What systems did you get as gifts?

[Gregory DG]

Wow, looking back I got more than a few game systems as gifts...

 

Atari 2600, 1980ish - Got it for Christmas along with Space Invaders.

Atari 400, 1981 - Got as a gift from my grandmother.

Atari 800XL, 1983 - Also from my grandmother.

Atari Lynx, 1990 - Got as a late graduation gift.

Sega Dreamcast, 2000 - Got as my 30th birthday gift from my homies.

Atari 5200, 2003 - Given to my by my wife as a Christmas gift.

Nuon, 2003 - Same as the 5200!

Gameboy Advance, 2004 - Got as a Christmas gift.

Atari Flashback 2, 2006 - Got as a birthday gift.

 

 

Then a few systems just given to me used:

 

2600 Vader - Given to me by a friend for helping his grandparents move.

XEGS complete (and with 8-bit Bounty Bob Strikes Back) from a friend at work.

Atari 400 with full keyboard - Also from my friend at work.

Atari ST with harddrive given to me by oesii here at AA.

 

 

How about you?

Edited February 11, 2008 by Gregory DG

[midnight8]

got a 2600 as a late christmas gift from my grandfather in 1978 who bought 3 of them. don't remember what year but also got atari 400 the later 800 xl and an atari 5200. did not get any more gift systems until a nuon system brand new a few years ago. my wife bought me an atari jaguar w/cd and 17 games for christmas a year ago.

[jboypacman]

There has been a few over the years........

 

NES from my grandparents

 

Atari 2600 from my aunt and uncle

 

Game.Com from a ex-girlfriend

 

Intellivision from a good friend

[Vic George 2K3]

Just the Atari 2600 from my dad, and the ColecoVision from my mom. Of course, she had to sell the 2600 to a friend (along with the 2600 Donkey Kong game, which was one of my favorite versions of the game) in order to get the ColecoVision in early 1984.

[aftermac]

-Atari 2600: Christmas 1987

 

-Super Nintendo: Christmas 1992

 

-PS2: Christmas 2004

 

-Atari 7800: 2005

[Atariboy]

Christmas gifts that come to mind include a Coleco Gemini in the mid 1980s, a Super Nintendo in 1995, Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis 3 in 1999, PSOne and a Sega Dreamcast in 2002 or so, Playstation 2 in 2004, and a Nintendo Wii. And a new Atari 7800 2-3 years ago to replace one that needed repairs.

 

I've also been given systems before from people that didn't want them anymore.

Edited February 11, 2008 by Atariboy

[NE146]

Pretty much everything.. until the Famicom when I was already old

 

Matter o' fact the first console I bought with my own money was the Famicom (actually it turned out to be a famiclone) when I was in high school. Then I went to college and of course there I spent a good chunk of the money my parents sent me on consoles including the NES, the SMS, then the TG16, the Genesis & the Super NES. And then after I got out of college then it was pretty much all me again.

 

But yeah prior to that. It as all gifts. With the 5200 being the most memorable one in my memory

[8th lutz]

7800-1989, 1990 christmas gifts

Nes- Christmas 1991

Genesis-Christmas 1992

32x Christmas 1994

ps 1-Christmas 1997

Dreamcast -Christmas 2001

GBA-2001

DS-Christmas 2005

Lynx-Christmas 2005

Game Gear- Christmas 2006

[marcfrick2112]

Only one game system recieved as a gift.I got a GameBoy Advance from my dad for my birthday, just after the sys. came out....

 

Gave one video game sys. as a gift. A Sega Dreamcast w/ NES and Atari 5200 emulators to a good friend at work.

[Tony Montana]

Got a 2600 Jr for xmas in 1987 (i think). Boy was i a happy kid that year

 

Got a Wii this xmas from the wife.

 

Apart from that all my other stuff has been purchased myself

[theking21083]

NES christmas of 87

Sega CD christmas of 90 somthing

[Atarifever]

Original Gameboy with Metroid 2, I think soon after Metroid 2 came out.

32X a couple years ago from a friend who knows I collect systems.

Neo Geo PC from the same friend last year

 

All the other systems I got as a kid were basically hand me downs from my brother, or systems I saved for myself.

 

I guess my 2600 could count, because my brother got an NES for Christmas and then gave me hs 2600.

[smilin_joe_fission]

Got a 5200 I believe in 1983 for Christmas, then a Commodore 64/1541 in 1985. Actually someone gave my dad a TS 1000 back in 1981/82...completely useless little thing, but I loved playing with it because it was a computer and computers were magical.

