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LilyDaze10@reddit

Always looked forward to #1 when visiting my uncle. #2 was the first I owned at home.

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--Citation-Needed--@reddit

Same. Also spent waaaaay more time with 2 than any other.

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sysiphean@reddit

Still have my NES and play it with my teens!

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Gutter_Snoop@reddit

The permanent callouses on the inside of both index fingers is really testament to that

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Lauuson@reddit

I can still remember the pain in my thumb lasting for days after staying up all night to beat 1P Contra for the first time. Yes, I had to use the code.

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driftwoodlk@reddit

Until you got a NES Max? Turbo buttons!

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johnvalley86@reddit

Whoa look at money bags over here with their fancy joystick. Just throwing shade because I wanted one of those things so bad as a kid

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driftwoodlk@reddit

omg that was NES Advantage! NES Max was much more reasonably priced.

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Yarn_Addict_3381@reddit

I LOVED my NES Max! Joystick controller and turbo buttons! Hated going back to the original ones.

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driftwoodlk@reddit

NES Advantage (rightmost) was the huge slab with the joystick. Max (to the left of the Advantage) had the directional pad but still the turbo buttons.

I feel strongly about this because I got the Advantage and hated it, but got the Max and loved it.

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oskich@reddit

I had that 4-player adapter which also added turbo buttons for the normal controllers.

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Checked_Out_6@reddit

Same! My first video game I played was ET! 😂

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foamingturtle@reddit

Freakin loved this game. So many different levels

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Paleo_Fecest@reddit

Yes, neighbor had 1, I had 2, graduated to 6 and that was it.

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Middle_Earthling9@reddit

Same. Didn’t play on #1 much but it was technically the first before getting my own Nintendo.

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ChicagoRex@reddit

I'm jealous. Owned 1, had to go to friends' houses to use 2.

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Same. Got it when I was five for Christmas 89. My daycare had Mario for kids to play while they waited to be picked up and my mom was always early 😭 - much to my surprise, I didn't have to wait to play at day care.

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jimmythesaint83@reddit

Same here. Boy I beat the shit out of controller #2 playing Super Mario Bros. 2. That game elicited so much rage for such a small kid.

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thisbroadreadsbooks@reddit

Same

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SwissCheese4Collagen@reddit

2

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PetuniaPicklePepper@reddit

1,4,7!

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Filbert85@reddit

1 and Sega Master System

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Kellzy1212@reddit

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Cyborg_Snowman@reddit

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 19

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jamesdcreviston@reddit

1, then 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, now 20.

I went PS over Xbox but I still have an SNES and am wanting a NES with OG games like Zelda, Excitebike, etc.

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the_OG_fett@reddit

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TheJokersWild53@reddit

They always leave out the Colecovision!

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jamesdcreviston@reddit

My dad had one that played to it was my second after Atari.

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strangebru@reddit

They also leave out the old PONG home game knobs too.

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ecovironfuturist@reddit

It was soooooo good!

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slash_networkboy@reddit

They leave it the Odyssey 2 as well.

This was my first video game system (as a hand me.down). Didn't manage to get a 2600 till I was an adult.

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nrek00@reddit

Every time this is posted, I'm offended by the lack of Coleco love

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ForceGhost47@reddit

Too rich for my blood

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Turkatron2020@reddit

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Sindorella@reddit

My first, too!!!

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Jrmelancon@reddit

The youths will never know how terrifying it was running into a dragon in the Intellivision version of Dungeons and Dragons

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van_vanhouten@reddit

That’s the one.

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Whybananasrule@reddit

Glad someone posted this. I loved Frog Bog, Utopia and Football. It really was a solid system.

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LaFantasmita@reddit

Grandma taught me to play poker on this one.

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TigerIll6480@reddit

This is the way.

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Total_Ordinary_8736@reddit

Pitfall!

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gilded_lady@reddit

This! I played the heck out of frogger.

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ForagedFoodie@reddit

Came here for this!

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Hellament@reddit

Intelliivision crew represent!

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Trevon45-2@reddit

Me too

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trainwreckhappening@reddit

I cannot express how happy I was to see this at the top!

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CapnHuff@reddit

This game was ridiculous, lol.

Gently bump into a rock? Death.

Step in a hole in the ground that's 2 inches deep? Death.

Stub toe on a blade of grass? Death.

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username__0000@reddit

I kind of want to play it again just to see if it’s as ridiculous as I remember it.

I have a memory of being at that big skull and being so stressed out because everything in that game was deadly and obviously a skull will be extra deadly. lol

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Key_Independence_103@reddit

GET YE FLASK

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icybowler3442@reddit

You can’t get ye flask

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

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pantheroux@reddit

That skull gave 4 year old me nightmares even though it was only in the background and didn't really do anything.

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Lucky_Louch@reddit

I had smurf paint too!

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trainwreckhappening@reddit

That was the only one that popped up when I hit colecovosion.

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We had DK and a whole collection. What fascinated me was that about a third of the games we had were made by Nintendo. I remember being blown away when I noticed the Nintendo logo on the game cartridges. This was long after getting the original NES. No idea on the history.

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Lucky_Louch@reddit

I know right, it was such a strange mix of nintendo, atari and then colecovision games. They even had an adapter that plugged into the colecovision allowing you to play atari games but I think it wasn't authorized by atari and they had to discontinue it.

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Darkest_Rahl@reddit

My uncle had one. We played Xaxxon and Zipper quite a bit. Though Xaxxon was impossible.

I never see this in these lists.

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CrowWarrior@reddit

Zaxxon was my favorite. One Saturday, post cartoons, I managed to flip the score on that game. I loved Qbert too.

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CrowWarrior@reddit

War games! The only game I had that used the num pad.

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_SPAMSPAMSPAM@reddit

My best friend and I would play Utopia all weekend.

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Generally_Tso_Tso@reddit

Started with the Fairchild in '76. Then the Intellivision in '79 was a nice step up. The Colecovision was cool a few years after that.

