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[majorgamer10]

The transfer of power in the household upgrading a console feels like a modern household ritual. My Dad would really mess with me at these times.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Better in tech?

Genesis seeing Last Battle was life changing.

 

[KINGMOKU]

Magnavox odyssey 1, to the odyssey 2,was absolutely massive. If you know, you know.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

My first upgrade experience was NES to PS1 and it was incredible.

 

[HRK69]

Upgrading from SNES to N64 was something else for me

I did not understand how you'd play something like Mario 64. I thought it was some kind of interactive movie the first time I saw it.

I didn't really care for gaming as a kid but this changed when we got a N64.

I remember it very well

 

[Mister Wolf]

Going from Saturn to Dreamcast was a huge jump. Especially playing Code Veronica day one. I remember buying the copy from Target.

 

[digdug2]

My first upgrade experience was NES to PS1 and it was incredible.

That's one hell of a leap.

 

[IFireflyl]

Going from Super Mario World to Final Fantasy VIII was the most insane thing I have ever experienced.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Upgrading from SNES to N64 was something else for me

I did not understand how you'd play something like Mario 64. I thought it was some kind of interactive movie the first time I saw it.

I always thought that's why they put Laiktu in the game - to get the concept of using the camera across.

 

[Crayon]

Getting a snes for xmas? My heart is racing just thinking about it.

 

[mrqs]

II went from a crappy PC and a Mega Drive/Master System to a PS1. FIFA felt insane at the time. Then PS2 for years, with Castlevania: Curse of Darkness and God of War feeling like an insane jump. I was only able to buy a 360 around 2009. It was magical. The hand on the Bioshock guy looked like real life.

Then the PS4 was pretty dope too. Killzone: Shadow Fall and Infamous were really spectacular at the time (still are!).

This generation I haven't felt such an impact yet, I think.

 

[kevboard]

well my gaming timeline was basically GameBoy > GameBoy Color > PS1 > GameCube > Xbox > PS2 > 360 > Wii and so on.

going from GB to GB Color was really nice. the screen wasn't a smeary mess, and even non-Color games looked so much nicer.
getting a PS1 and entering 3D gaming felt amazing too of course. I did play these games at my cousin's or at in-store kiosks before of course. but finally being able to play Driver and MGS at home was amazing.

the jump from there to Gen6 was ridiculous. Gen6 made 3D Gaming actually a mature medium. I loved my GameCube. I constantly had friends over where we played Nightfire, Time Splitters 2, CelDamage, Smash Bros etc.

 

[Majormaxxx]

I upgraded from a 2.4 ghz Celeron PC to an Xbox 360. Mind blown.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

No biggie really, I expected more and got it

 

[Anth916]

The biggest leap for me happened in late 1993. A very good friend of mine bought a Panasonic 3DO at launch. I bought an Atari Jaguar a couple of months later. It had a test launch in San Francisco in December 1993. Playing both the 3DO and Atari Jaguar, shortly after playing basically Super Nintendo and Genesis games, both systems seem like a giant leap. Especially the 3DO. We played the living shit out of Crash N Burn. My bud had a 31 inch Mitsubishi TV with S-Video input, and his 3DO with S-Video output, looked absolutely spectacular on it. This was October of 1993!

Going from Super Nintendo and Genesis games (albeit the best available up till October 1993), to a game like Crash N Burn with texture mapping and everything, it was like seeing a glimpse 10 years into the future.

Ok... so it was more like seeing a glimpse 3 or 4 years into the future in reality.... still, it was incredible

I also think Cybermorph on the Atari Jaguar was absolutely phenomenal when I was playing the crap out of it in December 1993.

 

[AJUMP23]

Financial freedom to buy my own stuff was great. Going from Atari to NES was mind blowing. But during all those times the best graphics were in the arcade until the late 90s.

 

[Anth916]

The most recent time I felt this sensation was late April 2016 when I first got my HTC Vive. Just the Steam VR setup blew me out of the water. It was like a Mario 64 type moment. Like first seeing the Mario 64 kiosk at Toys R Us and staring in amazement

I'm saddened that I don't think I will feel this sensation with a normal console, like a PS6 or Xbox Super New New or whatever. Maybe a VR headset that's super amazing, or AR glasses like those Meta glasses Orion.

 

[Doom85]

My first upgrade experience was NES to PS1 and it was incredible.

Mine was NES to 64, and likewise, I was all:

 

[tkscz]

Going from

To

Blew my mind as a kid. The amount of detail that jump was hit me harder than going from the SNES to the N64.

 

[Gamerfan81]

Going from NES to SNES was amazing for me. The vibrant colors and better graphics of Super Mario World blew me away. I played the crap out of Mario 3 and going to Super Mario world was something else. Then a year later Street Fighter 2 made its way onto the SNES, also blew me away that the SNES version was almost like the arcade. The SNES is my 2nd favorite console of all time for a reason.

 

[ZehDon]

Super Nintendo -> Nintendo 64 was a formative moment in my life. The world as never the same again.

 

[Sentenza]

I'm trying to remember a point in my life where I got a new console that was overall better than a computer I owned at the same time... And I'm not sure it ever happened.

 

[March Climber]

PS1

PS2

PS3 (BC Model)

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Underwhelming honestly. Had a Genesis as a kid and my uncle got me a PlayStation, had no idea what it was and no idea how to plug it in so it sat in the closet for like six months before I realized it was actually cool.

