How long have you been gaming for?

[Kairi]

Artari 2600 was a new system we got in our home. The other one was an old one.

Asteriods was a favorite game, so was Prison break.

Classic, i need to crack out my old systems at some point and just delve into nostalgia.

[Citizen]

It had 2 controllers with a knob

Did they also have any buttons, or just the knob?

The controllers were hard wired and they were thick telephone ones.

Telephone as in curly?

It definitely sounds like it was a dedicated Pong clone as Lloydiboy said, the details you've provided so far can be used to pretty easily eliminate most of the standard home consoles of gens 1-2.

Do you remember what color it was? Was it purchased in the US?

It was a dedicated console, right? As in, it only had one built-in game that could be played on it, rather than having swappable game cards.

[Tanya]

It was purchased used from a pawn shop in the US

It was brown and black. The brown was like a wood finish. Right curly as in telephone wires. Just knobs, no buttons.

[Citizen]

Damn, that's a hard combo. The closest I can think of is the Bentley Compuvision, but that one didn't have a curly cord.

[Tanya]

Well it was ago, I could be picturing it wrong. If it helps it had switiches on the console, that changed how long the lines were and how fast the dot moved. The controllers set neatly in the console. Couldn't see the wires when it was put away properly. I couldn't say what it looked like probably a radio, but those would have been bigger.

[toshioa]

My first game console was bought for me and my sister at the age of maybe 5 or 6 and was the Sega Master System (the one that had Alex the Kidd preloaded ). Taking that in to consideration, about 23-24 years That was my introduction to the World of video games and the passion definitely stemmed and grew from there

[Nishizono Shinji]

I've been gaming for about 30 years, one of the first games i played was Prince of Persia on the Amstrad and a really fun game called Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension

My first game console was bought for me and my sister at the age of maybe 5 or 6 and was the Sega Master System (the one that had Alex the Kidd preloaded ). Taking that in to consideration, about 23-24 years That was my introduction to the World of video games and the passion definitely stemmed and grew from there

I had a Master Sytem as well, Alex the kidd was such a difficult game back then lol

[Kairi]

I've been gaming for about 30 years, one of the first games i played was Prince of Persia on the Amstrad and a really fun game called Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension



I had a Master Sytem as well, Alex the kidd was such a difficult game back then lol

Oh you had the amstrad as well...Not met anyone else that played on one.

Do you still own it?

[toshioa]

I had a Master Sytem as well, Alex the kidd was such a difficult game back then lol

Heck yeah it was!! I don't think I could even complete it now without the 'save whenever you like function' on the Xbox 360 port

[Nishizono Shinji]

Oh you had the amstrad as well...Not met anyone else that played on one.

Do you still own it?

Nah certain life events have meant it's been impossible for me to keep anything from when i was a kid.

Heck yeah it was!! I don't think I could even complete it now without the 'save whenever you like function' on the Xbox 360 port

there was a 360 port? why was i not made aware of this lol

[Beerkeg]

I think I started around 2001 when I started playing korean MMOs. I had a bootleg NES before that, but I wouldn't really call that gaming. It was just something to do that was more interesting than doing nothing. In like 98 I started pirating floppies for my DOS machine, but that also wasn't really gaming cause trolling on IRC was more fun.

[toshioa]

there was a 360 port? why was i not made aware of this lol

There was indeed as part of a 'sega vintage collection' link as follows: https://marketplace.xbox.com/en-gb/Prod ... 0258410b70

[Kairi]

Nah certain life events have meant it's been impossible for me to keep anything from when i was a kid.



there was a 360 port? why was i not made aware of this lol

Oh that sucks, i have been lucky enough to keep all my consoles and such. I don't think i could ever part with them.

[Nishizono Shinji]

I think I started around 2001 when I started playing korean MMOs. I had a bootleg NES before that, but I wouldn't really call that gaming. It was just something to do that was more interesting than doing nothing. In like 98 I started pirating floppies for my DOS machine, but that also wasn't really gaming cause trolling on IRC was more fun.

Could you recommend some Korean MMOs?

[Basically Deleted]

I've been playing video games roughly since I was 8 soooo about 17 years. I started off with PC educational games like the ones Humongous Entertainment put out as well as Carmen Sandiego. When I was 13, I got a GBA and started playing Pokemon and Sonic among a few other titles. A few years later I got a DS and picked up a few more titles. When I graduated high school in 2012, I got a 3ds and entered the realm of Fire Emblem and Legend of Zelda <3 and for my 24th birthday, I got a Nintendo Switch with Sonic Mania. Octopath Traveler, Hollow Knight, Breath of the Wild, Stardew Valley, Sonic Forces and Let's Go Eevee. I love my Switch. I also have a ton of Visual Novels on Steam!