I remember, when I was 7 year old. My neighbor had this kind of thing, a gaming console named Atari with its shooting game attracted my attention. Since then I always take a peek on that house, just to watch some one playing the game console and hopefully ask me to play too.
After the Atari era, Nintendo came with its game gadget such as famicom with its super famous Super Mario Bros. This time, without purchasing any of gaming gadget or game console, I can play whenever I want. There were game console rentals available around my neighborhood. I just have to pay 100 rupiah (about 5 cent) to play the game until my played character is dead. Depending on how good you play the game, you can play in only one minute or in one hour with that much of money 
. My favorite game was of course Super Mario Bros and Pacman.
When I was teenager until my college time, game console was not on my attention. I thought game console only for kids, because the rental always full of kids. It would embarrass me if I go to the rental place to play a game. So the alternative was to go to gaming park in supermarket or mall. With the same amount of money, I could play ding dong for different kind of games. The favorite game was Street Fighter.
And then, came the computer game era. I still remember, the famous game was Mortal Combat. But computer games was cool. Better graphics and better sound. You can not compare game console with this one. Technology gap was so wide and also the kind of game you can play is totally different. I got Doom and Warcraft to play 7 long day hehehe.
Game console producers aware about this one, and now you can see that game console is as high tech as the computer. The same processor, video card, sound card, event you can have internet connection with game console. You can check about one of the game consoles, Sony Play Station 3. It’s crazy man, even my computer is not as good as this one.The other game consoles are rocks too. You can see the competition of PS3, XBOX 360, and Wii in internet.
It is not like the old game console, now you can have different kind of game to choose with realistic graphic or even 3D. The old day, you can have hundreds of game in one memory card. Nowaday, even 1 DVD can not fit one game hehehe. You can check the games through this site for PS 3. Some game publishers create the same game for different game console, but some games are only available for specific game console.
In the old game console, you can only play with the game stick. The most advanced accessories was only a pistol that can be connected to the console. But now, even you can have a dance mat, drum imitation, guitar, as your console accessories. Wow, that is a lot. Even a normal computer can not do that. You can check it your self about the console accessories.
So now, you can spend hundreds of dollar for the gaming console, hundreds for the games, hundreds for the accessories, and hours of your time to play it. . Thank God I don’t have one. Even this my humble computer I already spent much of time with gaming hehehehe. But I am still dreaming to have one of them
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