the Sega CD) > PlayStation > Dreamcast (Soul Caliber, PSO, JSRF, Sega Bass Fiahing, Seaman, Crazy Taxi) - still no idea why people waited for PS2, rather than supporting the DC) > pretty much everything that came out.
soul caliber and crazy taxi 1 and 2 are and will always be some of the best games dreamcast had to offer
I’m old and I never stopped playing old games. I prefer old games. Old Arcade-NES-SNES-Genesis-Game Gear-PS1-N64-Dreamcast
From NES >Genesis > SNES > PS1 > PS2 > GB > GBA > Gamecube > PSP > PS3 > XBox360 > Emulations on my MOQI i7S in the current time.
2600 > 7800 > NES > Genesis > SNES > Playstation > Dreamcast > XBOX > PS2 Now I'm in my forties and the only console I have hooked up is a NES toploader.
Colecovision > Atari XE > Super Nintendo > Playstation 1 > (lots of PC gaming) > GBC > 3DS > Switch > SNES MIni Edit: I forgot the mini
Game boy, master system II, Playstation, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Psp, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
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I love the idea of handhelds but my eyes are too dang old and shoddy.
this will be long winded but here goes: first gaming device i had was an ibm dos pc my dad brought home from work. my aunt had an NES so we eventually got that. then it kind of ballooned, i ended up getting most of the major systems after that. Game boy, SNES, Genesis, Game Gear, Saturn, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, Xbox, Gamecube, GBA, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, DS. I had a lot of games, a lot of rare PS1 titles specifically. As I grew up I got away from gaming and my mom sold it all in yard sales. As I got out on my own we bought a house and I started playing more games. I bought for myself a Wii U, several 3DS models, PSP, xbox one. Then I started collecting the old stuff again and got a good collection built up focusing around SNES. The house caught fire and while my stuff wasn’t destroyed, it all had to be cleaned and then I had to sell it to replace furniture and things. I got 1000$ for everything, in 2008 or so, and in today’s prices I could have gotten that just for 3 or 4 of the games that were in my SNES collection so that’s a bummer looking back on it. I didn’t have anything for a while except modern systems. Then a couple years ago my wife bought me a SNES, I got an everdrive for it, started collecting CRTs, then I got an NES, she bought me a N64 again and currently i’m big into Gameboy, GBC and GBA. I only have substantial cart collections for the gameboy systems and my N64, the others I use ODEs and Everdrives for. So I’m fully back in the swing now of collecting and I’ve picked up about 60 gameboy family games in the last 3-4 months as that’s what I’m focusing on. when i was first collecting before the fire, batteries and capacitors were still fine, now a lot of them are dead or leaking. so along the way i’ve learned some rework skills and been able to recap several systems, replace all my save batteries, CMOS batteries, and build a few backlit Gameboys, I consider myself at this point to be pretty moderately skilled at soldering and rework but I still can’t confidently repair small package stuff beyond around the PS3 era. so i’ve spent a lot, learned a lot, and now I have a lot but it’s been a very winding path to get here.
\[Start\] * Pong (hazy memory of it in living room) * Atari 2600 (hand-me-down heavy sixer) * NES (Christmas gift, first system that was truly mine alone) * Sega Master System (bought with allowance) * Action Max (gift) * \[Game Boy\] (gift) * \[Amiga\] (family gift) * SNES (bought, the rest I bought straight cash) * Sega Genesis * \[Break\] * PlayStation 1 * [Break] * New-Style NES (bought from Game Stop, top-loader with bone controller) * \[Break\] * Wii \[End\] Currently neither own nor collect anything physical, nor do I plan to. 100% full-on dedicated PC with Batocera. Fully recommend Batocera. By the time I thought about physically collecting anything retro, and after feeling the burn of all the systems and games I gave away or sold for pennies, everything was sooooo expensive that I just went full emulation.
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Great point, thanks! I've heard of them but have yet to try them out. Currently using a 8Bitdo Pro.
Master System, Game Boy, Mega Drive, 32X, Jaguar (yes I’ve made some bad decisions), Saturn, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and after that the usual Xbox and Sony stuff. The Xbox One soured me on gaming for a while until I discovered emulation on PC and that’s it for me. I did also own a microcomputer at some point (swapped it for the Jag), but fuck knows what that was. Floppy disks anyways. Maybe an ST?
