Old system is old.

[enderlord99]

So I hope to get a Pong soon. Yes, really.

Why?

So I can brag about it when school starts again, because my classmates brag about having "old" systems like NES's and Ataris. To them, the older the better (for some strange reason), and I want to one-up them all (no pun intended).

So... what's the oldest system my fellow playgrounders have, or might have in the future?

EDIT: or ones you used to have in the past?

[psilontech]

The NES. It was my first console and really at this point my nostalgia goggles only really tint that and things that came after.

[Eldan]

I still have an old, grey, brick-shaped black-and-white game boy.

[Cespenar]

I still have an old, grey, brick-shaped black-and-white game boy.

Same here.

I wonder if my Pokemon Yellow save has corroded into oblivion or not.

[Draken]

My first video game was a sega mega drive. The only game I had for it was Sonic. Couldn't beat it at all.

After that I moved to a Nintendo 64.

[Winthur]

The Pegasus. Which to my knowledge is basically a top-loader NES copied from Japan and manufactured in Taiwan to be sold in Poland and Serbia. Cartridges for it tended to be pirated. West had Contra I, Super Contra, Contra 3, and we had Contra 168-in-1. :smalltongue:

[hajo]

what's the oldest system my fellow playgrounders have

How about an Atari 2600 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600) ?

Not really mine, but I'm sure I could borrow it from my brother, without him missing it :smallamused:

[Elder Tsofu]

The oldest is a probably the Vectrex inherited/stolen from my older cousin followed by the commodore64 I got from my father. We had some fun times with those.

[Gnomish Wanderer]

I started on the NES according to my parents, but I have no memory of any of the games for it. My aunt had a Super Nintendo which I would go play all the time (A Link to the Past <3) which was eventually given to me, and I really consider that my first game system because of the mentioned lack of memory regarding the NES.

I don't really understand what's so nerdcred about buying an older system. I used to think it was cool (subjectively?) to still have one around (my dad used to swear he had an Atari someplace but could never seem to find it) but having to buy it somehow invalidates the ownership of it unless you start playing it every so often.

[factotum]

I had one of these when they first came out--old enough? :smallwink:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Wars

[Winter_Wolf]

My oldest (and first) was the Sega Master System. Some great games, well at least great times with those games. Phantasy Star was my first RPG. Somehow I managed to luck out and win Miracle Warriors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Warriors). I used to play Rambo with my mom and dad when we first got it. I had quite a few games for it before I moved on/the SMS died on me. I forget the game we had that used the phaser/gun attachment--I think it was Safari Hunt--but that was fun too.

Ah, good times in Memory Lane.

[NeonBlack]

My first computer (never owned a console until I finally got myself a DS Lite five years ago) was a Philips VG 8020 MSX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VG_8020). Monochrome green phosphor screen, of course. Had it and played with it daily until well into the 90s. Best present my parents ever gave me.

Before that, though, I owned a handful of handhelds (http://www.handheldmuseum.com/), of which I can't remember the titles right now. The first was about a caveman who had to gather a torch during the day, then return to his cave with the fire at night while avoiding dinosaurs and other nasties. So many hours wasted staring at that little beeping thing...

[Mando Knight]

Same here.

I wonder if my Pokemon Yellow save has corroded into oblivion or not.
Unless you've replaced the battery that's inside the cartridge (which provides a small amount of power to the memory that holds the save data), it's likely the save is long gone. You can replace the battery, though, so if you feel the need to play with your Pikachu again, you can.

[Rawhide]

So I hope to get a Pong soon. Yes, really.

Why?

So I can brag about it when school starts again, because my classmates brag about having "old" systems like NES's and Ataris. To them, the older the better (for some strange reason), and I want to one-up them all (no pun intended).

So... what's the oldest system my fellow playgrounders have, or might have in the future?

EDIT: or ones you used to have in the past?

Not old enough. You need a Spacewar! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar!) machine.

[Maxios]

I have an Atari.

[enderlord99]

Not old enough. You need a Spacewar! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar!) machine.

Technically, that's not a "system." It's a single game.

Pong actually had four games available, so it counts.

[Forbiddenwar]

How about an Atari 2600 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600) ?

Not really mine, but I'm sure I could borrow it from my brother, without him missing it :smallamused:

Got one of those from a garage sale once. with a big pack of games that didn't work. Got destroyed in a move.

My oldest longest lasting gaming system was a TRS-80 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer) Great fun since you can make your own games very easily. Wow I had that for about 18 years, until it was destroyed in a fire.

And yes, I do have a NES, SNES, and my SO has a Black and white gameboy with tetris, and a NES 64.

[Rawhide]

Technically, that's not a "system." It's a single game.

Pong actually had four games available, so it counts.

Where to start...

No, it didn't. Some versions of Pong had 4 (or more) game "modes".

Pong did not have multiple game modes, Super Pong was the first to introduce that.

It's a system even if it includes only one (non changeable) game. The number of games available does not make something a system or not.

[danzibr]

Apparently I played an Atari (dunno which one) when I was super young, but the youngest I remember is NES.

[enderlord99]

Where to start...

No, it didn't. Some versions of Pong had 4 (or more) game "modes".

Pong did not have multiple game modes, Super Pong was the first to introduce that.

It's a system even if it includes only one (non changeable) game. The number of games available does not make something a system or not.

Oh. Never mind, then. On the other hand, I doubt any of the kids in my class would be able to find a Spacewar! machine.

[hajo]

Technically, that's not a "system." It's a single game.

Pong actually had four games available, so it counts.

"Pong" is a single game (1 ball, 2 paddles), but the machine it is on might have some more games.

The very first versions of pong were built with discrete electronics.
The next step up was most of all this in a single IC, so a few variants could be made with the same chip.

See Pong-Story (http://www.pong-story.com/gi.htm).

[Rawhide]

"Pong" is a single game (1 ball, 2 paddles), but the machine it is on might have some more games.

The very first versions of pong were built with discrete electronics.
The next step up was most of all this in a single IC, so a few variants could be made with the same chip.

See Pong-Story (http://www.pong-story.com/gi.htm).

Yes, but it appears that Pokemon-freak89 was referring to the system sold and packaged as "Pong", not the game Pong.

[enderlord99]

Yes, but it appears that Pokemon-freak89 was referring to the system sold and packaged as "Pong", not the game Pong.

That's correct. Also, I changed my mind about getting one. $20 (from ebay, includes shipping) is way too expensive just to possibly make my classmates jealous (which isn't good anyway).

[Kalrany]

I am about to massively date myself.... I still have my first gaming system, which was the TI-99solid state cartige system with the tape recorder side port to save TI-BASIC programs (think ASCII) and the modified Zenith 'monitor'.
My favorite game? Parsec! :smallcool:

[The_Jackal]

When I was growing up, my parents encountered a Pac-Man game on a ferry trip to Prince Edward Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island), and played until they spent $20 on it. Soon after they came back, my dad had purchased a number of stand-up arcade machines, with the idea of leasing them to local businesses, and even eventually opened an arcade, so we had a number of games perennially in our basement:

Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Robotron, Galaga, etc.

[INoKnowNames]

My oldest video games from that White and Grey Brick (including a functioning Pokemon Yellow, Red, and Blue) still work, but most of the consoles before it were overused by my family. The oldest system we have now that still works (though most of the game seem to have messed up some how, and no longer read) is the Super Nintendo.

I miss the old days...

[Othesemo]

The oldest system I owned was an old, brick gameboy. The oldest system I still own would be a nintendo 64, I think.