What is your favorite old school console?

My first console was a PlayStation, at Christmas 1998 (I think it was then - came with the original Spyro the Dragon, and I can remember buying the second when it came out in 1999). As such, I never actually played on other consoles. Got a PS2 around 2002, then a PS3 on the EU launch day. The first console I played on that wasn't part of the PlayStation family was an Xbox 360 at a friend's in the run up to the PS3 launch.

Pretty much what happened to me. Spyro propelled me into the Playstation genre of games. Frogger, Crash Bandicoot, ThunderStrike, Croc, they all elicit fond memories among others.

I had also found a Gameboy Color with Donkey Kong Country in it around this time which got me into handheld gaming. So that has to be my second favorite. Still remember all those car rides playing Pokemon.