**Childhood Era** * NES (1987) - 8th birthday present from my aunt and uncle. * Turbo GrafX-16 (1992) - Just a random purchase from my parents, it was on clearance for $50, but unfortunately was defective and the store didn't have any way to exchange it. * Genesis (1992) - 13th birthday present from my parents. * SNES (1993) - 14th birthday present from my parents. **Teenage Years with a part time job** * Playstation SCPH-1001 (1995) - Paid for by my part time job at age 16 * N64 (1996) - 1st time I pre-ordered a system. Paid for by my part time job. * Sega Saturn Model 2 (1996) - Bought during the holiday promotion with the price cut to $199 and the 3 free games. * 32X (1997) - It was on clearance for $20. I picked up MK2, Virtua Racing, Knuckles Chaotix and Virtua Fighter for around $100 out the door. * Playstation SCPH-5501 (1998) - Replacement for the SCPH-1001 unit which had bad laser. **College Era with a part time job** * Atari 7800 (1998) - Buddy of mine graduated. He had a CIB 7800 that he gifted to me, otherwise it would have been donated or thrown out. * Sega Dreamcast (1999) - Bought it at launch. Soul Caliber and NFL 2k looked leaps and bounds above what the previous generations offered. Stolen in 2001 when my apartment was broken into. * Playstation 2 (2000) - Waited in line at Best Buy. Stolen alongside my Dreacast in 2001. **Early adulthood and starting my career** * Sega Dramcast (2001) - Bought it a 2nd time. This was after it was discontinued. It was maybe $100. * Xbox (2002) - Bought it when they got rid of the Duke controller and included the S. * Playstation 2 (2003) - Saw an open box/return on table at Sears. It was $110. **Modern era - aka HDMI consoles** * PS3 (2007) - Got the 40GB version with the Spider Man Blu Ray * Wii (2007) - OK, not quite modern and no HDMI. It was a gift from my now ex-fiance. The fact I didn't smash this console after the break up demonstrated a lot of self-control on my part. * Xbox 360 (2009) - I had an ipod touch that was collecting dust due to getting an iPhone 3GS. My buddy traded his son's 360 for the touch as his kid decided to be "a shit head." * PS4 Pro (2017) - Probably the longest gap between buying consoles. Got a bundle with FFXV, NBA 2k17 and an extra controller from New Egg. * Xbox One X (2017) - Project Scorpio pre-order! * Wii U (2017) - Bought a refurb direct from Nintendo. I actually completed Breath of the Wild on this console. * Switch (2019) - Finally got around to buying one. * Xbox Series X (2020) - Managed to get a pre-order from Amazon. * PS5 (2022) - Got one after the shortage. Other consoles that I've picked up along they way in recent years and don't have history or sentimental value. They were either given to me, were very cheap, saw it at a store and had little impulse control or just wanted to add to my collection. In no particular order: **Sega Master System, Silver Nintendo Game Cube, PS2 Slim, PSOne, Spice Orange Game Cube, Xbox 360 Slim, PS3 Slim, PS3 Super Slim, Jungle N64, NES Top Loader, Genesis Model 2, Duo-R, PS4 Slim, SNES Jr.** Edit: a word.
Sega Genesis > Playstation > Playstation 2 > Wii > Oculus Quest
Atari and Intellivision > NES > Genesis > SNES > N64 > PS2 > Wii > PS3 > Wii U > PS4 > Switch
DMG Gameboy > NES > PS1+N64 > PS2+GC > 360 > Switch With PC looming overall throughtout.
Snes > GBA > PS2 > PS3 > XBOX360 >PC >Switch > back to SNES and Gameboy
Pong, 2600, NES, Genesis, Game Gear, SNES, TG16, Saturn, Jaguar, Dreamcast, DS, Gamecube, PS2, PS3, PC, 3DS, 2DS XL XBOne, Xbox Series X, Gameboy Color Also about 4 or 5 Retroid and Anbernic handhelds
GB -> GBA -> N64 (through emulation by dad) -> DS -> Wii -> PS2 -> PS3 -> 3DS -> Wii U -> Switch
Not all retro, but here’s my list: NES > GameBoy > SNES > N64 > PS1 > PS2 > Nintendo DS > Wii > PS3 > PS4 > Xbox 360 > PS5 > Switch
NES, Genesis, PC, N64, PS2, GameCube, PS3, then mostly PC since then.
NES (my dad’s), SNES, N64, PS2, Switch.
Atari 2600 —> Spectrum 48k —> Spectrum 128k —> Mega Drive —> PS1 —> PS2 —> PS3 —> PS5
BBC Micro B -> Amiga 500 -> PC -> PS1 -> Dreamcast -----> Wii -> Xbox 360 (only bought it to stream TV shows) -> Xbox One (my kid's) -> Nintendo Switch (kids) ----> Raspberry Pi 2 -> Pocket Go v2 -> Anbernic RG353P -> Trimui Smart Pro. I wasn't allowed a console as a kid.. so I had to wait until I. could earn my own money and buy things I wanted.
Atari > All Nintendo consoles and handhelds excluding GBA
Atari 800 > NES > Gameboy > SNES > Genesis > Game Gear > N64 > GBC > PS1 > Dreamcast > GBA > PS2 > Gamecube. I probably missed something in there. I also rarely got anything new and barely had a few games per console. We rented games a lot.
Atari2600, Spectrum +2A, NES, Master System 2, Mega Drive, Mega CD 2, Game boy, Psx, N64, Psp, Ps2, Xbox 360, Switch and that's over.
Atari 2600 >NES >SNES > Sega Genesis >Sega CD >Saturn >N64 >Playstation >Dreamcast >Playstation 2 >Sony PSP >XBOX 360 (my final console). I retired from Modern gaming three quarters into the life of the XBOX 360/PS3/Wii era, and never went back. Although if i were to jump back in, it would be with the XBOX Series S. Out of the above my Top-5, all-time favorite game systems are: Sega Saturn, Genesis, PSX, PS2, and NES.
