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Title: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: 802Chives on June 04, 2009, 10:24:56 AM
In Drhuv's latest news article he starts out by talking about console gaming being its 7th generation.  Curious as to what generation is what I looked it up and found a wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games) that outlined the generations:

Gen 1: (1972-1976)
Magnovox Odyssey(about it besides homebrew computers), Stand alone arcade consoles.

Gen 2: (1977-1984)
Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision

Gen 3: (1985-1989)
NES!

Gen 4: (1990-1994)
Super NES, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, Gameboy, Sega Game Gear

Gen 5: (1995-2000)
PS1, N64, Atari Jaguar, 3DO, Gameboy Color

Gen 6: (2001-2005)
PS2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox1, Gameboy advance

Gen 7: (2005-Present)
Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, Nintendo DS

Im a gen 3 gamer starting in 1988 i got my first NES; zelda, super mario1&3, final fantasy are games I remember.  My mom has pictures of me with the maps and monster sheets all spread out around that came in Nintendo Power for final fantasy. I remained a nintendo fanboy until ps1 had a price drop, then was a sony fanboy till like a year ago when I got my first xbox (360).  I now dont descriminate against any console except PS3(dont want to cough up $400 for blue ray and 2 games I dont have on 360 :P)

what about you guys?
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: ProperBritish on June 04, 2009, 10:28:35 AM
3 cos despite being born in 1992 the first console i had was the NES
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: ~:Dhruv:~ on June 04, 2009, 10:52:54 AM
thanks for mentioning my article and hope you liked it.

I'm a 3rd generation gamer. I still have my nes :) love finally fantasy on it...
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: 802Chives on June 04, 2009, 10:54:57 AM
proper brings up a good point, im not looking for what generation you were born in but what generation you started gaming with.

I did enjoy it Drhuv, keep em coming!
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: DarkShot on June 04, 2009, 11:35:40 AM
I'm a 4, cause the SNES was what we had then.

My mom actually was into those games, like Mario, and Earthbound.

I remember her playing EB all the time. At the time it cost her 80 bucks!

And to think of it, I'm pretty sure we still have it, along with the first SNES we got.

Good times
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: injungleist on June 04, 2009, 12:19:14 PM
Gen 2: (1977-1984)
Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision
oh i remember thoes days. galaga was my favorite. i still have a aquirus from the early 80's
link: http://oldcomputers.net/aquarius.html (http://oldcomputers.net/aquarius.html)
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: W-Gaming5 on June 04, 2009, 12:29:42 PM
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Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: Kilokk on June 04, 2009, 12:38:29 PM
argh i cant decide between gen 4 (genesis) or gen 6 (dreamcast) T-T
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: Modded Matt on June 04, 2009, 01:07:25 PM
I am old LOL I am gen 2...maybe even gen 1 but not claming it...LOL galiga, pong froger, origional donkykong... these are all old school atari games. I am older than that, the first gaming system I had, I cannot remember the name, it had 4 games programed into it, with pong like paddles. 

I still have the atari with a boat load of games in my moms attic. hasent been touched for 15-20 years..but I know its still there, next time I go home I will pull it out and take some pics of it.
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: loganbyers07 on June 04, 2009, 01:09:50 PM
Gen 7 for me!
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: Tri-edge on June 04, 2009, 01:12:42 PM
even though I played the nes when it came out I don't consider myself a gen 3 gamer because I didn't own a console until the SNES came out. So I'm a gen 4 gamer
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: bustinthejustin on June 04, 2009, 01:13:07 PM
Seriously? Damn, lol.


I started Gen 5. Got a gameboy color when I was like 5 years old ^.^... Had good times with that thing.
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: robin1989 on June 04, 2009, 01:58:01 PM
i range from 4 to 6 as all my friends and family had consoles from 4 and i used to play on them all the time but i then only owned consoles from 5 and 6 1 from 5 2 from 6 but i have all from 7 all i need is a psp 3000 and go and a dsi and i will have it all
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: 40_ounce on June 05, 2009, 04:23:35 AM
Gen 2..... aaahhh the good ol days...
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: ryan0 on June 14, 2009, 04:06:30 PM
Im a gen 4  :w00t:
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: MARIOPARTY53 on June 14, 2009, 04:10:51 PM
damn thats missing alot of consoles there, alot of consoels i can name from the gens

as for me, Im all of them!
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: TwisTtheTwiTcH on June 14, 2009, 04:16:34 PM
Myself personally, I am a second generation gamer and up. Technically I would be considered a third generation just because of when I was born. However my first console was an atari my grandparents had. Played it for years. So I claim second.

-TwisT
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: ra1n on June 14, 2009, 04:22:09 PM
ahaha i was gen 3 although i was born in 1993 my 1st console was the sega genesis. had a whole bunch of fun playing. back then i play beauty and the beast, wolfchild, and taz escape from mars XD
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: Kilokk on June 14, 2009, 04:29:22 PM
taz escape from mars XD

Dude i had that game! it was freakin awesome! though i never could beat it...
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: EliteGamer83 on June 14, 2009, 05:54:14 PM
I had a original Xbox it broke, then Gameboy Advanced, then PS2 Slim to replace the Xbox (since that I've never gone back to MS) then PSP Slim then PC Gamer. I still have the PS2 and PSP slim. I kinda wanna buy the original Xbox again... I can't ford' a 360 and I enjoy the older Xbox games too. 
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: Bhawan on June 14, 2009, 06:11:36 PM
idk where i am i think gen6 but i never owned a game console in my life.... so idk i'm saying gen 6 cause thats when i started playing games on pc... and i dont play any games anymore soo yea...
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: VoX on June 14, 2009, 06:16:48 PM
I was born in 1994 but my first console was the SNES. My main choice for gaming though was my PC and can still remember being 4-5 and playing the original Prince of Persia on DOS on some old computer we had at my parents caravan. I stayed inside playing that instead of going out on the beach, I think thats what started my current habits :P
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: Bhawan on June 14, 2009, 06:33:45 PM
still remember being 4-5 and playing the original Prince of Persia on DOS on some old computer
i remember that too... it was awesome at that time, i remember the first two versions, they were epic....
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: bustinthejustin on June 14, 2009, 08:30:22 PM
I stayed inside playing that instead of going out on the beach, I think thats what started my current habits :P


Haha i like AM only because everyone here is so similar to me: We're all lazy people who decide that staying inside playing games, or modding, or just chilling on the computer is way more fun than going to the beach and getting hot and sweaty XD
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: Slim Hacker on June 14, 2009, 08:44:49 PM
WooHoo GEN 4 on

Gen 4-SNES even though i was born in 95
Gen 5-PS1
Gen 6-Xbox
Gen 7-PS3, Wii (soon a 360).

Good times on the PS1 man i loved Driver 2 then i got into NFS on Xbox and stayed also what gen is PSP in?

God i love video games.......AKWARD
Title: Re: What generation Gamer are you?
Post by: W-Gaming5 on June 14, 2009, 09:42:39 PM
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