I don't know what it is but....

lilbud

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@mediamogul Video games were introduced to me a few times. My earliest gaming memory would be playing Super Mario 64. I remember it distinctly, it was at a hairdresser around the corner. I was waiting for several others to get cut and I walked into the back and there it was, a jungle green N64 with SM64 on it. I had no idea of Mario or Nintendo at the time, so I just sat there and played.

The next time was my 6th birthday, now my parents had both an Atari and an original NES, so knew video games. I opened the biggest box, and there it was, Mario Kart: Double Dash and a platinum Gamecube. Them getting me a Gamecube, and later a Game Boy Advance was either the greatest thing or the worst decision they ever made. It was only last year that my mom dug out her Atari and NES and hooked them up permanently (I swear, it's a fire hazard.) The systems were just there and left for us to start playing. It has started a lifelong obsession with video games. I just read about and find more to play, find new systems and new things to play. These are the games I have:

Atari Games:
Ms. Pacman
River Raid
Kaboom (Personal Favorite.)
Frogger
Commando Raid
Combat
Dragster
Pitfall
NES Games:
SMB 1 and Duck Hunt
Centipede
Ninja Kid
Gyromite

Capeman

It's awesome the range of ages on this forum, my earliest memory of gaming was when i was almost 5 years old and my dad brought home the NES power bundle with the gun and powerpad in 1986. I was born at the perfect time, rode the crest of the second and most successful wave of the video game industry revival. I got to experience the release of every major milestone in classic gaming as they were released at just the right age to appreciate them the most, and i got to participate in the most heated times of the bit-wars. I bounced between Nintendo and Sega more than a flip flopping politician, haha! Those were the days.

Capeman

I pitty the young kids now, alot of them are experiencing their first gaming on touch screens... barf. Hahaha!

lilbud

@Capeman I think it's safe to say that RetroPie has helped me find and play so many more games. If I bought all the games that I wanted, I be so far in the red.

Also, never try to play Mario 1 on a phone. It just doesn't work. Thank God I always carry a controller in my backpack for moments when I want to play SNES, but I can't due to not being near my Pi. Thank you Retroarch Web Player.

mediamogul

@lilbud

I swear, it's a fire hazard.

Ha! yeah, our family had so many things hooked into the back of our television that you could totally detect that sweet electrical burn smell if you got close enough. Also, I kid you not, if you jostled the wires around while the TV was on, you could here a radio station being broadcast in some other language.

@Capeman

It's awesome the range of ages on this forum

It really is amazing.

Capeman

@mediamogul said in I don't know what it is but....:

Ha! yeah, our family had so many things hooked into the back of our television that you could totally detect that sweet electrical burn smell if you got close enough.

RALPHIEE!!!!!