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did/does your dad play video games?
going to get these for his birthday

>> No.1532516

>>1532514
I wish. My parents only played Pac-Man

>> No.1532528
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My dad is a huge tomb raider fan, i remember he told me he bought the latest game in the franchise and wasnt able to run it on his work-laptop.

>> No.1532532

my mom used to play the fuck out of the first super Mario bros, diddy Kong racing, and any castlevania.

I met my dad like 6times ever, he would have sold my games for rocks, glad he never knew i had them

>> No.1532536

He played Pac-Man and Combat with me, helped me learn to read spell and type with text adventures. He saw me playing Code Veronica and it blew his mind. Then he died.

>> No.1532542

Among other games, my father plays with me a lot of:
Double Dragon
Metal Slug
Pinball Action
The Punisher
That arcade ninja game with the white dog that looks like a wolf

I'm trying to get him into co-op shmups, but he's very resilient and doesn't like to try new things.

>> No.1532567

>>1532542
>That arcade ninja game with the white dog that looks like a wolf
Shadow dancer.

>> No.1532569

>>1532567
That's the one. Thanks.

>> No.1532571

>>1532536
Sounds like a total bro. Sorry about your loss

>> No.1532573

My dad loved playing the SNES Mortal Kombats with me and my brothers.

So much he'd actually skip work to keep playing sometimes. I wish he was actually as cool as he sounds though.

>> No.1532585

Dad played vidya from the Master System up to Mario 64. He was the first of us to 100% Mario 64.

Good days.

>> No.1532589

My dad never played video games without me, so I assume he mostly did it to bond with me.

I appreciate that a ton. Those Star Fox and DKC afternoons were great.

>> No.1532691

My dad played FIFA 98 with me. Those were the days.

>> No.1532901

>>1532514
>did/does your dad play video games?
Not really. Only games he really enjoyed were ones like Centipede and Pacman, and lost all interest in them when arcades stopped being a thing out here. Now he only sees video games (including mine) as a waste of space and stuff to be resold for profit.

>> No.1532905

>>1532514

My dad played Super Mario when my brother got his nes in the 80's I know he played other games too, but not much really.

>> No.1533069

Dr. Mario. That's it.

>> No.1533079

nope

>> No.1533174

>>1532514
Did. Think he gave up when my 4 year old sister kept beating his sad ass at pong.

>>1532532
>I met my dad like 6times ever
So he was 6% not black?

>> No.1533180

I have a huge collection of NES/SNES/PS1/PS2 games from my dad that he used to play, mostly RPGs. He used to play the old Final Fantasies and Dragon Warriors all the time. He started playing runescape a while back, hasn't stopped for the past 8 years or so.

>> No.1533187

>>1532514
My dad likes NASCAR games...

>> No.1533201

>>1532514
To this very day, but mostly just Wii Sports now. My first memory of vidya was him playing SNES Star Fox, which is currently one of my top 5.

>> No.1533325

>>1533180
Hope you guys played Tales of Eternia/Destiny II together at least once, if you had it, given that the game has co-op which is surprisingly fun, even now.

>> No.1533338

He did sit down and play some stuff with me from time to time, but never really played anything on his own. The only exception was Roller Coaster Tycoon, which he would sit and play for hours.

>> No.1533356

my dad was big into computers before they were cool. Its where I got my Tandy's from. He played some games on them, and as a result most of my gaming pre 2000 was on the PC, however gaming was like a neat plus for him, rather than the point of computers. Also he's under the impression that anything old is worthless, which is why he threw his old IBM along with a fuckton of games and programs (all CIB, including a copy of the hitchhikers guide that I really fucking wanted) out on the curb one morning. And if I hadn't of taken the Tandy's out of our shed and shown an interest/hid them from him, they'd be in a landfill right now too.
He would play my red version for me when I got stuck, and he installed an emulator on my computer for me once when I asked for a copy of yellow version. When I dug through that drive a few years ago, I found that the copy of little nemo he had put on my computer was actually just an icon that would open up that rom in nesticle. pretty neat I guess.

