QOTW: Were you a Sega or Nintendo child?

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It was both for me.

NES, SNES, Master System II and Megadrive II were all ones I had access to at home (although I only specifically owned the Master System II myself) at some time or another, as well as a Commodore 64 and Amiga (no idea which version) at one point.

[Andi-C]

Both !

[this_is_gav]

Sega. Like many here had a Master System II then a Megadrive.

Then I went backwards age wise with a second hand DOS-based PC (primarily for Formula One Grand Prix (AKA Grand Prix 1) and Indy 500) and from there on was PC only. I've not owned a console since.

[AGTDenton]

Started on the Amstrad CPC's - from greenscreen to colour.

Then had a SNES.

After that was onto PC.

Friends had the C64, NES and various Sega's that I used to play

[loyal986]

My very first was my famiclone, and till this day i own 3 of them with alot of games wich makes me a nintendo fan. After that super nintendo, ps1, ps2, dsl, ps3 and pc till now. But famicom/nes my favorite of all.

[six_tymes]

both

[Saracen999]

Neither.

Started gaming on an IBM S360 (*) in mid/late '60s, then to writing games on an ICL 1905 (*) until about '77. Nothing much for a couple of years, then Apple IIe in, err, '79 I think. That was mainly business, and development, but I did play games .... like the very early Wizardry.

Moved to PC in (IIRC) 1983, and primary gaming machine was a PC until current day. I did have a PS2 for about 2 years (thanks for the loan, Sony) and then an Xbox 360 a couple of years later .... which I still have.

So that means I've been computer gaming for something like 53 or 54 years. Anyway beat that?



(*) Those machines were heavy iron. Serious mainframes.

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So that means I've been computer gaming for something like 53 or 54 years. Anyway beat that?

[Saracen999]

I have to admit, gaming has .... ummm .... changed just a smidge since those early days.

Battleships used to consist of a grid of dots, changing to a different letter if you hit. AV effects were a beep for a hit .... if you were lucky.

[Ravens Nest]

I was a SEGA child due to not being able to afford the Nintendo and SNES.

Atari 2600, Acorn electron, Spectrum 128+2, master system,Commodore Amiga 500, megadrive, PC 486 dx2 66mhz, Pentium, Playstation, Xbox, AMD64, PS2, Intel i7 920, xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox one, and now a i5 6600K.

Probably missed some machines in between.. (Gameboy, DSi, Vita)

Graphics cards, S3 virge, 3dfx Voodoo + 2, Matrox mystique, Ati 9700, AMD 280, Geforce 1, 2, 3, 4, 970

[=assassin=]

I never owned any, and I think I only briefly tried either back in the early 90's after going round to a friends house - I vaguely remember them being the SNES and Megadrive. Indeed, I never had anything computer related for a long time, and I spent more time with another friends Spectrum, Amiga, and Commodore systems than with Nintendo or Sega systems. I finally got access to a PC in 1996, and I have stuck with PC's ever since.

[Phage]

[silent]

i had a megadrive and a SNES after my C64. megadrive was before the snes, then moved on to the saturn and the dreamcast, skipped the N64. eventually camped in the playstation quarter although i tickled the xboxs feet occasionally.

[Goodman2576]

SEGA Mega Drive 2 16 BIT was a good friend in late 90-ies. Also I remember my neighbor had this sega CD version of genesis with Tomcat Alley game... it was unbelievable at that time comparing to mega drive.... also played F1 Beyond the limits at that time on sega cd

[sig]

C-64 later Pegasus (Japanese model of NES clone).

[Euphonium]

Neither. I had an Acorn electron and then a BBC Model B until I could switched to a 486DX66. I've stayed with PCs ever since and still don't really understand why people buy consoles.