[bdog_147]

I got NES, Game Boy, and Genesis systems as gifts.

[Atari Punk 78]

I got an Atari 2600 sometime in 1981 and never knew it. I was too young to really now how to play with it so my parents kept in a back room for about six years before giving it to me. Which was too long because in 1983 I was going to the neighbors to play their Atari. I think they forgot it was even there to tell you the truth.

 

The next year, after they finally gave me my Atari, they got me a Nintendo for Christmas.

[spacecadet]

I got an Intellivision in 1980, which is still probably the best Christmas gift I ever got. That set me down a lifelong path of gaming, and in fact set my career path for a while too

 

I got an Intellivision II in probably 1983, which was also a great gift, as it rekindled my then-waning interest in the system.

 

I got an NES for Christmas in 1985, which, looking back, seemed totally logical and I should have been really grateful for. But you know how kids are; only 2 years after my Inty II, I thought I'd outgrown console games and didn't really care much about the NES. To this day, I only have about five games for it. (I actually sold my original system, but kept the games, and then re-bought another NES later.)

 

I got a GameBoy in 1989. I really wasn't too happy with it. I didn't want one; thought it was ugly and the games looked really dumb. I never played it much, though I eventually changed my mind about the platform once the GBC was released and I actually asked for (and received) a GameBoy Color for Christmas sometime in the early 90's.

 

I got a PlayStation as a college graduation present in 1995. By then, I'd come back around to console games. I ended up selling it after about a year too! But I realized it was a mistake soon after and bought another one.

 

I think that's about it. The vast majority of my systems I either purchased or traded for myself.

[+atari2600land]

I got a Super NES and Super Mario World as a birthday gift in Nov '91 and an N64 and Super Mario 64 in Nov. '96. My parents bought me an NES and Commodore 64 when I was a kid, but I don't remember if they were presents or they got them for me just for the heckuvit. Everything else I bought.

[joeybastard]

VCS in 1980(1981? maybe) from my older bro for Xmas

 

CV from my mom in 1982(1983?)

 

my then girlfriend, who eventully became my wife got me

SNES

N64

GB

GBA

DS

GC

DC

 

My friends have given me:

O2

PS2

Xbox

 

Everything else and the majority of games, I bought.

[Lemmi]

my first Atari 2600

then the N64 and Playstation on the same day, these 2 systems are tainted with guilt from the gift giver

 

oh and the Flashback 2

 

 

the rest came out of my pocket, or the garbage (ie the CDi)

[Prodos8]

I got my fair share of video game/computer gaming gifts...

 

Atari Video Pinball - Christmas '79 (I really wanted a VCS -- parents didn't have the $$ for it )

Atari VCS - Birthday '81

TI-99/4a - Christmas '83 (these were like $99 at this time)

Apple //e - Birthday '85

NES - Birthday '87

 

Hmm...also pestered my dad into buying a Sears Super Video Arcade around '84 that was on clearance for $30. I guess that counts as a gift?

[DracIsBack]

Coleco Gemini.

 

Everything else, I had to buy.

[BassGuitari]

-NES- parents were just feeling really nice, and probably sick of me asking for one, 1991

-Gameboy- one for me, one for my brother, Xmas 1992

-Sega Genesis- Xmas 1993

-Sega Game Gear - mom was awesome, 1994

-Sony Playstation - Xmas 1996

-Game Boy Color -birthday, 1999

-Atari VCS 6-switch - what-the-hell present from the g/f, 2001(?)

-Odyssey 2, Xmas from g/f, 2002 or 2003...she actually just wanted to get me the Voice module, since I already had an O2, but the only way she could get one for a good price was to buy a huge Odyssey lot...fortunately, I didn't have most of the games it came with, so that was a bonus!

-Super NES - what-the-hell present from the g/f, 2004 (?)

-Atari Flashback 2, birthday 2006 or 2007

[Lord Helmet]

I got my NES for Christmas back in the day. Same with my C64 (a computer, but I used it as a game system).

 

2 Christmases ago my wife got me a Vectrex.

 

Other than that, I've bought every system myself.

[82atari5200]

Atari 5200 Christmas of 82, NES Christmas of 86 ,and a Game Gear Christmas of 92.

[Tempest]

Atari 400 - Chirstmas 1981

Atari 2600 - Summer 1986? (used system) from my uncle

NES - Summer 1988 (birthday present)

 

After that I bought everything myself.

 

Tempest