ok so here's a little poll inspired by my friend @span SinclairSpeccy :
which console generation did you start out with?
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@central @SinclairSpeccy strictly speaking, 8088-based PC, but, what generation is the original GameBoy?
@mirabilos @central The original Game Boy came out in 1989 so it's 4th gen so same era as the SNES and Mega Drive. An 8088 PC as a first gaming machine is a great answer too
@central @SinclairSpeccy where does the Spectrum go in this list?
@central @SinclairSpeccy If I had a handheld before any non-portable console should I count the gen of the handheld or ignore it and put the gen of the first non-portable I had? I think I had a GBA, then NES a bit later.
Then there's also the problem that comes with all these "when did you first x" questions, does it count if you were so young you barely remember anything? Were you even really a person at that point? I probably used someone's GBC before I had my own GBA, but not sure.
Then there's also the problem that comes with all these "when did you first x" questions, does it count if you were so young you barely remember anything? Were you even really a person at that point? I probably used someone's GBC before I had my own GBA, but not sure.
@bard @central Bella's poll so it's her call but I'd count the handheld since it's still a console which would make your GBA 6th gen. For the memory thing I'd go with the first one you actually remember playing. "Were you even really a person at that point" is a very real question with these polls though
@central @SinclairSpeccy where amiga or c64?
@SinclairSpeccy @central Like a dedicated Pong in a wooden case
@central @SinclairSpeccy C64, 3DS, Switch, XBOX Series S, Switch 2
@central I forget which model it was, but my first console was one of those Pong-and-variants ones, so I guess it was 1st gen. After that came a long reign by the Atari 2600.
@central@oldbytes.space @SinclairSpeccy@oldbytes.space Have never owned a console, but played the earliest pong type things, including one that was a Telstar board installed inside a wooden whiskey box with switches sticking out of it.
@phasorburn @central A Telstar board in a wooden whiskey box with switches sticking out of it is the most homebrew setup I've heard of in this thread. Coleco did sell a Telstar Classic in a wood case but a whiskey box beats that
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I even got a picture of the original box this week
@ATLeagle @central @SinclairSpeccy Absolutely *the* computer font of the time, in media of any kind. Even moreso than letters made of LED dots or bars. Wish I knew a keyword to find out more about that font's history.
@slowenough @ATLeagle @central The keyword you're after is "Moore Computer" I think. Fonts In Use has a good page on its history: https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/7324/moore-computer
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@central @SinclairSpeccy 6th gen*
*played some games on someone elses ps1 very sparingly before that but my first console and the one I view more as my own in the ps2
@DaveyJJJones @central 6th gen here too. The one that was actually yours is the one that counts I feel
I really want to say 1st gen, but I only got to touch those in Sears for a few minutes, back in the days when they had those walls of TVs, and I don't think that counts...
@JulieSqveakaroo @central I reckon the Sears TV wall counts. A few minutes on one of those is still a core memory
@central @SinclairSpeccy Wow, lot of oldheads on here! Wii/PS3 for us.
@central Which one does the game boy color count as part of? That was our first system, but we didn't get a non-handheld until gamecube
(not counting our dad's atari 2600 here)
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I mean, the first console I had was a NES, but I had a spectrum I used for gaming before that. So the first console I had was a NES.
My favorites were my PC Engine and OG Playstation though.
@Haikyoneko @central A Speccy before the NES is a good way to start. The PC Engine and OG PlayStation are great picks for favourites too
@central @SinclairSpeccy I’m skewing this because I started with a C64 (technically a C128) in the mid 80s, but didn’t get a console until the XBox (it was hacked seven ways to Sunday) and then the PS3 when I actually started to main console gaming (at this point I was Windows free!).
I did play Pong earlier than that.
@yon @central @SinclairSpeccy I voted for 4th Gen with the Sega Megadrive but this was after years of ZX81, CP/M, MS-DOS, Spectrum and Amiga gaming. 😀
Now I'm all about the Xbox Series X, retro-gaming, and Sunflowers on my phone.
@thomasbeagle @central @SinclairSpeccy I like the appliance thing with consoles. I just want to play, I don’t want to fiddle around.
Old computers were a bit like that. Just boot up and load the game. Not updates etc.
@yon @central @SinclairSpeccy You don't remember reconfiguring MS-DOS autoexec.bat and config.sys desperately trying to get enough memory to make the game work? 😀
@thomasbeagle @central @SinclairSpeccy Got a PC (P90) late 95 or early 96. So Win95 already.
And I have zero nostalgia for anything related to Microsoft 😊 NT on my dual P200 was neat though as I ran the server and played on the same computer. Quake!
