Your best gaming memories
11-20-02 | 07:43 PM
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From: Phoenix, Arizona
I'm 20.
NES. That ship with a million Bullet Bills in SMB3 at the end. Just
ridiculous back in the day.
Saving up my money when I was 8 for an ungodly amount of time to buy a GameBoy. Metroid II made it all worthwhile.
Street Fighter 2 just floored me. I was so proud of being able to beat people twice my age at the arcade. I loved going to Target just so I could play for free. This is why I got my SNES for Christmas of '92, I had to chip in (lousy parents), but it was so worth it. Later, I got so pissed trying to beat it with Dhalsim on Level 8 that I broke the cartridge and had to play with just the circuit board.
Mario 64. When I got this for Christmas of '96 I spent 3 days in my room. I just couldn't believe how good that game was.
FFVII. I was a friend's house and a few of us had stayed up all night while I was trying to beat Emerald Weapon on my save. We were giddy when I finally did at 2:20 in the morning.
NES. That ship with a million Bullet Bills in SMB3 at the end. Just
ridiculous back in the day.
Saving up my money when I was 8 for an ungodly amount of time to buy a GameBoy. Metroid II made it all worthwhile.
Street Fighter 2 just floored me. I was so proud of being able to beat people twice my age at the arcade. I loved going to Target just so I could play for free. This is why I got my SNES for Christmas of '92, I had to chip in (lousy parents), but it was so worth it. Later, I got so pissed trying to beat it with Dhalsim on Level 8 that I broke the cartridge and had to play with just the circuit board.
Mario 64. When I got this for Christmas of '96 I spent 3 days in my room. I just couldn't believe how good that game was.
FFVII. I was a friend's house and a few of us had stayed up all night while I was trying to beat Emerald Weapon on my save. We were giddy when I finally did at 2:20 in the morning.
11-20-02 | 09:45 PM
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I'm 34
Beating my Dad at "Pong"
Arcade: Finally defeating my older cousin in Asteroids and Space Invaders in the same day.
Atari: the day I thought graphics couldn't get any better on a console when I played Centipede. My Dad making a Ball to mount on the top of the joysticks like the arcade games.
Odyssey2: Playing countless hours of KC Munchkin
Intellivision: I knocked over a glass of Mountain Dew on the console while playing B-17 Bomber with Intellivoice no less. I cried for hours!
Colecovision: Playing Donkey Kong and Burger Time all night long.
NES: 1) Taking a date out to eat and a movie and then stopping by Toyr-R-Us and buying the NES. The best part wasn't playing the game system, it was my date was so impressed that she let me score!! (If ya know what I mean
2) Beating LINK.
SNES: Super Metroid and finding out Samus was a chick.
N64 and PS1: Playing the first video games with my 2 year old daughter Amie.
Xbox: Amie beating me at DOA3.
So there is my gaming life in a nutshell. What started with me beating my Dad at Pong has just began with my Daughter beating me. Time sure does fly.
Beating my Dad at "Pong"
Arcade: Finally defeating my older cousin in Asteroids and Space Invaders in the same day.
Atari: the day I thought graphics couldn't get any better on a console when I played Centipede. My Dad making a Ball to mount on the top of the joysticks like the arcade games.
Odyssey2: Playing countless hours of KC Munchkin
Intellivision: I knocked over a glass of Mountain Dew on the console while playing B-17 Bomber with Intellivoice no less. I cried for hours!
Colecovision: Playing Donkey Kong and Burger Time all night long.
NES: 1) Taking a date out to eat and a movie and then stopping by Toyr-R-Us and buying the NES. The best part wasn't playing the game system, it was my date was so impressed that she let me score!! (If ya know what I mean
2) Beating LINK.
SNES: Super Metroid and finding out Samus was a chick.
N64 and PS1: Playing the first video games with my 2 year old daughter Amie.
Xbox: Amie beating me at DOA3.
So there is my gaming life in a nutshell. What started with me beating my Dad at Pong has just began with my Daughter beating me. Time sure does fly.
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11-20-02 | 10:40 PM
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From: Beautiful (sterile) Johnson Co., KS
I'm 27.
Explaining to my peers at school that my Magnavox Oddessey was NOT an Atari.
Running from school as a 2nd grader to play Yars' Revenge on my babysitter's Atari.
