/vr/ - Retro Games

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I would rather say I have aged really, really badly.

I had no clue what was wrapped under the tree, as the box was much smaller than the NES (2xControllers+Zapper+ROB+Duck Hunt+Gyromite) and SNES (2xControllers+Super Mario World) boxes. I knew there were shortages of Playstations and their games in my country, so I thought parents wrapped a boxed sweatshirt and sweatpants outfit. Uncle knew Toshinden and the demo disc was gonna easily bore me out, so later that week he had me choose 2 more titles. At that time I was still very happy with the SNES, but my cousins' Genesis had run its course and was fading. So, imagine those 2 N64 kids, but with a Playstation instead. (We still played the SNES and Genesis alongside the new Playstation)

So, 20 years later, on the right side is a recreation of my 2015 Christmas. Being poor means gives so much perspective at how magical they made one specific Christmas. Have you ever made someone's Christmas special?
At that time, I don't think any kid had that kind of faith in Sega. In fact, in my area everyone had Nintendo systems (or if you're really poor, Tiger handhelds), Sega was hated or ignored (but I fortunately convinced uncle/cousins to get something else, Genesis, so we can enjoy a variety and trade/share/swap from time to time). Nobody liked Virtua Fighter, and Daytona was a nice tech show at the carnival. Sony was interesting as they had funding from Namco, and it was a brand most of us were familiar through our TVs and Walkmans, very intriguing what they would bring to the table. There, that was my memory of that time. Fuck, only thing I remembered of 2015 was I probably fucked up a few orders at work, sorry to those who got the wrong burger on the day after Christmas.