What was your favorite video game and game console growing up?

2014-08-08T21:03:25-04:00

This is a spring-off of SGT Tony Lee Hamilton's favorite Saturday morning cartoon forum. I know you got one, don't be shy!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 2:23 AM

2014-08-09T02:23:54-04:00

My sister and I loved to play on our Atari system. Our favorites were "Donkey Kong", "Missile Command", "Frogger", and my personal favorite "Space Invaders".

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 2:44 AM

2014-08-09T02:44:05-04:00

i only really had a Sega DreamCast, But i loved my game boy color.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 2:58 AM

2014-08-09T02:58:18-04:00

My favorite was SNES. It had a HUGE catalogue of games and most of them were good. IMO someof the best games ever released were on that console. Chrono Trigger, FF 2&3, F-Zero, Act Raiser 1&2, ROTK 2&3, Uncharted Waters... I could go on for days.

Response by MSG Wade Huffman made Aug 9 at 2014 6:05 AM

2014-08-09T06:05:08-04:00

May be showing my age a bit, but my first was Pong (home version), then ATARI with all the game cartridges...that was heaven! Even as intense and realistic as today's games are...in a lot of ways, I think I liked the old ones better. Oh and my favorite game on Atari was asteroids.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 8:35 AM

2014-08-09T08:35:48-04:00

We had a Super Nintendo and a small stack of games to go with it. My favorite was Yoshi's Island. Then we got a gamecube and were introduced to Mario Kart. I'd love to go back and play Yoshi's Island again, but some of the newer Mario games fill the void pretty well.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 8:39 AM

2014-08-09T08:39:55-04:00

I was quickly bored with video games, and seldom played any (most recurring ones were Mario and Mortal Combat, don't remember consoles), played GTA 2 a bunch of times until I stumbled onto Half-Life in 1999 on the PC. I've been hooked on a wide range of PC game genres, but the original Half-Life holds a special place in my heart.

Response by SSG Robin Rushlo made Aug 9 at 2014 9:20 AM

2014-08-09T09:20:05-04:00

PONG which was just before I left for the Army. Otherwise the video game I played was seeing the Saturday Matinee Movie series.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 11:06 AM

2014-08-09T11:06:12-04:00

I've never been a console fan. I played Asteroids and Defender in the arcades, but the home console never appealed to me. The PC, however, changed my opinion after I played Wolfenstein and Wing Commander.

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 11:49 AM

2014-08-09T11:49:55-04:00

N64: The Legend of Zelda
PSX: Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil 1,2 and Nemesis)
GameBoy Color: Pokemon Red and Blue (yeah I said it!)
PS3: Deus Ex Human Revolution. Couldn't stop playing even though it's within 5 years old.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 1:10 PM

2014-08-09T13:10:22-04:00

Coleco with the Donkey Kong pack and Mattel’s Intellivison were my consoles. Plus I played lots of games on my Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer back then.

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 1:22 PM

2014-08-09T13:22:32-04:00

I played Galaga, Centipede, and Boscoian.

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 6:22 PM

2014-08-09T18:22:13-04:00

I'm biased because I worked at Nintendo of America for a few years from high school to college, but the Super Nintendo was a workhorse machine with the best games on the market. Back when the Sega Genesis was giving it a run for its money in the first console wars (long before play station and X-box were even thought of). The Super Nintendo is still extremely playable, was the first system to introduce more than two buttons (it was the first to bring the pointer finger top buttons to a controller), and the list of games is amazing. If I bought one nostalgia piece from the late 80's/early 90's, this would be it. Three words...Super Techmo Bowl.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Aug 9 at 2014 7:47 PM

2014-08-09T19:47:19-04:00

My Sega Genesis

Response by SSG John Bacon made Aug 9 at 2014 7:52 PM

2014-08-09T19:52:12-04:00

I have had an Intelivision system, Atari, Coleco vision, Sega Master system, Sega Game Gear, Sega Dreamcast, Play Station 1 and 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Cube, and Wii. Out of all of them I would have to say the Sega Game gear I miss the most, it was way ahead of it's time.

Golden Axe was the best game from that system.

Response by SPC Richard White made Aug 9 at 2014 7:52 PM

2014-08-09T19:52:26-04:00

My phase was the original Atari game console. As for favorite video game I would say Galaga

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 9 at 2014 8:01 PM

2014-08-09T20:01:55-04:00

Who here remembers going to the ORIGINAL Blockbuster? There you see shelves full of the ol' VHS movies. Then go to the back and see the NES and Genesis cartridges?

Didn't that feel amazing holding that cartridge for 3 days rental and feeling so reluctant when you had to return it? I did.

Oh and remember what he message read on every VHS rental by the way? That's right: Be kind, please rewind!

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Aug 9 at 2014 8:11 PM

2014-08-09T20:11:45-04:00

My first taste of combat - Air Sea Battle on the Atari 2600 when I was 13

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Aug 9 at 2014 8:13 PM

2014-08-09T20:13:03-04:00

My first actual "video game" - Coleco Electronic Quarterback

Response by SGT Frank Leonardo made Aug 10 at 2014 12:15 PM

2014-08-10T12:15:04-04:00

My favorite game was on Nintendo Mike Tyson's punch out

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 11 at 2014 10:29 PM

2014-08-11T22:29:11-04:00

Anybody remembers these? Found some of them on the following websites:

http://www.pica-pic.com/
http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/

Hooray, I'm a kid again!!

Tiger Handhelds

Tiger made a LOT of those little handheld LCD games (similar to the little Nintendo Game & Watch games) over the years up until the early 2000's. I'm starting to add a bunch of them as I find pictures of them. I also have their LED and larger tabletop LCD games listed here. Tiger games were released under the Orlitronic label in France (and possibly other countries). I'm not quite sure if Tiger owned the Orlitonic company, or if they just...

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 11 at 2014 10:44 PM

2014-08-11T22:44:45-04:00

Old school Zelda was definitely my favorite growing up

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Aug 13 at 2014 1:41 AM

2014-08-13T01:41:36-04:00

PONG....Old School, baby!

Response by GySgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 13 at 2014 2:13 AM

2014-08-13T02:13:41-04:00

Goldeneye on N64

dual wielding weapons and proximity mines

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 10 at 2015 6:13 PM

2015-02-10T18:13:00-05:00

Nitendo and of course Super Mario Bros