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strangebru@reddit

This was my second style of controller.

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RollsHardSixes@reddit

I felt that in my soul wow

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crzytech1@reddit

This. Parents bought one when I was born, as they went to arcades before me.

MY first console wasn't there either, I bought a TG16 with allowance money in 91-92 at some point.

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WarhammerRyan@reddit

This

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Charming_Ad1688@reddit

I came here to say this.

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ExistentialDreadness@reddit

This was my first thought. Use was highly restricted.

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minneapocalypse@reddit

Thank you! Also missing original Sega lol.

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Lucky_Louch@reddit

LOL I just described this controller above and didn't see you posted this pic. Good ol ColecoVision! loved Squish em Sam, Carnival and even Cabage Patch Kids Adventure!

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well_shit_oh_no@reddit

Was the cabbage patch kids one where you could paint and decorate your house? I was obsessed

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Lucky_Louch@reddit

That was one of them, the cabbage patch adventures was a side scroller kind of like pit fall but you were cabbage patch kids. swinging on vines, jumping on lily pads and avoiding bouncing bowling balls. It was hard! I did have Cabbage patch kids paint and Smurf Paint which were like you described.

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throwawaycasun4997@reddit

Who could forget the ol’ Connecticut Leather Company game system?

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royv98@reddit

This is the way.

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tillyspeed81@reddit

I was gonna say…

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Swimming-Food-9024@reddit

exactly!!

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eckzie@reddit

Thank you! I was like, "Where my Coleco at? It's Burger Time!"

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funkeebeep@reddit

Thank goodness, I could not remember the name of it. I was pretty young and was not a fan, luckily the Atari was right next to it and I took right to that.

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chadork@reddit

I can still feel the buttons pushing into the plastic...

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maggie320@reddit

I was going to say 2 then remembered Colecovision that my neighbor gave us when she moved.

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danappropriate@reddit

This is it.

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FRNLD@reddit

3, 6, 8, (pc gaming), 14, Stadia, 18, 21(switch 2).

Out of all of them, I think I miss Stadia the most. Such an easy system to use and perfect for the casual gamer.

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BeSeeVeee@reddit

1 and 2

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Cael_NaMaor@reddit

I started with 0 (Coleco) loke many others. Atari 1 was my family's first console...

I stopped at 10/13 because f*k all that noise. I'm not blowing a paycheck for a system every 4yrs just to have to blow multiple paychecks to have any fun on games that probably aren't really for me anyways.

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Usual-Role-9084@reddit

It was the gun from Duck Hunt, not pictured.

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ReasonableMerchant@reddit

#2, #3, #11, #12, #18. Def skipped a few generations between being a kid, and then buying my own console (og xbox).

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Devium44@reddit

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Automatic-House-4011@reddit

1, 2, 4, 6

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RegularCommonSense@reddit

Neither! It was this one.

SEGA Master System (8-bit). Then it was nr 3, followed by 7.

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SaintPenguinThe3rd@reddit

1 at my Grandparents, 2 was mine!

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Vintagemuse@reddit

1,2,4

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Alot2unpack@reddit

Without making me go to “the Xbox room” which is what my son and I call his game room (btw he hasn’t touch that Xbox in years lol, and there is also an old Wii and my old Nintendo in there) is there a different version of the #2 controller or am I crazy? Maybe a turbo or something! I have the same one posted, but I feel like I also have it with a curved handle, but looks mostly the same? And now I’m itching to play! Gonna have to bust out my game genie codes though because I have zero patience lol.

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PlatypusDependent271@reddit

2

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Legitimate-Term2310@reddit

1,2,3,5,9,13

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Torkin@reddit

1 and 2

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Entire_Log_4160@reddit

I don’t see Pong anywhere

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Savage_Bob@reddit

1-2-4-6-7-18

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CajunBuckeye@reddit

2->3->5->6->9->12->13->14->17->19… damn, I’m not a loyal gamer.

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Flat-Philosopher8447@reddit

I started with 2 and didn’t jump until 9!

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MossGobbo@reddit

1

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JurisUrsus@reddit

1

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username__0000@reddit

I remember loading up all the code you needed to start the game and then making AND eating snacks while I wait for the game to start after school.

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kbudz32@reddit

Space Taxi!

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Vegas_Steve@reddit

Same, had the Powerplay Cruiser and The Bug

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Smoke_and_Coffee@reddit

Same here! Actually we had a Vic 20 first then the 64. After that it was 2 then 3, then a very long break until 17.

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Mysterious_Peak_8740@reddit

We had an Intellivision.

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onesleekrican@reddit

1 then #2

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Several-External-193@reddit

Atari 2600....

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qtjedigrl@reddit

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LeModderD@reddit

Sega Master System controller (not shown here). For whatever reason our family was part of that small percentage that went with the master system over NES. I think we were sold on it “being better” or “better graphics”. It was fun and I certainly enjoyed it but it always felt like we had the weird system. And with NES having broader catalog with ability to borrow from friends (and discuss playing the same games) that would have been the better choice in hindsight.

On the plus side, I never had to blow on finicky game cartridges like I remember needing to do at my friends with NES.

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Amanuet@reddit

I had the one with the built in Alex Kidd game included.

You'd put in a game cartridge which wouldn't register and goddamn Alex Kidd would show up. Take out, blow, reinsert... Alex Kidd again!

I played a lot of Alex Kidd.

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artfully_dejected@reddit (OP)

See, I just assumed all the Sega controllers were included, because I (almost) never played the Sega systems…

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basiden@reddit

We got one because it was a cheap ex-rental from the local video store. I played so much of that thing. I had a couple of friends who'd come over to play it Because it was the weird system no one had

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Dirtypoolgang@reddit

There are dozens of us, Dozens!

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here_we_go2324@reddit

My cousins and I were a Sega family. The Wonder Boy games were my favourite. California Games was sick too.

