[–] Steininger1 ago
Original smash bros on N64. Still play it when I'm pretty trashed sometimes.
Growing up with two older brothers, I was always either the small one who could fit behind the TV to change from sega to Nintendo, or would have the Nintendo controller while they played sega to be "the bad guys".
I also remember my neighbor Jacob bringing over FFVI and naming the clown "Tina" after my little sister because we made her think she was crazy. I don't really have nostalgia for old games, but I guarantee if I had all my family in one room with a copy of "Greendog: the beached surfer dude" it would feel like home in the weirdest way ever.
[–] calajekyll ago
I remember, after my report card came out and I had gotten all A's, my dad took me across the street to our neighbor's house. The neighbor sold my dad their family's Nintendo for $20, including Ninja Gaidan! His kids had failed two classes each. I guess this was some kind of dad conspiracy to teach us all a lesson about how important it is to do well in school, but all it really taught me is that kids are jerks and that you're going to get beat up at the bus stop for "stealing" their Nintendo.
That's my earliest memory. My favorite memory, though, would be saving up my allowance for most of the year, and then buying the SNES bundled with A Link to the Past. I had never even heard of the series before, but after the first night playing it, I would get up two hours early before school everyday to play it in the basement, then sneak back upstairs so my dad could wake me up to get ready for school.
[–] DrPandemicPhD ago
Playing Summer Olympics on an Apple II - I was absolute garbage at it, but that and Zork really instilled a love for gaming in me early.
[–] longarmofmylaw ago
Walking into my aunt's house when I was like...six? And being told, here's a NES, here's a Master System. Pick one. Like a chump, I picked the Master System and my aunt got years of Mario fun.