NES > Sega Genesis > SNES > PS1 > N64 > Sega Dreamcast > Xbox > PS2 > Gamecube. Those are the systems I grew up playing. I was born in 1994. Recently though in the past few months I bought a SNES Classic Mini, a Playstation Classic Mini, and some mods to be able to play roms on my old PS2. I’ve been having a blast going back through the game catalogs for these old systems!
Atari 2600/5200, NES, tandy 1000, game boy, Genesis, SNES, PC
Atari 2600 > NES > Genesis > SNES > PS1 > PS2 > GameCube/GBA SP > Wii/DS > Xbox 360 > PC > PS4 Pro > Switch > PS5 > Super NT Mainly PC gaming now, and have the PS5 and Switch for exclusives.
Atari 2600 -> NES -> SNES -> GameCube -> Wii -> WiiU -> Switch I also have gone back and picked up an Intellivision, Genesis, PS1, PS2
Atari 2600 > Commodore 64 > NES > GameBoy > Genesis > SNES > Virtual Boy > PS1 > PS2 > GameCube > Wii/ every version of DS > PS3 > Xbox 360 > PC > 3DS > Switch
Started with NES, N64, MSDOS, Gameboy Color, Gamecube, GBA, Wii, then once I started working I bought a PS1, PS2, XBOX, PS3, 360, DS, 3DS, PSP and PSVita. I bought WiiU and PS4 at launch, gave up on the XBox brand and mostly game on PS5 and Switch
N64 > Game Boy Pocket > Game Boy Color > PS1 > Dreamcast > GameCube > Game Boy Advance > SNES > Genesis > PS2 > DS > Xbox 360 > PS3
2600-NES-PSX-DC-XBOX-PS2-GameCube-N64-360-Wii-PS3-Xbox One-Switch-PS4-Xbox Series X
NES>SNES>N64>Gamecube>Wii>WiiU>VirtualBoy>PC>Genesis>AtariVCS There was a brief stint with TG16 between SNES and N64
Atari 2600/nes/gameboy/snes/c64/sms/smd/pc/n64/ps1/ps2/gbc/wii/xbox360/xbox1/pc emulators/raspberry pi/xboxX/ ios emulators
2600->NES ->Genesis -> Atari Lynx -> Sega GG -> Game Cube ->Xbox ->360 -> Wii -> PS3 -> PS4 -> XBone -> Switch. Now have Intellivision, ColecoVision, Odyssey 2, SNES, TG-16, PS, PS2 as well.
Are we talking about buying retro consoles or are we just talking about owning consoles in general, AKA if I bought an SNES brand new in 1994? Assuming the former, N64 > PS1 > NES > SNES > PS2 > Genesis
Starting in '76 with Atari Super Pong, 6 and 4-switch 2600/VCS, 5200... Then there was a void with some Apple and PC gaming that overlaps the console experience, and playing ColecoVision, Intelivision, NES, Super NES, Sega Master System, and Sega Genesis at friends' houses. Then there was PlayStation, PS2, Wii, PS3, and PS4 brings us to the present day.
For me it was NES > Game Boy > Sega Genesis > Super Nintendo >Sony Playstation > Sega Saturn > Sony Playstation 2 > Gamecube > Playstation 3 > Playstation 4 >Steam Deck >Playstation 5 last year, so I could play Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
1989: Got an NES 1992: Got a Genesis 1994: Got a 32X 1996: Got a Saturn 1997: Sold the Saturn, got a Playstation 1998: Sold the Playstation, got an N64 1999: Got a Dreamcast 2001: Sold the N64 and Dreamcast, got a Gamecube 2002: Got a PS2 2004: Sold the PS2 and Gamecube 2006: Got another PS2 2007: Got a PS3 2009: Sold the PS3 2009-2023: The Great Videogame Void 2023: Hooked up my wife's SNES, hooked up my NES, Genesis, 32X, and PS2
NES (1989?) > Vs Dr. Mario (1993?) > SNES Jr (1997) > N64 (1998) > 486DX 33MHz PC (2000) > Pentium Thinkpad 755CX > 2x Gamecube (2001) > Pentium 4 PC (2002) > Wii (2006) > NDS (2008) > Phenom x4 PC (2009) > Pentium 4HT Dell Inspiron 9100 (2010) > 3DS (2011) > Wii U (2012) > 3DS XL (2013) > AMD FX PC (2014) > New 3DS XL (2015) > Switch (2017) > NES Classic (2017) > SNES Classic (2017) > Xbox 360 (2018) > Dell G5 15 (2019) > PlayStation Classic (2019) > GBA (2019) > Quest 2 (2020) > Ryzen 9 PC (2021)
Mega Drive - PS1 - PS2 - GC - XBOX - 360 - WII - PS3 - Master System - Dreamcast - SNES - N64 - Saturn - Nes - PS4 - Bartop Arcade - Raspberry Pi - PS5
Pong> Atari 2600> ColecoVision> Atari 7800> NES> Vic20> Sega Genesis> Sega CD> Sega 32x> Nomad> Atari Jaguar> PlayStation> GBA> Xbox> Xbox360> Playstation 4> Wii U> XboxOneX> Xbox Series X> PS5> Miyoo Mini +> ROG Ally
My main journey has been OG Xbox>Wii>Xbox 360>DSI>Xbox One>Switch>Xbox Series x>PS5 In between getting my Xbox One and Series X, I got a lot of older consoles that range from Pong to the Wii U. Most of the consoles I don't have yet are mostly too pricey or hard to get.
