The "being a kid in the early 2000s" thread with the video game talk of when people bought different consoles made me think up this thread. It sounds like it would be interesting! Maybe also list launch games you bought it with them.

So I'll go first

1993 - born
1996 -- I had an Atari and NES. Yeah, my parents were cheap, not sure when we bought them.
1998 - Gameboy -- Pokémon Red
1998 - Nintendo 64 -- Ocarina of Time & Super Mario 64
2000 - Gameboy Color -- Pokémon Gold
2002 - Gamecube -- Super Smash Bros. Mélee & Luigi's Mansion
2003 - Gameboy Advance -- Megaman Battle Network, Pokémon Ruby
2004 - Playstation 2 -- GTA San Andreas
2006 - Nintendo DS -- Mario Kart DS
2007 - Wii -- Wii Sports and Twilight Princess
2008 - Xbox 360 -- Forza 2 and Halo 3.
2011 - 3DS -- Super Mario 3D Land
2014 - Playstation 3 (no kidding!) -- various games.

What year did you buy each console? I'm interested!  :D

1995-born during Super Nintendo and SEGA Genesis wars
1999-Nintendo 64 :D


2000-Gameboy color


2001-Gameboy Advanced


2003-PS2


2006- XBOX


2008-XBOX 360


2009- PlayStation 3


2013-PlayStation 4


2014- SEGA Dreamcast, FINALLY


2016-SEGA Saturn, hopefully they are still cheap on amazon ;D

2003- Gamecube
2003- Gameboy Advance SP
2004- XBOX
2006- Nintendo DS
2006- Nintendo DS Lite
2007- Wii
2011- XBOX 360

2016-SEGA Saturn, hopefully they are still cheap on amazon ;D


I would advise learning Japanese first  ;D

On the Gamespot boards around 2006-2007, there was this huuuge SEGA fanboy who learnt Japanese so he could play all the Saturn games. He says it's his favourite console of all time and that you had to learn Japanese to really appreciate the Saturn  ;D The guy was whack but you have to respect his dedication. He was the only Nintendo hater I liked. Other than that, if you were a Nintendo hater, you were my mortal enemy!

What games did you guys buy when you first bought the consoles?

Unknown - NES, Original Game Boy
1997 - PS1 (dad's)
1998 - Nintendo 64
1999 - Game Boy Color
2000 - PS2 (dad's)
2001 - Game Boy Advance, GameCube
2003 - Game Boy Advance SP
2006 - DS Lite
2007 - Wii, PS3 (dad's)
2011 - 3DS

Other than that, if you were a Nintendo hater, you were my mortal enemy!

What games did you guys buy when you first bought the consoles?

As a preschooler and kindergartener I loved Nintendo for their 64 and color consoles. But during the GameCube era the PS2's awesomeness drove me away. PlayStation 2 felt like a badass and cool console. Nintendo felt like they hadn't moved on with the times, the GameCube looked like a freaking lunchbox. I know I was still at that kid age, but I wanted something fresh and new, PlayStation 2 was exactly that.

1993 - born (pretty obvious with my screen name  ;D)

1999 - Game Boy Color - Either Super Mario Bros DX or Pokemon Red (I got both around the same time, I'm just not sure which one I got first)

1999 - N64 - Star Wars: Ep. I Racer and Ocarina of Time

2000 - PS1 - Spyro The Dragon

2000 or early 2001 - Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure

Either late 2001 or early 2002 - Game Boy Advance - Some Tony Hawk game (can't remember specifically)

2002 - Gamecube - Super Smash Bros. Melee

2003 - PS2 - DBZ Budokai

2005 - Nintendo DS - Super Mario DS

2006 - Sony PSP - I think it was Need For Speed: Underground 2

2007 - XBOX 360 - Spiderman 3

2008 - Nintendo Wii - Super Smash Bros Brawl and Mario Party 8

2015 - PS3 - Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix (I kid you not, I bought this system nearly 10 years after it was originally released. Only reason I bought it was to play KH 1.5 and 2.5)

