Youth through entertainment (games)

A hand me down from relatives.

The gamers of today are fairly jaded when a new console is released, but when the NES came out it was magical.

My introduction to the Nintendo, and how glorious an introduction it was. Although, I never beat it (I think I made it to world 8 before), it didn't matter, Super Mario Brothers was a great game, instantly playable, fun, and at the time awe-inspiring.

And then there was Duck Hunt, and that damned deriding dog.

Mega Man 2 is an indisputable classic, maybe not on par of its immediate follow up (which I never owned but rented constantly) but all the groundwork was laid here. And it all holds up years later, even. Also, it's one of the first games I beat (on normal, at least) after I found out how to defeat all the robots from my uncle.

How about that DAMN (dam) level?

8-bit platforming perfection. Another of the rare NES games I actually beat.

Robocop: the movie, awesome. Robocop: the game, not so awesome.

I got this game as a gift (a curse?). It could be played with the Power Glove (so bad) which I, of course, didn't own (who did?), not that I think that accessory could've helped this crappy game.

16-bit platforming perfection.

16-bit platforming perfection. Packaged with my Super Nintendo.

I don't remember much about this game other than my dad buying it and bringing it home one night unexpectedly and surprising me.

My Sega Genesis was more an afterthought to my Super Nintendo.

Packaged with my Sega Genesis.

Command prompts!

DOS!

Floppy disks!

CD-ROM!

Worth it for Ocarina of Time alone.

Playstation got Symphony of the Night. Nintendo got THIS.

Ocarina of Time was the first real "experience" I got out of gaming. Games before were fun but this one was on a different level.