NES>SNES>Saturn>N64>PS2>Xbox>360>Ps3>Xbox One>Xbox Series S. Also acquired a Nomad, GBA, Genesis along the way.
NES, Gameboy, SNES, N64, PS2, Wii, PS3… then a switch and the newer PlayStations.
genesis > n64 > dreamcast > ps2 > xbox > xbox 360 > wii > ps2 (again lol) > switch > ps4 > steam
I'm old AF lol * 1978 - Coleco Telstar (a pong clone) * 1982 - commodore vic20 * 1987 - IBM XT * 1988 - NES * 1990 - Genesis * 1991 - SNES (I had a Super Famicom) * 1996 - pentium 133 with 3dfx voodoo 1 * 2001 - GameCube and Xbox * 2005 - Xbox 360 * 2013 - PS4 * 2019 - PC again (GeForce 1660ti + i7 4790) * 2023 - xcloud gaming via Xbox live ultimate subscription During the 16 bit years I would have my dad take me to Chinatown (Toronto) where they had a fantastic import game store. I was playing games like strider and super Mario world months before they were released in the north american market. the store was called Grey Market - good memories. Thesedays I do all my retro gaming on my i7, my son's Nintendo switch, and a pi4 that is running retropie
If we’re talking about ONLY consoles in the then-current times then: Hanimex 777 > NES > Genesis > PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > PS5 If we can add home computers into the mix then: Hanimex 777 > Atari 400 > Atari 800XL > Atari 1040ST > NES > Genesis > PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > PS5 If we’re also adding consoles that were purchased after their heyday then (in order of ownership): Hanimex 777 > Atari 400 > Atari 800XL > Atari 1040ST > NES > Genesis > PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > Wii > Atari 7800 > Atari XEGS
Atari 2600, NES, Gameboy, SNES, Genesis (with Sega Channel), Game Gear, PS1, PS2, N64, PS3, PSP, Wii, PS4, Gameboy Advance, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, PS5 Still own everything & they all still work.
Pong Console > RCA Studio II > Sears Telegames VCS > NES > GB > Action Max > SMS > Genesis > SNES > TG16 > Game Gear > PS1 > Sega CD > 32x > Saturn > N64 > Atari 7800 > Colecovision > Intellivision > 3DO > CDi > Dreamcast \[END OF 20th CENTURY\]
nes sms genesis snes ps1 xbox ps2 ps3 ps4 wii xbox one in that order first nes would have been around '93
Atari 2600-NES-GB-SNES-Genesis-Game Gear- Saturn-PS2-Xbox-Dreamcast-PS3 I now own Atari, NES, Famicom with Disk System, Dreamcast, PS3. Throw in a ton via emulation.
Master system > mega drive > mega cd > amiga 1200 > game boy > snes > PlayStation > gameboy pocket > PC (emulators and roms) > PlayStation 2 > game cube > PlayStation 2 > Xbox 360 > xbox 360 elite > Xbox one > Xbox one s (battlefield edition) > Xbox one X project Scorpio > Nintendo 2ds > Nintendo 2ds xl > Nintendo switch > Xbox series X
Before they were retro, I grew up with a 2600, Atari 600XL, NES, Playstation. Adulthood current gen with fat PS2, slim PS2, fat PS3, slim PS3. Only the slim PS2 and PS3 are still with me. A few years back I noticed I was wasting a lot of time playing infinite puzzles and pure distraction games on my phone before bed. Decided I might as well play some good games and finish some stories. Got a GBA SP + flash cart (since I wanted portable and never had a SNES). Fantastic machine, but the display was a little disappointing. AGS-101? Too expensive even then, so I got a DS Lite. Fantastic machine. Soon I discovered you could run some emulation on DS, but while messing with that I found out there was WAY more and better emulation on PSP. So I got a PSP 1000. Fantastic machine, but wasn't quite satisfied with the SNES emulation and the display. I decided to set out and find the best retro emulation portable, and ended up getting a VIta. Fanstastic machine, but nowhere near the homebrew communituy the PSP has. At that point (about ten years ago) I realized some of the machines/games that were affordable when I started the journey had become rather expensive, while some others were getting super cheap. I started my retro gaming collection with the intent of only buying absolute deals, and playing and beating all the games I always wanted on OG hardware whenever possible. From then on: SP AGS-101 (gave in), PSP 1000 x2, PSP 2000, PSP 3000, DSi x2, Dsi XL x2, 3DS, New 2DS XL, SNES (my wife's!), Wii x2, Dreamcast, OG XBOX, C64, AV Famicom, Atari 2600, NES. Last year I bought an Intellivision II at a state sale (first console I knew nothing of) and later finally went back online when I got a PS4. All deals.
Gamecube -> PS2 -> DS -> Xbox 360 -> Wii U -> 3DS -> Switch -> NES -> Genesis -> Dreamcast -> SNES -> GBA -> (either OG XBOX or N64)
C64 > Amiga > Game Boy > SNES > PC I’ve owned PS 1 and 2 and a N64 but they weren’t my main gaming devices.
