charin Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Atari 2600 > MSX computer > MSX2 > PCs > collection Sergio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 My folks got an Atari VCS in the early 80's pre-crash(1981?), but after they came down in price. I remember having Pac-man, Frogger and Championship Soccer. I later got a VIC-20 a few years later which led to a C-64 -> Amiga 500 -> Amiga 2000. I still played the Atari often until I left for College in 1992... Many of my 2600 games were bought in the store new (at post crash prices). I bought a Lynx when they went down in price. I sold the Lynx later to get a Jaguar. I then sold the Jaguar for a Genesis/32x setup when Checkered Flag sucked and Doom locked up on my unit. I had a Colecovision for awhile but sold off the games after the system died. I slowly got into more systems after they were dead or dying over time. Summary: Atari 2600 (new) -> unit died replaced w/ 2600jr Vic-20 -> C-64 Amiga 500 (new) -> Amiga 2000 (new) Lynx (new) -> Jaguar -> Genesis/32x combo Sega CD Playstation -> Playstation 2 (new) N64 (new) Dreamcast (new) Jap Hello Kitty Dreamcast (new)-> Turbo Duo w/ Turbo Express Bought later: NES, SNES, replacement Jag, Jag CD, Saturn, Gameboy Color, 3D0, replacement Lynx Cheers, le geek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 We always had a 1 console, 1 computer household until just a few years ago. Years are close, but approximate... started with an Odyssey Pong System - 1980 then 2600 and Ti994A - 1981-2 got rid of 2600 for NES - 1985 got rid of TI for C64 - 1986 got rid of C64 for PC - 1989 got rid of NES for Genesis - 1990 got rid of PC for another PC - every 2 years or so after 1993 briefly had Genesis and SNES at same time - 1992 Genesis sold at end of 92 The SNES is the oldest original system I still own (it is also ironically, my least favorite). After that I still have every system I have ever bought... in chronological order they are Game Boy, Game Gear, Playstation, Genesis, NES, Saturn, TG-16, 2600, 32X, Jaguar, Intellivision, Game.com, Virtual Boy, SMS, Dreamcast, C64, 7800, Odyssey 2 (non working),Playstation 2, 5200 (2 of 'em non-working), 3DO, TI994A, Game Boy Advance, GameCube. Whew...that's a lot of plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgertimeBoy Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 That Pong game Atari 2600 Nintendo Super Nintendo Nintendo 64 PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1933 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Atari 2600> TI99/4a> Mattel Aquarius> Colecovision> Sinclair Spectrum> Atari 800XL> CBM128> CBM Amiga> NES> SNES> Megadrive> MegaCD> Nintendo64> PC> Playstation 2> Playstation 3. That is the order that I purchased new hardware in. Retro collecting since about 1997 and have about a further 30 machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Welcome to the Necro Bump Crew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) Got a 2600 and never got another system. I did play NES, SNES, Playstation, and xbox at a friends house. Maybe some other consoles that I don't remember as well. He always kept up with the current system. I did have a computer too. I think it was a Tandy and I played Golf on it as much as I play Kaboom! now. Oh crap. I didn't realize this was an ancient thread. Edited January 9, 2014 by Atarian7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Atari 2600 -> NES -> Playstation -> 360 I won't count the ColecoVision cuz that was my brother's but when he got it in '82 I spent a lot of time on it. Also, I won't count all the other systems I own because I purchased them over the last several years to add to my collection. So, my list is of systems I bought when they were latest gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchd61 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Atari 2600/Intellivision (Got both within weeks of each other, but technically the Intellivision was first.) VIC-20 C=64 C=128D Amiga Genesis/Sega CD Jaguar/JagCD N64 Playstation Dreamcast 360 Except for the Vic-20, I still have everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I think many of us nowadays went back to the Atari 2600. The first Atari I bought was a 7800. In my younger days the Atari 2600 was always the system regulated to the basement with the old TV at friends house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbeliever Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Ah, where from the 2600. Well...I think there was a gaming gap for awhile, then moved onto the NES and had quite a sizable collection of games for it. After that? SNES, then N64, jumped over to the Genesis, had the Sega CD and 32X, somewhere in between managed to snag a Vectrex, 5200...kinda bounced around there for awhile. Then had a major bout of PC gaming...moved over to the Wii, then jumped ship and went to portable gaming with the Nintendo 3DS. But, last year, wifey bought me a 360. But now, it's 3DS gaming. Sometimes still play the Wii, but very little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 As far as consoles are concerned, I went from my Atari VCS (heavy sixer) to Colecovision. However there was an Atari 400 between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Our family never actually owned a 2600, but I remember we borrowed on from a friend of may dad's for a little while before we got bought a Colecovision. We sold that after a year or so and got a Commodore 64 (later updating to a 128). Then nothing until I got a Turbografx-16 in high school. That was it until college when I found a 2600 at a garage sale and started picking up other vintage systems (Intellivision, a new Colecovision, Odyssey 2, 5200, Astrocade). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Oh no! Somebody resurrected an old thread instead of creating a new one with a similar title so people could say "sigh, we've already done this" and post a link back to the old thread that nobody is supposed to post in. Here's what I can remember: Magnavox Odyssey 400 Atari 2600 VIC-20 Commodore 64 NES Atari 7800 SNES Amiga 500 3DO Playstation Xbox PS2 PC games, emulators, and free online games Xbox 360 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Coleco Telstar Arcade --> Atari 2600 --> ColecoVision --> Atari 5200 --> Atari 400 --> Atari 1200XL --> Apple //c & NES --> 386 Wintel & TG-16 & Genesis --> 486 Wintel & Jaguar & SNES --> {Wintel Black Hole} --> Linux --> FreeBSD --> Apple Mac (OS X 10.1) & PS2 --> {Various Apple Macs and versions of OS X} --> Apple Mac (OS X 10.9) & PS4 Notes: I traded the 2600 and carts for an Inty and carts with a friend, just for the summer. I had a TI99/4a for a while, overlapping the Atari 400 and 1200XL time frames...when the TIs were being sold for basically nothing. Around 1990, I started going to flea markets and picked up a lot of old consoles and 8-bit computer hardware and software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarmas Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Atari 2600 ---> NES ---> SNES ---> Genesis ---> Atari Jaguar ---> Playstation ---> Dreamcast ---> ...Major collecting then ---> ...Major sell off to pay bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Atari 2600 -> Master System -> Snes -> Game Gear -> N64 -> Playstation -> PS2 -> Wii -> Xbox 360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 2600>C64>NES>PC>SNES>PSX>N64>PS2>Xbox>Xbox 360>PS4 Of course right around the time of the PSX I started collecting classics and ended up with just about every major console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 From VCS to Atari XE and C64 after that....everything I could lay my hands on, if possible, cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 This is the order i acquired these, however play time on each of the systems overlap as i have always liked to go back and play the classics. Unfortunately for me late gen console gaming is not the same as back in the day so it is classic console or PC gaming for me. Atari 2600 -> PC-DOS 286-486 -> NES -> SNES -> PC-Win95 Pentium 1 -> Playstation -> Megadrive(Gen) -> Master System -> PC-Win98 Pentium 3 -> PS2 -> PC-WinXP Pentium 4 various though to AMD945 -> PS3 -> Currently PC-Win7 AMD1100TBE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamchevy Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Nes then every console and PC gaming thereafter . Most recently a colecovision which brings me back to my arcade days in middle school and high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 (edited) In the 80's: 2600 > TI99/4A > Intellivision > Atari 400 > Aquarius > Apple ][+ > NES > C64 > Amiga 1000 > Amiga 500 ...years after that is really way too much time spent pursuing nearly every other computer/gaming system made. Buying, selling, refurbishing, building up large collections, only to sell off - rinse, wash and repeat. Edited January 9, 2014 by save2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 My gaming history doesn't include many systems but it covers a long time span. pong 2600 400 apple IIe various PC's DS lite Wii U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika73 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Never actually owned A2600 at 80's we just rent it from video store weekends. Just like Colecovision and Vectrex. But my computer and gaming hobby went like.. Vic20 C64 Amiga 1000 + Sidecar BBS use Commodore AT 40-40 BBS use Amiga 3000 Osborne 486/66 Pentium II AMD 4800 MacBook Air Consoles: PS1 N64 Dreamcast PS2 GameCube PS3 Wii And these days collect (all possible) retro machines (and arcade cabinets). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 1982: 2600 198X: VIC20 (just a sideline, still preferred 2600) 1989: NES 1994: Genesis 2001: PS2 (mostly for PS1) 200?: SNES, 7800, Amiga 500 (Prince of Persia) 201X: PSP 2012: 5200 2013: Coleco 2014: 7800XM? (runs away) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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