1996 - Born; Transition from SNES/Genesis to PS1/N64

2000 - First Gaming Memories with SNES, N64, PS1, & Dreamcast at relatives's houses; Gameboy Color in Christmas

2001 - PS1 on 5th Birthday

2003 - Gameboy Advance for 7th Birthday; PS2 for Christmas

2005 - Gamecube for Christmas

2006 - Nintendo D.S in the summer

2007 - Wii for 11th Birthday (Probably the last console I associate with my childhood, albeit late childhood)

2009 - PS3 for Christmas

2011 - Xbox 360 for Christmas

2012 - Wii U on day one

2013 - PS4 on day one

2014 - Nintendo 3DS for 18th Birthday

And hopefully I could get my hands on a 'New' 3DS sometime soon

Brother's consoles that I grew up playing:
1986 - NES Duck Hunt/Super Mario Bros.
1991 - SNES Super Mario World
1992 - Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog

My consoles:
1990 - Gameboy Tetris
1996 - PS1 Crash Bandicoot and N64 Super Mario 64
1998 - Gameboy Color I Don't Remember
1999 - Dreamcast Crazy Taxi
2000 - The Mighty PS2! I think I bought Ridge Racer, DOA 2, Dynasty Warriors 2, Donald Duck Goin' Quackers, Midnight Club Street Racing, SSX, Madden 2001 and NASCAR 2001 all sometime this year but I don't remember which one I bought first.
2001 - Gamecube rebought Crazy Taxi and XBOX Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2x
2008 - PS3 Uncharted

2016-SEGA Saturn, hopefully they are still cheap on amazon ;D


The Saturn is only worth a nickle. ;)

What games did you guys buy when you first bought the consoles?

1999-Nintendo 64, Super Mario,Mario Kart 64, Wave Race 64, Bomberman HERO,Zelda Ocarnia of Time, Glover, Mario Party 
2000-Gameboy color; Pokemon Yellow, Zelda, Megman Xtreme,
2001-Gameboy Advanced; Sonic Advanced, Donkey Kong Country, Tekken Advanced, DBZ, Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
2003-PS2; DBZ budokai, Final Fantasy 10, Smackdown Shut Your Mouth, Tekken Tag Tournament, Jak and Daxter,
2006- XBOX; Halo, Halo 2, NFL Blitz,
2008-XBOX 360; DBZ Burst Limit, Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, Soul Calibur 4
2009- PlayStation 3; Uncharted 2, Ratchet and Clank a crank in time, DJ Hero, Modern Warfare 3
2013-PlayStation 4 ; Assassin's Creed 4, LEGO Marvel Superheroes,
2014- SEGA Dreamcast; WWF Attitude, Tony Hawk's Pro Skate 1 and 2, Quake 3 Arena, Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur

My cousin's consoles I played with:
PS1(2000-2003), PS2(2001-2002)
Gamecube(2002-2005)


My uncle's: SEGA Genesis(2001-2004)
                  SEGA Dreamcast(2001-2003)

1994 I got the Super Nintendo.
2006 I bought a used PS2.
2009 I bought a new Xbox360.

I'm too old to remember the exact years something happened.... so the dates are more approximations than factual

1967  -  born
1970s  - Intellevision
1980s  - Atari 2600 and 5200
1986 - Nintendo (it was a birthday gift)
1990/91 - Super Nintendo
1995 - Playstation
1997/98 - Nintendo 64
1997    -  Gameboy
1998 - Sega Genesis
2000s  - PS 2
2002  - Xbox
2005  - PSP
2007  - wii (a couple years later I traded it in for a black one)
2008    - PS 3
2014    - Xbox 360



Edited because I forgot to include my Wii

I will try my best to list everything in the right order lol

1991: Sega Genesis- The first console I remember us having. With it we got Sonic the Hedgehog. Later on we had Monopoly, Mrs. Pac-Man, Moonwalker, Golf, NBA All stars and this racing game. My sister still has it as far as I know but we lost some of the games.