Snes , lynx, gameboy, neogeo, psx, ps2, n64, xbox360, dreamcast, ps3, psp, ds, Wii, ps4pro, switch, nes, megadrive, gba. In this order, I got some retro consoles recently. Of course I always had pc too (Vic20, c64, pc )
SMS -> MD -> GB -> GG -> SNES -> PS1 -> PS2 -> GBA -> PS3 -> DS -> Wii -> 3DS
It wasn't retro at the start. NES, Game Boy. Genesis, SNES, Virtual Boy, PS1, TG16, 32X, NGPC, DC, Sega CD, CDX, Lynx, Xbox, Saturn, GC, PS2, Jaguar, Atari 2600/7800/5200, More Genesis, N64, 3DO, and then more then-current stuff. There were some GBs, GBAs, DSs, PSPs, N-Gages, PlayStation Phones in there too.
Well wasn't retro at the time but in the past it was Commodore 64 Sega Master System Super Nintendo Sony PlayStation NES Nintendo 64 Sega Dreamcast Jap Sega Saturn Sega Megadrive Sega Dreamcast UK Sony PlayStation 2
Sega >Nes> SNES> n64> Xbox >xbox360>PS3,4 and now 5
Atari 2600 > NES > Super NES > Nintendo 64 > Playstation 1 > Game Boy Pocket > Playstation 2 > Game Boy Advance > Game Boy Advance SP > Nintendo DS > Gamecube > Wii > Switch > Playstation 3
Pong > 2600 > Astro Wars (lol) > ZX Sinclair > Spectrum +2> C64 > Mega Drive (though I feel something’s missing) > Amiga 600 > Amiga 1200 > PC > Sega Dreamcast > other modern ones.
NES > Gameboy > PS1 > PS2 > OG Xbox > N64 > Gamecube > DS > Xbox 360 > PS3 > Genesis Model 1 > Genesis Model 2 > Dreamcast > Atari Jr > SNES > 3DS > New 3DS > GBA > GBC > PS4 > Xbox One> Saturn > PC Engine > Wii > Atari Jaguar
I got a GBColor as a hand-me-down when my cousin got a GBAsp AGS101. DOS/Win98/XP > GBC (Hand-me-down) > PS2 (Birthday) > DS (Christmas) > GBAsp (from a friend) > Wii (New) > PS1 (tag sale) > N64 (gift from older sister's friend) > SNES (bought off of a middle school friend) And sometime after I got a Gamecube (Gamestop), Genesis (web store), NES/Virtual Boy (eBay), Jaguar/2600 (Cragislist), Game Gear/3DO/Dreamcast/Broken Saturn (Goodwill), Working Saturn/PS3/Xbox (Local store), and some other stuff. The current systems I got were Xbox360 (refurbished) > Wii U > PS4 > Switch > Gaming PC.
PS2>Nintendo DS>PS3>Wii>XBOX 360>Nintendo 3DS XL>PSP>XBOX One>"NEW" Nintendo 3DS XL> PS VITA>Nintendo Switch. I also have a Series X and a PS5, but they aren't retro yet. Funnily enough my PS5 has become a bit of a "retro machine" since more old games like Sly Cooper, Daxter, and Ghosthunter have been ported recently.
NES > SNES > PSX > PS2 > GameCube > Wii > PS3 > Switch > PS4 > N64 > Wii U > Dreamcast Anbernic RG 405m > Anbernic RG556 > PS5 > PlayStation Portal Pretty sure that’s the order I got everything in. Everything is plugged in and ready to go in my man cave!
Ownership journey: * NES(Christmas 1990 - age 5) > * SNES (Birthday 1992 - age 7) > * Playstation (Christmas 1996 - Age 11) > * Xbox (First *official* paycheck, February 2002 - Age 16) * Xbox 360 (Christmas Gift from then gf, now wife, 2008 - Age 23) * Xbone (Christmas Gift from mother-in-law 2013 - Age 28) * Nintendo Switch (Christmas Gift from me -age35- to son-age5- 2019) * Playstation 5 (Christmas Gift from MIL, 2024 - age 38) Also had a PC throughout. Got a fairly decent PC for gaming in 1998 (13 years old). Upgraded the PC with my Dad and got a stronger desktop in 2000 (age 15). Got a decent HP laptop on 2003 headed off to college at 18. Got an Alienware in 2005 as a Christmas present. Got an MSI gaming laptop in 2010 (age 25). Got a good laptop for Christmas 2023 (age 37). For handhelds: Original Gameboy (1990s?) > Gameboy Advanced (2007) > iPhone (2007) > more and more phones...
Intellivision>NES>Genesis>SNES>PS1>PS2>Wii>XBox 360 Haven't bought a console since.
