So you're a gamer huh? Then post some OG shyt that real gamers would recognize

[Flywin Lannister]

Awesome thread concept op


My 10 pieces of proof, top 10 memories:

-Playing Commodore 64 with a TAPE machine
-Being one of the first kids with an EGA 16-color PC videocard and having kids come over to play Commander Keen in color
-Renting NBA Jam for Sega Megadrive the whole weekend
-Entering codes to put you back where you were in Road Rash
-Thinking Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance’s intro in the water was as beautiful as games could possibly get
-Having a homie try to make a copy of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 over and over again (this was PlayStation I think)
-Playing Lemmings for hours and hours
-Remembering every kid wanting the Nintendo 8-bit
-First time seeing an NBA Live demo on Xbox 360 and not believing how real the players and court looked
-Reading gaming magazines to know the moves for Tekken 4

 

[pete clemenza]

Before GTA took over we had this. That opening training course tho

 

[You Win Perfect]

Counting lightning bolt dodges

i would fall asleep trynna do this shyt after school everyday for hours them thunder plains

 

[Knowledge]

The Tilt in Greenbriar mall. Shadiest fukking arcade ever. nikkas was huddled up when NBA JAM dropped like

This was my shyt.

Southlake mall nikka
Gang gang

On topic tho I was a Sega kid. I remember my dad bought me Sega tv for my Genesis which was ahead of it's time then. Then I had a Saturn with virtual cop, virtual fighter, gex, and battle arena toshinden. Good days

 

[folasade]

Leaving your system on and turning off the tv and praying nobody turns it off cause the game didn’t have a save feature or you didn’t have a memory card

Giving the 2nd player the madcatz controller

i did this alot with gta 2 and 3. Too many siblings, so it never worked.

 

[PS5 Pro]

So I'm strolling thru this thread, and this post triggered an internal memory just now. I played with that ring toss joint but I never owned one

But that GAMEandWATCH joint I just remember those parachute people falling quickly, and I remember Nintendo was big into those. I believe I had a donkey Kong one. Seems like from a previous life...literally

 

[parallax]

So I'm strolling thru this thread, and this post triggered an internal memory just now. I played with that ring toss joint but I never owned one

But that GAMEandWATCH joint I just remember those parachute people falling quickly, and I remember Nintendo was big into those. I believe I had a donkey Kong one. Seems like from a previous life...literally

The game and watch joints were hot. Nintendo needs to rerelease them, because I would buy game and watch hockey in a heartbeat

 

[PS5 Pro]

I miss manuals/booklets. I always read them. They usually had funny stuff written and the notes in the back were useful too. It's kinda sad but that's the videogame industry nowadays, cutting costs comes first over nostalgia. I remember that as a kid, the drive back home was always for reading the manual, for me it was almost a tradition

It was

I remember doing what you're talking about when I guess it was Nintendo power that previewed Kobe Bryant's nba basketball (n64) they had the entire move list posted in the magazine to showcase how much control you had over your player

Spoiler

For those not in the know, myself and Kobe Bryant basketball are the forefathers of today's basketball games. Kobe was the first to have button and stick combinations to pull off moves and me beta testing for 2k and them using ALL of my ideas = today's basketball

Before GTA took over we had this. That opening training course tho

GTA came out (and took over) before driver

 

[Moesha’s Overbearing Dad]

If you ain't never made up your own season on a sheet of paper... Keeping stats and scores... had some random storyline going on in your head.... Wins and losses.. then DREW your own playoff tree and made up who you wanted to advance


As shytty as this game was.. that song got me HYPE as a 9 year old on a Saturday night on the floor model tv ...

 

[Stir Fry]

So I'm strolling thru this thread, and this post triggered an internal memory just now. I played with that ring toss joint but I never owned one

But that GAMEandWATCH joint I just remember those parachute people falling quickly, and I remember Nintendo was big into those. I believe I had a donkey Kong one. Seems like from a previous life...literally

Yeah, i've always wished that parachute would get a revival either as a live arcade or switch game. Is even be happy if it were a phone app. Surprised it's never been done.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

I miss manuals/booklets. I always read them. They usually had funny stuff written and the notes in the back were useful too. It's kinda sad but that's the videogame industry nowadays, cutting costs comes first over nostalgia. I remember that as a kid, the drive back home was always for reading the manual, for me it was almost a tradition

There's no more manuals? I ain't been a gamer for years I didn't know

What is the world coming to as a visual person i'm bummed


I feel the same way about music CDs that only had one sheet of paper, that shyt is triflin

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Turning the system on, playing a racing game like Mario Kart 64 or Diddy Kong Racing, or Gran Turismo, and the cursor keeps scrolling right, you find a way to select a car and a stage, then your car keeps turning right, so you gotta turn the whole system off and on

years later when I got older i realized it's cause you had your finger on the joystick pressed left before you turned the system on, so the cpu configured "<=" as "neutral"

 

[IslandG]

Taking the poster out of Nintendo Power magazines and putting them on your bedroom walls.

 

[BoBurnz]

Hearing the "Seeeeeeeeeeeegaaaaaaaaaaa" every time you booted up

 

[King Sun]

Getting your PS2 lens and controller port fixed twice an year.