@ketmorco @central Fair, I'd go with the one you actually remember. With the Atari being around since '77 and the NES not landing until '85 it makes sense the NES stuck more

@colorcoded @central An MSX in the Netherlands makes a lot of sense with Philips making so many of them. If it played the role of a console for you then I reckon it counts

@mithriltabby @central The cat trying to bap the ball is the best detail in this whole thread. Sounds like the cat got as much use out of that Pong game as you did

@khfr @central A borrowed NES is a way to start. Coming back from a long PC gap with a Switch 2 is a good return too especially with it only coming out last year

@sigmasternchen @central The original Game Boy came out in 1989 so it's 4th gen. Your handheld was actually a couple of generations older than your PS2 (6th gen) so either answer works

@David @central Around 35 years between your first video game and your first console has to be some kind of record in this thread

@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

@oblomov @central Good question. The Speccy came out in April '82 so going by year it sits with 2nd gen which is where bella put it too. It's technically a home computer but loads of people in here did their first gaming on one so it definitely counts in spirit

@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

@m3tti @central Good question. Going by release year the C64 ('82) sits around 2nd gen and the Amiga ('85) is closer to 3rd gen. They're computers rather than consoles though so feel free to vote for your first console or tell us about your micro in the replies

@sbszine @central The wooden ones look more like furniture than a console. Some of the Sears Tele-Games Pong units that Atari made had woodgrain on them too

@enkydu @central C64 straight to a 3DS is quite the jump as that's nearly 30 years between them. Good to see a Switch 2 in the mix too

@donutage @central A Pong box then a long reign of the 2600 is a classic path. There were hundreds of those Pong-and-variants consoles back then so forgetting which one is fair enough

@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

@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.