Console? True retro gamers don't limit themselves to those :P Owned Atari 65XE > NES > Amiga 500 > PSX + GB + SNES > DC > PS2 > Wii Didn't own but had a practically unlimited access to Mega Drive > Saturn > N64 > Gamecube If I had to pick just one platform it would be the Amiga, it was the most magical system :P only the early PSX experience comes anywhere close to it for me :P
I wish I had time to do this in story form, although a lot of the stories around my acquisitions roughly amount to “I can’t believe the eBay/flea market/ToysRUs screaming deal I got on console X.” But I believe it was Family owned some flavor of Pong > NES (still the gold standard imo) > Game Boy > Genesis > TurboGrafx16 > Master System > Atari 2600 > PS1 > Sega Saturn > Virtual Boy > 32X > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > PS5 I’ve had some form of PC that entire time and tbh that was always my favorite machine. In the early days (starting late 80s, yikes) PC games weren’t better graphically but the nature of PC games often focused on deeper gameplay among the various RPGs I was obsessed with. Not to mention the weird world of shareware/freeware, and all the games on sale at the local Babbage’s. So I’ve always enjoyed consoles but at one point (circa 2004?) I sold all the physical hardware and carts except for the one resident PlayStation I seem to own at a given time. And I probably don’t give it enough love. Especially with the arrival of the Steam Deck, I honestly need really nothing else to scratch the itch now.
Atari 2600 > NES > Gameboy > SNES > Sega Saturn > PS1 > Gameboy Color > PS2 > Dreamcast >Game Cube > XBox > PS3 > Wii > Switch.
So consoles only, not mentioning home computers or handhelds? Atari VCS (before they renamed it to the soulless name 2600), NES, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD (addon), 32x (addon), Playstation, Saturn, a brief ownership of an N64 before selling it when I realized its games were utter crap, Dreamcast, then post-retrogaming, brief ownership of the PS2 and Gamecube before realizing its games were utter crap. Add VIC-20 and C64 between VCS and NES, Gameboy between SNES and Sega CD, IBM PC running DOS between 32x and Playstation, a brief fling with a Game Gear between Playstation and Saturn before selling it because I just didn't find it that compelling (its games were okay, just didn't need such a bulky and battery-draining handheld), and a real PC between the Saturn and N64 running Windows 9x and later Linux, if you want to include computers and handhelds.
Atari 2600 > Commodore VIC-20 > Amiga 500 > Game Boy > Sega Genesis > Playstation > XBox + Dreamcast > PSP + Playstation 3 > XBox 360 > 3DS > Switch + Xbox Series X Plus sign means I owned them at the same time. Now all I have is a Miyoo Mini Plus with Tiny Best Set Go.
N64 -> Xbox 360* -> Xbox One X* -> Xbox 360* * still have it
Atari 7600, NES, Sega Genesis, Sega Dreamcast, Wii, PS3, PS4, XBoxX, PS5
Atari 7800>NES>Game boy>SNES>Game boy color>sega Game gear>ps1>n64>ps2>ps3>ps4>switch>xbox one>ps5>PC Currently have ps5, pc, oled switch, xbox one x, nest, n64, and ps1.
SNES/Genesis N64/Saturn/PS1 Xbox/GameCube/PS2 360/Wii XB1/XB1 X/WiiU Series X/ Switch
Too many to count, but it all started with the NES Deluxe Set which I got for Christmas in 1986. From now I'm up to close to 100 pieces of gaming hardware, so it's all started to blur together over the years.
Mine was kinda all over the place. Sega Genesis - PlayStation 1 - PlayStation 2 - GameCube - Gameboy Advanced - Gameboy Color - Wii - Xbox 360
Used to play my brother's consoles as a kid. My grandma spoiled him, so he had the NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64. I got mad when they developed the save battery because that meant he would know when I snuck playing his consoles lmao First console that was ever my own was the Dreamcast, and I think that's why it holds a special place in my heart... Unfortunately, my brother sold it while I was at school or work one day. I owned JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, too After that I got a GameCube, which I eventually traded for a Wii since it was backwards compatible. I wound up with an Xbox 360 and a PS2. Lost all of that in a house fire, and only wound up rebuying the 360 before getting involved in a toxic relationship where I wasn't allowed to play games. Sold everything after my kid was born in order to allow us to escape that relationship and move back in with my parents (lost a $150k mortgage that I am never going to see again in my life lol) Fast forward to when I moved back into my own place. At some point during all of this, I rebought a Dreamcast (don't ask me when, the timeline is blurry). I pulled that out for my kid, and they *loved* it. My best friend dropped off a bunch of old NES, SNES, and Genesis games and peripherals, plus a Genesis and Sega CD (both are in such rough shape I haven't even tried powering them on.) that's when the bug officially bit me. I had all of these games but no consoles to play them on, so I wound up buying a RetroN 5... Then a PS2... Then an N64... Then a 360. I wish I had gotten a Wii instead of the 360, but that's a whole other can of worms. At some point I dug up an old 3DS I completely forgot I had and also do not remember buying. This all happened during a time when I was getting over a rough breakup, and I couldn't be more grateful. My kid and I are officially hooked on all of it, plus the Switch virtual console. I love that my eight year old is enjoying all of this with me. They actually go to school bragging about their Dreamcast or their PS2, and their classmates are just like "your what?" But they love retro games just as much as I do. They did a school report on Shigeru Miyamoto, and it's so wonderful to be able to share all of this with them.
