I’ve had plenty of consoles over the years. Some were quirky and memorable like my Nintendo GameCube, some existed only in my mind like a Sega Saturn. Still, I’ve been fortunate enough to get my hands on many consoles as I was growing up, as were the rest of the Lazygamer crew. And that’s the topic today on The Lazygamer Podcast Remastered Definitive GOTY Edition.
We’ve switched tactics after people asked us to, and have uploaded the latest podcast to Soundcloud only. Let us know if you prefer an audio-only option, or if you actually like having a vodcast instead. Or maybe both, I’m a workaholic without a life anyway.
So what’s your console history like? Are you new to the game, hopping in with a PlayStation 4, or have you been around throughout the ages, collecting consoles and trying to avoid the Quickening? Or maybe consoles are for great big wimps, and your 386 Pentium is still the knees of the bees.
Let us know below.
Last Updated: November 20, 2014
Corrie
November 20, 2014 at 15:03
Started on a NES clone or something went on to PS1, PS2, PSP somewhere around that time, finally to PC with a mix of a Xbox 360, Vita
Viking Of Divinity
November 20, 2014 at 15:11
The Year was 1994. My Dad Walks in with a Sega Megadrive. I was ecstatic! Of course, I got some games too. I Got Afterburner II, Earthworm Jim, Cool Spot and Sonic 2. It was AWESOME!
Guild
November 20, 2014 at 15:12
Lucky bugger. I remember begging my parents for one. Used to go round to mates houses to play theirs.
GooseZA
November 20, 2014 at 15:50
Sonic, Earthworm Jim, Desert / Jungle / Urban strike,
HairyEwok
November 20, 2014 at 15:15
At least this podcast doesn’t need patching of any sort.
Mongoose
November 20, 2014 at 15:16
Just you wait.
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2014 at 15:21
I need to update Adobe Flash Player 😛
Mongoose
November 20, 2014 at 15:16
We had the nes, mastersystem, ps1, ps2 and now the ps3 then emulators for the nes, ps1, snes, gameboy, gameboy color, gameboy advance, master system. nintendo 64.
Guild
November 20, 2014 at 15:20
First PC I think was a Pentium playing California Games and Test Drive. Upgraded to 286 and so on, spending hours playing Dune, Heroes of Might and Magic and then into the Command and Conquer series.
First console had to be a knock off NES with the billion in one cartridges favorites had to be Mario, Adventure Island and Excite Bike. Eventually got a Gameboy then only jumped into the consoles on a PS2.
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2014 at 15:22
Too much nostalgia………..eyes burning………..brain melting………………
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2014 at 15:21
Sjoe along with Pc gaming that started on a 286,Comodore 64, Nes, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, PS1 – PS4. There was a XBOX 360 as well but it just wasn’t for me.
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Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 15:22
1989. A 286-12 with 1mb expanded memory, not extended & a 20mb hdd. Oh, and monochrome.
Hammersteyn
November 20, 2014 at 15:24
Oh and Arcade games, my parents loved leaving me there surrounded by strangers and lots of cash. Wait….. they wanted someone to abduct me :'(
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 15:26
Yes, arcade machines FTW! If it wasn’t for me needing a PC for school my parents probably would never have gotten me one. Definitely never have gotten any kind of console haha.
Guild
November 20, 2014 at 15:45
Not even a NES or some Chinese ripoff of one?
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 20, 2014 at 15:49
I got one of those clam shell Donkey Kong games once, as a hand-me-down from my sister.
GooseZA
November 20, 2014 at 15:48
Megadrive, PS1, Xbox 360, XB1
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November 20, 2014 at 16:45
The Nintendo SEGA console war will always be the best.
Ceyber, Hans
November 20, 2014 at 15:58
There were other people who asked for SC?! So it wasn’t just selfish old me?
Well then..
On behalf of all of us: THANK YOU!
Playing through SC really does make it easier, on my bandwidth and my eyes too 😛
SHOT-A-LOT!!!
Guest
November 20, 2014 at 16:19
PS2, Metal Gear Solid 3 was the game that hooked me
Jivesh Hanoomaun
November 20, 2014 at 16:19
PS2, Metal Gear Solid 3 was the game that hooked me onto games then the PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Vita and now PS4
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November 20, 2014 at 16:44
Thank goodness the ending of Metal Gear never asked you to press X to pay respects lol
Aries
November 20, 2014 at 16:21
Gamecube, PS1, PSP, PS2, PS3 and now PS4 oh and a gameboy thats still laying around the house somewhere
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November 20, 2014 at 16:43
Europe’s version of the SNES was so much better looking than that Famicon brick.
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November 20, 2014 at 16:54
You said Viewtifull JOE 🙂 A man with taste.
R.I.P. Clover Studios.
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November 20, 2014 at 17:01
More podcasts please 🙂
HvR
November 20, 2014 at 17:44
First PC was an IBM XT (family pass on in the early 90’s); got my 80’s games exposure from it with CalGames and Commander Keen, Test Drive.
Then got the NES Chinese rip-off with XX-in-1 cartridge with all the classic, was really hooked on Islander and Sky Destroyer.
Then my world changed forever, Pentium133 with 16MB RAM at the end of 95, C&C, Red Alert, Total Annihilation, Doom, Qauke…..
Never could convince my dad for a full upgrade, managed to get 80MB and a 3DFx Banshee. Then opened up my world to electronics (which became my career). Started modding my motherboard to ramp up the voltage to to the CPU. Got a monster heatsink and split the power supply rails to add extra and larger fans. Manage to push that Penitum to the high 160’s Mhz. Extended the life of the PC to 2000 when I was the first of all my friends to have a 1GHz+ PC thanks to AMD’s undercutting Intel in a price war. The overclocked Pentium still runs, gifted it a person as an word processor a couple of years back.
Then had a gaming lull from my 3rd of university only playing the odd CoD or Half-life multiplayer game. Then revived it again when I started working with mid-range gaming PC and a PS3.
Darthdad
November 21, 2014 at 05:38
Atari 2600, Radofin, Intellivision, Sega Genesis, Sega CD(add-on), Sega Saturn, Atari 800XL, Sinclair, C64, NES. Starting with a 286 pc and then all the iterations up until today’s i7. As well as PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and now Xbox One. Shit, I just realized I have no life 🙁