Getting the whole complete NES including light gun and dumb robot before they were popular with the general public. (My mom got one at a consumer electronics show. They showed up on WalMart shelves about 6 months later.)
Playing Ms. PacMan vs. my Dad and having evenly matched battles.
Playing USA Basketball on the Sega Genesis with my friends over winter break.
Being the first on my college campus to get NBA JAM for the Genesis.
Completing the Genesis tri-fecta. (Genesis, 32x, SegaCD)
Having NHL '94 tournaments with my closest friends and almost killing each other over them.
Getting a SNES for my then-girlfriend, now-wife so she could play Zelda and Dr. Mario.
Playing Resident Evil for the first time on my HT system.
Playing through Tomb Raider with a room full of friends watching, not b/c I was so good, but the game was so cool at the time.
Almost getting fired from a job for playing Tomb Raider at work.
"Nights" for the Saturn.
Intelligent Qube for the Playstation.
Final Fantasy 7
Finally getting a PS2 after I finished college. (made a promise to myself that I wouldn't play any more games until I finished school.)
Starting a SOCOM clan and meeting so many cool people that have the same interests as me.
And the best all time gaming memory for me is:
Meeting a girl who didn't mind me playing for hours on end, and will actually play games with me! (then marrying her)
Explaining to my peers at school that my Magnavox Oddessey was NOT an Atari.
Running from school as a 2nd grader to play Yars' Revenge on my babysitter's Atari.
Getting the whole complete NES including light gun and dumb robot before they were popular with the general public. (My mom got one at a consumer electronics show. They showed up on WalMart shelves about 6 months later.)
Playing Ms. PacMan vs. my Dad and having evenly matched battles.
Playing USA Basketball on the Sega Genesis with my friends over winter break.
Being the first on my college campus to get NBA JAM for the Genesis.
Completing the Genesis tri-fecta. (Genesis, 32x, SegaCD)
Having NHL '94 tournaments with my closest friends and almost killing each other over them.
Getting a SNES for my then-girlfriend, now-wife so she could play Zelda and Dr. Mario.
Playing Resident Evil for the first time on my HT system.
Playing through Tomb Raider with a room full of friends watching, not b/c I was so good, but the game was so cool at the time.
Almost getting fired from a job for playing Tomb Raider at work.
"Nights" for the Saturn.
Intelligent Qube for the Playstation.
Final Fantasy 7
Finally getting a PS2 after I finished college. (made a promise to myself that I wouldn't play any more games until I finished school.)
Starting a SOCOM clan and meeting so many cool people that have the same interests as me.
And the best all time gaming memory for me is:
Meeting a girl who didn't mind me playing for hours on end, and will actually play games with me! (then marrying her)
11-21-02 | 12:53 AM
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Ok, I thought that I only had a couple, but after reading through the thread, I needed to add a few more items:
I am 26
Calling my grandma to give my new high score in the ongoing family River Raid (Atari 2600) tournament, only to have it beaten a day or so later!
Beating SMB for NES for the first time. On the same note, watching my mom play as she would swing the controller around like it would make Mario jump higher on the poles at the end of the levels.
Getting Tetris for my mom for X-Mas and starting an all new family tournament!
Spending about $20 on Heavy Barrel in the Nickel Arcade at the Colorado Bell in Laughlin with my friend.
Staying up all night with my friend to beat the Zelda game for SNES (Only took us 1 day to beat,) and having his mom call mine to complain that by staying up all night he got sick. (It was my first all-nighter)
Playing games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark for hours, even though I knew I would get sick by doing so. Playing until that point where I was in a hot sweat and getting ready to hurl! I was pissed when I started getting motion sickness with FPSs, but I didn't care at all.
Getting, and beating every Carmageddon game as they came out, when hardly anyone else knew about them. Once my friend got someone's head resting on his hood, and actually got a screenshot of it! (I don't have the screenshot anymore unfortunately.)
This wasn't really mine, but I got to tag along: My friend was the best Top Skater player in CA! He came in 3rd against the guy from Seattle and the guy from Vegas, but we still got to attend the Grand Opening of the Ontario, CA Gameworks with a free concert by one of my alltime favorite bands, Save Ferris. We also go free food, and more importantly free games all night. Then we got to go to the MTV Beach house for a LifeBeat Party. Then we got another free party at Gameworks where we must have eaten over $200 worth of food, and about 6 hours of free games!
