Computer/console history (1 Viewer)

[Covstu]

Random one but just interested in what everyone used in the past in respect to computers and gaming etc. For me it was:

1) Acorn Electron (x2 one broke)
2) Spectrum ZX
3) Amiga 500
4) Amiga 1200 (then with CD ROM!)
5) Playstation
6) PS2
7) Xbox360
8) PS4


I had a few PC's during the time but they were more for uni work etc

 

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[Nick]

I had:

commadore 64
Amiga (cant remember which)
Playstation
Sega master system
Sega mega drive
Ps2
Ps3
Ps4
Xbox
Xbox 360
N64
Dreamcast
Game Gear
Game Boy
Nintendo Wii
Edit : Sony PSP

I think that is it

 

[Covstu]

ah i had a game gear too!! forgot about that!

 

[Houchens Head]

Since about 1994, I've had:
Amiga 500
Amiga 1200
My first tower computer was one from Tandy's. It was absolute SHIT!
I remember having to insert about 7 or 8 x 3½" floppy discs one after the other, just to run Windows 3.1 :claping hands:
Loads of other PC's and laptops since. Never had a Playstation, Gameboy, X-box or that sort of thing. Just never been interested in them. I refuse to fork out hundreds of pounds just to play games.

 

[Marty]

Sega Mega Drive 2
Sega Dreamcast
Gameboy Colour
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Xbox 360
Sony Playstation 3
Sony Playstation 4
Sony Playstation Vita
Soon to buy a Xbox One too.

 

[Ccfcsj]

Atari 2600
Commodore 64
Atari ST
Playstation
Playstation 2
XBox (orginal)
Nintendo Game Cube
Nintendo Wii
Sony PSP
Playstation 3
Xbox 360
Playstation Vita
Nintendo Wii-U
Playstation 4
Xbox One

In between there somewhere (not sure which order)

Gameboy
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS

 

[covmark]

Spectrum zx
Amiga 1200 (sensible soccer on this machine remains the best game ever made)
Nintendo 64
Sega master system
Sega mega drive
PlayStation
Wii
Xbox
Nintendo ds

 

[Nick]

forgot about segas!

 

[ajsccfc]

Commodore 64
NES
SNES (+ Super Gameboy)
N64
Gamecube
Wii
Gameboy
DS
3DS
Playstation
PS2
PS3
PS4
Various PCs

 

[skybluejelly]

Ingersoll games consol ( the one with pong and shooting on it ) still got it

Radofin programable games consol ( cheap Atari rip off)

Loads of game and watch games ( still got them )

Astro wars,frogger,caveman,pacman table tops

1st gameboy

Then I grew up...

But my boys have had just about every console since

 

[torchomatic]

Binatone thing. It was black and orange
ZX81
Amstrad CPC464
Amiga 500
Amiga 1200
Playstation

My Lad
Wii
3DS
PS3
Vita
Got him a PS4 for Christmas. Which I'm going to "set up" tomorrow....

 

[Nookster]

No Amstrads guys? I spent hours on that thing with a massive book, typing in co-ordinates to get it to draw a shape on the screen.

How about Dizzy the egg that was almost impossible to complete hahaha!

Happy days.

EDIT: Just seen torcho's post with the amstrad. great stuff!



How about a Phillips CDI anyone have one of those badboys? ;-)

 

[dutchman]

Commodore "Vic 20"
Sega Master System II*
Sega Saturn
Various PCs ever since

I kept the Sega master for many years after I stopped using it and eventually threw it out only to discover very recently there is a hack which would have enabled RGB output from it.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Binatone thing.
ZX81.
Intellivision by Mattel which rocked & was 100% better than the Atari......

Then I got a BMX & never played video games again.....

 

[DaleM]

Atari 2600
Dragon 32
48k Spectrum
Atari ST
Amiga 500
Amiga 1200
Loads of Pcs and laptops .
Game Boy
Megadrive
Dreamcast
Saturn
Playstation 1
Playstation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360

Play games nowadays on Android Tab. Have emulators on it for loads of stuff up to PS1 . Works a treat .



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[Covstu]

Spectrum zx
Amiga 1200 (sensible soccer on this machine remains the best game ever made)
Nintendo 64
Sega master system
Sega mega drive
PlayStation
Wii
Xbox
Nintendo ds

Sensi soccer was awesome, used to spend days on end on that game! Cannon fodder was another awesome game from the same developer.

 

[Nick]

Forgot about the Sega Saturn!

Used to love the team called "Cheap Thrills" on Sensible Soccer, Wayne Kerr was the manager.

 

[Houchens Head]

Talking of nostalgia through consoles etc, who remembers what games they used to play in the early days? I used to love Manic Miner, Zool and the brilliant Pong tennis game!

See below.......

 

[blueflint]

anstrad with colour monitor was my first

 

[blueflint]

Binatone thing. It was black and orange
ZX81
Amstrad CPC464
Amiga 500
Amiga 1200
Playstation

My Lad
Wii
3DS
PS3
Vita
Got him a PS4 for Christmas. Which I'm going to "set up" tomorrow....

had the astray 464 played adventure games colosul adventure took months to finish

 

[ajsccfc]

Talking of nostalgia through consoles etc, who remembers what games they used to play in the early days? I used to love Manic Miner, Zool and the brilliant Pong tennis game!

See below.......

On the thing I had I loved how they took Pong and added a second stick on each side and called it football. To think that now I'll scoff that squad numbers aren't properly texture mapped...

First game I remember obsessing over was Speedball 2. Even looking back, justifiably so

 

[dutchman]

Wasn't there a home console at one time which mimicked an arcade machine by being enclosed in a tall cardboard cabinet?

 

[Houchens Head]

Simple graphics eh?

 

[Nick]

Used to love Speedball 2, and road rash

 

[Covstu]

Speedball 2 was amazing, Brutal Deluxe ruled!!

 

[Covstu]

Used to love Mega lo Mania too, the first of the Command and Conquer lot!

 

[torchomatic]

Jet Set Willy anyone?

 

[Nick]

Jet Set Willy anyone?

Bit early for that!

 

[Ian1779]

I had in this order... I think

Spectrum 48K
Master System
Megadrive 1 & 2
Amiga 500
SNES
Nintendo 64
Sega Mega CD
Sega Saturn
PS1
Dreamcast
PS2

After that I converted to Xbox with the 360 and then onto the one.

I did however manage to pick up a Phillips Videopac G7000 at a car boot about 4 years ago. Apparently came out in the 70's (before my time). Managed to get it to work briefly on a very old TV before it died a death.

Anyone else ever see one?

 

[cornoccfc]

Atari 2600
NES
Master System
Game Gear
GBA: SP
PlayStation
N64
2DS
PS2
GameCube
3DS
Xbox 360
Xbox One

Strangely never owned consoles from the generation including SNES/Mega Drive, but played on them elsewhere, as I had a huge library of Master System and NES games.

 

[dutchman]

I did however manage to pick up a Phillips Videopac G7000 at a car boot about 4 years ago. Apparently came out in the 70's (before my time). Managed to get it to work briefly on a very old TV before it died a death.

Anyone else ever see one?

I saw one in various mail order catalogues. I believe it was the first user programmable console. It came with a matching board game similar to Dungeons & Dragons, a novel idea which never caught on. Hardly any of the board games survive.

 

[RegTheDonk]

Binatone Orange thing
Commodore 64
Amiga 1200
Some PC, cyrix 120mhz chip I think
Playstation
Gameboy
PC with an AMD chip
PS2

Gaming wise I stopped after the PS2 and upgrade the computer whenever I can.