I had two good friends in primary school. One had a Sony Playstation and a Sega Saturn while the other had a Nintendo and a Nintendo 64. Also, a friend of my mother had a Super Nintendo. I have very fond memories playing games such as; Panza Dragon, Time Crisis, Beast Wars Transformers, Crash Bandicoot 1, 2 and 3 on the Sega and Playstation. Shadows of the Empire, The Legend of Zelda (Original) , LOZ: Ocarina of Time, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Snap, Donkey Kong Country and Goldeneye 007 across the Nintendo Systems. I'm sure there where many more I haven't listed as well.
At the arcade, games like Street Fight II and Time Crisis seemed to chew up most of my credits, though these times where few and far between. My older Brothers would occasionally come over with a console, and I also remember my Dad wanting to get a Playstation for driving games. It would be years until I got my hands on my own home console.
At Christmas one year I can vividly remember my sister and I tearing into our last present under the tree. You couldn't hide the excitement as we unwrapped a clear blue Nintendo 64 with one controller and a copy of Donkey Kong 64. The excitement was dampened a little when we opened it up and went to play it only to find that Donkey Kong 64 needed the Expansion Pack add on.
Christmas day. Nintendo 64. Couldn't play it...
Needless to say we got an Expansion Pack later that week and all was good.
A year or so onward my sister I would also receive a Gameboy each with a copy of Pokemon Yellow. I could go on and on about what came next, but really that's how it all began. As the years went by there more games, more consoles and hours spent playing them. Here's to many more!
What were your earliest gaming memories?
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