/vr/ - Retro Games

>Be 12
>Visiting the coast
>At the time this was like a time warp
>The coast was easily 10-15 years behind the rest of the state in terms of technology
>Computer stores selling what to me was laughably outdated shit
>People still mainly playing SNES/Genesis near the end of the N64/PS1 era
>In a used games store, see an Atari Jaguar
>I am dazzled by the aesthetic and intrigued
>Never knew this existed. 64 bit Atari? WTF
>Buy it for cheap with Tempest 2000, they had no other games
>Weather is horrible so I spend the day in the hotel room playing Tempest 2000
>BLOWN THE FUCK AWAY by how fun it is, how good the music is, etc.
>When we returned home, I was operating under the impression Jaguar was a hidden gem
>Show friends, they are also BTFA
>Except one guy who knows more about Jag than I do who just shakes his head quietly
>"No, no. I'm...glad you like it. Just don't buy any other games. Except maybe Rayman, Wolf3D and Doom."
>We had early internet but I was indifferent to it as a console kiddie who spent the rest of his time dirtbiking
>Spent several years thinking Jaguar was a special secret awesome console only I properly appreciated
>When I first discover otherwise by watching online reviews of other Jag games, part of me dies