How long have you been playing?

[GemmaKnight]

Greeting's all. I was just wondering how long has everyone been playing video games? I myself he been playing them for almost 24 years. I know, I know...call me a freak if you wish! I just find them so enjoyable. :headbang2

[jgallandt]

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I remember playing pong when it 1st came out. Back in the early 80's, played Tron at the arcade every lunch break.

[FloorMatt]

I'm young........all I remember is that I started on the NES. (But, I did also play one of the Ataris......and a Vectrex) Probally around 15 years, off and on.

[InnovativeMind]

I'm 19 and have been playing since the release of nintendo.

[Carterism]

I'm 19 and have been playing since the release of nintendo.

same here. remember when you would have the blow into the cartridges for them to work? haha

[FloorMatt]

same here. remember when you would have the blow into the cartridges for them to work? haha

I remember that all too well :hee:

[Carterism]

nintendo games are so classic. i miss those kinds of games, :indiff: .

[flipn0tic]

been playing since the nintendo came out... i wasn't a nerd, and i didn't have every single system, but i'd like to consider myself a hardcore gamer. that was then though. now i don't have the time or money to do that, plus i've lost interest. i'll play halo 2, and sports games like nba2kx and fight night round 2 occasionally on my bro's/friends' systems. other than those, the only games i get to play are the ones on this site. :eek:

[Cormega206]

Been playin since Atari-Pong, ET, Pacman.

[InnovativeMind]

same here. remember when you would have the blow into the cartridges for them to work? haha

My cheeks used to hurt...I felt like the wolf in the three little pigs

[Carterism]

My cheeks used to hurt...I felt like the wolf in the three little pigs

:haha: i would get tired too!!

[flipn0tic]

bah come on, don't tell me you didn't have a technique/sequence to get it to work everytime, everyone had one.

mine was: wave it back and forth in the air with my hand, blow into the cartridge, blow into the system, insert cartridge, push it down, blow into system again, nudge the cartridge to the right as much as possible, leave the lid open, and voila... works every time.

[Carterism]

bah come on, don't tell me you didn't have a technique/sequence to get it to work everytime, everyone had one.

mine was: wave it back and forth in the air with my hand, blow into the cartridge, blow into the system, insert cartridge, push it down, blow into system again, nudge the cartridge to the right as much as possible, leave the lid open, and voila... works every time.

did that! now my nintendo doesn't even function at all.

[FloorMatt]

That's why I've been playing a SNES Emulator on the PC......and I use this controller :cool: (No cartridges!) Been playing Street Fighter Alpha 2.......wish I could try netplay out.

[flipn0tic]

what emu? Zsnes has zbattle.net for online play. i don't play it, but it's a pretty cool concept

[Carterism]

Whoa...that controller is amazing... :p

[FloorMatt]

what emu? Zsnes has zbattle.net for online play. i don't play it, but it's a pretty cool concept

ZNES is the one :)

[InnovativeMind]

did that! now my nintendo doesn't even function at all.
lol..i still have a nintendo, it's the updated version where the game inserts into the top like a super nes...with the old one I used to rub real hard on the little part where you push on to release the game after blowing

[InnovativeMind]

anybody remember contra? that took me a while to beat with my family

[Carterism]

anybody remember contra? that took me a while to beat with my family

omg i love contra!!! hey btw, they're selling those old games, including contra, in this system that has like 100 games in it. it's $50. i saw it at the mall and was playing contra on it. it's awesome!!

[TACTIC]

such fond memories of contra, any double dragon fans out there?

[sharkdamark]

I've been playing since NES and I've owned

NES
Sega Genesis
Super NES
Sega Game Gear (Sega's answer to the game boy, failure)
Sega 32x (the system that you put on top of the Sega Genesis, lame, few games released)
Virtual NES (very lame, only like 5 games released)
Nintendo 64
Playstation (twisted metal 2, oohh ya)
Sega Dreamcast (not as bad as everyone says, there were some gems)
Microsoft X-Box
Playstation 2

So pretty much every system minus Sega CD and any others that are so lame not even I would buy it. Also I havn't owned many hand helds either.

