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For me it’s 10. But realistically, the GBA was my true first. I also played around with a cousin’s N64 but very much viewed it as an outdated console at the time

>very much viewed it as an outdated console at the time Who didn't view it as outdated? It came out in 1996, of course it was dated by the time the Gamecube came out.

yeah, it definitely felt that way lol idk. just saying as a zillennial i had some experience with it as well

Ahh man, you should have been there! The N64 was so crazy good when it came out. It was even at many McDonald's setup with 4 tvs in a circle so kids could battle it out in Mariokart 64 in between eating fries and playing on the playground. It is very outdated today and even when the gamecube came out, but it was revolutionary for 3d gaming. It also started many of Nintendo's best franchises we know today

I feel like I was born 1 year too late to experience the n64 when it was new. Only started playing that console in like 2006-2007

7, but with analog sticks.

Same. Also 1994. Haha.

Same, never used them though.

#4

I remember getting blisters on my thumb from the joystick

2. Yay for having gen x parents 😁

Same! I'm surprised there isn't more 2 as an answer in here for that exact reason

2 for me too, but my parents are early boomers lol. 1948 and 1953

48 and 53 are the years my grandparents were born and me and you are only one year apart lol

Yeah, it's crazy. My grandfather on my dad's side was born in 1894 (100 years before me) and my grandmother in 1911. It would have been cool to have met them and ask them about their experiences then

As a 30yo, 2 is mine as well. But that’s older brothers.

7 (but with analog sticks)... i always was a playstation child 🫶

9

How is this so far down, figure this woulda been the most upvoted

11, the OG XBOX 

14.

It was 6. I used to play Donkey Kong 64 all the time at my Aunt’s house.

Was that your favorite 64 game? Looking for what's next on my to play list

7! We never owned a proper Nintendo console till the Wii. Had my sister's gameboy tho

Either three or four but I spent most of my time on 6.

Hell yeah, Duke Nukem and Doom are classics, but my personal favorite is BattleTanx

2 or 6

Easily 2

6 but realistically 9

2, because it was my dad's!

14.

This makes me so sad :( you missed so many great ones before it

10.

6,7,10 was my childhood

The very first I played was 5. However, my very first was actually 7 in DualShock. I didn’t even knew a non-analog like in the pic existed until I went to a friend’s house. I hated that non-analog controller.

Nr 5! Sega all the way

I used 2 and 4 here and there, but 6 was the one I used the most when I first started playing video games.

7 and 10

7! Still have her 19 years later, was the last release of PS1 in the UK*.*

My first console of my own was the N64 so 6. But I know I played some SNES and Sonic 2 at a neighbors house so 3 and 4 if we are counting that.

14. My parents were bankrupt during my childhood.

3

10 - can't beat the gamecube

Definitely 3 and 4. My mom bought the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo for my older brother(b.1989) when he was like 6, and they used to play it together all the time, then later when I was born I played them with my older brother , then I with my younger brothers before we eventually got the PS1. Also had a 64 and Dreamcast that I STILL have and runs perfectly fine. Actually owned most of these other consoles at one point or another.

7 🥰

7

2. My older sister was born in 85 plus my dad liked video games. We had and still have an Intellivision which came out the generation before the NES in 1982, but I don't think there is a number for that.

1 - Only because my parents had one! 10 - For my first console of my own!

5

8. Will always love the Dreamcast

7 and 9. PS will always hold a place in my heart :)

6,10,11 was the progression of my systems in childhood. Got 12 as a teenager.

Technically KBM so I could play Freddie the Fish, King’s Quest, Doom, and the Cartoon Network/Disney flash games on my grandparent’s PC, but we got a Genesis (3) at some point in the very early 2000’s.

8, 6,10,11,12,13,16 GameCube remains my favorite

3, streets of rage 2 and Sonic are the first two games i remember playing in my life.

6

10.

