/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7113205
>Be 6 on Xmas
>me and my sister get an NES
>parents plug it up and my sis play SMB
>I spend the morning running back and forth between the living room and the bathroom vomiting because I'm sick
>probably vomit at least 6-7 times playing SMB for the first time
Not sure if I was actually sick or just allergic to Nintendo.

>>7113205
>Be 10 in 1995 with a shiny new PSX
>Play Crash Bandicoot in black and white for 6 months coz no one in my family knew how to change the TV from NTSC to PAL

>>7113251
Lmao. Reminds me of the time I played Ocarina of Time in black and white since the GC Zelda Collection disc only supportez 60hz while my tv was 50hz.

>my bday in 1996
>N64 just came out a few weeks ago and I REALLY want it, first console I was actually hyped for and had been following all the information and screenshots available in game mags about it for at least a year
>parents say clerk at the game store said PlayStation is cheaper due to games being cheaper (piracy)
>they ask me if I'd prefer a playstation instead since I could get more games. I know a bit about playstation from magazines and although I'd prefer a Saturn than a playstation, which was still kinda unknown and could be another failure like 3DO, but I go with it and expect the best
>get a PS1 with Jumping Flash 2 and Tekken 2 for my bday
>happy as fuck about it to the point I'm not upset over not having a N64, though I still wish I did
>a week later, my grandma asks me if I still want a N64
>I say yes
>she already had bought it for me and it was hidden in the house, with a copy of Super Mario 64
Pretty blessed year. I still remember how weird and confusing, but incredibly amazing controlling Mario in 3D for the first time was.

>>7113273
Haha, sounds like a pretty fucking based grandma.
Another short grandma vidya story
>Be 2004
>Want Zelda Oracle of Ages on GBC
>Barely used internet back then and nearest game store was a 30min drive so didn't really think about them stop selling games for older platforms
>Xmas comes around
>Grandma had gotten me Minish Cap even though I still didn't have a GBA
>She finds out I can't use it
>I tell her I still really appreciated it
>She goes "Oh no, I'm sorry. I still have the reciept so I can trade it in."
>She comes back 2 days after for some coffe
>She goes "I got something else for you"
>She gives me back Minish Cap but also hands me a GBA

>be me in grade school
>best friend stays for sleepover
>wake up next morning
>parents have acquired dunkin donuts
>fire up mario kart 64
>park wario on the railroad crossing in kalimari desert
>crank tv volume
>go upstairs to feast on munchkins
>laugh our asses off at "waaaaaaahhh!" over and over

Best game I ever got as a Christmas gift was Donkey Kong 94.

>>7113273
>I still remember how weird and confusing, but incredibly amazing controlling Mario in 3D for the first time was.

I have a vague memory of seeing SM64 for the first time in an N64 kiosk at Target and being blown away as a kid. One of the few games I KNEW I had to have.

Playing it the first time was even better, of course.

>>7113264
Shit sucks

>grow up relatively poor
>cable gets cut periodically
>Dad would play NES in front of brothers and Mom
>tells us a story about what was going on in the game
Dad was basically doing let's plays for the family in 1992 while we had no cable

>>7113273
I bet every kid on the playground wanted to come to your place

>>7113297
Are you Japanese? Minish Cap didn’t come out here until 2005.

>>7113620
I was admittedly one of the most popular kids in my school, so yeah.
I'd always invite my friends over to play stuff, N64 multiplayer became a classic.

>>7113205

>Be 7 years old in 2002
>Only had a thicc Gameboy and Pokemon Red that we got for $5 at a garage sale
>Could only play other games at friends' houses
>Parents didn't understand vidya and had no intention of buying me more games
>Christmas comes around and I asked for Digimon toys
>Open box I presume is a Wargreymon
>Actually a white GBA from my grandma
>Literally jump on the couch for joy
>Spend the rest of the day having my mind blown by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, sitting under a lamp because of how dark the original GBA's screen was

I'll never forget how comfy it was to play Pokemon Sapphire with my brothers and friends.

>>7113506
He didn't have to sell the NES for food did he? :(

>be me
>5 years old
>no idea what a video game is
>get the then-brand-new Gameboy Colour and Pokemon Blue for Christmas
>life is ruined forever
I never had a chance.

>be 29
>never ever got vidyagame present in my life
>only get like $40 max at various holidays
>again those fags show off their rich ass presents on internet
>fuck them

>>7113205
>>7113225
>>7113251
>>7113273
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>>7113330

10/10

>>7114094
9/10

>>7114232
8/10

>>7113506
4/10

>>7114020
2/10

>>7113297
1/10

>Summer of 1992
>Best friend moves away, 9 year old me super bummed about it
>Week later am laying on the couch watching tv on a rainy day
>Mom comes home from work with a god damn SNES+Zelda bundle, all I've had till then was a pile of shitty tiger handhelds
>That rainy weekend exploring hyrule was maximum comfy

>>7113205
>Spend an hour on Xmas morning figuring out where to plug the SCART plug for our new Xbox without realising every new PAL Xbox came with a SCART adapter even if you lived in a place with only composite inputs on your TV

>>7114330
How did that human boy end up in the jungle?

>>7113205
>was a youngster around 1992-1993
>xmas time with gma, older bro, uncle, mom.
>get remote control robot (with wire lol)
>brother and uncle playing master system
>bro lets me play and takes the robot
>get blown away by the idea i could control something on the tv

... and that was the first time I ever played a video game. btw i'm american too and it was a hang-on/astro warrior system.
Man I wish I still had that exact console. If i found another of that exact one I would be so stoked, idk why the astro warrior one is so hard to find.

>>7113205
>be me, 6yo
>Christmas ‘96
>video game knowledge consists of smb/duck hunt at my neighbors house and sonic 2 at home
>cousin gets this new Nintendo I’ve never heard of
>hook it up and see the intro to Super Mario 64 for the first time
Absolutely blew my fucking mind. 24 years later and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

>>7114232
Bummer dude, my grandma actually used to play games with me when I was a kid. We used to play Super Mario Kart and Mario Bros (arcade) all the time.

>>7114527
You have a nice grandma, anon.
Mine's were nice too, but all of them and every other adult despised gaming. You'll have more fun with a stick and hot pile of shit than with CRT and vidya. -they said