[Classic] *Rips up present* SUPERNINTENDO FUCK YEAH!

Hooooy.

Well, my first system was my parents, who are gamers themselves. And that was an Atari 2600. Yes, Atari. And I played that Atari and all it's games (and they had a LOT of games because they were so darn cheap) up until maybe 1992, when Atari's were so old they were out, and that NES's were so cheap, that they could be bought. Was a cool thing too because not only did I get an NES, but also about twenty games with it because they were so darn cheap.

I still fondly remember playing my NES from six in the morning until eleven at night, with only restroom, and meal breaks. Eventually though, I introduced SMB3 to my parents and their VG spark was reignited. I then had to wrestle the system from them to play over the next few years until, maybe 1996 (whenever it was that Megaman X was ten bucks and you could get SMW and Mario Paint as part of the package). I also got HOme Alone 2. I can't remember if I got bubsy then or not, but I know that I eventually got that game, along with FFVI, SMRPG, CT, and Illusion of Gaia. Man, those were the times...having a new RPG come out every SIX MONTHS rather than every SIX DAYS. You could (would have to ) REALLY spend some time on those games. I also would often rent Lufia II and Zelda. AMazingly, I never bought Zelda, nor FFIV for that matter.

I also though fondly remember playing FFVI. A friend of mine had it and so I played it...and enjoy it thoroughly. So thoroughly that I rented it. So thoroughly that I kept asking for it each day for Christmas. So thoroughly that I would put my PENNIES together to just be able to rent the game. So thoroughly that you could just see me trying HARD to hide the disappointment on my face when my grandparents accidently got me Final Fantasy LEGEND III for Gameboy, even stating how hard it was to find, onyl for my parents to notice it and my father to go out and exchange it for the RIGHT game (as it were, I DID get FF Legends III several years later). Man, did I ever play that game. 99 elixers and megaelixers. Fully leveled up. All of it. And it will come out on GBA soon...SWEET!!!

Anyway, towards the end of the SNES days, I bought my first ever PSX. Now, you heard the old saying every penny counts, right? Well, I definitely know the meaning of that as I literally CUT RIBBONS, one penny a cut (I was too young for a real job), to get JUST ENOUGH money for a PSX and a game. This was helped greatly by my mom who worked at the place and could give me a discount. They were even nice as K-Mart and said if I didn't like the system for any reason, they would give me my money back. My parents also were really kind and helped me get one other game (which was the wisely picked Wild Arms over the, at the time, 'highly-anticipated' Beyond the Beyond which I had read over in a magazine. Thank goodness I didn't get that game. I hated it when I finally did get it, because of it's insane difficulty and nonstop battles).

I won't bother going into the detail ofthe games I got although I got the highly-anticipated FF7, which, I did enjoy. Suikoden was a 'dark horse' to me, that I used to play in between FF7 and WCW World Tour (or whatever it was called), and I thoroughly enjoy that as well. Eventually, my game collection grew, but my interested started to dwindle due to other things. Oh yeah, my rents played this system too, particularlly Crash Bandicoot.

Eventually, all this playing led to the system not working, to the point of it making a loud BANGING sound and freezing when it tried to go to the 'main menu'. My rents got a new system and things were ago, again.

About two years later, my grandparents got me and my bro an N64. I kept asking for it over and over, even being very lame and saying (note, I was still young) that CHristmas would be that great without it. Very lame. Nevertheless, my gparents got it for me, and me and my bro played some Super Mario Bros. We then got all the wrestling games for it, and had countless fun with WCW vs NWO, and No Mercy (and the games in between as well). I also remember thoroughly enjoying Zelda (the first...I barely played the second) as well.

Sometime afterwards, the second PSX broke down. However, we had an agreement with Circuit city and were able to ge ta new system, free of charge. Actually, we extended the warranty and got a PS1. Good deal.

Now, I will say that somewhere in this time, I did get a GBC as well. My best friend had one, and Zelda was coming out. Good stuff. I got that AND Zelda and enjoyed it throughly....especailly the "select trick" as I dubbed it. Gratned, that trick led to me messing up a game when I got over twenty hearts. but hey. Oh yes, believe it or not, POkemon was fun too, although due to a small miscommunication, I never got all 150 pokemon. Oh well...

Sometime, I think APril of 2002, I got another N64. Why? It was fifty bucks. The catch? It had pikachu on it. Yes, I am not kidding. Still, it worked and I didn't care about the look but the funtionality.

I also got a Dreamcast...actually two of them. The first I got litelly a week before it's price break. And...samne with the second...darn it! anyway, I got several games for it ranging from Grandia, to Sonic to Seaman. I also had the joy of emulation on the system AND playing some other, harder to find games like Fire Pro Wrestling D. Good times.

Anyway, afterwards, in 2002, after the price drop, I got a PS2. I remember hearing about it at E3, and got excited. Then, the day it dropped in price, I and my brother paid halfs and went out and got one. I remember this day too. It was sorta like your day Spatula, but the opposite and with a twist. I had jsut started a summer class at my new college. ONly, I looked at the date wrong and thought classes started a week later. However, by luck, a friend had dropped off a friend of his in the same class. SO he questioned me about it. Sure enough, I missed the first day (or week, as each day was equalto a week) of class. So, not only was I trying to make up for that lost weeks worth of classtime, I was also trying to get some PS2, namely some Smackdown! action in as well!!! Unfortunatley, my PS2 was probably not the best buy as I never could put too much time into it due to classes. By the time it was summer break, I was too tired to really want to sit and play games. By the time I was ready to...class time again. Ugh!!!

About two years later though, I bought a GBA as well. Well, sorta. My rents bought it for me for an early christmas gift. So I guess I didn't buy it. However, I got it along with Golden Sun, which I played a little bit. Alas though, my GBA ran into the same problem as my PS2. Lack of time = lack of play time and eventually lack of interest. I did get some game sfor it though...mostly when they were dirt cheap. As it were though, I did eventually start playing it more often as I slowly but surely finished college.

Eventually, our old PS2 broke from straight out wear and tear. Or DID IT?!?!?! It broke on Spring Break, in which my rents went out and bought another one. I guess they felt bad that it broke so quickly...as they rarely ever played games on it (strangely enough ) save for Crash Bandicoot.

However, as I said...the old PS2 broke...or DID IT? As it turned out, for some reason, after turning it on it's side and then back down, iT WORKED!!! So, I now had my own PS2, as I "fixed" it. I wisely though moved it so it couldn't be bumped again, and keep it in working order. I would have eventually replaced it but given my last of use of it...yeah.

After that, my PARENTS got themselves a gamecube. Yep. One day, out of the blue, they said, "We decided we are going to reward ourselves with a game cube". THey also bought themselves an X-box. So, while my gaming system collection or whatever has ceased, they are keeping theirs alive and well. The end.

Jam it back in, in the dark.