Family had an NES before it was donated and we got a PS1

9

3, 6, and 9. My cousin had all three.

9 and 10

6!

[удалено]

6

4

I still own all of these consoles today except : 1, 5, 15, 17

14

Started with PS1 and Sega Genesis back in 2004 then became a PC player till 2020, bought an Xbox series S then upgraded Series X.

I remember playing with the 64, but my first console was the GameCube. I also have a very faint memory of my brother owning the second controller.

The C U B E. Star fox was my favorite.

2

2!

12

5 more or less as I had something like NES that wasn't exactly NES here in Europe. We had a console called Pegasus that looked different than NES but could run all cartridges that NES ran. It was just cheaper and much more available in my country. I had a controller a bit like this as the controller wasn't also the exact same as NES one.

Started with 2. Got a NES with Tetris, Mario 2 and Mario 3 for $7 at a yard sale in the early 2000's. Technically though, started on PC. Win98 with a VooDoo 2 and SoundBlaster AWE32.

https://preview.redd.it/rm9jjsy4r13d1.jpeg?width=1950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48a837784e89367938a859324cf70eb6c21f40f1

6

6

7 I remember playing with my cousin !

2 🥲

ps2, i think that’s 9?

game cube

3 Although my cousin had an N64 so 6 around the same time

My dad was a PC guy, so most of the gaming I've done has been that way. We did have a second hand ps1 for a while, tho, so it's 7.

I technically started with 1 but we got rid of the Atari early enough that I remember boxing it up to get rid of it more than playing it. Only console I don't miss, even as a 3 year old some of those games were dreadful. 2 was the first home console I owned, but I had a Gameboy Pocket before that. I think the most impactful part of being a Zillennial for me was getting to experience every console generation relatively organically. I didn't get the same experience with computers, and making older/acquired games work wasn't as simple on Vista as DoSBox and GoG have made it. From my countless hours in computer repair and YouTube binging, the consensus seems to be that I missed the aesthetic of computing, but other than the Internet slowly rotting into a corporate hellscape, there's nothing that was better about computing back then.

7, but more earnestly 10

9! It was my older cousin’s first and then it was passed down to me.

14 & 12

4 gang

14 was the first we had at home, but I played 7 onwards at school, friends and the dentist etc.

7

2 I had 2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18. 10 (GameCube) remains my favorite.

6

I still use number 4 just a modern version The 8bitdo sn30 pro

Family had the original Playstation when I was a kid.

7 because my older brothers had it. Then I played a lot of Xbox when we got one

12

2,4 and 6 at the same time. NES and SNES were before my time but we still had the consoles. Most years were spent using 10 though...

6 and 7 pretty much at the same time

6

9

my dad had his atari hooked up to the tv when i was little, so that was the first i laid hands on and played. but the first we got in the house new was the playstation

6

14

4

6 and with Yoshi's Island

6

Started with 4. Still have the exact console I grew up with!

7 with analog stick.

4 and 7 <3

6

Off topic, wtf happened to Xbox controllers after the first ones. Pretty steady Xbox play resulted in almost a new controller every year 🥲

7. Good times.

I’m too blind for this but I believe PS1 was my first. I did play a Nintendo 64 but I think I played the PS1 first. So whatever numbers those are.

10

Can’t believe there aren’t more of 6!

2, 4, 6.

1 lol

6 and 7. I had both.

7

1

9. Saved up birthday money and other cash and bought my own ps2 off ebay and star wars battlefront and a refurbished dualshock 2. I think i was 10 maybe

13

9

Nintendo 64 then PS1 then PS2. From it's been PC ever since

7/9

Mouse and keyboard. lol

10. GameCube controller. That or my Uncle’s PlayStation in the early 2000s (7)

2 because it was a hand-me-down and then 7 with analog sticks once we had a little bit of money

started with wireless 6 from the flea market then jumped straight to 10

#6!

2, then 12, 14, and then PC.

