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Nostagia and Age
Berty - Dec 3, 2004
  Berty Dec 3, 2004
Hi,

I am trying to see whether a persons age/birthdate can be used to predict a certain era of video gaming CONSOLE nostalgia.

For me, I was born in 1982 and i am most nostalgic of the Saturn/Playstation/N64 era, even though i was actively involed in gaming for the previous 3 generations.

So i want to hear from all of you to see when you were born and what era of gaming your are most fond of. I have attempted to break gaming consoles up into their generations so here goes.

Xbox/Gamecube/PS2/GBA

Saturn/PSone/N64

Jaguar/3do/CD32

Genesis/SNES/TG16/Neo Geo/Cdi/Gameboy/16bit Computers

Famicom/Sega Mark III/Master System/Atari 7800/8 bit Computers

Atari 2600/Atari 5200/Pre 8bit

If anybody would like to make a suggestion about my console generations the please do. I think that this will be a very interesting experiment.

So if you could format your answers like...

(year of birth)(console generation)

Once i get a few results then ill run a statistical analysis.

I think that these sorts of stats would be VERY helpful for anyone studing video games so please contribute; the more results, the more credible and accurate this will be.

 lordofduct Dec 3, 2004
1983 - Genny

 Raijin Z Dec 3, 2004
1978.... hmm... NES, because I had it the longest, even during my horrifically fucked up mess of a childhood. Hooray for escape.

 ExCyber Dec 3, 2004
1981 / Genesis/SNES/TG16/Neo Geo/Cdi/Gameboy/16bit Computers

 mal Dec 3, 2004
1974 and my console nostaglia covers Atari 2600/Pre 8bit computers and also 8 bit computer (c64).

My first games machine was Pong! :lol:

 Cloud121 Dec 3, 2004
1986 - MegaDrive/Super Famicom/PSX/Saturn/N64

 dibz Dec 3, 2004
1983 - Atari 7800

 racketboy Dec 3, 2004
1980 - NES/Genesis/SNES -- it's pretty close

 it290 Dec 3, 2004
1980 as well, and I'm pretty fond of everything from the C64 and the 2600 up through the Genesis and the Amiga. That includes the NES and SMS.

 RitualOfTheTrout Dec 3, 2004
1980 - Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and of course Genesis

 Ammut Dec 3, 2004
1985 - Genesis/SNES

 PUNJABEE Dec 3, 2004
1977 - Atari 2600 with Combat was my very first gaming system.

My favorite years though, would have to start from the NES to the SNES era. Nothing beats 16bit SNES/Genesis RPGs.

 crystalmethod Dec 3, 2004
1985 And I still get a tear when I think of the Genesis....

Althought, I think the dreamcast generation was most popular and will probably be remembered very fondly in 5 yrs time.

 Dud Dec 3, 2004
1987 - Genesis/SNES (didn't have the others from that era)

Wow, am I the youngest to reply so far? I've been playing videogames since I was 3 or 4 and I remember Genesis and Super Nintendo the most fondly.

 Curtis Dec 3, 2004
1982 - SMS. It was the first console I had and the one I spent the most time on over the years.

 Runik Dec 3, 2004
1977 - 8 bits computers, Atari 2600, NES, SNES and Megadrive (or Genesis )

 Berty Dec 3, 2004
Whoa!

thanks everyone for the replies. I have posted this on three message boards and have been getting tons of repsonses. This is really really really helpful!

 Alexvrb Dec 3, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by lordofduct@Fri, 2004-12-03 @ 09:57 AM



1983 - Genny

Same. Also NES to a lesser extent, but I am primarily nostalgic for the 16-bit days.

 axelblazeadam Dec 4, 2004
1982 Mainly nostalgic for the 16bit era. My first computer was an Atari ST and my first console was a Mega Drive.

I'm also quite nostalgic about the Saturn though.

 joe81 Dec 4, 2004
1981-atari/com 64