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29 Twitter Users Share Gaming Consoles That Had Been Forgotten
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Did you know that the very first video game console which could be connected to a TV set was introduced in 1972? It was called Magnavox Odyssey and featured a variety of simple games such as volleyball, hockey, tennis, and chase. Game consoles promptly gained momentum and became a huge part of the gaming industry. As a result, there are many people out there who can't even imagine their childhood without video games. This Twitter user named Dilan is one of them. Recently, he shared some of his old handheld consoles and realized that people out there probably haven't even seen them before. His post has spiraled into a full thread of gaming consoles from the past that are rarely used these days. From the very first Nintendo Entertainment System, which was released in the 1980s, to the much more modern PlayStation Portable, which entered the industry in 2004, these blasts from the past are rarely remembered. Feeling nostalgic yet? If so, scroll down below for this wonderful trip down video game console memory lane.
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My very first console! Used to play "Rampage" a lot with my brother 😁
Can understand if some kids of today have no clue regarding the original Gameboy but seriously, the first Nintendo DS came out in 2005 and DSi is from 2008. Who exactly is intended as "kids of today" then ?
I found several of my GB games last week. Not sure if I should throw them away or sell them.
Plus, this is technically the first Xbox. (DirectX integration into a gaming console, which is litterally what "Xbox" mean)
I got really unlucky. I got one of the few defective ones(screen was internally damaged). Wound up swiping my cousin's whenever she was over until I got a Gameboy Advance.
Aww the Game Gear! Will happily gobble 6 AA batteries in about 4 hours! What a beast.
My teacher in high school had so many Marlboro miles there point system. She won the train trip there ultimate promotion prize. But all Marlboro did was keep extending the date of the trip. Due to health concerns of the workers it got canceled. But she got such cool stuff even a kayak and a lot more.
You know the 3 in 3DS was because it was in 3D right? And then the 2DS came out because you could play the 3DS games but only in 2D...
can this stupid "im older than you, you don't know what this is, therefore i'm better than you" war thing come to an end?? it's really annoying considering gen z kids have most likely seen those and played with those. sorry to burst your millennial bubble but you're not really that old.
Well, it is fun to get nostalgic, but this is a rather random collection from different epochs of video gaming...
As a Gen Z kid I agree. I know all of the things on this list and it's kinda pissing me off. My 40 yo dad doesn't know about some of these things but I do.
Very strange, I'm nearly 40 and have a plethora of both old and new consoles (portables and not). Probably my very first was the Sega Mega Drive. Skipped some (as wasn't interested at the time) but defintely know which are them.
I think it's just to point out how much video games have changed.
The words gen x, y, z has recently started to being annoying personally to me.
As a gen X, I agree. There's always something and someone older. It's fun to be nostalgic, but the whole "you probably have no idea what this is" bit is a little grating.
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Someone's feeling inferior, apparently...
Nah. My age group would be categorised into Millennial, I believe, but I feel the same. It was kinda fun 5-ish years ago, when these kinds of jokes were new, but it gets old very soon (pun intended). No, but seriously, it's not fun anymore.
"Today's kids have no clue about" I was born in the early 2000's and whenever I see this type of article I get so annoyed because today's kids over 7 definitely know about these. Its not like we've never heard of anything that happened before we were born lol
not one mention of the spectrum 48k? who else remembers the noise the tape made as it was loading?
I remember the commodore 64. Sometimes you wait all that time and then it dont load.
I'll see your 64 and raise you a vic 20!
The Commodore 64, the Amstrad CPC464...the list can go on.
I might see if i can dig mine out, and try some dubstep in it, wouldn't surprise me if it worked, lol (seriously just a joke)
can this stupid "im older than you, you don't know what this is, therefore i'm better than you" war thing come to an end?? it's really annoying considering gen z kids have most likely seen those and played with those. sorry to burst your millennial bubble but you're not really that old.
Well, it is fun to get nostalgic, but this is a rather random collection from different epochs of video gaming...
As a Gen Z kid I agree. I know all of the things on this list and it's kinda pissing me off. My 40 yo dad doesn't know about some of these things but I do.
Very strange, I'm nearly 40 and have a plethora of both old and new consoles (portables and not). Probably my very first was the Sega Mega Drive. Skipped some (as wasn't interested at the time) but defintely know which are them.
I think it's just to point out how much video games have changed.
The words gen x, y, z has recently started to being annoying personally to me.
As a gen X, I agree. There's always something and someone older. It's fun to be nostalgic, but the whole "you probably have no idea what this is" bit is a little grating.
onitsuka love
Someone's feeling inferior, apparently...
Nah. My age group would be categorised into Millennial, I believe, but I feel the same. It was kinda fun 5-ish years ago, when these kinds of jokes were new, but it gets old very soon (pun intended). No, but seriously, it's not fun anymore.
"Today's kids have no clue about" I was born in the early 2000's and whenever I see this type of article I get so annoyed because today's kids over 7 definitely know about these. Its not like we've never heard of anything that happened before we were born lol
not one mention of the spectrum 48k? who else remembers the noise the tape made as it was loading?
I remember the commodore 64. Sometimes you wait all that time and then it dont load.
I'll see your 64 and raise you a vic 20!
The Commodore 64, the Amstrad CPC464...the list can go on.
I might see if i can dig mine out, and try some dubstep in it, wouldn't surprise me if it worked, lol (seriously just a joke)