Then I got a PS2 at launch and had nothing to play but Tekken Tag Tournament for a year.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I always paid more attention to the games. Didn't care all that much for the hardware running it, it was just the thing i needed to play with the shiny new toy.

 

[bitbydeath]

I grew up on Atari but the PS2 > PS3 was the biggest graphical leap IMO.
Seeing and playing Motorstorm and Killzone 2 felt like the system was capable of anything.

 

[existensmaximum]

Getting a Sega Mega Drive for Christmas together with my brother back in 1994 was by far the most impressive jump for me, from the Master System.

 

[Pelao]

My first console upgrade was going from my Atari 800XL to the NES, but I wasn't really impressed until I went from the SNES to the PSX.
The jump from 2D to 3D was something else. Gran Turismo blew me away at the time.

 

[R6Rider]

I remember how amazing it was seeing PS2 games for the first time.

First PS3 game I saw in person was Assassin's Creed and that was also mind blowing on an HD TV.

 

[Fess]

I grew up playing on Commodore computers so my first console was SNES and my first console upgrade was SNES -> PS1. The jump was out of this world. Must’ve started the T-Rex and manta ray tech demos 100s of times.

 

[dan76]

Getting a Colecovision after having my Atari 2600. I was always disappointed with the arcade conversions on Atari. Getting a Colecovision really felt like it was " just like the real arcade game". I can remember the first time I saw Smurfs running at a holiday camp trade show. Blew my tiny mind.

Saturn to Dreamcast felt pretty big as well.

 

[Gamerguy84]

The first time not so good. I went from atari 2600 to the 5200 and you know how that went.

Second time was a banger as I went from C64 to Amiga. Amiga is still going strong.

 

[reinking]

I remember the Atari 2600 to 5200 felt like a big jump.

But really, every single generation I am like....

 

[Efren is G.O.A.T.]

Going from NES to SNES was really good for me. I was a huge Zelda, Final Fantasy, Metroid fan as a kid(still am) and when those franchises got their entries on the SNES it blew me away.

As far as shattering my world, I don't think we'll be able to replicate the jump from the SNES to N64/PS1.

Super Mario World -> Super Mario 64
A Link to the Past -> Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy VI -> Final Fantasy VII

I really don't think these 3 examples ( and there are many others) will ever be surpassed. They changed gaming by themselves.

 

[yurqqa]

Super Mario World -> Super Mario 64
A Link to the Past -> Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy VI -> Final Fantasy VII

Yeah. Everything that followed was mostly graphics improving.

These 3 games were such a jump. If you saw other attempts in redefining the genres, these were like 3-4 generations in one big leap.

I saw only 2 other revolutions like this later on (in single player games):

1. Physics in Half-Life 2
2. Astrobot VR - for me it was akin to SMW->SM64 change

I personally was PC gamer who emulated NES/SNES/PS1/N64.

Then I got Dreamcast (Shenmue blew my mind) and later PS2.

It wasn't that revolutionary as I already played MGS2, Silent Hill 2 and GTA3 on PC by the time I got PS2, but sheer amount of great games on PS2 was amazing.
Still my favourite generation.

P.S. Again, when you had PC with decent video card, jump to HD on consoles didn't look that revolutionary.
MGS4 felt on another level though.

 

[lh032]

Excited , happy .

And I'm going to experience this again when I receive my pro this November

 

[HyperSeg]

I remember being blown away going from PS1 to PS2. Honestly PS1 and N64 games just look like shit now (still fun to play though).

This thread just reminds me of how retarded me and my parents were. Every time I upgraded a console or PC, we got rid of the old one. That just makes me sad as a huge retro gamer now.

 

[Kamina]

 

[nikos]

NES to SEGA Genesis. It was so much cooler.

 

[Radical_3d]

I went from a Spectrum ZX+2 to a Master System II, and let me tell you: if you think PCIe SSDs are the shit for loading times you were not around when cassettes became cartridges. Mind blowing. It played and look so much better as well. A true generational leap and very exciting times. It’s been exciting all the way up to PS5. 60fps are nice and RT is technically more “correct” than baked illumination but to me gaming tech topped with Uncharted 4 and everything after have been minor improvements that had built over that, and only noticeable in video comparisons. Not a leap everybody with eyes could see. This November, tho, the ritual must continue. As it always has been.

 

[Icymanipulator]

SNES to PS1
Or
PS1 to PS2

Both were equally mind blowing

 

[digital_ghost]

It was like i had another wii to play with besides my wee wee.

 

[Raven117]

Nes to Snes. It was Double the bits… I mean come on!

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Nes to Snes. It was Double the bits… I mean come on!

I miss bits...

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

I remember being blown away by the Dreamcast. Sword of the Berserk, Power Stone, Sonic Adventure, Blue Stinger, House of the Dead, and Soul Caliber had me tripping out hard as a kid. I had a Sega Genesis and N64 before that, so the graphics jump was insane.

 

[drganon]

Going from the genesis to the ps1 was mind-blowing at the time.

 

[dispensergoinup]

Intellivision to NES blew my mind.

I've only been able to recreate that feeling when I went SNES to PS1.

Was poor, didn't have N64.

 

[SweetTooth]

I had Atari 2600 then NES then Megadrive ..but my mind was blown away when I got PS1, the transition to 3D will never be matched and the types of experiences that PS1 provided were magical and yet to be topped.

 

[Parazels]

PSX and Xbox 360 in my case.
Tekken 2 and Gears of War respectively.

 

[cormack12]