More recently, countless all nighters with my friend taking turns at GTA3 for PS2, and finally realizing that our laptops could hook up via infrared ports and spending countless all nighters playing Warcraft III.
-CM-
I am 26
Calling my grandma to give my new high score in the ongoing family River Raid (Atari 2600) tournament, only to have it beaten a day or so later!
Beating SMB for NES for the first time. On the same note, watching my mom play as she would swing the controller around like it would make Mario jump higher on the poles at the end of the levels.
Getting Tetris for my mom for X-Mas and starting an all new family tournament!
Spending about $20 on Heavy Barrel in the Nickel Arcade at the Colorado Bell in Laughlin with my friend.
Staying up all night with my friend to beat the Zelda game for SNES (Only took us 1 day to beat,) and having his mom call mine to complain that by staying up all night he got sick. (It was my first all-nighter)
Playing games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark for hours, even though I knew I would get sick by doing so. Playing until that point where I was in a hot sweat and getting ready to hurl! I was pissed when I started getting motion sickness with FPSs, but I didn't care at all.
Getting, and beating every Carmageddon game as they came out, when hardly anyone else knew about them. Once my friend got someone's head resting on his hood, and actually got a screenshot of it! (I don't have the screenshot anymore unfortunately.)
This wasn't really mine, but I got to tag along: My friend was the best Top Skater player in CA! He came in 3rd against the guy from Seattle and the guy from Vegas, but we still got to attend the Grand Opening of the Ontario, CA Gameworks with a free concert by one of my alltime favorite bands, Save Ferris. We also go free food, and more importantly free games all night. Then we got to go to the MTV Beach house for a LifeBeat Party. Then we got another free party at Gameworks where we must have eaten over $200 worth of food, and about 6 hours of free games!
More recently, countless all nighters with my friend taking turns at GTA3 for PS2, and finally realizing that our laptops could hook up via infrared ports and spending countless all nighters playing Warcraft III.
-CM-
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11-21-02 | 01:14 AM
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From: Chicago, only a stone's throw from Chicago (even if you throw like a girl)
Originally posted by Goblincat
And you call yourself a Bothan... Shouldn't it be a snow speeder?
And you call yourself a Bothan... Shouldn't it be a snow speeder?
11-21-02 | 02:19 AM
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Age:8
Beating TMNT the Arcade game at 7-11 with 5 bucks...TURTLE POWER!
Age 9:
Getting an NES for my b-day, this is where it all began.
Age 10:
Beating SMB 2 with my friends watching, they said the game was "too hard"
Age 11:
Beating SMB 3 the first night I got it w/ no warp whistles. even though I found all of them.
Age 14:
Placing 5th in Blockbuster Video's first annual video game championships.
Age 16:
Holding MK II(SNES) tournaments in my room w/ my neighborhood friends, man they got ugly. On the same note a friend of mine got SF for his Genesis proclaiming he would beat me so bad I'd never want to play him again....2 hours later he left my house mad that I owned him with the entire roster.
Age 19:
Buying my first Playstation over Christmas break w/ Resident Evil Director's Cut, and beating it seven days later.
Age 20:
Meeting my best friend and rival Jackskeleton. Not since I was younger had I felt the need to keep playing against someone so competitive, and skilled. He truly makes me train all the harder. Then after much training the both of us owning half the campus at the college's arcade at Soul Calibur
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Age 21:
Beating five people in a row with Dan in Street Fighter Alpha 3
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Beating TMNT the Arcade game at 7-11 with 5 bucks...TURTLE POWER!
Age 9:
Getting an NES for my b-day, this is where it all began.
Age 10:
Beating SMB 2 with my friends watching, they said the game was "too hard"
Age 11:
Beating SMB 3 the first night I got it w/ no warp whistles. even though I found all of them.
Age 14:
Placing 5th in Blockbuster Video's first annual video game championships.
Age 16:
Holding MK II(SNES) tournaments in my room w/ my neighborhood friends, man they got ugly. On the same note a friend of mine got SF for his Genesis proclaiming he would beat me so bad I'd never want to play him again....2 hours later he left my house mad that I owned him with the entire roster.
Age 19:
Buying my first Playstation over Christmas break w/ Resident Evil Director's Cut, and beating it seven days later.