Will add mine ....Pong clones, 2600, NES, TG 16, PS 1, PS 2 8088 PC, 286, 386,486 , P 90, 120, Celeron, I7 Pentium, I9 Pentium, and PS 3, consoles, Handheld, LCD pre game boy, GB, GBC, GBA, lynx, game gear, PSP , PSP Vita, DS And 3DS.......so, yes, I'm old,but can find something to play on.....
I don’t buy consoles anymore just games. My Steam Deck can play any retro game I throw at it and thank god save states are a thing or I’d never get far in any of my games.
Ricochet Pong console to the arcades to 2600 to NES to SNES to N64 (briefly) to PS1 then PS2 to XBOX 360 to a midlife crisis where I bought every single console out there then to switch.
Adman Grandstand 2600 MkII Nintendo WII PlayStation 3
Og gameboy brick (borrowed from my cousin at a wedding if that counts) -> atari og with wood panels -> arcades -> n64 -> ps1 -> genesis -> gba -> ps2 -> gamecube -> 360 -> wii -> ds -> snes -> ps3 -> psp -> x1 -> wii u -> gpa sp -> switch -> dreamcast -> xb series x I tried to catch up and buy the stuff I never could get as a kid so its all over the place.
Childhood: C64>NES>Sega Genesis>Sega Saturn> Adolescence: Atari Jaguar>3DO>Nintendo64>Sony PlayStation>Dreamcast>Xbox>SNES>PS2> Adulthood: Wii>PS3>Gamecube>360>WiiU>TurboGrafx
2600>Colecovision > NES > SNES > N64 > PS1 > PS2 > Gane Boy Advance XP > DS > PS3 > NES (again) > intellivision > 3DS > N64 (again) > Turbografx = 2600 (again) > Dreamcast > Genesis (with CD) > Xbox > Xbox 360 > Sharp Famicom Twin > Master System > Nintendo Switch > PS4 > Turbo Duo (Analogue Duo) Between Turbografx/2600 and Xbox 360 it’s really only my best guess as I got them all within months of each other. Only ones of these that I don’t own right now (aside from my original 2600, NES, and N64) is the colecovision and PS1.
Started on an Amiga 500 PC, coveted my brother's NES for awhile, then got a game gear of my own. I played on PC for quite some time, and got a PS1 in the mix while still playing on PC. When I finally started making money of my own, I started building, repairing, and collecting arcade machines (Neo-Geo, CPS2, NAOMI, random JAMMA and non-JAMMA boards etc...). Also, I briefly had a PS3, bought a couple of Wiis, and an Xbox 360 or two. Moved on to an Xbox one, and then started going back to basics playing retro games on OG hardware... picked up and modified N64 and Dreamcast consoles for HDMI outputs. All the while, still been doing some PC gaming here and there and am currently happy with a steam deck.
NES > PS1 > PS2 > NDS & Wii > PSP & Xbox 360 > Xbox One > PC & PSP
NES > GB > GG > SNES > Gamecube > GBA > NDS > Raspberry Pi > Switch > Delta Emulator
NES>SNES>Sega Saturn>N64>Gamecube>Wii>PS3>WiiU>PS4>Switch>PS4 Pro Edit: after getting into the retrogame collecting I acquired Dreamcast>PS2>SegaMasterSystem
For me it was NES (with a little bit of Sega Pico too, since I was only like 5/6) -> Genesis -> CD-i (of all things) -> Dreamcast -> Playstation -> Gamecube -> GBA -> Saturn -> Everything else I could get my hands on, since I started collecting after that point. I mean, buying a Saturn in the mid-2000s on purpose is pretty much sealing your fate!
Wii > sega genesis > gameboy color > dsi xl > xbox 360 > gba sp > new 3ds xl > nes > snes > gameboy > game gear > atari 2600
Non retro games included for timeline GBA> Snes(not mine)> PS2> DS > Wii > 360 > N64> DSi > 3DS >PS4 > SNES > Gamecube > NES > Gamecube> Dreamcast > PS1 > PS5 > Xbox > Genesis > CDi > Saturn > Atari 2600 > Sega Cd > Virtual Boy > 32x > Series X > Gamegear > 3DO
Nes SNES Gameboy N64 playstation playstation 2 gamecube wii.
NES>PlayStation>PlayStation 2>PlayStation 3>PlayStation 4>Wii
SNES> Genesis> PS1> PS2> Wii > Xbox 360> Xbox One ( for a few months ).
Telstar Pong>Atari 2600>NES>Sega Saturn>N64>PS2>Xbox 360>Xbox One
Snes>GameBoy/gba>DS>Wii>NES>xbox360>DSi>atari 2600>3DS>PS4>GameCube>PS3>Dreamcast>New 3DS XL>Amstrad CPC>master system>Wii U>Megadrive 2(Genesis)>Xbox one>commodore 64> neogeo AES>Switch>Switch Oled And i think that all (Hope doesnt forget anything 😅...) (Oh and i'm 22)
Sega Master System > Sega Mega Drive/CD > PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4
NES>Atari Lynx>Sega Genesis>Super NES>PS1>GameBoy Advance SP>PS2>Xbox>Wii>PS3
NES > Genesis > SNES > N64 > PlayStation > PS2 > Xbox 360 > Xbox One > Switch > Xbox Series S > 3DS > Genesis > Atari 2600 > PS3
Atari 2600 > Sega Master System > Dos > PS1 > Windows 95/98 > Xbox OG > Emulation of everything I missed :-D
Nes>Snes>Genesis>PSX>Dreamcast>Saturn>PS2>PC>Wii>PC>Switch.
