Your first gaming system you owned?

[zmbfan]

Snes

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

Nes, when it came out, although I had access to a Atari 2600, and Sega master system as well before I got the NES, with Final Fantasy.

 

[Oriso22]

NES

 

[ciro64]

After I was born but still barely developed, my dad had an Sega Genesis. Someone borrowed and never returned. He got a SNES after, but then traded for a N64.

So for all intents and purposes, I was born with a N64 at my disposal. To this day it's still the best console ever

 

[jankusanagi jankusanagi]

Another NES over here!

 

[RageBurner]

The Sega Master System, in all its dark horse beauty.

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

 

[RageBurner]

That was my first RPG, too!

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

That was my first RPG, too!

I watched someone play it, I was like 4 at the time, so his brother, who was my age and I never got very far into it till later on.

 

[RageBurner]

I watched someone play it, I was like 4 at the time, so his brother, who was my age and I never got very far into it till later on.

It's the same for me. I say "played" but I couldn't get very far at all, as I didn't really understand the basic concepts of an RPG at the time (it was a rental and had no manual).

 

[Clippy]

Amiga 500. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only person on this forum to have ever had one lol.

 

[RageBurner]

Amiga 500. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only person on this forum to have ever had one lol.

I have a friend that is plenty fond of it (he loves old Sensi games) but I never had one myself.

 

[zmbfan]

Gameboy pocket

 

[RageBurner]

Game Gear!
I still love how bleeding edge it was.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

The Gameboy Pocket.

I bought it for $50, plus a game.

 

[MrWrighty]

PSP my beloved

 

[ec2025ec2025]

That was my first RPG, too!

Blew my mind when I was a kid, still one of my favourites even if it is probably with rose tinted glasses, did you play the PS2 remake? There was a 'PSII' remake (also for PS2 :p) both expanded on the stories and feature set for the originals.

 

[rudiphel]

classic classic gameboy. the standar 4 AA battery set. i had a atari 2600 and had the chance to have a famicom family (latam stuff version) and went to the gb. never regreted

 

[RageBurner]

Blew my mind when I was a kid, still one of my favourites even if it is probably with rose tinted glasses, did you play the PS2 remake? There was a 'PSII' remake (also for PS2 :p) both expanded on the stories and feature set for the originals.

A lot of people like to hate on the remakes, but I don't. I honestly think they look beautiful, play well and should have been localized officially (not to mention PS3 and PS4 should also have gotten such remakes).

 

[Deleted member 7989]

Yellow Game Boy Color. I miss that thing. I had Super Mario Land 1 and 2, Wario Land 1, Dragon Warrior: Monsters, and a couple others I forget. I miss when handhelds were prominent and were different because of low end hardware. The Switch and Steam Deck are sick but will never hit the highs that the old generation of handhelds did.

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

Yeah, I played a bit of them. While being technically superior to the originals, they have the sheen of a budget release. Also, some of the story changes you can do on a new game plus undermine the story as a whole.

 

[RageBurner]

Yeah, I played a bit of them. While being technically superior to the originals, they have the sheen of a budget release. Also, some of the story changes you can do on a new game plus undermine the story as a whole.

I probably am highly partial to the remakes because

Spoiler

I hated losing Nei. It hurt, it hurt real bad. It was Aerith a decade prior. Since the remakes give you a chance to undo that pain, they are important to me.

I know what you mean about the looks of it all, but I honestly like it. I think it animates well and the remixed music is nice. It does have a bit of a RPG Maker feel to it, but I think it works.

For reference, here's the field sprite hack I was talking about. Best enjoyed with the SMS power retranslaton.

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

For II specifically.

I'm also a fan of the fm soundtrack on the Japanese version for 1.
I would say the SMS power translation on the Mark III is my favorite version.

Yeah, I played a bit of them. While being technically superior to the originals, they have the sheen of a budget release. Also, some of the story changes you can do on a new game plus undermine the story as a whole.

 

[ec2025ec2025]

Yeah, I played a bit of them. While being technically superior to the originals, they have the sheen of a budget release. Also, some of the story changes you can do on a new game plus undermine the story as a whole.

The perpetual state of niche gamers when playing a remake "Ah, but what could have been" :)

I like to think of it like appreciating Jazz, it isn't about the notes they did put in, but thinking about the notes they didn't

 

[RageBurner]

I'm also a fan of the fm soundtrack on the Japanese version for 1.
I would say the SMS power translation on the Mark III is my favorite version.

The SMS Power translation is definitely the way to go. There's also a separate hack that improves field sprites a lot on PS1 and I love using both in tandem.