Age 20:
Meeting my best friend and rival Jackskeleton. Not since I was younger had I felt the need to keep playing against someone so competitive, and skilled. He truly makes me train all the harder. Then after much training the both of us owning half the campus at the college's arcade at Soul Calibur
.Age 21:
Beating five people in a row with Dan in Street Fighter Alpha 3
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11-21-02 | 03:38 AM
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Im 20 right now, and ive been into video games since i was three. I faintly remember playing some atari 2600, but it the addiction didnt start until....
my first distinct memory of playing video games, was christmas the year that the NES came out. Man! I dont think i stopped staring at the tv all day. Anyone know by chance how much they retailed for when they first came out? Was it anything like a PS2 deal where people paid $$$$$$$ for them? I always wondered this....
Getting mike tysons punch out, and a week later being able to beat the last two guys without getting hit once...
beating double dragon with $1.50
Playing in a MKII tournament every weekend, i think i won 6 out of 11 tournaments, and i placed in all of them.
getting a N64 for christmas, and playing mario 64 for three days strait.
getting my first paycheck for right around $150, and blowing it on a playstation and resident evil.
Theres more, but i have to go to bed
my first distinct memory of playing video games, was christmas the year that the NES came out. Man! I dont think i stopped staring at the tv all day. Anyone know by chance how much they retailed for when they first came out? Was it anything like a PS2 deal where people paid $$$$$$$ for them? I always wondered this....
Getting mike tysons punch out, and a week later being able to beat the last two guys without getting hit once...
beating double dragon with $1.50
Playing in a MKII tournament every weekend, i think i won 6 out of 11 tournaments, and i placed in all of them.
getting a N64 for christmas, and playing mario 64 for three days strait.
getting my first paycheck for right around $150, and blowing it on a playstation and resident evil.
Theres more, but i have to go to bed
11-21-02 | 11:26 AM
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I remember getting Goldeneye for the first time in 99 and then a few days later sleeping over my cousins house and playing the game until the early morning, going to sleep, and playing some more the next couple days.
During Easter time of this year I brought over Perfect Dark to my cousin's and we played atleast 10 hours of the game.
Last summer, a couple days after Twisted Metal Black came out me and my cousin beat co-op twice in one all nighter and then the following morning/afternoon.
The first time I played Goldeneye and the hype that I felt as Perfect Dark was releasing.
Buying my Sega Saturn back in 97 and renting and playing Nights for the first time that night.
Driving the cycles in Vice City for the first time.
The hype for me surrounding WWF Warzone in 98 only to be pretty disappointed by the game.
During Easter time of this year I brought over Perfect Dark to my cousin's and we played atleast 10 hours of the game.
Last summer, a couple days after Twisted Metal Black came out me and my cousin beat co-op twice in one all nighter and then the following morning/afternoon.
The first time I played Goldeneye and the hype that I felt as Perfect Dark was releasing.
Buying my Sega Saturn back in 97 and renting and playing Nights for the first time that night.
Driving the cycles in Vice City for the first time.
The hype for me surrounding WWF Warzone in 98 only to be pretty disappointed by the game.
11-21-02 | 12:12 PM
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From: Export, PA
I'm 25
Getting MY first system, an NES, when it first came out. And being so mad at my dad for getting the 20.00 warranty cause it meant I owed him 20.00 more.
Watching my friend snap his NES controller in half while playing some game I barely recall. 1942 might be it.
Playing Duck Hunt....or should I say watching dad play Duck Hunt till his eyes would get all red and swollen. He really loved that game.
Getting my PS and then staying up playing so long that I passed out control in hand. Being WAY late for work the next day wasn't such a good memory.
Beating any FF game is a great memory for me.
Talkng my wife into letting me get a PS2 bundle even if I knew I'd rarely play the GT3 that was in the pack.
Hearing the worst song ever made playing during THPS3.
Hooking up my network adapter and going online.
Buying an XBOX just cause it seems like the next logical step in the gaming process. And then seeing the power this thing really has.
Going LIVE and being impressed ALL OVER AGAIN!
And I'm waiting on Splinter Cell to be given to me as an Xmas gift and after playing the demo I know playing the real game will be a great gaming memory.
Getting MY first system, an NES, when it first came out. And being so mad at my dad for getting the 20.00 warranty cause it meant I owed him 20.00 more.
Watching my friend snap his NES controller in half while playing some game I barely recall. 1942 might be it.
