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I was pretty young when the Atari was out but I remember my dad having it and playing some games, but I really got into video games with the NES. Another reason I love being born when I was, got to still go outside and run around with friends all day long without any parents watching over us, but then got to come inside and play video games all night long. Started with a 2600 that my dad bought but like others, the NES was the system that I will forever remember and when people ask about the best christmas gifts I've ever gotten, that one is near the top of the list. Ironically I just bought a Switch on a good deal for BF and got MarioKart for free. I played it once (it's fun) but have spent 95% of my time online for it playing through NES games like Zelda, Tecmo Bowl and Punch Out.
 
NES > Genesis > Genesis 32X (lol) > Sega CD (lololol) > PS1 > XBOX > XBOX 360 > PC
 
HailBlazers said:
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yeah pretty sure it was something more like this...
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NES when I was around six... I remember thinking I was pretty hot shit when I got through world 1-4 at my great grandma’s house only to realize the game didn’t end after rescuing the first Toad.

Got an SNES for Christmas four years later and spent an ungodly amount of time on NBA Live ‘95. Played multiple 82 game, full 12 minute quarter seasons. Wrote down my stats each game because I was that nerdy and into stats.

N64 with Goldeneye was probably the most fun I remember having with video games while with friends. Got a PlayStation around the same time and mostly played Final Fantasy on it. My PS2 was one of my first big purchases after getting a job in high school.

My ex-wife got me a Wii and later a PS3 along with GTA one year. Pretty much took a long pause on gaming once my firstborn came into the world, but bought him a Switch about a year ago. It has been a lot of fun reliving some of those days with my oldest and it has become just one more thing for us to bond over. I’ve always had a healthy balance with gaming and being social and active and I hope to instill that in my kids as well.

These days it’s been tough for me to get into gaming if it’s not with my boys. Though Breath of the Wild was a nice way to distract myself during the worst parts of my divorce.
 
Chris Craig said:
What Game systems did you grow up with? What were your favorite games for those systems?

My family wasn't rich but fortunately my dad loved video games and got many of the early systems. I worked hard to get the others.

Atari 2600

Favorite Games:

Pac Man
Space Invaders
Centipede
Asteroids
Frogger

NES

Favorite Games:

Zelda II: Adventures of Link
Mario Bros 1-3
Donkey Kong
Batman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Total Recall
Punch Out
Contra
Maniac Mansion

SNES

Favorite Games:

Super Mario World
Donkey Kong Country
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario Kart
Zelda
Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
NBA Jam

Gameboy


Sega Genesis

Favorite Games

Sonic 1-3
Mega Man
Mortal Kombat
Gunstar Heroes
Street Fighter 2

Sega Game Gear
Sega Saturn

Sega Dreamcast

Favorite Games

NBA 2k
Soul Caliber
Crazy Taxi
Sonic
Jet Set Radio
Street Fighter



Nintendo 64

Favorite Games:

Goldeneye
Mario Kart
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64
Perfect Dark
Banjo Kazooie/Tooie
Donkey Kong 64
Jet Force Gemini
Doom
WWF

Game Cube:

Favorite Games:

Animal Crossing
Super Smash Bros
Zelda Wildwaker
Zelda Twighlight Princess
Metronidazole
Kirby
Luigi's Mansion


PS1

Favorite Games:

Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil 1&2
Silent Hill
Final Fantasy 7
Dino Crisis
NBA 2K games

PS2

Favorite Games

NBA 2K Games
Metal Gear Solid 2&3
Resident Evil games
GTA Games
Twisted Metal Black
God of War


Xbox

Favorite Games:

Halo
GTA III
Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic
Max Payne
Fable
Half Life
Splinter Cell


Nintendo Wii

Xbox 360

Favorite Games:

NBA 2K Games
Batman Arkam Asylum
GTA IV
Call of Duty:MW
Mass Effect 2
Max Payne 2
CSI


Xbox One

Favorite Games:

NBA 2K Games
GTA 5
Red Dead Redemption 2
Skyrim
Star Wars Fallen Order
Mine craft
Roblox (Hide and Seek, Survive the Killer, Natural Disaster Survival, etc
Hello Neighbor
Max Payne 3
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Pong and Artillery.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
Learned how to play chess when I was 5. Loved it until I knew I couldn't defeat Chessmaster 3000. Haven't played much since.
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My dad taught me how to play chess when I was young. I have taught chess classes to elementary school kids in an after-school program. Chess is the ultimate game of strategy and consequence. It teaches you to look ahead and not merely anticipate, but to understand your opponents reasoning and thus their future moves.
 
