I think this thread has some potential as everyone here has a story with when they got their consoles and such. Here is mine.
1st) NES - Got it back in the 80's and played it until I got an SNES
2nd ) SNES - Played it in the 90's when I was young, remember seeing DKC and sh*tting in my pants
3rd) N-64 - I remember renting one at Blockbuster before x-max time and I remember being so excited to play one. Got one x-mas day on the release year and was super happy
4th) Sega Genesis - for Easter from my parents
5th) Playstation - for the next year's Easter
6th) Dreamcast - got one from a pawn shop for only one reason.... to play Capcom vs SNK this was around 2002
7th) XBOX - Got invited to a Halo party and literally the next day I went into a pawn shop and picked up an original Xbox with Halo 1 for around $120
8th) Atari 7800 - Got into retro video games and purchased my friends old 7800 and some games for around $40
9th) TI 99 4A - Got one off of e-bay and it didn't work, ordered another one and swapped parts until I finally pieced together a fully functing 99-4A. Also got the sega genesis controller adapter for like $50 (had to get that)
10th) Jaguar - Went to goodwill store and saw an atari Jaguar for like $12.99. I bought it and it worked perfectly!
11th) Arcade Machine - Purchased a Street Fighter 2 champ ed full sized arcade machine off craigslist for $350. Its in okay shape, needs a little work, but its my baby!
Where they are at now?
NES - I have no idea where my original NES is. The one that I have now is actually my Aunts, who purchased one of the later models for Kirby. Since she stopped playing it years and years ago I have now taken ownership of it and gave it a nice home.
SNES - Yep still have my original SNES.
Playstation 1 - I can't remember how it broken, but it did and so the system is long gone.
Dreamcast - My original Dreamcast machine still kinda of works, but it turns off randomly on me sometimes. I ended up picking up a black version at a garage sale for $3 and that one works perfectly.
Xbox - A few years back I got out my old original Xbox and tried to start it up. The system was giving me a hard time and not wanting to open the tray for the game and unfortunately I lost my temper and just smashed the whole system by throwing it around my house. I have now purchased a new original xbox and haven't had any problems.
I also had an original gameboy and a gameboy advanced, but I don't know where they are.
Interestingly I haven't purchased any newer systems like xbox 360 or PS3 or PS4. I guess I just like the look and feel of older games. I've been wanting to get some newer systems, but just haven't gotten them yet.
1st) NES - Got it back in the 80's and played it until I got an SNES
2nd ) SNES - Played it in the 90's when I was young, remember seeing DKC and sh*tting in my pants
3rd) N-64 - I remember renting one at Blockbuster before x-max time and I remember being so excited to play one. Got one x-mas day on the release year and was super happy
4th) Sega Genesis - for Easter from my parents
5th) Playstation - for the next year's Easter
6th) Dreamcast - got one from a pawn shop for only one reason.... to play Capcom vs SNK this was around 2002
7th) XBOX - Got invited to a Halo party and literally the next day I went into a pawn shop and picked up an original Xbox with Halo 1 for around $120
8th) Atari 7800 - Got into retro video games and purchased my friends old 7800 and some games for around $40
9th) TI 99 4A - Got one off of e-bay and it didn't work, ordered another one and swapped parts until I finally pieced together a fully functing 99-4A. Also got the sega genesis controller adapter for like $50 (had to get that)
10th) Jaguar - Went to goodwill store and saw an atari Jaguar for like $12.99. I bought it and it worked perfectly!
11th) Arcade Machine - Purchased a Street Fighter 2 champ ed full sized arcade machine off craigslist for $350. Its in okay shape, needs a little work, but its my baby!
Where they are at now?
NES - I have no idea where my original NES is. The one that I have now is actually my Aunts, who purchased one of the later models for Kirby. Since she stopped playing it years and years ago I have now taken ownership of it and gave it a nice home.
SNES - Yep still have my original SNES.
Playstation 1 - I can't remember how it broken, but it did and so the system is long gone.
Dreamcast - My original Dreamcast machine still kinda of works, but it turns off randomly on me sometimes. I ended up picking up a black version at a garage sale for $3 and that one works perfectly.
Xbox - A few years back I got out my old original Xbox and tried to start it up. The system was giving me a hard time and not wanting to open the tray for the game and unfortunately I lost my temper and just smashed the whole system by throwing it around my house. I have now purchased a new original xbox and haven't had any problems.
I also had an original gameboy and a gameboy advanced, but I don't know where they are.
Interestingly I haven't purchased any newer systems like xbox 360 or PS3 or PS4. I guess I just like the look and feel of older games. I've been wanting to get some newer systems, but just haven't gotten them yet.