Home-Computers or Consoles?

[GarryG]

The gaming landscape nowadays is very different from the 80s and 90s, but there is one similarity.
We still have computer based gaming and console based gaming, so I thought it would be interesting to see what people liked best from days gone by...

[Swainy]

I started off with a console (an Atari 2600) but I really caught the gaming bug when I got a Speccy.

[Antiriad2097]

Retro gaming on computers like the Speccy and ST. Modern gaming on consoles like the PS1.

[The Laird]

Consoles for me, they are generally better machines for playing games on and so they should be, it's what they were designed for.

[nokgod]

Up to '85 it was computers all the way. After that, i switched to consoles and remain firmly in that camp to this day.

[HalcyonDaze00]

Speccy, C64 and the mighty Amiga

[sscott]

Computers at the 8/16 bit level. So much choice games wise plus programming!
Favourites:
- Atari 8bit
- Commodore Amiga
- Atari ST

[Negative Creep]

The only PC we had until I was around 15 was an ancient 386 which could barely run anything, so almost all my gaming was console based

[Hiro]

My first console has been a Playstation. Before that, Commodore computers blew any console out of the water

[Son_of_Shinobi]

My Atari 520ST E all the way

[ncf1]

computers.

[outdated_gamer]

I was growing up on consoles but I have switched almost completely to computer gaming in the recent few years. I still like to discuss retro (and modern) console gaming, though.

"Computers" is a broad term, btw. Basically all gaming (or non-gaming) capable systems are "computers", they're just different in their capabilities and functions.

[PlodMadLoon]

"Back in the day" I was always a half n' half kid: a Nintendo fanboy from the NES onwards, it was the first machine I ever bought with my own money so I've a soft spot for it. But I'd be lying if I said consoles were my predominant gaming platform, as we progressed from Amstrad to Atari ST to Amiga to PC. Computers were the thing for gaming, and while I enjoyed it the NES was more a sort of sideline to the computers for gaming purposes.

Nowadays though I'm a console man thru and thru.

[gman72]

Consoles for me every time. PC owners must all drive BMWs. Looking down their noses at console owners with this kind of faux superiority and smug countenance.

[outdated_gamer]

Consoles for me every time. PC owners must all drive BMWs. Looking down their noses at console owners with this kind of faux superiority and smug countenance.

I think you're talking about "PC elitists".

Look at Steam hardware stats - most have PCs that are worse from the current consoles. Maybe even from last-gen ones as integrated graphics just aren't very good for gaming.