My dad had a PS1 but I played on it more than he did. He only used it for FIFA, Smackdown! and Resident Evil. I’d wake up early to play Disney’s Hercules, Inspector Gadgets Crazy Maze, Mickey’s Wild Adventure or Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase before I had to leave for nursery (9am I think). Got a PS2 a year after release in 2001. Think it came with 007 Agent Under Fire. Favourite game for it was Spyro A Hero’s Tail. First game I picked out for it was Spyro Enter the Dragonfly. I loved how many movies got their own game. The Incredibles, Monsters Inc, Coraline, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Scooby Doo Mystery Mayhem smacked too. Then got a Game Boy micro with a dual bundle. I think it was Crash N-Tranced 2 and Spyro Season of Ice. Wasn’t really into the GBA outside of Pokémon and Crash Bandicoot. I’ve still never played Pokémon Emerald. Only had Ruby and Sapphire for it. Then got the original DS with Pokémon Diamond, Guitar Hero on Tour and Madagascar. Again, didn’t play much outside of Pokémon and Guitar Hero. Then got a PSP with GTA Liberty City Stories. Favourite game for that was Silent Hill: Origins. Became a huge fan of Silent Hill at that point eventually getting every game for the PS2, PSP and 360. Got the Wii Christmas after release. Spent all of my time on it either playing Night at the Museum 2 or Animal Crossing City Folk. By this point I realised Nintendo just wasn’t for me. The handful of Nintendo games I like, I really liked and could play them for days. But there were just so few of them. Overlord A Dark Legend was my favourite game for the Wii. Then in 2011 I get the Xbox 360 S and lost years of my life to Skyrim, MW3 and New Vegas. New Vegas is still my favourite game. I didn’t turn 18 until 2015 but I kept my 360 without upgrading to a PS4 Pro until 2017.

What about you? Which consoles did you play before turning 18? What games did you have for them? What were your favourite games for each console?