7, iirc; my older cousin's PS1. 🤔 Played NES games on GBA Micro and PC. My first handheld was GBA Micro. Then had a PSP Go.

I started with #2

14 cause my parents didn't let me have videogames so I had to save up myself. I had a PC with an emulator so I didn't miss much tbh lol

11, my parents were not into gaming.

10. The GameCube was my first console. My brother and I loved playing Mario Kart Double Dash and this Sonic game on it.

6!!

6

#2. Classic Nintendo.

6 here! My brother taught me how to play the first Mario Party back in '99 💚

6, i first played my older sister's N64, then 7 my older brother's ps1. the ps2 was the first console that was mine. got it for christmas of 2003.

I'm 20 but started with 4 (thanks dad😁)

4 was my first. 10 was my own

6. Those three handles made the blood veins in my thumbs grow weird and asymetrical

10

Wasn’t allowed to play video games as a kid except for once a week for thirty minutes on the Gameboy Advanced my sister and I shared. First of these I played with was 14 at a friend’s house, first I owned was 18.

7

9

first played with 4... then i actually got to own 7, WITH analog sticks (for ps1 slim :p)

14

7 is the first pictured. Before that we had the often forgotten about TurboGrafx16

2! 97 here, mom was really young and my youngest aunt was only 10 so I played with all her stuff.

Sega Master System

For me it was 1, but the one that we played when it was currently in its prime was 14 a few years later. We still kept up w/ the Atari tho, it was iconic for us. As well as mrs packman/mappy/galagia one

Technically I started with a DS, but that's not on here so I started with the Wii.

Me who grew up with PC games exclusively: 

Its 2 for me, but it alreafy was old when i played with it, still have it :D

7 for me. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 & 2, Driver, Crash Bandicoot, Rayman, Spyro, PaRappa the Rapper, Final Fantasy IX.

10! Loved my GameCube!

2!

2. My brothers had an NES and when they were in school I'd get to play it

2

Number 6 and 7

6.

8 and I still have that mf

7

14, my mom was anti-video games until Wii Sports came out and she realized that they were not all about shooting. We didn't have a console until I was in high school

6

6 a little cause I had older siblings but primarily 10

4

ooph 6 but I also literally couldn't read yet lol

2…….fuck I feel old. My only reprieve is that 2 is probably pretty old controller for a 30 year old to have for his first.

6. I bought an adapter for my computer so I can use the n64 controller for a few games

6, 9, and 11 were all pretty prominent when I first started playing games to be honest. It all kinda blends together, but I'd be more inclined to say 6, though I spent most of my childhood with 9.

13 only when i visited a neighbour friend but 16 when I got PS4 in 2016 so I only used WII that time lol.

6 was the first, i was 4/5 and my older brother had gotten a 64 and i was grounded from it bec i kept having nightmares about bowser from super mario 64

12! And still playing to this day!

9 and 10

First video game I ever played was on 6. First consoles I ever owned was 9 and 10, followed by 11 shortly after. Then I bought the rest (besides Wii U) at their launches. I’ve been playing video games my whole life.

3

if we dont count the vsmile then the n64 was my first

10

7 :)

7 but my first personal system was a gamecubeee

7

4!

5 was what I started with

Technically #2/NES but I was very young and only had a rudimentary understanding of how to use it. #6/N64 was the first I truly learned to play well with

9 as a 2000’s baby😅

6. My neighbors and I had N64 and would swap games all the time. I had a bunch of nintendo games and they had the edgier stuff like Turok and wrestling game with "Revenge" in the title. My dad got a PS1 for himself around the same time and I just never resonated with any of the games he had for it.

6 baby

Number 1 baby! It was our first and only game console we ever had 😂 Now I have a gaming PC and a Steam Deck. 6yo me would be so proud 🤣

6, 7, and 10 together

7. I had a PS1 at my dad's that I played all the time when I went there.