We love technology both new and old, and we love seeing all the crazy contraptions that you guys put together to keep your technology alive. Today, we’re pretty excited that the latest innovation in portable gaming, the Sony PlayStation Vita, is available at RadioShack!
This handheld system will make you wonder how that old Atari kept you entertained so long. The PlayStation Vita has monstrous 5-inch touchscreen OLED display, so you can clearly see where that next jump is. It also features a Six-axis motion sensing system, so you can control your games without pressing a button, though it also has the regular assortment of gaming buttons, including dual analog joysticks.
The PlayStation Vita is well connected, with built-in WiFi, and there’s even an option to include 3G and GPS, so you can truly be a connected gamer anywhere. There’s a built-in camera on both the front and back, so you can take great photos to share or you can do some video chatting.
The PlayStation Vita also features Cross Play, which lets you start a game on your PS3 and the continue it on your Vita, or challenge other gamers to a duel, regardless of whether they’re on the PS3 or a Vita themselves.
It’s an awesome experience, and RadioShack wants to help you discover how awesome it truly is, so we’re giving away 3 PlayStation Vita gaming systems, along with some accessories!
To enter, simply share a photo of the oldest gaming system that you have. We’ll go through all the photos and choose our top three favorites to each receive a Sony PlayStation Vita bundle, courtesy of RadioShack.
You can find out more about the Sony PlayStation Vita at RadioShack.com. You can also use our Trade and Save program to get INSTANT savings by trading in your old gaming system or other electronics when you purchase your new PlayStation Vita.
There are three different ways you can enter:
- Leave a comment on this blog post telling us about your oldest gaming system and include a link to a pic so we can check it out.
- Follow @RadioShack on Twitter and tweet us a photo of your oldest gaming system. Be sure to include the #OldSchoolGamer tag
- Follow RadioShack on Instagram and post a photo of your oldest gaming system there. Be sure to tag @RadioShack and include the #OldSchoolGamer tag
You can submit as many photos as you would like within the time frame. Contest begins at 2:00 pm CST on February 22, 2012 and ends at 1:59 pm CST on February 23, 2012. Winners will be chosen by RadioShack and announced after 3:00 pm CST on February 23, 2012.
No payment or purchase necessary to win. Neither a purchase nor payment will improve your chances of winning. While you’re pretty cool in our book, you are not a winner of this contest yet. Void where prohibited. Must be a resident of the 50 United States to win.
Updated 2/23/12: Thanks to everyone for participating in the Show Us Your Old Gaming Rigs Contest! Congrats to our winners Stacy T., J.D. N., and Ketul P.!
Damare
my oldest game system is either the sega dreamcast, or the playstation 1.
William Hoover
My oldest gaming system. Guess I’m in need of a major upgrade! LOL OldSchoolGamer http://twitpic.com/8ncmpk
Richard
The very first system my family had was the NES. Many hours were wasted wisely on duck hunt with the zapper. But the first system that was mine was the Genesis. I never enjoyed a console more than that thing.
http://tinypic.com/r/oh0npj/5
Stacy Thrun
I have a 30+ year old Atari in perfect working condition! We still get our game on. We are the Ultimate #oldschoolgamers http://twitpic.com/8nctgy
Arthur trunov
My oldest system is a game boy advance.
http://p.twimg.com/AmSSqrdCMAA7zPr.jpg:large
Jeremy Jacinto
GAMEBOY…….. bring back elementary days https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3177953720716&l=710cfe5ee5
Ketul Patel
The first portable handheld gaming device I ever owned was one of this (Nintendo Game and Watch) http://i43.tinypic.com/1smclz.jpg
I was the coolest kid on the block..haha
I still have few of them lying around
Anne Mostella
This is an oldie but goodie…its the Mattel “Starhawk” . I believe I got it around 1982. It still works, and entertained my stepdaughters, and my son, who is now 16 when they were all younger. My husband and I still get it out occasionally to play it. Our son just rolls his eyes, …we are definitely old school, lol
http://www.twitpic.com/8nf70x
Nicole Vosburgh
Here is our Super Nintendo! I loved playing it as a kid and we still get hours of fun out of it today!
http://twitpic.com/8nfzam
Laurie Thompson
We still love to play with our Pokemon edition of Game Boy Color
Laurie Thompson
oops, forgot the pic. We still love to play with our Pokemon edition Game Boy Color
http://t.co/c8uxvgdU
Stacy Thrun
Hey Ketul, http://twitpic.com/8ncud8 me too! My daughter still plays it occasionally. I think it is still fun!
april j
My old Simon Says, what a classic old school game. http://twitpic.com/8nhpra
Stephanie D
This is our old Game Boy Advance it got passed down to my son. https://twitter.com/#!/xStEpHtAcULaRx/status/172570220697894912/photo/1
JD Northwest
We’ve kept them all. Atari, Nintendo, XBox… We love us some gaming. http://t.co/ZpEuIHWQ
JD Northwest
I even had one of the earliest wireless game controllers. http://instagr.am/p/HWl3weLWsL/ Living large in the 90′s.