Playing Duck Hunt....or should I say watching dad play Duck Hunt till his eyes would get all red and swollen. He really loved that game.
Getting my PS and then staying up playing so long that I passed out control in hand. Being WAY late for work the next day wasn't such a good memory.
Beating any FF game is a great memory for me.
Talkng my wife into letting me get a PS2 bundle even if I knew I'd rarely play the GT3 that was in the pack.
Hearing the worst song ever made playing during THPS3.
Hooking up my network adapter and going online.
Buying an XBOX just cause it seems like the next logical step in the gaming process.
And then seeing the power this thing really has.Going LIVE and being impressed ALL OVER AGAIN!
And I'm waiting on Splinter Cell to be given to me as an Xmas gift and after playing the demo I know playing the real game will be a great gaming memory.
11-21-02 | 12:58 PM
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I'm 21
I have a few things to add to my list:
- Getting my NES of course
- Placing in the Top 10 in the first Blockbuster Video Games Championship at my local store(at the time, the only store around)
- in the following years championship, placing first in my area. They told me I was likely to make it to the next round, then they told me a while later that I wasn't able to go because some fool scored slightly higher than I did on Sonic 3. I was heartbroken
, but I did have free game rentals for a year .
I have a few things to add to my list:
- Getting my NES of course
- Placing in the Top 10 in the first Blockbuster Video Games Championship at my local store(at the time, the only store around)
- in the following years championship, placing first in my area. They told me I was likely to make it to the next round, then they told me a while later that I wasn't able to go because some fool scored slightly higher than I did on Sonic 3. I was heartbroken
, but I did have free game rentals for a year .
11-21-02 | 05:07 PM
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Originally posted by outer-edge
Draven,
I'm originally from Sioux City as well, I would not be surprised if we ran into each other or even played each other at the mall.
Draven,
I'm originally from Sioux City as well, I would not be surprised if we ran into each other or even played each other at the mall.
(or handed me mine with Scorpion...I hate that ******)
11-21-02 | 05:18 PM
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From: Des Moines, WA
Originally posted by flair
Anyone know by chance how much they retailed for when they first came out? Was it anything like a PS2 deal where people paid $$$$$$$ for them? I always wondered this....
Anyone know by chance how much they retailed for when they first came out? Was it anything like a PS2 deal where people paid $$$$$$$ for them? I always wondered this....
I have to add one more thing to my list, and I can't believe that I forgot it.
Having an ongoing tournament with the Clay Pigeon shooter in Duck Hunt with a family friend and the day that he moved to Michigan, he left a note that I found after school that said something to the effect of "I am still the Clay Pigeon King!" or something to that effect. I still have that note... man that was a long time ago.
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11-22-02 | 12:52 PM
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From: Bronx, NY
Im 21:
-Getting to play the Ninja Gaiden games and Castlevania 3(my favorite of the Castlevania series) on the NES.
-Playing Dracula Unleashed and Night Trap on the Sega CD.
-My GF buying me a Playstation with Resident Evil 2. Playing through RE2 for the first time was simply amazing, easily one of my favorite games ever!
-Playing Shenmue on the Dreamcast.
-Playing Kingdom Hearts on PS2.
-None yet for my X-Box, hoping when Ninja Gaiden is released itll be classic gaming for me.
-Getting to play the Ninja Gaiden games and Castlevania 3(my favorite of the Castlevania series) on the NES.
-Playing Dracula Unleashed and Night Trap on the Sega CD.
-My GF buying me a Playstation with Resident Evil 2. Playing through RE2 for the first time was simply amazing, easily one of my favorite games ever!
-Playing Shenmue on the Dreamcast.
-Playing Kingdom Hearts on PS2.
-None yet for my X-Box, hoping when Ninja Gaiden is released itll be classic gaming for me.
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11-26-02 | 03:15 PM
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21
playing my first mario game at a cousin's house. I could not get past that first Goomba!
Figuring out that you could pass under the wall with the sinking sand in Mario 2.
Summer time Ninja Gaiden with my cuz.
Zelda LTP Christmas time playing all day.
Playing through FF VI (III here) and the Lunar series with a good friend.
First time seeing the water world in Mario 64. I was completely dumbfounded at the enourmous space when you swim underwater. That was cool.
playing my first mario game at a cousin's house. I could not get past that first Goomba!