1993: Super Nintendo- With this we had Donkey Kong Country. We also got Super Mario World and Mario All Stars. I remember my cousin had some games for it as well, Mortal Combat, Street Fighter and Donkey Kong 2. We sold this console last year as we no longer played it.

1997?: NES- I'm not 100% sure when we got our first one. I know it was before this but since I don't know the exact year I will talk about this particular one. We got it at a garage sale. With it Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. Double Dare, Wheel of Fortune and I think we had more. My sister has it as far as I know.

2000?: Playstation- we got this sometime in the late 90's/early 00's. WCW Thunder, Frogger, QBert, Super Tetris and this one with various games possibly more. We can't play it as were missing a part.

2000: N64- My favorite. Mario World 64, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Rugrats In Paris, Street Racing and Tony Hawk Pro Skating. I don't know what happens to it.

2003: Gamecube:- I had this for a short time. Sonic Greatest Hits and this game with a cop in Los Angelas, I really can't remember the title.

2009: Playstation 2- GTA: Vice City and San Andreas, a snow boarding game and Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop.

I have also played XBox, Wii, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, a newer mini version of Atari and ovcourse PC games.

I will try my best to list everything in the right order lol

1991: Sega Genesis- The first console I remember us having. With it we got Sonic the Hedgehog. Later on we had Monopoly, Mrs. Pac-Man, Moonwalker, Golf, NBA All stars and this racing game. My sister still has it as far as I know but we lost some of the games.

1993: Super Nintendo- With this we had Donkey Kong Country. We also got Super Mario World and Mario All Stars. I remember my cousin had some games for it as well, Mortal Combat, Street Fighter and Donkey Kong 2. We sold this console last year as we no longer played it.

1997?: NES- I'm not 100% sure when we got our first one. I know it was before this but since I don't know the exact year I will talk about this particular one. We got it at a garage sale. With it Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. Double Dare, Wheel of Fortune and I think we had more. My sister has it as far as I know.

2000?: Playstation- we got this sometime in the late 90's/early 00's. WCW Thunder, Frogger, QBert, Super Tetris and this one with various games possibly more. We can't play it as were missing a part.

2000: N64- My favorite. Mario World 64, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Rugrats In Paris, Street Racing and Tony Hawk Pro Skating. I don't know what happens to it.

2003: Gamecube:- I had this for a short time. Sonic Greatest Hits and this game with a cop in Los Angelas, I really can't remember the title.

2009: Playstation 2- GTA: Vice City and San Andreas, a snow boarding game and Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop.

I have also played XBox, Wii, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, a newer mini version of Atari and ovcourse PC games.

You got PS2 hella late! lol  :o

Yeah I know lol but actually we had two. One my bro in law brought the other my cousin. This is when we all moved in together. I don't think they had had them too long though.

Its been so long that we lived together though. So they now have them and I only have that ps1 which doesn't work lol

Hmm, let's see...

1992 - Super Nintendo (First games: Super Mario World, Super Ghouls & Ghosts, Tecmo Super Bowl)
1993 - Sega Genesis (Sonic the Hedgehog 2 bundle)
1995 - NES (Super Mario Bros. 3 bundle)
1998 - Nintendo 64 (Super Mario 64, WCW/NWO Revenge, NFL Quarterback Club '99)
1999 - PlayStation 1 (Spyro the Dragon 2, WWF Attitude, Crash Bandicoot Warped)
2001 - PlayStation 2 (Metal Gear Solid 2, Gran Tourismo 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3)
2002 - Gamecube (Super Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Bros. Meele)
2004 - Xbox (Halo, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)
2005 - Xbox 360 (Perfect Dark Zero)
2007 - PlayStation 3 (Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, Motor Storm)
2009 - Wii (Super Mario Galaxy)
2013 - Wii U (Super Mario 3D World)
2015 - PlayStation 4 (Fallout 4, Uncharted remastered collection)

Its been so long that we lived together though. So they now have them and I only have that ps1 which doesn't work lol

You can still play your games on the ps2, and keep those memory cards!