Christina
My oldest gaming system is the original Nintendo. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.332262273478400.66533.100000838918924&type=3
JD Northwest
Still rocking the original boxes for most things. http://twitpic.com/8no2mu
Kevin Bell
My oldest game system is a self-contained one called The Vectrex! I came across is again when I was cleaning out the basement and it still worked great! Just black-and-white with vector graphics, but still a lot of fun to play!
http://t.co/LzzweEul
Zethus Suen
ColecoVision! Wasn’t even mine, it was my dad’s: http://twitpic.com/8npoay
Roger
http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/ti994a.jpg
This picture pretty much sums it up. Hours playing “Parsec”. And once we got the voice module… man!
john knight
My kids and I still have a working Sega genesis, original NES & a SNES that we play .The oldest though in an ATARi & Intellivision. Still remember enjoying D & D on the Intellivision in real “3D” pic contained in tweet from @MSGjk
thanks for the contest.
Tracy Parral
https://twitter.com/#!/tracyparral/status/172755229358563328
Kim C
This is my old original Game Boy! I loved this and took it everywhere with me. It even had extra speaker extensions & a magnifying glass with light extension.
http://www.twitpic.com/8npyyy http://www.twitpic.com/8npy5w
Alan Horning
The first “system” I had was a pong game with 2 paddle controllers connected together that I believe came from radio shack in my younger years. But that is long gone. Here is a picture of the oldest one that I still have an original gameboy.
http://s998.photobucket.com/albums/af103/Oper8ral/? action=view¤t=utf-8BSU1BRzAwNzguanBn.jpg
Li
Here’s my atari 2600 http://twitpic.com/8nq9fj . I have the Pong somewhere in the house, but I can’t find it
jen M.
I know I’m late but I was trying to find the pong system! We have the 2nd generation Pong I think. I know its here – just need to find it!!!
But instead I have a pick of my game cube w/ gameboy player
https://plus.google.com/photos/100842695876176722487/albums/5712426153030792657
jen M.
And yes – I do still use it. I have a Scooby Doo game that isn’t the same with out it!
VB
WHAT??? HOW AM I NOT A WINNER OF THIS PS VITA CONTEST? I SUBMITTED MY TWITTER ENTRY TODAY BEFORE THE DEADLINE!!! Here it is: “@RadioShack Hello! Here are some photos of my oldest video game system. Still works! Released in 1978: twitpic.com/8nq7sq #OldSchoolGamer” It’s an ORIGINAL MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY², released in 1978!!! THAT’S ONE OF THE OLDEST SYSTEMS ENTERED! AND I CAN PROVE THAT I OWN IT!!! WHY WAS I OVERLOOKED?
Ricky Cadden
@VB – thanks for participating! We had so many entries across Twitter, Instagram, and here on The Shack Blog! As specified in the rules above, we looked through all the entries and chose our favorites, not necessarily the oldest ones.
VB
So you picked two of the same 1984 Game & Watch handhelds, and a common Super Ninendo as the winners? That’s not fair AT ALL. What was the point of people submitting photos of their rare, classic “oldest systems” if release seniority had nothing to do with how winners were selected?
VB
Plus, none of the winners showed that they even own those pictures. I at least took photos of my system with my Twitter name attached on the box and console for direct proof….
Clark Howard
I agree. The winners of this should have been the three oldest systems owned and entered, not a strangely biased top three favorites selection. What makes them your favorites over the others? What were your choices based on? Li (Atari 2600), VB (Odyssey 2) and S. Thrun (1970s Atari) should receive the PSVita prizes. And there should be another contest with better rules so more people can win also.
Craig
VB – ssh.
Kay Z
Congrats to the winners!!
Carolina Dhabolt
Can’t believe I missed this! I love Radioshack, congrats to the lucky winners!!!
AppTrix
VB the magnavox and the classic white mario style gloves in the pic? + proof?
DD!!!!!!
yeah how didn’t VB win one … o_o!
anyway PS Vita rocks
and wtf is a Vectrex XD!@#!
wish i had some cool old arcade style systems P:! oh well
I HAVE A VITA ;D and Rayman Origins Rocks get it