What was the first console you got as a kid and what games did you get for it?
I got an N64 for my birthday, I think my 7th birthday, that was the first console I owned. Right away I got Pokémon Snap and Donkey Kong 64, and as time went on I had ten games before moving on to the GameCube. Mario Kart, Mario 64, Smash Bros, Mario Tennis, Dr Mario, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2 and Paper Mario were the others. I was a huge Mario and Pokémon fan as you can see that ended up working out nicely because I didn't have any crap games. what did you have as a kid?
Edit: I'd like to add I still own those carts from my childhood, does anyone else? And I should've probably worded the question better. I meant what was your whole stash of games before moving on to the next console
Edit: I'd like to add I still own those carts from my childhood, does anyone else? And I should've probably worded the question better. I meant what was your whole stash of games before moving on to the next console
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I still have my original Mario duck hunt and gun.smoke. I never liked defender ii so I got rid of that somewhere along the way
Super Mario Land
Kirby's Dream Land
Link's Awakening
I had the pack-in games. (my mom was the first one in the house to figure out how to beat Cheetah on WCTM)
My sister (3 years younger than me) was given Mickey Mousecapades... which as a 5-year-old promptly scared her away from video games until adulthood, given the absurd difficulty (for such a young-kid-themed game)
I think within the month, I was allowed to pick out a new game at Toys R Us, and my dad and I picked out Legend of Zelda.
Sortly after Super Mario 2 and Mike Tysons Punch Out
The NES "broke" a few years later and it ended up getting trashed. Pity, since I now know it could have been saved. I had the games for a long time thereafter, still complete in box. Seems like I can recall seeing them in one of my drawers during my teenage years, but I have no idea whatever happened to them.
Day 1 games: baseball, pro wrestling, and Super Mario Bros.
Went to visit family on 12/26/87 and found Metroid. Game 5 was Zelda some months later but I was hooked lol.
It was mostly my mom's console, but still. The games she got with it were Pitfall, H.E.R.O., Enduro, River Raid, Pac-Man, Keystone Kappers, Megamania and Sea Quest. All good stuff.
My dad also gave me Madden NFL '94 and my mom gave me Battletoads Double Dragon
They also ran the free Super Mario All-Stars with proof of purchase promotion around that time, so I got that too
As far as games go, we mostly had a nice selection of go-to titles for the systems listed above. My biggest memories are playing the various Pokemon games on the handhelds and playing all the Smash games, specifically 64 and Melee (along with the 64 mainstays: GoldenEye, Mario 64, etc.). I'm definitely fortunate that my family encourage my playing and whatnot; I think they'd rather I spent more time outside, but oh well.
I do remember getting NES games for Christmas before that though. Tiny Toon Adventures, and Super Mario Bros 3 stand out.
i think the console got thrown out because no one knew about cleaning pins to fix it.
Yeah I actually had a second hand nes very briefly before the N64. We couldn't get it to work so it got thrown out and later that year I got my N64. I feel like I missed out
SNES w/Super Mario World & Super Castlevania IV. Bought and rented lots of games before I even put SMW in the console.
The first console that was bought for me was an NES Control Deck and Hydlide. yeah....
that's painful
Later on my parents bought a ton of NES games from a video store that went under, so I had something like 15-20 NES games before I upgraded to the SNES in 1992. I don't recall ever getting a brand new NES game, just the big haul and lots of rentals.
I was given a Sega Genesis by my Uncle who didnt want it anymore the games that I had it were Ghouls n Ghosts, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Streets of Rage, Aladdin, Jungle Book, Earthworm Jim, Jurrasic Park, WWF, Lion King, Ms Pac Man, NBA Jam, Castle of Illusion, Ecco The Dolphin, Road Rash 2, Taz Mania, Toy Story, NHL 95 and Talespin. I still get pissed that my parents sold it all cause it meant a lot to me.
that is a really solid collection to start with
I was given a Sega Genesis by my Uncle who didnt want it anymore the games that I had it were Ghouls n Ghosts, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Streets of Rage, Aladdin, Jungle Book, Earthworm Jim, Jurrasic Park, WWF, Lion King, Ms Pac Man, NBA Jam, Castle of Illusion, Ecco The Dolphin, Road Rash 2, Taz Mania, Toy Story, NHL 95 and Talespin. I still get pissed that my parents sold it all cause it meant a lot to me.
that is a really solid collection to start with
Well i was born in 98 and i got my genesis in 2001 and when my uncle gave it to me it came with both sonics, streets of rage, and nhl. The rest my parents bought for me for a few bucks each. I pmayed the hell out of those games and they wanted to get me a newer conaoel so they sold the genesis and all the games and got me a ps2. I love me the ps2 but i would take genesis anyday.
Chop Lifter, Hang-On & Safari Hunt, and Marksman Shooting and Trap Shooting where the first and only games we got for that system. Soon after we finally got an NES.
its was something out of this world and was stuck on playing it for like the longest ....
but it was destroyed w/ many others back in 05 and could nt be saved =/