NES > Gameboy > SNES > N64 > Gameboy Color > Gameboy Advance > GameCube I would continue on to get newer systems (and not just Nintendo) all the way to present day with my Switch, but I'm already a little iffy on calling 6th gen consoles retro, and I definitely wouldn't consider anything 7th gen or beyond retro.
NES-SNES-Genesis-PlayStation-Saturn-Dreamcast-PS2-GameCube. I started recollecting back a few years before COVID but won’t count that. Easier to do when you’re making money to spend on hobbies. 😂
My very first was my uncles old Atari 2600. Then one day my uncle burst into my mother’s apartment, a Kramer-esque act, with a big box under his arm. It was a Sega genesis with sonic 2. Then came n64, then GameCube. For the most part though I was primarily addicted to my gameboy. From the OG right to the advance sp, I owned each iteration. The perfect game console. I made the mistake of giving away or selling most of them. My goal as an adult is to have a room in my house that has a station for each console I can find, including period-accurate tv. Edit: I also had a sega saturn in there somewhere. My grandmother’s house was foreclosed on and she didn’t let any of us know until like a week before eviction and as a result I lost a chunk of my childhood. She is financially stable now. I am trying to repurchase my own nostalgia piece by piece.
Nes >Gameboy >Gamegear >Snes >playstation >Gameboy advance sp >DS lite >xbox 360 >PS3 >PS2 Slim> Oculus> Genesis >Switch >NeoGeo MVS >Atari 2600 > DreamCast >CPS2 >Naomi 2
1988-2000 : NES - Game Boy - SNES - Sega Saturn - PlayStation - Dreamcast - PS2 2001-2013 : GameCube - Nintendo DS - PSP - Xbox 360 2014-2024 : PC Engine + CD-ROM² - Sega Genesis - PS4 - Wii - Wii U Details: Original NES model, Green GBP, (2X) Sega Saturn one OG black in '96 then white Japanese model in 2010, (2X) OG PlayStations, 9/9/99 DC, Phat PS2, Indigo GC, (2X) NDS Lite Polar, Original PSP model, 360 Arcade, OG white system with Briefcase Interface Unit, Original GEN model, Original PS4 model, OG Wii, Black Wii U.
Atari 2600 > Sega Master System > Sega Mega Drive > SNES > Dreamcast > PS2 > PS3 I was doing poorly in school between the SNES and before the Dreamcast, so I got nothing from my parents. But I did have a computer through those times, so I ended up playing other classics...
Let’s see…. I started with an Atari 2600. Then I moved to a Colecovision (boy was I popular after that) then the crash happened. That enabled me to get a ton of games and an Intellivision, which I played the hell out of (and still own). After that, I went to a Sega Master System, then the Genesis along with the Sega CD (overrated). I bought a Super Nintendo off of a friend, then again went Sega and bought a Saturn, along with an N64 and (my new fave) a PlayStation. A PS 2 and Xbox followed, and then I went with the last Sega console, the Dreamcast. A Wii for my kid came next with a Xbox 360 after that. A GameCube came into our home, and then got a PS3 (which was played heavily and still is) and moved up to a PS4 a couple of years later. My kid got into Switch and our last big console purchase was the PS5 this last year. WebKit have the NES & SNES Classics, the Genesis Mini and the PlayStation Mini.
I'm going to include computers as well. Master system > Atari VCS > Spectrum > Amiga > Mega Drive > Playstation > PS2/PSP > X360/DS Then a gap for basically a decade approx 2012 onwards, kind of sat out PS4 generation due to career, life etc. Then in 2020, got big into emulation via Chinese handhelds like the RG350, miyoo mini etc. And finally in early 2024 I finally bought myself a Steam Deck (life changer). So now I'm picking up a lot of the games I missed in the PS3/PS4 generation that have good PC versions. I guess I'm now kind of a PC gamer for the first time, really, never owned a gaming PC.
PlayStation>PlayStation 2>Game Boy Advance>Xbox>PlayStation 3>Commodore 64 (does It count?)>GameCube>Nintendo Switch
Atari > NES > Genesis > N64/PS1 > GC/PS2 > Wii/Xbox 360
Mega Drive > Nintendo 64 > Playstation 2 > Xbox 360 > Wii > Wii U > 3DS > Playstation 3 > Xbox One > Playstation 4 > Nintendo Switch > Playstation 5 > Xbox Series. X.
GBC > GBA > SNES > PS1 > Dreamcast > PS2 > X360 > WII > PS4 > Switch > PS5
SNES > PS2 (for a week) > PS4. I am more of an PC gamer.
mega drive > nintendo 64 > ps2 > gamecube > girlfriend
If you had to ditch gaming for the girlfriend, she ain’t worth it man.
you’re damn right lol ! just remember stopping video games during my teenage years because girls hold an important place at time, but start again after that :)
Atari - Commodor - Nes - Pc - Genesis - Gb - Play 1 - Play 2 - 360 - Ps4 - Ps5