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PilotC150@reddit

They always leave out the Sega Master System.

I have mine in the basement still, but I don’t think it works anymore.

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

Alex Kidd wouldn't give up on you, don't give up on him!

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LeModderD@reddit

You definitely need to give it a try to see if works after all this time!

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oskich@reddit

I had one friend who had a Master System, everyone else had a NES so trading games at school was hard for him. He then got a 16-bit Sega around 1990 and became the coolest person in school.

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ImOnlyHereForTheCoC@reddit

Master System Ghostbusters is the best contemporary adaptation IMO

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PORTOGAZI@reddit

Same here

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AnthrallicA@reddit

Yeah, our local video store only had NES games for rent 😕

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austinmiles@reddit

1 because my dad had it but we didn’t play it often. 2 was passed down used to me from my uncle.
I saved up and bought 3 when I was 11 and loved it. 7 was purchased with my first paycheck at CompUSA.
9 was a wedding gift.
Keeps going from there.

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WhtvrCms2Mnd@reddit

Only ever 2

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shankthedog@reddit

Og Mario at the library. I think it was called pipe brothers back then.

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dsp_pepsi@reddit

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artfully_dejected@reddit (OP)

Whoa, hold up! Was there an Apple equivalent to this? I think we had that!

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TrashBoatTrashBoat@reddit

Holy shit, there it is, that’s the one…works with the IBM PC jr.

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MundaneFinish@reddit

I had the Tandy version of this. I had no idea IBM had the exact same one, although the Tandy had a round connector.

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dsp_pepsi@reddit

I’m not sure if this is the same connector mine used either, but the joystick is definitely correct. There was a second black button on the back side, adjacent to the red one. I used it on a PC Jr.

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WhereItsAt75@reddit

My mom and dad had Pong. But of these I will say 1.

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waterfowlplay@reddit

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artfully_dejected@reddit (OP)

Forgot about that one! Totally had one for one of our Mac’s at some point…

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TeutonJon78@reddit

That joypad always felt so janky. The little screw in joystick was fun though.

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Hour-Philosopher8719@reddit

2. Ill never forget that christmas morning

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artfully_dejected@reddit (OP)

I had to go to a friend’s house to play the NES, but you do what you must.

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dbwedgie@reddit

My dad got a used Atari first, but NES was my first new console, and I had that Christmas experience too. Got a lot of miles out of that Nintendo!

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river_tree_nut@reddit

1,2,7,16,20 if we're going in order

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DroneDebrisFalling@reddit

Missing Sega Master System controller between 2 & 3, and 6 & 7 need to be swapped positions, PS came out before N64. Also where the frick is the Neo Geo AVS controller between 4&5?

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jamescockroft@reddit

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musicpheliac@reddit

Started at 4? Youngin'. I started with my Uncle's Pong system. Not even on the chart!

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BigManWAGun@reddit

Not my photo but it was my first.

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ByeJon@reddit

Was looking for a fellow Socrates (Socratite?) My parents got me one cause they thought an NES would rot my brain 😒

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BigManWAGun@reddit

This was partially the brain rot concern also just not having much money probably found this at a garage sale.

I eventually got NES so it worked out.

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wheniwaswheniwas@reddit

Been here since 1.

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Magnavox Odyssey2

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Bacch@reddit

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Silly_Sherbet5543@reddit

1

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BigOlBoots@reddit

Number 1, baby.

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Ossmo02@reddit

1, 4, 7.

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Cold-Monk5436@reddit

1

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djsynrgy@reddit

1.

Used to drive my dad nuts because for some reason my legs would kinda spasm every time I pressed the button to make Pitfall Harry jump. 😆

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mikerad1983@reddit

2

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Creative_Incident323@reddit

2-3-4-5-7-11-14-15-16-18-20

What all have I been missing out on, so many years without XBox? I logged in thousands of hours Halo 1 and 2.

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macmasher@reddit

Here's where I started, so between 1 and 2?

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NakedSnakeEyes@reddit

2

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macmasher@reddit

Here's where I started, so between 1 and 2?

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DadBodDissent@reddit

2, where my xennials at

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Buckeyebornandbred@reddit

Then had a bruise on my palm flipping Space Invader twice and Asteroids 4 times. Life was boring before the internet.

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Oldpuzzlehead@reddit

1

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chromatic_static@reddit

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Foreign-Commission@reddit

Atari 7800 was my first console, then SNES. Never had another

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cutlineman@reddit

1, 2, and 7 were my first three.

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WasteOfBerries@reddit

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human_sweater_vest@reddit

Yes! Intellivision (spelling?). I was a big fan of the d and d game they had . Also the tanks . My sister and I used to settle arguments that way

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Whybananasrule@reddit

Omg with the bouncing bullets! I loved that one!

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Shotgun_Kid@reddit

This is where I started too. Absolutely loved Astrosmash and Snafu.

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michaelHIJINX@reddit

Astrosmash was my jam!

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michaelHIJINX@reddit

Yeah! That's what my video game childhood looked like!

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TheSouthsideSlacker@reddit

I got it instead of the Atari 2600 and Space Invaders I was expecting. I was devastated for about an hour. Baseball alone saved her. Every kid on the neighborhood was at my house in about a week. Intellivision ruled.

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ithinkitsnotworking@reddit

The baseball was epic. "Yer Out!"

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Wrong-Barracuda0U812@reddit

Nothing like a game of Utopia to settle the nerves, where’s my fishing boat…

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Lafnear@reddit

Loved that game haha.

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Hilsam_Adent@reddit

Lost in a hurricane, sorry, buddy.

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DMHavoX@reddit

This is the real answer.

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MarvelousVanGlorious@reddit

This is the one.

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FireflyEvie@reddit

Are we starting with Swords and Serpents, or SNAFU? Or...Tron Amazatron?

