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« on: April 20, 2015, 02:57:37 AM »
I, like many, started with the Atari 2600. Asteroids, Defender, Space Invaders, Yar's Revenge, Pitfall, Centipede, and the list goes on. I beat Pitfall in under 20 minutes and sent a photo in for the shoulder patch and membership into the Activision club. I flipped the score Asteroids 3 times. Amazing times. And received many hickies from sticking the cover of the controller on my face and chest. Don't deny your 9 year self wouldn't do the same!
Nintendo came out and my dad bought the ROB set with Duck Hunt and Gyroscope. Of course I picked up Super Mario, Zelda (gold cartridge!), Ninja Gaiden, Robocop, Batman, World Runner, Excitebike, so many classics. I miss Batman, that was an amazing game. I beat Contra without losing a life. I always tried to get through World Runner, but damn it was hard.
Then I fell out of gaming. Comic books took over my life. I gave away my NES, sold off my Genesis. I had no interest in having the SNES. And I was fine with the choice, no regrets.
Then I met a girl. And she wanted Donkey Kong Country. I never heard of it. But we got it. And so began a slow uptick back into gaming. I got Super Metroid on sale. Picked up Killer Instinct with the soundtrack. We had all of the Donkey Kong Games.
Then - it happened. The N64. OMG! Mario64, Mischief Makers, Turok, Goldeneye, Bomberman64, Mario Kart 64, Doom 64, Quake 1 & 2... such awesomeness. My wife at the time surprised me on my birthday with it, she had put it on layaway and paid it off over time. And this is the system I identify with. I have so many of the games to this day. Some I got rid of and wish I had again. Some I wish I never played, but whatever.
I have been a Nintendo fan for as long as they have put out systems. I have a launch black Gamecube, even added a network adapter in hopes a game I liked would support online gaming. Mario Kart is close enough. I have a launch Wii soft-modded, and is the best way to play Quake. My Wii U library is a good size. I also have an original Gamboy (and the box and styrofoam protection), advance gameboy, DS, and 3DS. I do have a desire that Nintendo would provide more options with their services instead of treating everyone as if they'll never understand how things work. But I can't give up on great games so I'll always buy a launch system from them. They also are notorious for removing functions from systems as time goes on so another reason to buy a launch system.