DCEmu Asks - What Inspired You to Buy the Consoles You Own?

[Malksta]

PSP
Being amazed at the graphics for a handheld It seemed like it would be great fun to play with, and then I read in a magazine about Homebrew I was eager to buy one.. so I did

[devmas]

Ah, as for me...

NES and SNES:
My brother had those systems, so eventually, he gave me his NES and then later his SNES.

N64:
When I got $150 in 1998 (I had just turned 8 years old), I had the big decision of either going for the Playstation or the N64. I made a list of pros and cons, including the slow memory cards, slow loading times, and large disk space for the Playstation, and the fast cartridges for the N64. Most people (in school) told me to get a Playstation, but I felt compelled to get an N64. So, for Christmas, after giving in my money, I got my N64 and some really strange (I guess it could be rare?) version of Ocarina of Time.

Gamecube:
After a bunch of years, in 2003, I had more money. I decided that I would be a Nintendo guy, as the Nintendo stuff seemed more interesting to me.. because they have all the cool franchises I grew up with. So I got a Gamecube with a free Zelda: Collector's Edition, and then later I got Metroid Prime and some other games.

DS:
I have no idea at all, but the DS attracted me so much. The one game I really wanted was Feel the Magic: XY:XX. (I was always like, "Do you believe in magic?") It came out November 21st, 2004, and by Christmas, I had enough money to buy it, so then I ordered it online. It took me a while to get Feel the Magic, though... and then that one game messed up, too..

Systems I Want:
Wii... and maybe a PSP if I can get a 3.03 or less one for $100 USD or less. (I use everyone else's PSP's because I downgrade everyone's in school...)

[JKKDARK]

Dreamcast
The amazing arcade ports and the online play touched my heart. Sadly it was discontinued after 2002 in America and Europe, but we still get official releases on Japan. And Sega Europe and Sega Japan supported Phantasy Star Online servers until April 7th 2007, thanks Sega!

Saturn
The prefect system for 2D games and shooters.

Nintendo 64
You didn't need a memory card since most of the cartridges had it inside. Sadly it didn't get the same successful games like the SNES, but I really enjoy this system.

Game Boy Advance SP
Probably the best handheld ever released. I love the RPG's released on this system. Also thanks to the Game Boy Advance, we got amazing 2D Sonic games.

PlayStation 2
A console full of games. Everything you want, everything is on the PlayStation 2. Lately I love this system because the Compilation games, like Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Sonic Gems Collection and Sega Genesis Collection, and don't forget the Sega Ages games released on Japan. Since I never got a PlayStation and the PlayStation 2 is backward compatibility with PlayStation games, I decided to buy PlayStation titles and enjoy these classic games.

PlayStation Portable
You can do a lot of things on this amazing handheld. Watch videos, listen music, play video games with nice graphics, etc.

[Nold]

Sony PSP.

Why should I buy a PSP if i have a DS Lite? I can watch videos if i want, listen to music and run gradt homebrew (DSLinux, DS Organizer, Moonshel...)

so why should i buy one?

Nintendo DS

I have nearly every Nintendo console, and if i heard of the DS i wanted to buy one, i ordered one just before the european release and i loved it!
After a few mounth don't looking at the DS I found the homebrew scene and now: I f***ing love my DS I do everything with it ^^ liste to music (even in the shower) Play games, surf the web and and and!
As my old ds was borken after 2 years of use, i bought a DS Lite and its even much much much better than the old one... I'm in love xD

Nintendo Wii

Seems to be a great system... will get one if it's cheaper...

Xbox 360 & PS3
Why should I buy one? I have a PC
And the 360 and PS3 can't do anything my pc can't

[Sousanator]

colecovision
- needed something that wasnt an atari

nes
- needed something with better graphics

genesis
- got to love sonic

playstation
- loved the sony tvs, plus 3dness

gameboy/ color
- needed games on the go

dreamcast
- burnt games ftw

playstation 2
- became a fanboy

psp
- fanboyish continued

n64
- needed to play super mario 64 with authencity

wii
- need to excercise my lazy bum

[Elven6]

dreamcast
- burnt games ftw

You pirated great games? You Bastard!

[steve520]

PSP- Because i seen the kickass graphics and how you could listen to music and videos

Nintendo DS- because it was free so i took it

Nintendo Wii- Because it looked fun and more actiony

[Basil Zero]

In order of favorites:

PSP---1 game made me want to get it, and the multimedia features, the game that made me get it was Darkstalkers Chronicle. Bought it in May 2005, best Game console I've invested on.

DS---Hearing about R4 and the games that are on it, made me get this baby 3 weeks ago (May 07) WOOT..

PS2-The awesome third party titles like Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Grand Theft Auto, Tekken and others made me get this babe back in July 2002.

GCN-Loved Nintendo and still do, Bought this especially for the reason that SSBM came out, bought this babe back in December 2001.

N64- 2nd system and wanted to play 3d games, bought this babe back in June 1998

SNES- 1st GAME SYSTEM, Parents bought, back in February 1991

GBA- Bought back in 2001, wanted to increase GB game collection

GBC- Wanted to play pokemon, got it back in 1998

[acn010]

Im a fan of all video games, so bought all consoles.
In order of "bestness"
Xbox 360
Nintendo DS
PS3
PSP
Nintendo Wii
(Please dont flame, just my personal preference)
-Xiofire

same here, except for the Wii, i won on a giveaway thing XD

[Hiei311]

psp- got this bad boy when homebrew started appering on the scene, and went through 2 of these
1st. fake downgrader
2nd. friend kicked my psp lcd screen in lol
now im on my 3rd with a 3.40OE-A, and it kicks ass

PS2- devil may cry, resident evil, jak, tekken, killzone
all that good $#@!

dreamcast- first gamesystem i had that used burnt games and homebrew.....still have it and play carrier

PS3- blueray, awsome console, home is comin soon
and have high hopes of dark alex hacking it lol
cant wait for killzone ratched & clank and all the kick ass ps2 sequals to come out...dont for get ff13 =]

wii- just resident evil 4 for it.....dont like 1st person
shooters thats what ps3 is for, but sports kick ass and mario...and zelda....and tramacenter

xbox360- ehhh only reason i got it was for dead rising halo 3 and gears of wars, im not a sony fanboy or anything but i dont like microsoft system poor services...and there big meany poser faces

please dont flame me :thumbup: