/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7125614
console wars are stupid

I had both, but didn't get the SNES until 94.

We had an Atari VCS and an Atari 800 computer at the beginning of the 80s, then in 1988 we got a NES and a Sega Master System, then later a Genesis and eventually a SNES, and in 1993 I mail-ordered a TurboDuo.

>>7125614
I did. My parents were making good money.

>>7125642
I recall seeing TG16 stuff in game magazine ads and articles, but you never see it in stores.

my consoles i had in the 90’s were (in order):
Genesis
GameBoy
PS1
GameBoy color
Dreamcast

>>7125614
the only Sega console i owned was the Dreamcast around launch
begged my mom for a Saturn every time we went to Kmart but she wouldn't budge

>>7125660
Babbage's and Toys R Us had it. I remember some dude in Babbage's talking me out of getting one. He said there were tons of games that would be easy to localize and weren't getting US releases and he was right. NEC fucked up big time.

>>7125660
I played Keith Courage on a store demo
I think it was at Sears

>>7125678
Your mom’s a smart lady, kid. Next time you see her, give her a kiss from "Big Bern" (she’ll know who you mean).

>>7125614
>no neo geo
>no pce
>Who else grew up poor
Not me

I didn't have any brand loyalty. I just played whatever I had. NES, Genesis, PS1, N64. For handhelds, I had a GBC and Game Gear.

S e g t e n d o

>be kid
>own Atari 2600
>upgrade to Nintendo Entertainment System
>upgrade to Sega Genesis
>upgrade to Sony Playstation

what does that make me?

>>7125679
Toys R Us always had demo kiosks of weird shit like the 3DO and Sega Saturn

>>7126513
An average kid.

>>7125614
I did, the secret is to never buy consoles at launch.

>>7126574
whoa, you're right, I waited until like 2005 to buy a SNES and I got the console and like 30 games complete in-box for $80 bucks

I can only imagine how cheap these are going for now

i managed to avoid being a soiboi manchild and/or a tranny by going from genesis->ps1->dreamcast->ps2->xbox->360->ps4.

i feel sorry for people who didnt. i cant imagine just NOT getting pussy.

I'm always jealous of posts like these. I was a stupid kid, didn't know anything about consoles. I asked mom for one several times, but there was this bullshit local myth about consoles ruining tvs that the parents used to avoid buying them. She thought it would kill the TV. I was a dumb motherfucker, so I didn't ask for a console again. I had self-esteem issues. Parents had money to buy every console on release. I didn't have good friends, no girls. I'm getting into gaming now that I'm 23, and it kills me, knowing how much fun I could've had as a kid. Not a single console growing up, man. I'd just go to gaming stores and play the demo kiosk consoles and look at game boxes, read the backs and look at screenshots. I wish my parents were more in touch with reality. They're old, and I always thought and acted like a geezer because of this upbringing. I grew up playing with physical bricks and action figures and reading century-old books in the fucking information age. It's really shit, it's like growing up poor without being poor. Years of my life, wasted. Holy fucking shit. I really am a dumb motherfucker. Having old parents sucks. They taught me everything a 1950's kid should know. It's like being retarded with a sound mind. I love them, but this is bullshit.

>>7126617
>he only had one system per gen
>he didn't even own any 2nd or 3rd gen console
>projects his virginity onto others
>he owns a modern console

>>7126659

Its not a wasted experience man, you weren't robbed of anything, your time was spent in other more valuable activities, its a cultural thing that you didn't partake in. There are many cultural things around you don't even know exist.

Anyway... If anything YOU have a fabulous opportunity now, in that, well there are thousands upon thousands of retro games you could emulate with a few clicks of a button and unlike the many fags here who can only bask in nostalgia you're getting to play these fuckers like they just came out...

Shut up... Get off here and go play some games

>C64
>MS-DOS
>Windows

debate me

>>7126665
>reeee
had both ps2 and xbox. eventually got ps3 but it wasnt worth it so i ignored it in the post
>reeee
arcade game standards were too far out of the nes, master system, and especially fucking atari's reach
>reeee
cope and seethe incel
>reeee
yeah paying only 150 bucks to play the few modern games im interested in was a great idea

>>7126347
Can I come to your house after school and play Samurai Shodown 2?

>>7125614
My path was Pong => NES => Game Gear => Genesis (Sonic 2 pack) => 32x => Nomad => SNES (DKC pack) => PS1 => Dreamcast => PS2 => Gamecube

>>7125614
Here. Never experienced that console war drama at school.

>>7126578
You wait like 2 or 3 years to buy bundles and secondhand you dense cunt.

My uncles would give us their consoles so we were behind a few generations. Everyone had an Xbox 360 while I was still playing N64, Genesis, SNES, NES, etc. I just happy to have them and happy to have games for them since we weren't doing very well. A lot of people were eager to get rid of their retro games too, so I had a lot to choose from. My favorites on Genesis are Vectorman and Rocket Knight Adventures, SNES was Super Metroid, Yoshi's Island, and for some reason I have fond memories of Kendo Rage.

t.1998 baby

>>7125873
Kek

Didn't Biggie Smalls used to say he like Sega and Nintendo equally? Shame some sperglord niggers shot him dead over it.

N64 > GBC > PSX > SNES > 2600 > NES > GBA > GCN > Genesis > Dreamcast > PS2 > DS > Wii > Shiturn