Figuring out that you could pass under the wall with the sinking sand in Mario 2.
Summer time Ninja Gaiden with my cuz.
Zelda LTP Christmas time playing all day.
Playing through FF VI (III here) and the Lunar series with a good friend.
First time seeing the water world in Mario 64. I was completely dumbfounded at the enourmous space when you swim underwater. That was cool.
11-26-02 | 05:51 PM
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From: Mayberry, NC. Really, it is
I'm 40
In no particular order :
- learning all the patterns on PAC-MAN, and playing to over 300,000 points on a quarter
- being the only person I ever saw beat DRAGON'S LAIR. I won in front of a small cheering crowd
- watching my cousin Dennis do the impossible. In PIRATES on the C64, when you retired from piracy and read the history of your exploits, you were given a score (1-100). Dennis did everything in the game, even taking Havana from the Spanish, making it into a thriving British colony and attaining the rank of King's Advisor. Out of a possible 100, he scored 104 !
- playing DOOM for the first time (on a damn 32X, no less)
- finally beating Dracula on the original CASTLEVANIA on the NES
- getting to the hidden room on ADVENTURE on the Atari 2600, the very first Easter Egg
- flying the wingless Dodo over all of Liberty City in GRAND THEFT AUTO III for the first time
- mastering the RIDGE RACER slide the first week I had my PSX
In no particular order :
- learning all the patterns on PAC-MAN, and playing to over 300,000 points on a quarter
- being the only person I ever saw beat DRAGON'S LAIR. I won in front of a small cheering crowd
- watching my cousin Dennis do the impossible. In PIRATES on the C64, when you retired from piracy and read the history of your exploits, you were given a score (1-100). Dennis did everything in the game, even taking Havana from the Spanish, making it into a thriving British colony and attaining the rank of King's Advisor. Out of a possible 100, he scored 104 !
- playing DOOM for the first time (on a damn 32X, no less)
- finally beating Dracula on the original CASTLEVANIA on the NES
- getting to the hidden room on ADVENTURE on the Atari 2600, the very first Easter Egg
- flying the wingless Dodo over all of Liberty City in GRAND THEFT AUTO III for the first time
- mastering the RIDGE RACER slide the first week I had my PSX
11-30-02 | 11:21 AM
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From: Houston, TX
I am 26
My very first game I ever played on the NES was Excitebike! Love that game.
Playing Space Ace when I was in 2nd Grade and not knowing what the hell I was supposed to do.
Playing Donkey Kong 3 and actually getting good at it at my local laundry mat.
Playing Demon Attack on the Atari 2600. Fast Food was another favorite!
Playing Bowling on the Odyssey 2
Buying the Action Max VHS Game System only to realize how much it sucked.
Getting table top versions of Frogger and Pac Man, and the boardgames for Turbo and Pac Man!!!
My Dad buying me my very own NES after bringing home Straight A's on my report card. I'll never forget that day!
Beating Double Dragon in the arcade using $5.00(later being able to beat the game using 25 cents with the almight ELBOW punch!)
Using all the Double Dragon Glitches on the NES version!
Discovering Super DodgeBall for the NES and holding neighborhood tournaments in my home! TEAM ALL STARS BABY!!!
Playing River City Ransom til my fingers bled.
Beating the Konami games. Contra and Life Force!!
Catching all the flies on Karate Kid!
Going to the Nintendo World Championships and playing on the big screen!! SMB, Rad Racer and Tetris!!
Walking into my local Tilt and seeing Street Fighter 2 for the first time. This game has been a very big part of my life ever since!
Beating Top Gun on the NES and landing the plane easily everytime after practicing for hours.
Walking in the blistering cold weather to rent the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the NES! My face and fingers were numb by the time I got home to play.
Beating Mike Tyson by TKO only. Trust me, I have TRIED AND TRIED to beat him by KO
Beating Ninja Gaiden 1-2. Both of those games were insanely hard to beat!!
Holding down the RIGHT button on the 2nd Player control pad on Mega Man 3 to become invincible
Getting the Kid Nikki Song stuck in my head!
Playing BattleToads and not being able to clear the those concrete walls that come flying at you!!
Buying a game genie just so I can use those dumb glitchy boss codes on Street Fighter 2 for the SNES.
Renting Medal Of Honor because I was bored and getting TOTALLY sucked into the game!!! By far the best FPS I have ever played.
