/vr/ - Retro Games

Have you ever had any negative or positive experiences involving younger people and retro games?

My daughter is elementary age so I decided to let her start playing games. I've been collecting since high school so I have a nice sized collection by now.. She prefers 32 bit over 16 but has never whined.

We all love video games. What started it?

What was the earliest game you can remember seeing or playing?

What was the first system and game(s) you owned? How did you like them?

>First game ever seen was one of the 8-bit Megamans on the computer in 1995
>Instantly entranced by the idea of controlling people on what I thought was the tv.

First system
>5 in 1997
>Babysat by this really nerdy black family
>Three brothers ages 9, 13, and 19
>Would let me watch and play as they would 100% Mario 64 and other games
>They move one day
>They wanted a Playstation and decided to give me their Super Nintendo
Along with Super Mario World, Mario All-Stars, LttP, Star Fox, Sword of Mana, and fucking Legend of Gaia
>All this god-tier vidya
>at 5

I didn't even know what to do with it all. I was only good at the Mario games until I got older.

>Christmas that year
>Get Megaman X
>Mother tells me that the eldest brother told her I would like it

I miss them so much.

it's your childhood...

it's friday night. you're in 5th grade.

your parents tell you that you can have a friend (or two) stay the night. They'll give you money to walk to the corner store (or drive you. whatever situation your family was in) to buy whatever snacks and drinks you guys want.

this night will be full of gaming with your best friends. remember, you're in 5th grade.

>What snacks/drinks do you buy.
>what system do you have.
>what are you guys playing
>did your friends bring a system that you didn't own?
>Were you a friend who gave your friends madcatz controllers, did your parents buy you extra first-party controllers, or did your friends bring their own?

reminisce, my friends, about those wonderful late nights that we will never live again.