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"What Was The First Console That Everyone Had ?"

My first games console was a machine with 12 games built-in. There was Tennis, Squash, Hockey etc. It also had a light gun, and you had to shoot a white dot that travelled around the screen. I can't remember what it was called, but when i first got it i thought it was great.

Games consoles have really come a long way. God i feel old now.

I can't even remember the name of my first console! it was okay, but it wan't a well-known make. It had very blocky, colour graphics, and was cartridge-based.

It did have two analogue joypads, though - with two buttons on each; analogue was very much the "new thing" then.

I can only remember two of the games - one was a version of Space Invaders, the other was some game where each player controlled a ship, and you had to drop depth charges on subs that passed below. The player with most hits won. Weren't games lovely and simple then? One stick, two buttons, very simple gameplay.

After that, I never owned a console until PlayStation. Well, I had a Gameboy, and I still have my Game Gear. My parents bought me a Commodore VIC-20 when I was about eight years old; then a C64, then an Amiga. Then I started work and bought myself an A500 Plus. Then there was the CDTV and CD32.

Then I went to buy a Saturn with that game (can't remember the damn name) with people riding on dragon-like creatures. But I walked out with a PlayStation and a copy of Wipeout instead. (I'm sure I've posted this before, but you did ask...)

Yes, Kieran, you're right games have come a *hell* of a long way. Not only do I feel old, but I also think - God help me! - that I'm starting to sound like my parents! Aaaaarrrgghhh!

some atari
yeah u know, the one that look like a bit of wood with the little metal switches.

My first games console was a machine with 12 games built-in. There was Tennis, Squash, Hockey etc. It also had a light gun, and you had to shoot a white dot that travelled around the screen. I can't remember what it was called, but when i first got it i thought it was great.

Games consoles have really come a long way. God i feel old now.