Ah, the golden memories!

abhi89492i

Ah, the golden memories!

Hi, abhi8492i here, a big fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tournament Fighters... and much more!

I remember being thoroughly addicted to Video Games, since the tender age of 7, when I found myself utterly mesmerized by the sight of Contra (Original), at my friends house. He was my best friend, now long lost, I couldn't find him on internet...
Alas, he introduced me to this wonderful virtual world. I remember a time when It cost 4/- for an hour -- single player, and 8 for double, to play the NES games on what we fondly called "Samurai". Where every "Boss fight" was called "Dragon'.

We played them on shops because my parents were (still are) strictly against video games of all kinds. Despite the fact I remained a topper in almost all my school life. After too much tantrums, crying, negotiating and what not, I finally got my own console but even then, I didn't stop being a regular customer for shops. 'Why' you might ask-
Because I was prohibited from playing my own console at my own house. It was only allowed at summer vacations.

Anyway, like most of you here, I graduated from 'Samurai' to PS1 and then to PS2. I stole money and even bunk classes for 'Smackdown - here comes the pain' and 'GTA: San Andreas', plus a few more titles. I was also solely responsible for destroying 2 CDs of 'Marvel Superheroes Vs Capcom' and GTA.

All in all video games have played a very big part in my life. Too big, in fact, to allow me to share all of it on internet.

A strange fact I still wonder about is: I never hooked up on XBox, or had the opportunity to play PS3, or PS4 - despite being a super video game nerd...I guess that's life for you.


SO that's a true story I believe a lot of Retro Gamers can identify with, with one part or another ...



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I'll also post more threads later...

Happy Retro Gaming all Craxers!

Dev

That's a great read bro. Thanks for posting the original photos. Keep up the good work.

Rushcourt71

While my generation had simpler games (with even simpler aims) in the 1980s, video games were the rage then. Now its ballooned to hundreds of variations and tougher tasks. Its still enjoyable but just more addictive.