Nostagia and Age

[Berty]

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]

1983 - Genny

 

[Raijin Z]

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

 

[ExCyber]

1981 / Genesis/SNES/TG16/Neo Geo/Cdi/Gameboy/16bit Computers

 

[mal]

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]

1986 - MegaDrive/Super Famicom/PSX/Saturn/N64

 

[dibz]

1983 - Atari 7800

 

[racketboy]

1980 - NES/Genesis/SNES -- it's pretty close

 

[it290]

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]

1980 - Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and of course Genesis

 

[Ammut]

1985 - Genesis/SNES

 

[PUNJABEE]

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]

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]

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]

1982 - SMS. It was the first console I had and the one I spent the most time on over the years.

 

[Runik]

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

 

[Berty]

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]

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]

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]

1981-atari/com 64