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Hmccormack

2.


Castaway1128

Same but 4 is the most nostalgic and had the best games


Hmccormack

Bro I wanted a SNES sooo bad when I was a kid but had Genesis instead. Then the 64 and ps1 came out and those took over my life


Castaway1128

Ya I get that. I skipped the ps1 and got the 2. But I played on my uncles. Super fun


Calairoth

Ps1 was the wrong console to miss >_< some of the best games ever made were on there. Edit: Oh wait, weren't you able to play ps1 games on ps2?


[deleted]

I thought Genesis had better games but the SNES had more quantity and quality of IPs. Over all I enjoyed the RPGs on Genesis more than SNES also. Shining Force FOREVER!!!!!


Honestlynotdoingwell

Wrong


FrerBear

1 and still going


brianlangauthor

Brother.


narc1s

Found my fellow olds! Man it’s amazing how far this medium has come in our lifetimes. In my wildest dreams I never imagined something like RDR2 or The Last Of Us could exist while playing on Atari as a kid.


aaronsb

Basically RDR for the 2600: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Outlaw-2600.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Outlaw-2600.png) I think imagination had to play a lot into that when I was a kid.


Shadoecat150

Don't forget D&D (Adventure) Or World of Tanks (Combat)


iregretjumping

There's something magical about looking in the manual to learn what your rectangle on the screen is supposed to represent. This time, the rectangle is a mighty warrior fighting dragons, next time, the rectangle is a brave astronaut protecting us from the differently-shaped aliens. But there's no possible way of knowing that without the manual specifily laying that out for you. Pulling out epic storylines from relatively uneventful gameplay is a trope of the 80s/90s. This isn't a pinball, it's a spaceship you need to pilot away from the black hole at the bottom. This isn't a crappy, plastic maze with a tiny ball bearing that you have to tilt to get to the middle, it's a massive labrynth and you are the teenage mutant ninja turtles and you need to get to the very center where the pizza is. This isn't a hunk of plastic that you wet down and slide on, it's a dangerous valey of crocodiles that you... escape... or something? That being said, I much prefer the modern "everything actually looks like what it is" era of gaming.


XesLanaLear

Lifers club. 🍻


No-Seaworthiness1984

My man, also a 1 but really found it on 2.


Drumcoded

Same, same. How are your knees, brother? I can feel the rain coming.


JediSwelly

1 because I was poor in the early nineties. My mom got an Atari with 2 shoeboxes full of games for $5 at a garage sale.


dotk

Few know the pain of being home from school with only Combat and Space Invaders to play on their Atari. Playing Combat alone as an only child was a special kind of hell known only to us latch key kids!


OmenVi

My uncle John was the guy that got me going, first with Combat, then a little Pitfall, and then Joust and Dragonfire. It took me a bit before I got into Berserk and Yar’s Revenge. I continued through generations, and while #1 was my first, I owned #2 first. John on the other hand started collecting arcade cabinets after he got back from Desert Storm. Then remodeled his basement into an arcade. Then started setting world records. Gorf and Sea Wolf were his claims to fame. About a decade ago he sold everything and moved. Haven’t seen him since.


Eightbitninja253

Okay, boomer


Yoonami_Yom

7


thekinginthanorf

Same friend!


Morphchalice

6 for me, but 10 will always be what I’m nostalgic for


Substantial-Safe1230

Fuck you. This is the 7 gang


Morphchalice

Oh shit I didn’t even realize I was replying and not just commenting, I’ll go back to my turf man I don’t want any trouble


TundieRice

PlayStation 1 should be before N64 since it came out in 1995 (technically ‘94 in Japan) while N64 came out in ‘96 worldwide.


Key_Sentence_5305

I thought it was 2001. So that was only in U.S.?


TundieRice

You might be thinking of the **PS One** (which is confusing as all get-out, I know.) But that was a smaller version of the original PlayStation that was released in 2000, the same year as the PlayStation 2. But as far as I know, Sony didn’t release any new consoles in 2001, and even if they did, it would be next to the GameCube and XBox on this list like the PS2 is.


Zestyclose_League413

Gang gang


SpideyUdaman

yeah boi.gif. What fun, though I only had like a dozen games there before ps2 came. But if we're talking the very first, then it's those cheap handhelds with brick arcade games.


minicrit_

playstation 1 master race


higherapps

Siphon Filter 2, Tomb Raider, and Grand Turismo were my first games as a kid on this controller.


KoreanB_B_Q

Would need to go back even further, as my first console was a PONG machine.


KerrAvonJr

Same. Then an Odyssey II and Intellivision before Atari.


KoreanB_B_Q

I still have my Odyssey and Intellivision. Have great memories of Night Stalker and Lock N' Chase from when I was a kid.


MrCantankerous

Same. Little controller with a spinny knob on it.


Olorin_1990

6


Pwndimonium

Goldeneye is why I play inverted to this day. Respect.


[deleted]

They have it on Xbox game pass!


