Video Game Nostalgia

Great thread idea EyewitnessTV !

*WARNING - This is a very long post!

Consoles:

PlayStation (1999 - Late 2003):

This was my first console. My Dad had bought it a couple of years before I was born, however after my parents divorced, it was left for me to use while I was growing up. I think I started to play it sometime in 2001, when I was only 2. My Grandparents bought the console for $50 in Late 2003, because I was getting a PS2 for Christmas and my cousins & I could play the PlayStation whenever we came over their house. A couple of years ago, my Uncle bought the console off my Grandparents and now he owns it. At least it's still in the family.

A few of my favourite Playstation games were:

* Runabout 2
* World's Scariest Police Chases
* Stuart Little 2
* Driver

I still own "Runabout 2","World's Scariest Police Chases" and "Driver". However, I don't really play them anymore.

PS2 (Christmas 2003-):

As I explained above, I got my PS2 as a present for Christmas 2003. I played on the PS2 for most of my childhood and I still own the console today. 

My favourite PS2 games were/are:

* Hulk (based off the 2003 movie with Eric Banner)
* Stuart Little 3 (as you can see, I was a big fan of Stuart Little growing up )
* Driver 3
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Gameboy Advance SP (Christmas 2004-2008):

I got this console as a Christmas present in 2004. It was easily my most favourite console throughout the time that I had it. It's a shame that it had such a horrible demise; it got smashed by a baseball. The worst thing about it was that it damaged the inside of the console, not the outside, so I couldn't get it fixed.

Nintendo DS Lite (Christmas 2008-):

Well because my Gameboy Advance SP got smashed by a baseball, I was given a Nintendo DS Lite as a Christmas present the same year. I ended up getting a limited edition DS Lite. It is blue on the outside and black on the inside. 

Nintendo Wii (Christmas 2008 - Late 2016):

I also got a Nintendo Wii for Christmas that year. 

Xbox (Mid 2009 -):

A friend of mine had a Xbox. I thought there were a lot of games available on the console itself, so the thought of that seemed really appealing to me and as a result, I wanted to buy one. However, little did I know that my friend actually owned a "chip", which was inserted into his Xbox console and allowed him to play any Xbox game he wanted, without actually owning the discs. Without realising, I went with my Dad to EB Games and bought a pre-owned Xbox for $60, thinking that it would be exactly like the console my friend owned. Turns out that it wasn't. Although, despite this, I still played the Xbox console pretty regularly. My favourite Xbox game was/is "Top Spin".

PSP (Christmas 2009 -):

I also got a green 2000-model PSP the following Christmas. 

Gameboy Color (Mid 2010-):

I must have been suffering Gameboy withdrawal symptoms, because I decided to buy a pre-owned Gameboy Color off Ebay in Mid 2010. I played the console on the odd occasion, but in the end, it ended up being a waste of money. At least it was only cheap! 

PS3 (Mid 2012-):

After having wanted to own a PS3 for almost five years, I finally bought one for $200 in Mid 2012! The PS3 introduced to GTA and the FIFA series, both of which are now one of my favourite series of games. 

PS4 (17th Birthday -):

I received a PS4 as a birthday present last year. Admittedly, I currently own just three PS4 games; FIFA 16, GTA V and FIFA 17.

Despite what this post suggests, I have never actually been a "full-on" gamer. I've never played games such as Call of Duty, Halo or Minecraft. 


Do you play SimCity 4? SimCity 4 is one of my favourite games and I play the game on an almost daily basis!

Interesting, thanks for sharing SharksFan99  and @zampakid . 🙂👍

SharksFan99  Yeah, I play SimCity whenever I have some free time (usually a few times a week).

Somehow I forgot to list my handheld consoles. 😊

Here they are:

GameBoy -
I owned the original GameBoy (got this for a Christmas present) which was in a grey colour. I had that for a couple of years IIRC before it was somehow dropped down some stairs and met it’s demise! 😋 My parents then got a replacement which by that stage was a second generation console and it was a green colour from memory.

GameBoy Colour -
Some years later I got the GameBoy Colour for a Birthday present which I got in the colour purple as there weren’t any other colours available at the time (this gen was a huge step up from the previous original gen which only displayed in black and white whereas this displayed... well in colour obviously).

GameBoy Advanced -
I got this for my 10th Birthday in 2002 and I owned the Indigo colour. Out of the previous consoles, I bought the most games with the Advanced. I never bought the redesigned SP unit unlike you as it came out the following year so never bothered despite it having a far better overall design and backlit screens to the original model I owned.

Nintendo DS -
Again I owned the original DS model as opposed to the redesign DS Lite which came out years later. I bought the silver colour when it first got released in early 2005 (I still remember the hype surrounding it with the whole “revolutionary” touchscreen and stylus pen to play with which was really cool at the time). I later upgraded to a black DSi model when that released in 2009 (another Birthday present), but it was kinda a waste of money in the end as it wasn’t really used that much. I think I ended up buying like 50+ games for this gen console which was easily the most for any of the handhelds I previously owned.

Nintendo 3DS -
I bought this and it was in a red colour and it was given to me for my 20th in 2012. Since I’ve owned this I’ve bought around 20 or so games for it but it hasn’t been anywhere near used as previous consoles as I’ve had less time over the years to regularly play it and I’ve kinda lost interest in playing the handhelds.

PSP -
I got the first PlayStation handheld for my 13th which I got in the colour white. This was never used that much as not many of the games realeased for it interested me that much. However I got GTA and a few car racing games for it though. I’ve since never bought any of the following Sony handhelds.

I haven’t got one yet, but seeing as SharksFan99 you have a Wii, do you have any intentions of getting a Switch at any stage?

Also just curious, but how come @zampakid you never owned any Nintendo or Microsoft consoles? 😃

*I have now added a selection of favourite games from my consoles to the first post.

Sorry I didn't get around to replying back to you sooner!

Probably not, to be honest. I already own a lot of gaming consoles as it is and I don't play them all that often anymore. It would only be a waste of money if I bought a Switch.

That's an impressive collection!

I own quite a few of those games as well.

Thanks!