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What game made you buy the games console? For me it was Gran Turismo 4. I bought a new slimline PS2 so I can play GT4. I also bought a PS1 way back to play Gran Turismo 2. I love the GT series... :) So what games made you buy the game console for it?

EDIT: I also bought a Game Boy to play Mario Kart. :dopey:
 
Bought a PS1 for armored core, bought a 64 for perfect dark, bought a gamecube for rogue sqaudron and smash bros, bought a xbox for fable and forza, didnt like forza that much so traded in the xbox for a slim PS2 and GT4 after remembering how much fun GT2 was :)
 
I recieved a playstation after much begging because of tittles like Jet Moto, Twisted Metal 1 and 2, Resident Evil, Armored Core, and Doom. It wasn't until somone gave me GT1 a year after I had the thing that I fell in love with the series. Since the playstation 2 was certain the have sequals to most of these games (espeacially GT3) plus the ability to play all my old tittles I had to have one of those obviously. The choice was much harder this time around with MS and Sony both having good systems but once again thoughts of a future GT game and a more future proof format along with pretty good backwards compatibility sealed the deal for my new ps3.
 
NES - Super Mario Bros.
SNES - Super Mario World
Sega Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64
Game Boy Color - Pokemon Blue
GameCube - Super Smash Bros. Melee
PS2 - Gran Turismo 3
Wii - if I had to name one, it would either be Super Smash Bros. Brawl or Metroid Prime 3.
 
Coming from someone who bought most of their consoles later in life, I can only do a partial assessment of this.
Mega Drive/Genny: Sonic 1 (pack-in game FTW!). I still remember going to Wal*Mart and getting the Genny. And I was like, 2 years old. And it was my oldest memory. Sad, isn't it?
Master System (bought 2 years ago): Sonic 2.
Game Gear (bought 3 years ago): Sonic 2 (I have a rather unhealthy obsession with the 8-bit version of Sonic 2).
Game Boy Advance: Super Mario Advance. Or, more truthfully, Pokemon Gold (200 hours of my life are in that game).
Saturn: NiGHTS...Into Dreams
N64 (bought used, about 3 years ago): GoldenEye 007
Playstation: Need For Speed III.
Playstation 2: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure.
Sega CD (bought 2 years ago): Lunar: The Silver Star.
Sega 32X (bought 3 years ago): I'll get back to you on that on Friday. I want Chaotix, however. Badly.
Neo-Geo Pocket Color: Sonic Pocket Adventure.
Game.Com: I dunno what I was thinking.
SNES (bought 2 years ago): Super Mario All-Stars
NES (bought 3 years ago): Ghosts 'n Ghoblins
 
Toronado
Game.Com: I dunno what I was thinking.
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Same here. I didn't even want to mention it. :lol:

Would computers count at all? I begged my parents to replace our aging Macintosh with a shiny new PC back in 1996, all for Mechwarrior 2:

 
Wolfe
I begged my parents to replace our aging Macintosh with a shiny new PC back in 1996, all for Mechwarrior 2:
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Ahh. Mechwarrior 2. The father of Interstate '76. Good times.
I remember begging mom to buy a compy for I76.
 
Toronado
Ahh. Mechwarrior 2. The father of Interstate '76. Good times.
I remember begging mom to buy a compy for I76.
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I still have the original CD for the game, and that YouTube video is mine. :lol: The CD has been disc doctor'd once or twice, and the music on the upper end of the track numbers is starting to go, so I recently backed it up as an image on the hard drive.

I, too, remember Interstate '76. I used to just drive around with my 180' wheel and its wheel-mounted throttle and brake pedals. I played The Need for Speed a lot more, though.
 
Wolfe
I, too, remember Interstate '76. I used to just drive around with my 180' wheel and its wheel-mounted throttle and brake pedals. I played The Need for Speed a lot more, though.
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I76 + GlideWrapper + Pretty Much any graphics card made after 2001 = Awesome.
 
The first games I ever got addicted to were Super Mario World SNES and Mariocart SNES, I blame them for everything that has happened since.
 
I forgot to add that I bought S-Nintendo for some Mario Game, Game Cube for Super Smash Bros Melee, and Nintendo 64 for Mario Kart too.
 
I got my playstation for Christmas, but I really wanted one on account of Toney Hawk's Pro Skater and Jet Moto.
PS2 - Final Fantasy X
Gamecube - Zelda (the collectors edition disc with all the old games on it.)
Xbox - Fable

I have no plans to buy another console though out of lack of time to play games nowadays. I may end up buying a 360 sometime just so I can have something to keep me entertained in downtime.
 
I think there have been just two games that clinched a console purchase for me. Both were Playstations:

1) Dragon Quest VII / Playstation(modded)
2) Gran Turismo 3 / Playstation 2

Not as much as the first two, but two more games that kind of had the same effect:

1) Blue Stinger / Dreamcast
2) Gran Turismo 4 / PS Two(slim)
 
DWA
I dunno if I'll get a PS3 but it would only be for GT5
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Well... apparently I was a little off. I got it for GTHD. :dopey:

Actually, I'm Banking on DiRT and GT5 is looking better after the demo too.
 
PC: Star Control 1, Doom, & Wolfenstein 3D
Atari 2600: Pole Position
Magnavox Odyssey 2: Frogger
Famicom/NES: Super Mario Bros. 1 & Final Fantasy 1
Master System: Altered Beast
Turbo Grafix 16: Bonk's Adventure
GameBoy: Tetris (thankfully it came with it)
Genesis: Sonic 1 (came with it)
Super Famicom/SNES: Super Mario World (came with it)
GameGear: Dragon Crystal
3DO: Star Control II, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and Samurai Shodown
Nintendo 64: Mario Kart 64
PlayStation: Battle Arena Toshinden & Ridge Racer
Dreamcast: Capcom vs SNK 1
PlayStation 2: GTA3
GameCube: Resident Evil & Resident Evil Zero
XBOX: Forza & PGR 1 & 2
XBOX360: PGR3

I have more consoles but I can't remember what games I bought with them.
 
PSX: Tomb Raider (all titles) - F1'97 - GT, GT2 - MGS.
PS2: MGS2, MGS3 - ACE COMBAT (series) - F1 (series) - PES (series) - GT3, GT4 - TT.

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Cool thread- do Game&Watches count as consoles?
I've had a whole pile of consoles, but the ones that stand out:

Can't remember console: Pong built in.
Atari 2600: Missile command (I must have been 3-4 yrs old)
Atari Lynx: Slimeworld - Anyone else remember that?
Gameboy Colour: Bomberman
Sega GameGear: Sonic
SNES: F-Zero
Sega Megadrive: Altered Beast & Sonic
PS1: Wipeout
PS2: GT4
 
Yeah, lol I feel the same way, I bought a portable TV to play GT3 on the go. :cool:

ANYTHING you bought for a game counts, including stuff out of the world.
 

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