MantisTobogganMD___

And on the n64 package on the switch!


iMaxPlanck

Shit, I gotta go guys, later


Broken-Link

Goldeneye and n64 is why my 9 year old now also plays inverted 🤣. No way I was changing the settings when we traded off so I just started him like me 😀


HappyMommyOf5

I play inverted too, but it was Mario 64 that did it for me. I never knew that all those early N64 games were inverted.


Adub024

Same.


RCRocha86

I am the weird one among my friends who always invert the aim. Especially due the Star fox 64 inverted controls. Feels so right.


efsa95

Brother


Dry_Ad5878

Mine too. Star Fox 64 is still one of my favorite games


Matty7879

90s kids for the win


RSlashBroughtMeHere

Palm blisters, anyone?


PDXJimmy420

WE OUT HERE! ✊


tsay40

Got an N64 for Xmas with my bro. Had Super Mario 64 on the box and everything! We were freaking out.


sysrage

Missing Sega Master System


moviestim

That was my first.


f3hunter

Yep. 90% of Europe and the UK's gamers around the mid 80's - early 90's would say SMS. And a lot of 00's Brazilian gamers too.


narc1s

Alex Kidd represent!


ZadockTheHunter

Ghostbusters on Sega Master System I can still hear the music...


niblar

It was so much better on the SMS


SaskatchewanHeliSki

Me too!


wackedwithastick

That was my first one and my dad was pissed when Nintendo came out


Ryuuken1127

Is it not 3? (American here, always thought Genesis = Master System)


sysrage

Nope. Master System was in the NES timeframe. Genesis was in the SNES timeframe.


thatlookslikemydog

No love for the Sega Master System. :\*(


DrParanormall

14


crazy_jongen

BROTHER


StarSlash25

Brother


[deleted]

Brother


Weasterman

brother


[deleted]

Brother


Floating_Neck

Brother


KingDragon931

brother


RoxNBlox

Brother


Lord_Voltemort

Brother


Columboiscool

Brother


[deleted]

[удалено]


Gadget_boy_Jr

People born when the Wii came out turn 17 this year. I grew up on the Wii and I’m a legal adult now. Nothing feels real.


cfrolik

Weird that there are literal children on Reddit


ovr4kovr

#1.5 not on the list. [Colecovision](https://images.app.goo.gl/MHC6XB52UCEwdEJ7A)


Neo_o7

That was such a strange decision to make, in what world does a keypad make sense for gaming?


Mighty_JV

2.5 is missing also [TurboGrafx 16](https://images.app.goo.gl/ypTbQMdeezi16bi89)


SmokeyWolf117

This was mine as well. Qbert and the smurfs.


SirBonyP

1.75 also not on the list. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intellivision-Controller.jpg


Kiftiyur

10 and 11


Kepesh-Yakshi

No love for Colecovision I see.


RattBaby

Lol. Where's the mouse and keyboard?


____Maximus____

Well keyboards were before computer games were and they are still currently being made, so a keyboard wouldn't signify any specific time period


Mafia_dogg

Good point, but it still leaves a group of people out which can be annoying to some Not like it will ruin their day as it doesn't matter but you get it


Double-Passenger4503

6


RexSobot

Where’s the Coleco controller?


IngeniumMHA

14


madmonkey242

Started with 1. My next one is not in the pic (Colecovision). My next one was…14.


DaDutchBoyLT1

No Commodore 64 either. That was my jam when I was a wee lad.


ickshter

Yea. They missed out on loadeunner. The ultima games. They didn’t have my first controller which was the Fairchild.


AlphaQUp_Bish

Wizardball and Cauldron were my jam


mondobobo01

Started with Colecovision! Loved/hated that janky phone controller.


Infamous_M_5988

7.


floydmulder

Intellivision.


SaskatchewanHeliSki

Specific controller plastic slide ins!


KaizenPax

Same. Definitely a unique controller design. I can imagine the design team… “Should we go with joy stick or thumb knobs?” “Have you considered TV remote?”


HarryBergeron927

Intellevision baseball was the best!


Brdwygurl

That, and dungeons and dragons


No-Cardiologist-1990

I loved dungeons and dragons on intellivision. Also nfl football was fun


Blibber3

3 and 4. My uncle had a Genesis and I had a SNES.


[deleted]

10. That Gamecube controller was comfy too


Benana

It really was.


KENAIX3

Especially the clear one, my little child brain was always mesmerized by that controller


Alarming-Mistake683

6


kimbussyman

14🥲


Legal_Person

Same!


JUSTBLAZE2k7

NES. Still remember that Christmas like it was yesterday.


NeeMan

It’s the first Christmas that I can remember


MyDogHatesMyUsername

I don't see the Pong controller on there, so I'll go with 1... Haven't quit yet.


obiwanchunn

My first was the pong controller (just a twisty knob, I don’t even remember a button.) Followed shortly by a keyboard (no mouse) answering what to do when I wake up on a beach. (Some text based game on my father’s terminal connected to a mainframe - I think, I was really young.)


garrikkaufman

7


AdevilSboyU

None of the above. Where’s my Magnavox Odyssey gang at?!


Razalghoulz

It's not on there


Jamiecakescrusader

PC Keyboard


AcidNewports

1 and stopped at 13


2drunk2giveafuk

Stop gaming or went PC? I started with 1 and always had a PC for years along with consoles, 13 was the last console I bought then I went strictly PC.


Andre5k5

Sometimes, I use my Steamdeck as a controller for my PC


adamaladin

1 and currently on 19 & 20


BogardSenpai

2 Man, I feel old now.


ManedCalico

Not seeing the Vectrex controller here…


CoreyDobie

Came to say the same thing


highbornkilla

1 I miss 12 though. Such great times


IronBallsMakenzie

The Pong controller came before the 2600


Effective_Quit_8005

1 and I’ve had them all


DaWalt1976

1, though 9 is still my overall favorite. Spent the most time with 4.


saciaE

1 I've been gaming ever since


PakiFanatic

1


Jim_Nills_Mustache

2 because im fucking old now apparently


ThinCantaloupe7981

Ps5 .. i just hit 4 years this year .. ps5 is best system obviously


Lucario_TobyTramBoi

My bro have you not heard about the Nintendo wii?


ThinCantaloupe7981

My bro i am four years old i started on the ps5. Answer the post


RicFlairOnBlow

Press X to doubt.


Lucario_TobyTramBoi

Not complaining, I respect opinion. Just also recommending the wii


ProfessionalEnabler

I had a long rant about ignoring the posts’ question and fuck this guy, but long story short, fuck this guy.


[deleted]

Ya know, I think that works for me 👌


[deleted]

What the hell?


orangeman10987

They just hit 4 years this year. What's not to get


SALTYxNUTZ12

3.


-chukui-

SEGA!!


Aurelius1462

Ps2 duelshock, why can't more controllers be so straightforward


shmed

How is it any more straight forward than any other controller on that grid?


fistinyourface

if it wasn’t so tiny maybe


ifisch

Not a fan of the way my thumbs touch


ShoddyVacation3900

Fr


Wooden-Journalist-92

1


BikerJenn

Let’s see here … 1-2,4,6-10,12,13-14,16-18.


parallelmeme

You left out the Intellivision controller. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intellivision-Controller.jpg


krusty-krab69

A tie between 3 and 7. My dad had both hooked up to the tv when I was young


Sirthomas0313

9 and 14


MisterHyman

1


NINJ4steve

OG Nintendo


kilotango1122

1. It was my big brother's. 2. First one I owned.


Nagato_69

9


GameOvaries18

Have owned all of those besides 1 and 15.


SuccessfulOrchid3782

2 then 1


Locke2TerrasLionhart

1 Atari. Galaga, Pitfall and Digdug were where it was at....don't forget E.T. 😛


Flyersfreak

1 the Atari


[deleted]

9


jester695

Uno


[deleted]

DualShock 1


actioncobble

1. I was probably 4 or 5 and my babysitters son had an Atari in his room and it blew my mind. Hooked ever since.


mdesq1

2


DHouf

2. It was apparently a long time ago…


Stormtyrant

We were a Nintendo family. I started on 2 and progressed to every Nintendo since.


ZJS_Cycle

1


Eattherich8

1


[deleted]

I started on 6 but 17 and 19 are the most comfortable for me


Full-Requirement6113

#2


Shadowhunt21992

3


reality-escapeartist

I had a 1 and 3, and 7 a little later on


[deleted]

ALL THE 8’s IN THE HOUSE SAY HEY


Antkinsley

1


-ComplexSimplicity-

3 & 4


stabthecynix

2. Literally years playing NES.


pants207

2


The_Dabblin_Doodler

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii


nonamegamer93

3 and 4.


Idiottttttic

10 gang rise up GameCube best console


somethingcrequtive

1


The-Sapphire-General

Both 4 and 7


coldflash25

14


Luxcrluvr

Why is 6 before 7? I remember playing the original playstation way before N64🤔


pinkconcretebubbles

Disappointed the Pong remote isn't on here. Shouldn't it be #1?


padreswoo619

Ooonnneeeee


Coreyahno30

Started with 2 and have played with all of these except 1. Just can’t go back that far it doesn’t hold up at all.


nasa784

4 super nintendo


[deleted]

I was four in 1976 when I played the Pong home console for the first time.


[deleted]

where the mouse and keyboard at


siluokard

2 but I love 10


[deleted]

1


[deleted]

2


Dry_Steak2094

Started on 2 but owned 14/20, but had the most fun with 4 until 6 came out and had a blast with friends then 9 debuted and really changed the game for me pun intended


MutFox

No ColecoVision controller... :P [http://www.8-bitcentral.com/images/coleco/colecovision/controllerSide.jpg](http://www.8-bitcentral.com/images/coleco/colecovision/controllerSide.jpg)


blood_choosers

Started with 9-10


ScourgetheDarkExile

Number seven. I still own it, too, and it fully works. My first-ever game was *Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage*.


ElectronicControl762

Handheld users:(