>> No.1533362

>>1533356
its kinda weird, because although he's owned quite a few games, I've never seen him play them. then again its not like I'm constantly monitoring what he does. He used to play an RC plane sim, but he designs those, so idk if that was for work or for fun.

>> No.1533542

>>1532514
My dad loved the NES and SNES. He would even play multiplayer games like Goof Troop (SNES) with me when I was little. Got me into video games. He quit playing games around that time, became an alcoholic and hasn't touched games since. That is until recently, playing the old games again, but not to the same extent.

>> No.1534887

>>1532514
way to make me feel old asshole.

i'm gonna be a daddy in a month to boot

>> No.1535173

My dad was more so back in the day. I think he still plays counter strike and the occasional 360 game once in awhile, but not as much as he used to.

>The game systems we had growing up were because he wanted to play them
>He hated play station so I never grew up with it
>The stories of him playing OoT until 3 am and having to work the next day
>The stories of him having lan parties to play counter strike with his friends

My dad was a pretty rad dude.

>> No.1535269

>>1534887
Well, do you play video games?

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1536159

>>1532905

>My dad played Super Mario

Fraud detected.

>> No.1536270

>>1532514
>tfw sperm donor child
>tfw no dad ever

>> No.1536278

He did a long time ago but pretty much right around the time the standard dualshock controller style became the norm he lost interest because he found all the buttons too complicated.

>> No.1536282
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My dad and I used to play vidya together all the time during the time between my parents divorcing and him remarrying. I remember him helping me get through Super Mario 64 and playing Mario Kart and Smash Bros. and shit with me.

Though his new wife keeps him on a short leash, what with them having 3 kids together (and one of them being legit autistic) with her homeschooling them, so we don't really do much anymore outside of going out to eat on our birthdays and meeting up during christmas and whatnot. Not even my grandparents like her very much because of that, but I digress.

>> No.1536636
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1536636

My dad loved games and he's the reason I got into gaming.

He died when I was 6.

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>>1536270
Family is a social construct.

>> No.1536686

My dad used to play games, Pitfall being one of his favorites. I remember playing Medal of Honor and You Don't Know Jack with him when I was little. He hasn't been able to play much in the past few years because of his daughters he has to raise, but he has talked about wanting to get a PS2 to play some WWE games and stuff.

>> No.1536705

Fuck I'm old geezer. None of my parent ever saw vidya before I did. It doesn't help that they live in USSR, where vidya was rarer than fish in desert.

>> No.1536707

he only likes racing games. everything else is a huge waste of time and ridiculous, but if its a racing game he'll sit there for hours.

>> No.1536715

>>1532514
My dad enjoys sports games, being someone who works in sports information as well as acting historian of a local college's athletics department. He hasn't seriously played a video game in several years though.

Every now and again though we like ourselves a round of Tetris Attack, and I have fond childhood memories of playing Super Mario Kart with him. Good times...

>> No.1536749

>>1536705
Fish in a desert isn't all that rare. Fish in dessert might be pretty rare. I'm a geezer too, I guess, cuz my parents never played vidya. Ever.
Both are boomers, each born, however, on different continents. Vidya didn't become popular until my parents were in their 20s and already married. :-(
I'm a 1980s whoopsiebaby; mum thought she started early menopause, as is common in her family, when she stopped having her visits, unknowing that it was because she was preggers and not due to her pregnancy with me. Surprise!

>> No.1537737

>>1535269
yeah, and I played most of those games growing up

The only reason i never played fury is cause I couldn't afford it on my allowance.

>> No.1539052

my cousin's mom would play video games with him

i told him him he was lucky once

he got mad as fuck when I said that. he hates her because she and her father all but abandoned him and his sister, leaving my grandparents to take care of them