Average age of gamers in here?

[RedCoKid]

27. I got hooked on Pac-Man and then the Atari 2600 at my friend's house.

[Deewtaei]

24

[Chux]

I'm 20. I started playing games when my parents bought an Atari 2600. Pac Man Jr, and Combat were what I would play the most. I also would go to my Aunt's house and play Smurfs and Mr. Do on Colecovision.

[Prince Planet]

36. I first played a stand-up "Pong" machine in October 1973. The rest is history. Pathetic history perhaps, but history nonetheless.

[Tones]

14. The first game I played was Sonic for the Genny, and my first system I owned was the SNES (which I still have to this day).

[Sataro]

Originally posted by Master of 7s


WTF? PLEASE tell me your age is a typo!!!!

I'm just trying to stir up shit, disregard the asinine things I say

[Rick]

Sataro, you rascal.

[Saint of Killers]

I'm 23. I have no idea what the first game I played was, but if someone put a gun to my head I'd guess arcade Ms. Pac-Man. My first console was a 5200.

[Mzo]

22 over here.

I was lucky enough to be born in Peru, where technology lags by a few years. This means I was lucky enough to start at the beginning, with a wood-panelled Pong box that hooked up to the TV's antennae with two small prongs. From there, I moved on to the Odyssey and the Atari. When I came to the States in 1986, I received a gray-Zapper-packed-in NES, and the rest is history.

I have a picture of that 1986 Xmas; what a great day. Among the NES, for those that care, were assorted Ghostbusters action figures, including Ecto II. Rock!

[gamevet]

Originally posted by EThugg
*glances at birth certificate*

...noooo, that can't be right. John Law says I'm 21, but I know better...

I started playing around 2 or 3 with Atari 2600. There was this game I loved called No Escape I think. And Adventure, Riddle of the Sphinx, Dragonfire, Pitfall, Space Invaders, Spiderman, Donkey Kong... hmmm... Fast Food I think was a game I liked.... Coconuts... Hard to remember the names... Firefighter....

Fast food was an Atari arcade classic, and someone tried to tell you it was Burgertime, but it was probably Food Fight. The game you call Coconuts, is probably Congo Bongo. It had a gorilla that would throw coconuts down the screen, as you advanced to the top.