Nes, Famicom or Sega MS?

[Cam3ron@FW]

Just curious to know which one of these consoles have you had as a kid?  NES, Famicom, Sega Master System or other?

I had a NES... actually about 6 of them, stupid 72 pin connectors >:-(

[UglyJoe]

NES and Master System.

[FamicomFreak]

NES

[Cam3ron@FW]

NES and Master System.

Really? I have not met one person in real life or know one person in real life that had a Master System...  but I can say that it housed some of the best sonic games after playing them

[nintendodork]

Just console systems?

NES and N64

[Cam3ron@FW]

Something from the earlier Gens, around the time of NES since gaming was big around then.

[manuel]

NES only.
I didn't even know Sega and the Master System existed before I bought my first video game magazine some time in 1991. All the places in my vicinity only sold Nintendo consoles and games.

[NintendoKing]

NES!

[UglyJoe]

Really? I have not met one person in real life or know one person in real life that had a Master System

Ya really.  My mom bought it for my dad as a birthday gift (I guess she figured he'd enjoy Hang-On).  It was a bundle with the system, hookups, two controllers, light phaser, 3d goggles, and a handful of games.  I'm not sure if it was a real bundle, or if she just bought everything all at once.

It had better zapper games, for sure.  Safari Hunt is a better pack-in than Duck Hunt.  Missile Defense 3D is a better zapper game than anything on the NES, imo.

Nobody ever knew what the console was, though.  I can't quite remember if we even knew who SEGA were at the time -- we probably did, since I think we got it after the Genesis came out, but I'd have to ask my older brother to confirm.  What remains a mystery to me, though, is that we somehow knew how to access the hidden Snail Maze game.  Either we figured it out purely by chance, or somebody knew enough about the console to know how to access the game.

Our game library for it was always pretty small.  I imagine now that the games were likely hard to find since nobody had the hardware to play them.  On the off chance that my parents did find them, they were probably on sale (since the store would be trying to get rid of them).  We had a couple of gems (Space Harrier, Penguin Land, Shinobi), but missed out on most of the best SMS games.

[nensondubois]

NES, SNES Sega Genesis

edit: I can't believe I forgot the Game Boy! Sorry.

[Cam3ron@FW]

The poll is on Nes, SMS or Famicom guys, which one(s) of those three did you have?

UglyJoe:  I think even the Game Gear was more common.  I've seen quite a few of those at shops now, as for SMS, I believe I've seen the games, but not the console.  Game Gear was pretty much just a handheld SMS anyways...  Right now, I have Sonic 2 & Sonic Chaos on VC.  They are both great...

[133MHz]

Which one did I get first? Neither. I enjoyed playing the NES at my friend's house but my mom wouldn't let me have one because she said that video games make you stupid. My dad is an avid gamer too, and when he finally convinced my mom to let me have a video game system, the amazing SNES came out, and my dad got me that one instead. I grew up with the SNES.

A few years later one of my classmates was selling his NES with a bunch of games (good ones, mind you) for a low price so I saved up the money and bought it from him. Most people around here sell their last-gen systems to make money to get the expensive next-gen ones. I can't do that, I get emotionally attached to my stuff.

I have never heard of the Master System until I got Internet access. Sega never really caught up here, Nintendo was king and nothing else. At most you'd see a Genesis or a Saturn, but the Master System is very scarce where I live. It took me years to get one, but I finally own a SMS II with a Light Phaser and a decent couple of games, and just as UglyJoe I'm really impressed with the accuracy of the Sega light gun. It's got its share of great games and very colorful graphics, but in the sound department and overall I stick with the NES.

Oh boy, all those vidya gaemz surely made me reaaaaaaally stoopid.

[nintendodork]

The poll is on Nes, SMS or Famicom guys, which one(s) of those three did you have?

I thought when you said "or other", you meant other video game systems that we grew up with as a kid. Seeing as that's what it said in your post.

[Nightstar699]

When I was little I had a GB, a GBC, a NES, a N64, and a Dreamcast. 

[Medisinyl]

NES when I was about 5.  Still have the same one, with the original 72 pin... still plays games perfectly as long as a Game Genie is attached (otherwise, nothing plays).