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goddamn_leeteracola@reddit

There it is. Pitfall on intellivision is one of my first memories of gaming

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Pro-Rider@reddit

Yep, kept loosing the plastic inserts. Damn I’m old 😂

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Dicfive@reddit

1980

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Don_Shetland@reddit

Atari 5200 with this abomination

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facesnorth@reddit

yes mine too. this controller broke so frequently, I clearly remember we returned the system several times to Toys r us for a new one and then finally returned it for good.

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ebmfreak@reddit

Same here - despite the odd 4 button side control… the joy stick was really good on that.

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Don_Shetland@reddit

Good enough for pac man and qbert

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Apollyon248@reddit

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facesnorth@reddit

#2 for me as well. along with a giant garbage bag full of hand me down 2600 games which were backwards compatible, and I don't even remember who gave us that.

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DefMerlot@reddit

Yup, the good ole 7800. Then #2 for me!

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ZedRDuce76@reddit

That was my progression as well

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grmpygnome@reddit

Came looking for this fella

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MysteriousCicada5012@reddit

This is the one, the console came with Pole Position

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bloodectomy@reddit

Get off my lawn

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BilingualClothes27@reddit

I was a #1 Woot Woot

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Neither_Internal_261@reddit

2

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facesnorth@reddit

this was my first (atari 5200):

along with the game river raid, I'm guessing around Christmas 1983. however the controller kept breaking, so we eventually returned it. I thought we got a 7800 instead at that point (can't add 2nd image to show that controller....) but apparently it didn't become widely available until mid '86. I don't know recall that long of a gap between owning these 2 systems... but I did also acquire a massive garbage bag full of 2600 games which were backwards compatible.

I definitely wasn't the first kid on my block to own the NES, I don't think we got one until some time in '87. I know I did get Zelda and Tyson's punch out right around when they came out that year.

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unbossing@reddit

2, 3, 5, 7

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mojo4394@reddit

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laydeebug1678@reddit

1 & 2

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ZedRDuce76@reddit

Good old 7800

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Cephalopod_Dropbear@reddit

TI-99! Car Wars, Hunt the Wumpus, A-Maze-Ing, Parsec. So many good games!

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applyheat@reddit

I heart hunt the wumpus

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I_M_urbanspaceman@reddit

2 at friends' houses. 4 was the first we had at home.

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BaldEagleRising17@reddit

Intelevision is missing here.

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dirtjiggler@reddit

I remember wrenching on that controller, and it just took it.

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dragon925@reddit

Number one. I've been in this game a long time.

Get it?

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cellrdoor2@reddit

2 and 3 and then right to 18. I was a late video game adopter because we couldn’t afford it. My grandparents bought my sister and I an original NES in 1992 and we played the heck out of that thing. I still have it actually and sometimes play it. My kids very much enjoyed the power pad.

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Mc-Laney@reddit

No. 1, although connected to a Commodore C64, not an Atari console.

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Mr402TheSouthSioux@reddit

1

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pm_me_your_lub@reddit

1

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Porcupine__Racetrack@reddit

1, though not a ton.

2 got soooooo much use between my brother and I!

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DefendsTheDownvoted@reddit

Started at 1, but never owned an Atari. It was at my cousin's house. Got 2 (NES) for Christmas when I was five, in 1989.

After that it would be easier to name the consoles haven't owned: 14, 15, 16, 19

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TheStusha@reddit

My cousin had 1, but our first in-home system was 2. And what a truly glorious era that was..

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Reasonable-Note-6876@reddit

Started with #1.

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Slobound76@reddit

1

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VisiblePlatform6704@reddit

1 we had porky's revenge , seaquest, moon patrol and other games. Good times

I only had 1,2 and 4. Also Gameboy is missing. The "poorest" kids in my circle had GB only. (I also had it, OperationC was rad!)

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hiirogen@reddit

1 is closest but my first system was a Magnavox

Odyssey2

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strangebru@reddit

Number 1

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octapodi@reddit

Atari 5200 anyone?

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_ism_@reddit

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1101base2@reddit

I have used all except 15-16, but started with 1 with bonus collecovision

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prince_walnut@reddit

1 and 2. Cousin had the Atari and NES, but got my own NES in 88.

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Spicy_Potato_Person@reddit

1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20. Progress peaked with the indestructible Gravis joystick for my Atari 2600, owned several for PC too. Now my hands hurt after a few minutes of playing; it was a good run while it lasted.

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Critical_Liz@reddit

What asshole designed six man? That thing was a pain in teh ass.

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TheMidnightHandyman@reddit

2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,16,17,18,19,20.

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michigan85@reddit

This followed by #3 Genesis controller. I was a sega kid.

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AdamScottBradley@reddit

Sega Mastersystem! Came here to post this!

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rAndoFraze@reddit

2, 3, 5………….17

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

Started with 1,2 and 3 at friend's houses as my parents were afraid of screen burn.

I saved lawn mowing and allowance money for this brand new thing called a "Game Boy".

Later on I bought 6 as an adult.

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Accadius@reddit

We had nes in the late 80s then I met a new friend in 1992 that had an atari so technically the first I used was 2 but have used 1.

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Yakitori_Grandslam@reddit

SEGA master system controller is always missing.

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jhamby84@reddit

I see this type of game controller all the time and never see a sega master system controller-my first

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Deut008@reddit

2

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Captain3leg-s@reddit

Easier to list the controllers I haven't used. 1, 5, 8, 15, 19.

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Snoo_67218@reddit

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Total_Ordinary_8736@reddit

2, 4, 6, 12, 16, 17, now on 20

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GratefuLdPhisH@reddit

Pong

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MegaRadCoolDad@reddit

I started on my sister's #1. I bought #2 for myself after requesting cash from my friends for my birthday.

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Snoo_67218@reddit

Master System controller. Although the bugger broke quite easily after a while.

