My Video Game Platform Journey
I spent some time recently reminiscing and mapping out my gaming platform journey… It all started with a Coleco Telstar Colortron, where I played “tennis”, “handball”, and “hockey” with my dad.
Eventually, my parents got me a NES, and that’s when the adventure really started!
In rough order, here’s my platform journey:
Coleco Telstar Colortron
Coleco Pac-Man Mini Arcade
Lots of those little LCD handhelds
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Nintendo Gameboy
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES_
PC (beginning with shareware and Wolfenstein 3-D… and still buying a new one roughly every 5 years, or at least upgrading)
Nintendo Wii (lots of Rock Band!)
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Mobile gaming (mostly casual… but now Diablo Immortal)
Oculus Quest 2 (pre-Meta!)
PlayStation 5
💕 Honorable Mentions: I didn’t own these consoles, but I have fond memories playing with friends on them:
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
XBox (modded!)
Nintendo Switch Lite (my kids have these, not me…)