Am I the only one that had a Sega Saturn? I know it came out at a weird time between consoles and was more popular in Asia than the US, but it had some solid games. Barry Sanders was unstoppable in Madden 97.

My older brother moved to Alaska and took it with him, eventually selling it. I'm still a bit pissed at him for that.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
I'd say one of. Go is a more complex game, imo. Chinese chess is also great. Of all the strategy games that I know how to play, Gomoku is the only game that I still play on the regular. Thank goodness Google's DeepMind hasn't created an AlphaGomoku. I can beat all computer iterations at Gomoku. If any of you know how to play, I challenge you to a game.
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My girlfriend and I play that through our phones along with some other games. We’re fairly new to it and she tends to kick my ass.
 
Who had one of the hipster choices in the fourth gen consoles: Sega CD, Turbo Grafx 16 or the NeoGeo?
 
Minstrel said:
Who had one of the hipster choices in the fourth gen consoles: Sega CD, Turbo Grafx 16 or the NeoGeo?
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I had the model 2 Sega CD
 
King of the Mountain - A brilliant display of brute force and ignorance, well, that and tug of war.
 
oldfisherman said:
Lawn darts
Croquet
Capture the flag
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Lawn Darts with the metal tips!!!! Capture the Flag, Kick the Can, King of the Mountain

Had three friends that we would spend untold hours playing whiffleball and a baseball game called Over the Line as well.
 
I had Sega CD and couldn't will myself to like it. The games I had/rented were bad, mostly.

It came with Sewer Shark which was borderline unplayable because it was almost all full-motion video with janky targeting controls and navigation. Boring, repetitive maze of a game. Bram Stoker's Dracula looked great but the control lag was brutal. I remember Jurassic Park being point-and-click like a PC game and I didn't have the patience for it as a 12-year old. Road Rash, I think that was pretty fun... Dragon's Lair, looked great, punishing difficulty... also some kind of Western/Sci-Fi game I don't remember the name of. I think I had a bad selection of games on a console that had a bad selection overall.
 
speeds said:
I had Sega CD and couldn't will myself to like it. The games I had/rented were bad, mostly.

It came with Sewer Shark which was borderline unplayable because it was almost all full-motion video with janky targeting controls and navigation. Boring, repetitive maze of a game. Bram Stoker's Dracula looked great but the control lag was brutal. I remember Jurassic Park being point-and-click like a PC game and I didn't have the patience for it as a 12-year old. Road Rash, I think that was pretty fun... Dragon's Lair, looked great, punishing difficulty... also some kind of Western/Sci-Fi game I don't remember the name of. I think I had a bad selection of games on a console that had a bad selection overall.
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Dragon's Lair is the only game I still remember from that era of trying to use CD quality video for games. Looked amazing, but it was basically just watching a movie and pressing buttons at exactly the right moments to keep the movie running. Even though it ultimately wasn't much fun, I still have affection for it.
 
Minstrel said:
Who had one of the hipster choices in the fourth gen consoles: Sega CD, Turbo Grafx 16 or the NeoGeo?
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One of my buddys had the Neo Geo, that was rich man levels back then.

Baseball Stars was dope.
 
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wizenheimer said:
inside games? well, then electric football. Lionel train sets. Electric race car tracks. Risk. Scuba men with soda tablets and little tiny steam engines

outside? flag football; playing cards and clothes-pins to make my Schwinn bike go putt-putt-putt. Basketball with chain nets. Rocks and windows on abandoned buildings...got in trouble for that game.

and finally, my favorite game became Sandy Myers and me in the back seat of my dad's car at the drive-in. I played variations of that game in variations of locations with variations of partners as much as I could for many many years
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Those were the days!
Then came Rock & Roll, Drugs & Sex
 
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