I remember being one of the VERY few people on my block who actually enjoyed playing Conflict for the NES.
Going to the theater to see Fred Savage in The Wizard!!!
Begging my Dad to buy me the Power Glove because it looked so cool.
Playing Street Fighter 1 and getting blisters on my hands because those big rubber bottons would always rip and expose the hard plastic underneath.
Doing the Guile Handcuff glitch on SF2 after hours of practice!
Having 97 wins in a row on Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo at The University of Houston. Back then the competition was FIERCE! Fei Long all the way
Never liking RPG's, I borrowed Chrono Trigger from a friend for the hell of it and it is still my favorite RPG ever....yes I tried the FF series and I hated them all.
Buying Final Fight Guy from my local BBV!
Playing my favorite SNES games online with other players using the XBAND Modem!!!! Nationally Ranked TOP 5 in the USA in Super Street Fighter 2!!!!
My very first game I ever played on the NES was Excitebike! Love that game.
Playing Space Ace when I was in 2nd Grade and not knowing what the hell I was supposed to do.
Playing Donkey Kong 3 and actually getting good at it at my local laundry mat.
Playing Demon Attack on the Atari 2600. Fast Food was another favorite!
Playing Bowling on the Odyssey 2
Buying the Action Max VHS Game System only to realize how much it sucked.
Getting table top versions of Frogger and Pac Man, and the boardgames for Turbo and Pac Man!!!
My Dad buying me my very own NES after bringing home Straight A's on my report card. I'll never forget that day!
Beating Double Dragon in the arcade using $5.00(later being able to beat the game using 25 cents with the almight ELBOW punch!)
Using all the Double Dragon Glitches on the NES version!
Discovering Super DodgeBall for the NES and holding neighborhood tournaments in my home! TEAM ALL STARS BABY!!!
Playing River City Ransom til my fingers bled.
Beating the Konami games. Contra and Life Force!!
Catching all the flies on Karate Kid!
Going to the Nintendo World Championships and playing on the big screen!! SMB, Rad Racer and Tetris!!
Walking into my local Tilt and seeing Street Fighter 2 for the first time. This game has been a very big part of my life ever since!
Beating Top Gun on the NES and landing the plane easily everytime after practicing for hours.
Walking in the blistering cold weather to rent the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the NES! My face and fingers were numb by the time I got home to play.
Beating Mike Tyson by TKO only. Trust me, I have TRIED AND TRIED to beat him by KO
Beating Ninja Gaiden 1-2. Both of those games were insanely hard to beat!!
Holding down the RIGHT button on the 2nd Player control pad on Mega Man 3 to become invincible
Getting the Kid Nikki Song stuck in my head!
Playing BattleToads and not being able to clear the those concrete walls that come flying at you!!
Buying a game genie just so I can use those dumb glitchy boss codes on Street Fighter 2 for the SNES.
Renting Medal Of Honor because I was bored and getting TOTALLY sucked into the game!!! By far the best FPS I have ever played.
I remember being one of the VERY few people on my block who actually enjoyed playing Conflict for the NES.
Going to the theater to see Fred Savage in The Wizard!!!
Begging my Dad to buy me the Power Glove because it looked so cool.
Playing Street Fighter 1 and getting blisters on my hands because those big rubber bottons would always rip and expose the hard plastic underneath.
Doing the Guile Handcuff glitch on SF2 after hours of practice!
Having 97 wins in a row on Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo at The University of Houston. Back then the competition was FIERCE! Fei Long all the way
Never liking RPG's, I borrowed Chrono Trigger from a friend for the hell of it and it is still my favorite RPG ever....yes I tried the FF series and I hated them all.
Buying Final Fight Guy from my local BBV!
Playing my favorite SNES games online with other players using the XBAND Modem!!!! Nationally Ranked TOP 5 in the USA in Super Street Fighter 2!!!!
11-30-02 | 12:03 PM
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I'm 15 1/2
1996, my and my brother played Earthbound for the SNES all through out the summer, one of my favorite games of all time, and one of the best times I've had with my older brother. It was my first RPG, and still remains my personal favorite. . .
1999, I bought Chrono Trigger for my SNES, and played it, and I loved it. That last boss battle still remains in my head, that amazing boss music, the beautiful graphics, that whole game glimmers in my eyes as I look back.
