r/videogames • u/Mintangah17 PlayStation • 12h ago

Discussion / Question what was the very first piece of hardware that started your gaming journey?

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u/mangosport 8h ago

My first console was the PS1. Yes my knees and my back hurt

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u/JakeHelldiver 7h ago

Laughs in NES

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u/the_axemurmurer 7h ago

Laughs in pong machine

It was my dad's before I got a PS1

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u/AllSurfaceN0Feeling 7h ago

Chortles in Binatone.

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u/VladDHell 7h ago

You kids had electricity!?

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u/Wactout 6h ago

Laughs in 25ft tall metal slides and death cage monkey bars.

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u/VladDHell 6h ago

Wait! You kids got to play with PROCESSED metals!?

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u/Wactout 6h ago

It was brand new thing they called Founderies? Some thing about ores or something. I was too busy running like a crab because of the rickets.

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u/Bloodhoven_aka_Loner 6h ago

what kind of pain/syndrome is NES?

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u/Decaying-Moon 6h ago

It's just the Duck Hunt dog laughing at you constantly.

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u/greengunblade 6h ago

Turns into dust in Atari 2600

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u/PoraDora 5h ago

second this

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u/-TheHumorousOne- 8h ago

Same, I now make an involuntary sound like a console booting up from standby mode whenever I get up from sitting.

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u/Delicious_Cane 7h ago

Bro you just need to move

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u/CatsPlusTats 7h ago

Why do your knees and back hurt? You mustn't be a day over 21. Right...?

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u/zk3033 5h ago

There were so many cool games for PS1, and that loyalty was really rewarded with the awesome era of PS2.

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u/Cjkrythos 5h ago

Genesis

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u/SummonBahamutZero 4h ago

Young human, if they hurt, it’s only from neglect.

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u/Dr-Salty-Dragon 3h ago

I got my first console, a SNES, when I was 14...