/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1515907]

ITT: The first game you ever bought with your own cash

[Anonymous No.1515912]

I *think* Mortal Kombat 3, not sure.

I specifically remember buying the Brady Games strategy guide for Final Fantasy 7 because I worked for a day at my dad's restaurant.

[Anonymous No.1516109]

Silly question OP. Most people here either still get a monthly allowance or emulate.

[Anonymous No.1516116]

Still got it too.

[Anonymous No.1516138]

Got this a few days after Christmas 1997 after being blown away by the PS1, effectively ending the 16-bit era for me. I'm pretty sure this was the first game I ever bought because I don't recall buying any Genesis games ever.

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[Anonymous No.1516142]

It was the half life bundle on steam, and only because I really like the series. Never bought any original games because living in Brazil is suffering.

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[Anonymous No.1516543]

The first game I clearly remember going out by myself to buy was Chrono Cross, but I remember buying several NES and Genesis games before that, just can't remember specifics.

[Anonymous No.1516578]

If we're talking job money then it was this, I think. And a GBA SP.

Not retro, I know, but you're the one who asked. I didn't even get a job until I was 19. I had to concentrate on school, couldn't drive, and lived in the middle of BFE. That shitty telemarketing job got me games and a system I still keep close to this day.

Did the same thing when I got my current job years ago - my first check went to a DS Lite and New SMB.

[Anonymous No.1516584]

sold some grabage instead of stealing money from my mom like i usually did.

man, was i blown away by this game. couldnt be topped by anything on the gba since then

[Anonymous No.1516589]

best $10 I ever spent

[Anonymous No.1516610]

I think it was Super Smash Bros.

Money well spent. Hundreds of hours were played with friends and family.

[Anonymous No.1516634]

First one I remember forking over cash for was this for SNES for 10 bucks from someone at school. He was a nasty fat fucker and it had to be cleaned and still didn't run great, but hey, I LOVED this game.

[Anonymous No.1516638]

This.

[Anonymous No.1516642]

Got this when I started mowing lawns at age 9.

I think I did well.

[Anonymous No.1516657]

Bought in middle school with money I got from shelving books at the library, several weeks after we got finally threw out our apple ii and got a powermac

[Anonymous No.1516689]

I'm an old fart, that game was A Link to the Past. New. 1992.

[Anonymous No.1516694]

megaman legends. also, unrelated but for the longest time i thought the thing on the cover of the first gran turismo was a bodybag

[Anonymous No.1516709]

With my own money? shit, uh....
well I partially funded quite a few of my games as a kid, but the first 100% paid for would probably either be a GBC, GBA, or xbox game.
only one I can think of right now was Links Awakening for $15 used at a gamestop about 7-ish years ago. Up until then, I thought the only zelda GB games were the oracles, which I got together for xmas one year.

[Anonymous No.1516715]

Either this or R. C. Pro Am.

[Anonymous No.1516886]

I really have no idea. I remember in, I guess 1993, I got some Christmas money but not Jurassic Park for SNES, so I took the money and bought the game. Does that count?

[Anonymous No.1516894]

Either Rad Racer or Metroid, but I will go with Rad Racer because I actually remember buying it.

[Anonymous No.1516896]

>>1516715
Rollergames was one of the first games I bought too, probably because it was the cheapest game they had. I remember being 25 cents short but somebody in line paid it for me.

[Anonymous No.1516930]

Still the best $49 I ever spent.

[Anonymous No.1516953]

>>1516715
that game was tits

[Anonymous No.1517014]

Worth every penny.