BTW there are a couple of NES emulators that work on the Treo 650, I have quite a few games on it including Battletoads and DD, Bomberman 2, Bubble Bobble Contra, all Marios, RBI baseball 2, Punch Out, Tecmo Super Bowl, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 and 2, Zelda, and about 15 others. Its fun playing games on my phone that I used to play when I was 5 or so.

[FloorMatt]

I've been playing since NES and I've owned

NES
Sega Genesis
Super NES
Sega Game Gear (Sega's answer to the game boy, failure)
Sega 32x (the system that you put on top of the Sega Genesis, lame, few games released)
Virtual NES (very lame, only like 5 games released)
Nintendo 64
Playstation (twisted metal 2, oohh ya)
Sega Dreamcast (not as bad as everyone says, there were some gems)
Microsoft X-Box
Playstation 2

So pretty much every system minus Sega CD and any others that are so lame not even I would buy it. Also I havn't owned many hand helds either.

BTW there are a couple of NES emulators that work on the Treo 650, I have quite a few games on it including Battletoads and DD, Bomberman 2, Bubble Bobble Contra, all Marios, RBI baseball 2, Punch Out, Tecmo Super Bowl, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 and 2, Zelda, and about 15 others. Its fun playing games on my phone that I used to play when I was 5 or so.

Did you mean Virtual Boy? It had about 20 games.......but still......Flop City :hee: I still have mine.

[flipn0tic]

I don't know why I said in my other post that I started with the NES. I had the Atari 2600 (or whatever the number is) and played the hell outta games like breakout and tank and shhhtuff. Oh to hear those nostalgic bleeps and bloops and see those flashing yellows and pinks again... not to mention those sweet ass knob thingy controllers. ATARI was facking awesome, I need to raid some thrift stores.

[Lee]

I also date back to the days of Atari! Games like the centipede game, frogger, etc were some of my favorite.

[Hanzo Mishima]

I've been playing video games since I was 4 years old and I"m turning 21 in two months so about 17 years. My first system was my sister's atari then I got an NES when it first came out and the first game I ever beat was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.Hardcore Gaming Rocks! :headbang2

[Draggar]

I got an Atari 2600 when they first came out, then oon after got a Vic20. I'd say almost my entire life, but really exploded when Spy Hunter came out.

Now, I'm a Pinball freak. :)

(But I do love pulling out my Atari2600 and NES emulators. I loved Adventure, PitFall, and RiverRaid on the Atari and RBI Baseball plus all the FRPGs on NES. :)

[Draggar]

anybody remember contra? that took me a while to beat with my family

That was a great game, I think I have that ROM for my emulator. :)

[Madisn]

Been 30+ years here... I remember the first "arcade" I went to was at the Rehobeth Beach DE in the mid 70's. A lot of pinball and rows of "pong". I remember telling kids at school about playing real games on a TV - they weren't real impressed - 'til games started showing up in our town.

From there it was the 2600. I can remember playing with my dad and discussing how cool it would be if one day we could play the same game on seperate TV's.

--- Missile Command ---

[InnovativeMind]

here's a classic for everybody: the karate game where you had only 3 moves...lol...remember when van damn was playing it in the movie: bloodsport?

[atmachine]

since i was 6

[KC300ZXTT]

I'm 25 now and i'm gonna say since i was about 9 or 10. maybe earlier. I've had almost all systems, what i own right now.....

Super NES
Genesis
Game Gear
Dreamcast
3DO
PS1
PS2
Xbox
gamecube

had a sega CD, every gameboy, nes,turbographics 16, even had the protable genesis.
I was gonna get a psp but am dropping all my extra cash towards a 360 and about half the launch games. :)
Havent bought any games since mvp 2005 and forza.

[JimB]

since the nes. Took me a while to really get into it but the snes made me love gaming.