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CyanideOnyx@reddit

2,9,13,16,20...... However..... I play/ played more PC than any of them. Still love playing Doom. Also....Diablo 1 butcher ..... "Fresh meat!". ...... "AHHHH I'm gonna die! .... Run away run away"

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WaitUntilTheHighway@reddit

Sega master system. Not repped in the image

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

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TwistingEcho@reddit

This was epic for Arkanoid on Commodore64. I was so spoilt having paddles that no breakout style game felt as smooth.

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Independent_Step9574@reddit

yeah - I had these and the the joystick - (#1), but I remember using the paddle more than the joystick.

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red_bird85@reddit

Gasp. Had forgotten.

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AppropriateAmoeba406@reddit

That’s the one I was looking for!

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d-wail@reddit

Yes, that one! Then the Atari joystick.

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IdeaApprehensive4289@reddit

We had 1 ( I have 3 older bros) but 2 was the beginning of it all. I love being a kid of the 80s

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bloodpriestt@reddit

gif

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phalse21@reddit

1

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

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DramaticPinkumni@reddit

Odyssey never gets the attention it deserves

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

Best video/board game crossover ever!

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DramaticPinkumni@reddit

Absolutely! Still have the complete set, but unfortunately my Odyssey 2 no longer works

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Ineedavodka2019@reddit

1

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zorbacles@reddit

1 for me

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lizard7709@reddit

1, but before that I had a commodore 64

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mstermind@reddit

My first controller was number 1. I also used number 2 a lot.

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heldaway@reddit

1!

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Zeke_Smith@reddit

2

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I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE@reddit

2-3-7. And I've been with PlayStation ever since

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Lima3Echo@reddit

Master System!

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Quinalla@reddit

1,4,9,12,14

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Adventurous-Depth984@reddit

Where’s the intellivision?

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sey5_venn@reddit

My grandparents let me play their Atari. I remember playing Pole Position, and that Popeye game that was the prototype for Donkey Kong.

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FaceRockerMD@reddit

1 baby. Pitfall/pole position/Robotron were my first games.

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Misfit_77@reddit

1

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Affectionate-Art-143@reddit

1

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veety@reddit

1, 2, 4, 14, 18. Always a Nintendo girl, but played a lot of Space Invaders before I got my NES.

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blue_suavitel@reddit

2, 6

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intentionallybad@reddit

1 for the Atari. Did anyone else wrap the joystick in colorful electrical tape?

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Noskiblz@reddit

1 I was the most popular kid in my neighborhood until #2 came out and everyone else had one before me

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gule_gule@reddit

1,2,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19

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HangryHangryHedgie@reddit

Wasn't allowed to play video games. But my friend down the street had #2 and then Sega Genesis.

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Noskiblz@reddit

1 - I was the most popular kid on my block until #2 came out

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Treadstone1971@reddit

I’ve used everyone single one of these!

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nzungu69@reddit

1, on commodore 64.

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kivsemaj@reddit

Good times

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DG04511@reddit

1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 18

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serchq@reddit

1

with a console that my uncle had. it burned so many CRT TVs that my mom never wanted to know about consoles at our place. lol

finally got 12 for my kids. then 14. and I'm currently on 20

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sarahdalrymple@reddit

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Karrun@reddit

1,3,7,9,13,16,17

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DrMasterBlaster@reddit

2, 7, 11, 12, 14, 18

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Swick08@reddit

I had 1, 2, 4, and 7 throughout my childhood/teen years.

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chemgeek_2@reddit

Number 1. One of my earliest memories.

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Spaceboy779@reddit

2 baby

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photoman901@reddit

4, then 3

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Han_Swolo_18@reddit

2 then 3

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_somelikeithot@reddit

4 (and I still have it!), #6, #9 or #13 (that one belonged to my bf), and many drunken nights Wii bowling with #14.

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the_kid1234@reddit

My first was Magnavox Odyssey II!

I’ve had 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14 & 18.

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adon4@reddit

1

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fuuture_mike@reddit

2, 3 (friend’s house), 4 (other friend’s house), 18 & 20.

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choir-mama@reddit

1 at grandma’s place, 2 was my first, and got 6 for my 16th birthday.

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doompines@reddit

First was 2, then 3, 7, 9, 13, 14, 18, and now Switch 2.

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LMurch13@reddit

1, but it was used with a Commodore 64. We were too poor for an Atari, lol.

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trippyhop@reddit

2, then moved onto 3

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BriefPension8231@reddit

3, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18

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buffalovirgo@reddit

Where’s the pong controller?

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Diligent_Accident775@reddit

But I used 1 at my grandparents house

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Key_Independence_103@reddit

2

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draqza@reddit

The first I owned was 4, but probably the first I used was 1. Good ol' Atari...

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Vash_85@reddit

Started with 2, then got 4... And present day have ALL

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Vox_Mortem@reddit

When I was eight or so my mom worked a second part time seasonal job at Toys R Us over the Christmas rush so that she could afford to get us the original 8-bit NES, so #2 was my first controller. These days I'm a PC girlie, but I've used most of these and have a #17 in a drawer around here somewhere.

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NTA_Shawn@reddit

Atari 7600

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annied33@reddit

Definitely 1 but also this paddle controller: https://imglink.cc/cdn/iJ0du93yJU.jpeg

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annied33@reddit

Definitely 1 but also this paddle controller thing https://imglink.cc/cdn/iJ0du93yJU.jpeg

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Adventurous-State940@reddit

1

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saison257@reddit

1, then 2, then 4. Also had the old school Q-bert and Frogger. The original hand-held gaming consoles.

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HandaZuke@reddit

PC Engine / TG 16 is the GenX of game consoles.

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bigmanbananas@reddit

12,2,7,9,12. I still have my original 12.

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iwanttobelieve74@reddit

1,2,4,6,10,11,12,14,15,17,18

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smoot99@reddit

236

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Shed_Some_Skin@reddit

The most satisfyingly clicky stick ever

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Purple10tacle@reddit

Competition Pro - that was mine as well! Classic black/red version, though.

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BritOnTheRocks@reddit

I almost posted this one until I remembered it wasn’t my first, but it was my best!

