Gaming pedigree

[Booldawg]

Whats your gaming pedigree? Mine started in 1980 on the space invaders machine in the local chip shop. Then was the commodore PETs at school. By 1982 I had my first 'home' computer, a Sinclair ZX81. Jealous at my mates who had ZX Spectrums boasting colour graphics and sound I upgraded to a 48k Spectrum in 1983. 1986 saw out with the speccy and in with the more powerful Commodore 64. My world was blown apart in 1990 by the Commodore Amiga A500. I owned this machine until 1995 when I got my first PC, a 32mb 386. I've also owned a Sega Master System, Game Gear and megadrive. Moved on to a PS1 in 1997, PS2 in 2003 and now have exclusively played XBox since 2004. I'm not really into PC gaming due to compatibility problems and resource hungriness of the modern day game. I am a games nerd. please shoot me.

[tictactoe]

Hi Booldawg,

Does this include non-machine games?

[Booldawg]

it doesnt include monopoly or even pocket billiards. Games that are made out of 0s and 1s only.

[naz_nomad]

Pretty similar to yours ...up to PS1 .. PC only now, consoles & their games are TOO expensive.

[Mattk]

but naz...surely keeping your pc up to spec to play games dont come cheap either? i upgraded many comps in mine last year and it cost a small fortune.

my gaming history :-

grandstand console(with light gun !)
acetronic console(supposed atari 2600 rival)
zx81
dragon 32 (welsh computer remember those) ?!
16k speccy
48k speccy
128k speccy
commodore 128
mega drive
sega saturn
ps1
dreamcast
ps2
xbox
xbox 360
also pc gaming in recent years - now flit mainly between 360 and pc

never knew i was that bad ! i need counselling

[Mattk]

missed amiga out between mega drive and saturn so im even worse now !

[ugly_bob]

PC
Atari 2600
NES
Gameboy
SNES
N64
PS1
PS2

bought a SNES off e-bay a couple of months ago cos I lost my original one. I rock at Streetfighter again.

[naz_nomad]

yes Mattk ... but can you do complicated video editing on a PS2 ?

Will an X-Box 360 run Photoshop CS2 ?

Can you get a Dreacast to run Maya ?

Can I drive through San Andreas on a Gamecube, and at the same time be downloading the top 40 albums ?

If I got a new console every time one was released, I'd be spending a lot more than I do on my PC upgrades ... and PC games ARE generally cheaper than console ones ... why's that then ?...

[naz_nomad]

***Dreamcast***


why is it you only spot a spelling mistake after hitting the 'submit' button?

[Adams1104]

Listing from first to last, including duplicates because my brother got a few of them too. Or replacements:

Olivetti PC
NES
Gameboy
Gameboy
SEGA Master System
SNES
PS1 Japanese
PS1
N64
N64
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
PS2
Gameboy advance
Xbox
Xbox (replacement)
Nintendo DS (non lite)


I was too young to have all the spectrums and stuff, got a NES when i was about 4. Duckhunt was my first ever game for it, obviously mario came with it.

[Booldawg]

I'm amazed at how many people have gone from ps2 to the xbox, bearing in mind they were of the same 'generation' the xbox does cut it above the ps2 though

[Baseley09]

My first was an Amstrad CPC 464 in 1987, tho id been gaming for years living next to a seafront arcade....

Was pretty well into it from then in, got a Master System to play arcade conversions in doors, then got a bit more extreme wanted import consoles only at 12 got my first PC Engine Core II, nest xmas the Super CDRom2....then the nest year Neo Geo CD and i finally had actual arcade games at home hehe, with a bit of loading time lol.

Since then ive had pretty much everything and now im cutting my game selection back as i hardly ever play most of it.

[ELVIS68]

Space Invaders,Fruit Machines and Track and Field in the chippy, My mate had ZX81 and an Oric,but I wern`t into computers back then, then ps1,ps2 now PC, still play Ps2...Rally games and Tiger Woods 06

[WoWo]

My list is....

Kevin Kegan Console (like grandstand).
Acron Electron
Spectrum 48K
Specturm 128K
Specturm 128K +2
Atari ST
Amiga 500
Mega Drive
PC - The first purchased for gaming (have had various since so I won't list)
Super Nintendo
Gameboy
Playstation
N64
PS2
Gameboy Colour
Game Cube
PS2 (again)
GB Advanced
GB DS
Xbox 360