/vr/ - Retro Games

I love this system. Probably since I wasn't allowed video games as a kid until I started working multiple jobs in high school and was finally allowed to buy one of these at a thrift store. I spent countless hours huddled in the corner, tethered by the 1 foot power adapter, enjoying the fuck out of Shinobi II, Ecco, Power Rangers, and a couple of Sonic games.

Late one night while playing Ecco, the Game Gear started picking up what sounded like confused air traffic communications. Having had video games be described to me as something foreign and forbidden my entire childhood, this experience was simultaneously terrifying and awe-inspiring because I had no clue what the fuck was going on or if this was normal or if I was going to jail. I'm hardly impartial, but if I had to sell you on this system based on my experience, I would describe it as a sort of electronic second puberty.