What home console did you play as a kid?

[Memory]

Here I am gushing about my first Xbox. I loved the clunky design and boot up screen. I remember it being modded when I got it so I was able to emulate Nintendo games on it too. I didn't really understand emulation or "ROMS" when I was a kid so I didn't really use it.

The game I played the most on it was Panzer Dragoon Orta (I still play this game a LOT), and TONSSS of DDR. I was so obsessed with DDR and wore down the crinkly dance pad.

I think I also had a Playstation? Don't remember which one but the only game I would play on it was Twisted Metal Black.

[TheDuke_11037]

My first actual console was the Wii, still have the same one actually. I think the first thing I played on there was NSMB, which is funny because my first game ever was NSMB on the DS. I ended up modding the Wii like a year ago, which I'm extremely happy with! :)

[BitByteBlitz]

My first gaming console was the GameCube, though I did play Halo 3 on my dad's Xbox 360. My favorite games on GameCube were Super Smash Bros Melee, and Metroid Prime. My first Mario game was on GBA though, Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World. I didn't play a Sonic game until I played Sonic Colors when I was 6, where I played my GBA and GameCube since I was 2.

[splashy]

despite being a zoomie, i got a wii in like 2012 (my family couldn't afford nor knew about the wii u at the time) and i played the hell out of that thing (mostly with my family)
i later got a wii u in dec 2015 and a switch in may 2017

ps. the wii u is underrated and overhated. yea fight me for that opinion :D

[neoratz]

mine was the original xbox, my dad only ever bought xbox consoles. i recently set up my old xbox and i'm realizing how weird of a childhood console it is... it has such a strange selection of games, and not too many hits to speak of compared to the playstation or the gamecube! i wish they kept Blinx as a mascot, the Blinx games are so cute. master chief seems more fitting for the xbox's identity though...

ps. the wii u is underrated and overhated. yea fight me for that opinion :D

i like the wii u too! it was a really fun console design with not enough solid, original games to back it up. i feel like it would have gotten many more good games if it had sold better. i loved my time with Splatoon.

[Starstorm_X1]

For me, my childhood consoles went as follows:

SNES: THE first console I played with. Did a lot of Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World. Kind of regret not asking for more games for this thing, especially given how vast the game selection was! (Gonna try to finally rectify it...)

N64: Probably my favorite console of my childhood, heh, and one I had the most games for, I argue. Favorite game there was Paper Mario. I recall when I first played it, I wasn't used to having an analog stick to move your character, and across three dimensions! (And I encountered the opposite situation where you have to use the D-Pad to navigate menus in Pokemon Stadium)

GBA: Right up there with the N64 for favorite console, heh. Not sure what my favorite game on it was, admittedly. So many good picks!

Sega Genesis: I recall my father found a classified ad for it, so we picked it up. While the game selection there is vast, sadly, I didn't play much of it. (I think I remember a few of the titles?)

GameCube: Game selection I had was surprisingly limited (just Zelda Collector's Edition and Mario Sunshine), especially because a couple of years after I got it, I got...

Wii: Yep. Also limited, surprisingly. Just Wii Sports, Wii Play, and the two Mario Galaxy games!

DS: At this point, I was approaching my teenager years, so I might cut it off at this point. (After that, I got a 3DS in my teen years, but that was my last console I got so far...)

I may have a bit of a bias for 90s era and early 2000s era gaming, heh. Besides these, I recall playing the PS1 quite a bit at my relative's place a few times, and unfortunately passed up the chance to get a Saturn from a garage sale as a kid...