[Classic] *Rips up present* SUPERNINTENDO FUCK YEAH!

Atari 2600-I was about 4 or 5. Some kids had it, my mom was hooked on Space Invaders, my dad was hooked on Missle Command, I was hooked on basically everything, so this was an easy purchase. This was one of the remodeled "$50 bux" units. Still have great memories of Atari 2600 Ms. Pac Man.

Atari 7800-Um, I just remember it looked awesome and playing Dig Dug on it a bunch. And Food Fight. And Galaga. And that was it. We didn't have it hooked up long before I got an...

NES-Super Mario Brothers. Metroid. Kung Fu. Zelda. Kid Icarus. Zelda 2 (I think). Mario 2. Then I forget the rest of the order. But the NES days were amazing. When it worked, that is...Funny story was my parents always said they couldn't afford it, then my uncle died and left part of an inheritance, so that wiped out that excuse. LOL...(thanks, Uncle Frederick!)

Game Boy-Nintendo Power's coverage sold me on this and I definitely wanted Super Mario Land, so this was my Christmas gift the year it came out. My parents traveled a lot, so it got some heavy usage.

SNES-I felt awkward moving from the NES and to a controller with (gasp) six buttons, but we decided to rent one with Super Mario World. Christmas of 1991, SNES, SMW and a copy of Final Fight were mine. Damn, I still love Final Fight. At the time, it really looked amazing. Many a battle of words with Sega Genesis owners were to follow (although I enjoyed several Genesis games, I was never a fan of Sega's aggressive marketing).

PS1-Two things sold me on this, over the N64: FF7 and seeing the overall line-up of PS1 games, particularly Capcom's stuff. Oh, and Frogger...Many good times were had before it died. I still have it on display in my room (my wireless adapter is sitting on it).

Saturn-Bought it for the 4 Meg fighters and RPG's like Dragon Force and Magic Knight Rayearth, which weren't on PS1. I still import games occasionally for it (got Twinbee Yahhoo Deluxe a couple weeks ago). Also got it dirt cheap, right after Sega discontinued it ($40, used).

Neo Geo Pocket Color-I had a blast with this when it came out and the line-up was probably better than the GBC's at the time. Still has the best D-pad ever made and the SNK vs Capcom games are classic.

Dreamcast-Christmas 1999...AKA: The Marvel vs Capcom console. Really, those were the only two games I ever played seriously on it. Aside from CvS 2and Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike.

PS2-I had the chance to get one during the 2000 holiday (I worked at EB) and I made the most out of the smoothed-out PS1 and DVD features (and Klonoa 2) for a couple years, before the library became interesting. Hard to compare to the NES/SNES, but definitely my most played system nowadays. Even more amazing: mine still works perfectly, despite all the horror stories I hear about early systems.

Gamecube-I remember I sold my Magic Cards (which I'd been sitting on for 6 years), then went out and got this as soon as I got paid. Doesn't feel like enough good games came out for it over its' lifespan. Oh well, I got Smash Brothers and F-Zero, which is basically what I wanted (Mario Sunshine and Zelda: WW ended up as kind of a wash).

Xbox-I got a sweet deal on this (traded a bunch of CD's I didn't want straight-up for it). Playing fighting games over Live is some great stuff. Plus I get to play better versions of games I'd probably have bought for PS2 (more a cool bonus, on top of the online stuff) I'm probably the only Xbox owner without any semblance of Halo...I may see about converting it into an emulation system if I ever go for a 360 (or heck, even buying a second one).

DS-I was a little irked that Nintendo was pulling their attention away from the GBA (which I had previously bought), but it's had an amazing run as of late and all the great games helped me get over the gimmicky design. It was my birthday gift this year, along with New SMB. Looking forward to Megaman ZX soon.

So heh...I got to grow up with videogames.

Jam it back in, in the dark.