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dbwedgie@reddit

What the hell is that thing? I've never seen that before!

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Shed_Some_Skin@reddit

Kempston joystick. I had it for the ZX Spectrum, but it was the same port as most of the consoles and PCs from the Atari 2600 to the Mega Drive/Genesis

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jenga-benga1245@reddit

Wasn't it for an Commodore Amiga 500?

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DrMonkeyLove@reddit

I went 1, 2, 3 before ultimately switching to keyboard and mouse (though I do have an Xbox controller on my PC now).

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edwardturnerlives@reddit

Pre 1

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TheLastBoat@reddit

By older cousin who lived up stairs had Atari. Santa brought my the Nintendo and it changed my life.

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Pristine-Wind-2508@reddit

1

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Notredamus1@reddit

2, Christmas 1988. It came with Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt.

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The_Goondocks@reddit

Intellivision

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djln491@reddit

1 still have it and it still works

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BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit

1

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Cinderhazed15@reddit

TI 99-4a

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Kurfaloid@reddit

Nice me too

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No_Stress1164@reddit

Good old number 1 for me. Still have it and the console from when i was a kid.

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BRINGERofMILK@reddit

2! It was the best Christmas morning ever! (79)

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alwaus@reddit

Wheres the vectrex?

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OgreBane99@reddit

1, 4, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20

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GutsAndBlackStufff@reddit

1-20

Also got a flight stick and throttle for Mechwarrior 5

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81JSB@reddit

1,2,3,7, 12

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ladyeclectic79@reddit

Started out w #2!! Got an NES Christmas morning 1986 and never really looked back from gaming. 🤩❤️🤩

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DeschainSWNC@reddit

My childhood Megadrive still works, although finding a TV which it can connect to is near impossible these days.

Then from age 18 and getting my first proper job, I've had 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19 and 20.

Yes, I am a massive nerd.

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NatWilo@reddit

Parents bought an Atari 2600 just before I was born, and Dad had an ancient Calico with the reostat controller that only played pong. Those were my first video games. First anything. I used to demand to watch my parents play frogger. I was addicted to the music, and to watching the frog go SPLAT!

Later I became a Dig-dug and joust fanatic.

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Illystylez619@reddit

3 then 7. Me and my sister weren't huge video game player after that. I play the Sims4 on PC mostly now.

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thotuthot@reddit

Doesn't it count when your older cousin handed you the unplugged one to shut you up?

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MowingInJordans@reddit

1

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Sonofabitchnbastard@reddit

1

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SushiStew-1007@reddit

2 then 3.

Still have that old Nintendo. My Sega I had till I was 16 when my mom tossed it thinking I was using my PS2 more instead. I’m 35 and still tear up just thinking of it.

(Loved my PS2 but sometimes a kid just wanted to play Sonic for hours)

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onikaizoku11@reddit

No shame here. I started with #1. Fave game was Empire Strikes Back.

I absolutely sucked at it.

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Ltimbo@reddit

1 and 2 at the same time.

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chuckart9@reddit

Fist I owned was 2 but I played with a 1 at the babysitter’s house.

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dragon2fire@reddit

2

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TinyRandomLady@reddit

1 was my first. But why is turbografx excluded?

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RememberCakeFarts@reddit

I first played with 1. The first that was just mine and not the "family's" was 7.

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buddahsumo@reddit

2 first then 7,8,9,13,14,18 and, 20

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Doodurpoon@reddit

4

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ColdSteeleIII@reddit

1

Bought it with my brother with our own money for (I think) $200 at Consumers Distributing when we worked the family farm for $1/hr.

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Key-Respond6865@reddit

Started with 1, spent lots of time with 2 and especially 13. Now nothing

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hipkat13@reddit

1

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brutecookie5@reddit

1, or the dial type controller.

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Kalle_79@reddit

1 (Atari XE)

3

12

13 (also on PC)

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MitchMcConnellsJowls@reddit

1-2-4-7...

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CherryCherry5@reddit

It's not in the picture. My dad had an Intelevision and the console and controllers looked like this:

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Adbam@reddit

I don't see the intellivision remote but it would be one two after that

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GoldMedalSwimmer76@reddit

1

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Less_Likely@reddit

Apple IIe keyboard and paddles.

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Straight_Flow_4095@reddit

1 - Atari 2600

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Neezy3000@reddit

Started with 1. Have played and owned all but 7,8,11,16 & 20. Now I own a Steamdeck and play pretty much everything on it. 😁

Also made sure to start my kid on 1 🫣

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mrossm@reddit

Somehow I had an Atari then skipped alllll the way to a PS2. Nintendo and GameCube were only things i knew about from friends houses

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thinkspeak_@reddit

I didn’t own one until I was older so 7, but I grew up playing 1 (my dad’s) and 2, 4, 6 (cousins). Currently own 5, 6, 12, 14, 18 so my son’s first was 5

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Dog_Baseball@reddit

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purpleskyblues@reddit

1 due to my gen x older brother

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small___potatoes@reddit

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Nwcray@reddit

Lifetime:

1, 2, 4, 6, 7, (wired PS2 - missing), 9, 13, 24, 18, 20.

48 y/o male.

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dragon34@reddit

1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 18

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OskeyBug@reddit

1

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Boring_Blood4603@reddit

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o_0dk-frlsyall314@reddit

1 and 2

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IAm5toned@reddit

1, 2, 7

also in that order

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Titfortatbrat@reddit

Then 2,3,4,6,11,14,15,18.

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lemystereduchipot@reddit

2 in 1987

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narwhal_platypus@reddit

Technically none b/c my dad bought a Sega instead of a Nintendo..."Aren't they the same thing?"

Hubs bought me the NES classic edition for Christmas several years back so now it's 2+

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ebmfreak@reddit

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This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit

8,12,14,15 are the o ly controllers i havemt used

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ConqueefStador@reddit

Apple II joystick was my Grandpa's.