1996, my and my brother played Earthbound for the SNES all through out the summer, one of my favorite games of all time, and one of the best times I've had with my older brother. It was my first RPG, and still remains my personal favorite. . .
1999, I bought Chrono Trigger for my SNES, and played it, and I loved it. That last boss battle still remains in my head, that amazing boss music, the beautiful graphics, that whole game glimmers in my eyes as I look back.
11-30-02 | 01:36 PM
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Playing Super Mario Bros on NES for the first time on Christmas morning when I was about 13. Hardly anyone else got a NES for Christmas because that was the first year it came out and the system was pretty hard to find.
11-30-02 | 02:07 PM
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I'm 30 (I'll be 31 next week).
Rolling the score on Asteroids for the Atari 2600.
Finally figuring out how to wiggle the power button on the Atari 2600 in order to get double bullets on Space Invaders.
M.U.L.E. by EA - still fueling a life of greed!
Jumpman for Commodore 64 - I loved that freakin' game! Except the fact that each level took about 5 minutes to load off that crappy 5 1/4" disk drive.
Marble Madness on my Amiga.
I have never lost at Archon. Ever. Complete domination. Just as once in a generation there arrives a Michael Jordan or a Tiger Woods, I arrived to destroy all those who opposed me in Archon. Kids would hear of my Archon legend and arrive at my home to be challenge me, only to walk away hours later with countless losses. I won over 200 games. Zero losses. All with the bonus of a wasted childhood!
NHL '93 on Sega Genesis. The one that still let you fight. We used to have drag outs in college on that one. If your buddy slipped by your defender, you were screwed.
I recently purchased an XBox - first console since Genesis, and Halo (which I haven't finished yet) and Splinter Cell (which I've spent the entire holiday playing) are quickly climbing up my list. OK, I'm leaving to play Splinter Cell right now. I haven't bathed in two days and my girlfriend is addicted too - she continues to shower daily however. More time for me to play!
Rolling the score on Asteroids for the Atari 2600.
Finally figuring out how to wiggle the power button on the Atari 2600 in order to get double bullets on Space Invaders.
M.U.L.E. by EA - still fueling a life of greed!
Jumpman for Commodore 64 - I loved that freakin' game! Except the fact that each level took about 5 minutes to load off that crappy 5 1/4" disk drive.
Marble Madness on my Amiga.
I have never lost at Archon. Ever. Complete domination. Just as once in a generation there arrives a Michael Jordan or a Tiger Woods, I arrived to destroy all those who opposed me in Archon. Kids would hear of my Archon legend and arrive at my home to be challenge me, only to walk away hours later with countless losses. I won over 200 games. Zero losses. All with the bonus of a wasted childhood!
NHL '93 on Sega Genesis. The one that still let you fight. We used to have drag outs in college on that one. If your buddy slipped by your defender, you were screwed.
I recently purchased an XBox - first console since Genesis, and Halo (which I haven't finished yet) and Splinter Cell (which I've spent the entire holiday playing) are quickly climbing up my list. OK, I'm leaving to play Splinter Cell right now. I haven't bathed in two days and my girlfriend is addicted too - she continues to shower daily however. More time for me to play!
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12-01-02 | 10:39 PM
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From: I left my heart in.....South Plainfield, NJ
I'm 37
I distinctly remember playing Fighter Command on my cousin's Apple II. That's how it got started. I was in high school. This was the early 80s
Then college came with the Infovision text games (Zork, etc.) and when I got my own IBM PC my senior year, I remember Seven Cities of Gold and Balance of Power.
Grad school came and when I got my 386, it was Wing Commander from one of my students. Oh God, I spent half of spring break playing that stupid game instead of studying. Then came Civilization. And sending away for an autographed copy of the Civ hint guide. Very cool!
I distinctly remember playing Fighter Command on my cousin's Apple II. That's how it got started. I was in high school. This was the early 80s
Then college came with the Infovision text games (Zork, etc.) and when I got my own IBM PC my senior year, I remember Seven Cities of Gold and Balance of Power.
Grad school came and when I got my 386, it was Wing Commander from one of my students. Oh God, I spent half of spring break playing that stupid game instead of studying. Then came Civilization. And sending away for an autographed copy of the Civ hint guide. Very cool!
12-01-02 | 10:57 PM
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Going to the Nintendo World Championships and playing on the big screen!! SMB, Rad Racer and Tetris!!