Our family did not get a video game system until 2008, however we later found out that my dad had left his SNES and his NES in storage, so we still have it! I will include that in my list.

1988 - My dad gets a NES
1992 - My dad gets a SNES
2008 - Our family gets a Wii. This was our main system until the XBOX and I still occasionally play it.
2009 - I get a Game Boy Advance and play the heck out of that thing.
2011 - Our family gets an XBOX 360. I played alot of games on this system and really like it. Currently see no reason to upgrade to a XBOX One yet.
2012 - I get a Nintendo 3DS.

You can still play your games on the ps2, and keep those memory cards!

Oh no I don't have them anymore cause we all live away from each other now. But I know what you mean. I had played a few of my ps1 games on their ps2's before.

If I get a new system it would either be ps2 or n64. The best two in my opinion. I guess those wouldnt really be new. I mean they would have to be at least slightly used. But I have though of getting a ps4. I just haven't had the money. Really I'm sure I wouldn't be playing it much as I don't game a lot like I used to. But at least I already know and love the games on the ps2.

You can still play your games on the ps2, and keep those memory cards!


I still have my memory cards but I now own a PS3.

I began gaming at an early age and I almost had every console that was mainstream, but most of them are gone now. Now as for the years

Unknown - Genesis, NES, SNES and GameGear

1998 - N64

1999 - PS1

1999/00 - Dreamcast

2000 - GBC

2002 - GameCube, PS2 and Xbox

2005/06 - PSP

2006 - 360 and NDS

2008 - Wii

2009 - PS3

2012 - PS Vita

2014 - Xbox One

1989- NES (a little late since I was only born in '85)
1991- Game Boy
Christmas 1992- SNES
Summer 1993- NES (top loading version)
Christmas 1993- Sega Genesis
1994- Sega Game Gear
1996- Playstation
My 13th birthday in 1998- Nintendo 64
Christmas 1998- Game Boy Color
Christmas 1999- Dreamcast
Christmas 2000- PS2
Christmas 2001- Game Cube
2003?- Game Boy Advance
2006- XBOX 360
2007- Wii
2008- Nintendo DS
2011- Atari 2600 (as a vintage buy)

I don't have any eighth generation consoles since I'm tired of the current gaming scene.

1994: SNES
1998: Nintendo 64
2004: Playstation 2
2005: Gamecube
2010: Nintendo DS
2012: XBOX 360

1999 - born

2008 - Wii, PSP, Nintendo DS Lite

2009 - Nintendo DSi

2010 - Xbox 360

2012 - Nintendo 3DS

2013 - Nintendo 3DS XL

After 2013, I was barely interested in video games. The only franchises that I love to play nowadays are Pokemon and Grand Theft Auto.

1993 (Christmas): Sega Genesis
1997 (September): Nintendo 64
1997 (Christmas):: GameBoy Pocket (brother's)
1998 (Christmas?): GameBoy Color (brother's)
2001 (Spring?): PS2 (brother's -- I never played it much except for Kingdom Hearts)
2001 (June): GameBoy Advance
2001 (Christmas): GameCube
2002 (Summer): Super Nintendo
2004 (Christmas): Nintendo DS
2007 (Fall): Wii (brother's)

Thinking back, the space between getting GameBoy Advance and GameCube seemed a lot longer than 6 months, but I guess 6 months feels like a long time when you're 10-11. Then again, on the same note, it makes it all the more strange that for 4 years all we had was a Sega Genesis...and being 3-6 at the time, that was literally my entire remembered lifetime up to that point! It actually feels shorter than that,  but video games weren't as a big of a part of my childhood until we got N64 though so maybe that's why.