Sega Master system was the first I owned.

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majj27@reddit

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littleseaotter@reddit

No one ever remembers the poor Bally. That joystick used to pinch your thumb so bad.

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Twanlx2000@reddit

Was wondering if someone would post this. My dad had one when I was a kid, — I got a lot more mileage out of my NES, but one of the first tech wins I ever had was fixing whatever connectivity issue his Bally was having when I was in high school, and I set it up on an old black and white TV when I finally got my own room.

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Fancy_Depth_4995@reddit

Wow

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

1 through 5 are the most important ones, all of them bring back a flood of memories. 1 was the first, as far as consoles go. C64 might be the tell first, though

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balzstein@reddit

2. Most time with #3.

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Liqwid9@reddit

laughs in Atari 7800

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Incubus1981@reddit

We had these for the Commodore 64 that my dad bought in 1983

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ChiefSampson@reddit

1 with copious amounts of Frogger, Missle Command, and what was that one where you swung on vines? Can't remember the name.

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Anthrax4breakfast@reddit

Ugh, 1

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Abpoe77@reddit

1

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Swifty-Dog@reddit

And we called it a “paddle.” I do not know why.

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MoparViking74@reddit

1, not shown (Sega Master System), 3, 7, 9, 12, 17, 20. Those were the system’s I played the most. I currently have 2, 6, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20

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ljf137@reddit

1 at my older cousin's house. #2 at my house.

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RedDawnWlvrines@reddit

Started with #1 on a secondhand Atari 2600

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gullyfoyle777@reddit

I started with 1. Adventure was my favorite

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justtapitin65@reddit

2

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brokenman82@reddit

Then I went SEGA, then N64, now I’ve got a switch and a ps5. Never owned an Xbox

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roberrrrrrt@reddit

3,6,8,9,13,14,18,20

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Neat_Comparison_7289@reddit

2

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Buttspirgh@reddit

Two!

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putitontheunderhills@reddit

1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19

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aweedl@reddit

1, then 2 years after the fact, then was too far behind to give a shit about video games after the fact.

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Electrical_Top_7731@reddit

2, 7, 9, then 13

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roauring@reddit

I've used and owned majority of these controllers except for # 20.

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Poison_Ivy_Rorschach@reddit

1

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che_vos@reddit

Started with 1

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RGDJR@reddit

One

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sureal42@reddit

1, second was the Sega Master System

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SubMikeD@reddit

1

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starwestsky@reddit

1!

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DarthBster@reddit

Mine was the Atari 5200. It looked like a Colecovision controller with the numbers.

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yakkitysaxmoment@reddit

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 18. Missing the Gameboy.

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RonWisely@reddit

2

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Ersh777@reddit

Started with 1. Owned 1-10 at some point in my youth. Later had 13 and 14, now have 18.

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gxt2613@reddit

I think the sytsem was called Fairchild. Before Atari.

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Beezel_Pepperstack@reddit

1, then 4, then 7.

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GoldGrillard@reddit

1, we had one and my best friend had the calico vision!

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wxguy215@reddit

1... But why is it upside down?

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RadGnarly42@reddit

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Withnail_I_am_I_am@reddit

1 Atari? Only ever played it a couple times. I got my first Nintendo in '86 and then stayed w/ and upgraded Nintendo whenever we could.

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MarvelousVanGlorious@reddit

I started with an Intellivision controller back in the early 80s. Controllers on this list that I’ve had: 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,16 and 20.

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oskich@reddit

1/2 (C64/Nintendo)

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Fast-Damage2298@reddit

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TheCunningRabbit@reddit

First I owned was 2, but I played on 1 a bit first. Before that I also did some games on our old pc around '87. Shout out to gertrude's secret for dos! 🙃

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Mueryk@reddit

If people are calling Colleco Vision 0, then I started with -1 at Pong paddles.

Though technically it was the family’s. So was the Atari. The NES was all mine though.

I still have the Atari and the NES too.

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rekt_ralf@reddit

1 then 3 then 7

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crazy_joe21@reddit

I played on 1-18 owned maybe 50% of them!

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psychowolf26@reddit

I think I went in your order of pictures:1-5, then 7,9,14,18, and now 20.

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Drucifur88@reddit

2, 6, 10

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Which_Throat7535@reddit

2!

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ImOnlyHereForTheCoC@reddit

1, which I used on a 2600 and a Commodore 64

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KMFDM__SUCKS@reddit

1

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graveybrains@reddit

All the other 1st gen consoles and the Sega Master System called:

https://i.redd.it/1me3kckqg8tg1.gif

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betelgeuse206265@reddit

9, but only because my parents wouldn’t let me buy a gaming system and I got my first one in graduate school 🤣

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mrmcgeek@reddit

1 started it for me. My uncle had one and whenever we’d visit I’d play Defender and Space Invaders for as long as I could.

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dbwedgie@reddit

I started with a used #1. Thanks, now I feel old.

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poop-money@reddit

A stick

But fior real, 1, 2, then 4.

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lmpcpedz@reddit

Atari 2600 kid here. #1
Space Invaders was prob my favorite game.

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Ubilease@reddit

No love for the ol PC engine? Keith Courage in Alpha Zones is a absolute BANGER

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ponchoacademy@reddit

Im not much of a system gamer... My first I ever played with is #2 and it wasnt mine, it was my friends that Id play games with. So my actual first one I owned, and still own was #17. My first ever controller wasnt on a system, it connected to the computer? or was it the TV? I cant totally remember...I was like 10-12 somewhere around there. Im still a PC keyboard / mouse gamer.

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USUgoody@reddit

1,3,5,7,9,13 with a pong paddle that connected to he tv before all that.

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farkingusernames@reddit

I'm too old, I guess mine would be 0? Colleco vision

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higglesworth@reddit

Started at 2 and have owned all except 5 and 20

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Relevant_Wrangler830@reddit

1,2,3,5

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ValancyNeverReadsit@reddit

Of ones I have actually owned, 6 and then 14. In order from what I’ve played on, 2, then 1, then 4, then 6, 9, and 14.

