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[Animan]

I was 13. Got my Atari 2600 about two years ago, and even had it signed by Nolan Bushnell at SGC 2009! (too lazy to dig up the thread where I showed it off)

[Austin]

I was really, really young.. Maybe two or three years old, in 84 or 85!

[toiletunes]

Slightly older than this thread, but not by much.

[_rimusa_]

18 years old, about a year ago

[retrorussell]

Probably 8 or 9.  Before we bought one I played it at Sears or some other department stores.

[A_Locomotive]

I was I think around 8 years old or so. A friend of mine who lived on my street who was quite a bit older then me had one. More often then no when we hung out and played games it was his NES we played(he had damn near every game ever made for it) but on a few occasions he busted out the 2600, it was only just this year I finally got one for myself.

Edited by A_Locomotive, Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:51 AM.

[Blues76]

I was almost 6

[R.O.T.S]

It would be way back,i remember going round a school friends house and playing on an Atari 2600 (VCS) for the first time and that would be the early stages at high school (82-87).So it would be in the early part probably 82/83 which means as i was born in1971 that i would either have been 11 or 12.
Good memories though of Missile command,Pacman,Pele`s Soccer,Space Invaders.

[Jifremok]

There was already a 2600 where I lived when I was born; I have no memories of before gaming.

[Megaman Legends]

The only reason why I bought my atari with my small amount of allowance was that I heard about how combat was so awesome and i played it at my friends house ALOT

got me in my formative years