Also, whatever the remote was from the Compact Disc Interactive system my dad gave my brother.

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Gwendolyn-NB@reddit

Neighbors had #1, which was the first I played; I won #2 when I was like 8 so that's the first I owned.

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zerohero83@reddit

These.

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somenemophilist@reddit

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d-wail@reddit

I played a lot with #1, but we also had the pong controllers that were like a dial that just went back and forth.

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QuintonFrey@reddit

Numero uno.

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luxtabula@reddit

I played with 1, but 2 was when I had one in my home. I've held all but 15 and 20.

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NPC261939@reddit

Technically it was some sort of pong only devise my parents had, but I'd say my first real gaming venture started with the NES.

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devpuppy@reddit

2 and just straight down from there

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Lucky_Louch@reddit

ColecoVision in between 1 and 2 early/mid 80's. It was a very strange controller with two trigger buttons on each side a joystick and a full number pad. different games and overlays to different inputs you would put over the number pad but I never had any it was usually just trial and error. Still have my system and games but the connector is so old its literally 2 wires that wrap around connectors on the back of the old TV's.

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Vargen_HK@reddit

I started on a paddle controller my dad hacked together from a light dimmer and some random button. I used it to play a Space Invaders knockoff on his Color Computer.

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_ShutUpImThinking_@reddit

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mistyblue3@reddit

Mine isn't there. Intelevision. My second was nintendo

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Super_Villainelle@reddit

2 - 4 - 12 - 14 - 17 - 18

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stafford_fan@reddit

1

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RanklesTheOtter@reddit

First one we had was the Atari VCS, so #1.

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Helo7606@reddit

Started with 1.

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ObligationJumpy6415@reddit

1-3, then 17 LOL

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JackSpadesSI@reddit

Mouse

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SteveEcks@reddit

First was 2.

3 carried me for decades.

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dominator5k@reddit

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Sodamyte@reddit

I have used them all.

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Ilikestuffandthingz@reddit

1

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hamburgler26@reddit

These were the first. Although #2 NES was certainly the one I really played the most as a kid before we graduated to the SNES and later PSX.

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goodhumorman85@reddit

2 - 4 - 3 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 11 - 14

Ironically I only ever owned 2, 4 and 7

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adjperiod@reddit

I only ever had 1 (as a hand me down) and 2 for the next 25 years

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Ill-Football-5218@reddit

1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 16, 20

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StillhasaWiiU@reddit

Only 3 controllers from the 80s?

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Rough-Instruction-29@reddit

1 was my first and #7 was the last one I owned

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Taanistat@reddit

Played 1 first. Then owned the Atari 7800 (not pictured). Then #2, #3, #5, which is probably supposed to be a Sega Saturn controller but whoever made this couldn't tell the difference between a Saturn and Genesis 6 button.

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dmaul17@reddit

1

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DaveMcElfatrick@reddit

Number 1, because it was a hand me down from my cousin.

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DeadHead2002@reddit

2, but I had aunts/uncles ten years older than me that still had an Atari, so I got to play that too!

1983

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Gondi63@reddit

1,3,5,6,20

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Annhl8rX@reddit

I started with 1 (one of my earliest memories), then 2. I didn’t have another system until 11, and even that was a few years after it came out.

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awesomecubed@reddit

Started with 1 and ended with 3

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Electronic_Rope4178@reddit

Started with #1 and have had the rest of them

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BeBopBarr@reddit

1, 2, now 18

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Peanut083@reddit

I didn’t own a NES myself, but used to regularly use my friend’s console when I was at her house, so number 2. I actually used and/or owned every console in the second column, with the only deviation from column 2 being number 15.

Funny story about how my now-husband ended up with a Game Cube; he was hanging around the shopping centre near where I was working at the time waiting for me to finish work. He went into EB Games (I think it’s the Aussie version of Game Stop) and saw a Star Wars game that he liked the look of. So he bought it. Then the sales assistant asked him if he had a Game Cube. My husband was like “Uh, no”. The dude was all “You need a Game Cube to play this game”. So he bought a Game Cube.

He literally only ever bought one game for it. I later bought a second game, which was the sequel of the first game. We still have the Game Cube and a whole two games for it sitting around our home somewhere.

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Healthy-Neat-2989@reddit

I’m an elder Xennial.

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Holmes221bBSt@reddit

2,3,7 for me

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yet_another_uniq_usr@reddit

I can't relate to people who don't answer 2.

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CaptinEmergency@reddit

1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 18, 20.

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RebelScum77@reddit

1, the first time I ever got in trouble for cussing was because I dropped an F bomb playing Donkey Kong

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Fabulous-Airline-473@reddit

2

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minimonimuse@reddit

2 and also a PC engine.

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Coakis@reddit

My first at home console was SNES but I have had 1-9 in my hands before I was 16

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C1sko@reddit

2

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Kahnza@reddit

Engagement bait

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walkinghrviolation86@reddit

2

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burgundyblue@reddit

Started with 1

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IndyDoggy@reddit

1 (was my father's Atari) 2 (shared system with siblings) 4 (my all-time favourite)

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tmntmic@reddit

1 was my first but I spent the most time with 9 and 12

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

Apple II joystick

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rayray1927@reddit

Then 14, 18 and 20. There was a long gap!

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thehakujin82@reddit

Dude I came here is 1-2-11 thinking I was gonna have the biggest parental-affordability gap. You got me but a good stretch haha.

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DarksunDaFirst@reddit

Mine is never listed in this picture - but Sega Master System.

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lordmhoram@reddit

I had one of those! Such a fun console

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AnthrallicA@reddit

Our house got robbed when I was a kid and my NES was one of the things taken. My mom was able to score a Sega Master System with a ton of games and accessories as a replacement. I didn't like it as much as the NES but still had a good time.

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