When I was just a wee girl as we exited the 70s and entered the 80s, my brothers got an Attari 2600. I can't remember if mom and dad bought it for them or if they got it with their paper route money - hey, I was around 3 years old! I wouldn't even remember that much if not for the fact that in the summer of '79 I nearly drowned while at the beach.

I do remember they let me play it sometimes. But mostly I watched. Especially when they played Superman. A game that many people born after 1979 don't believe existed. Well, I found a video on YouTube that proves otherwise.

Whenever Lois would touch Superman to bring him back after too many kryptonite hits there'd be a dinging noise. Sadly, it was also there whenever Superman rescued Lois. So as he's flying with her it was a constant "ding! ding! ding! ding!" - my brothers would get so annoyed that they'd kill her on purpose by dropping her from a great height - or at least fling her into a pit.

Why they never turned the volume down all the way is beyond me. I often play my games now adays without sound as some of them annoy me.

The years went by and suddenly Nintendo is on the scene. All my friends were getting Super Nintendo Entertainment Systems and all the accessories, like that darn useless power glove! After much pleading I got one too. It came with Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt. Because I had a tv in my own room it was set up there. You'd think this would be a problem, that I wouldn't do my homework, be up late playing games on a school night.

It didn't work that way.

No, the one who became addicted was my dad! It would be nearly midnight and he'd be in my room, playing SMB. He wasn't very good at it either and he'd often curse. I lay in bed, pleading, "Daddy! I have SCHOOL TOMORROW! Turn the game OFF!" To which he'd reply "One more level."

Finally, mom had enough. She loudly announced one day, "There will be no video games after 10 pm on school nights! And that goes for you too, Jami."

Basically, my father was the first one to be put on video game restriction.

My favorite game back then was Castlevania. However, I never could beat it. So, bad girl that I was, I saved up my money and bought a Game Genii. My very first cheat device.

And yes, I fully admit I've used GameShark - only because I had no one to trade Pokémon with. I had to fill my dex somehow. It basically became my only option. I hate Action Reply - it never worked for me.

While I'm not a raging "have to have everything related" fan, I do enjoy the Zelda games.

I don't play any Sega, XBox, etc because something about them makes me suffer from motion sickness. That's also the reason I don't own one of those new fangled tvs. But I am considering eventually investing in a Wii so I can get the Wii Fit programs.

Plus if they happen to have any Castlevania games for the Wii....

What? I have a thing for vampires - as long as they don't sparkle!

That was a very interesting story. I especially love the part about your dad cussing at the game. LOL. You have had quite the gaming history.

Interesting story, I honestly wouldn't recommend a wii however.

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Am I the only one hoping that Avatar won't be able to be watched on the 3ds?

Awesome story, thanks for sharing!

they do have castlevania games on the wii by the way ^^

Castlevania Judgment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <- though it is a fighting game..

and they have a couple of old and a new remake of the 8bit games on there virtual console/wiiware

October 8, 1986. I was a wee lad of three, this is one of my earliest memories, but it remains quite vivid.

Back then consoles were not as wide spread as they are now, and although the Nintendo Entertainment System had been released in the United States for a year... when my older brother got one for his 9th birthday he was the proverbial "First kid on the block," with the system.

I remember every kid in the neighborhood crowding into our wood panneled basement to huddle around a 19" TV to play Super Mario Brothers. My mother made my brother met me have first go with Luigi... I promptly ran into the second Goomba and died and the controller was passed along.

I remember someone found the hidden one up on level 1-1 and Mike, the oldest kid there jumping up and down and shouting "OH OH GET THE MARSHMELLOW!" which became an in-joke for years.

I was a part of the Nintendo Generation. For years my brother and I sitting in the basement, me as little brother always being Player 2... through Bubble Bobble, Contra, Ikari Warriors... good times.

Great times.

I remember the exact date 25 december 2003 the day when i got my Black Nintendo Gamecube you could nit believe how excited i was to finally own a gamecube i stayed up the whole night just waiting for my black lunch box of gaming finnaly my mom got everyone up and we went down stares to where i got the gamecube with 3 games mario kart DD zelda collectors edition and beyblade V force When we had the christmas party my bro and cousins started playing Mario kart DD with my bro always coming in 1st and me in 2nd after they were gone I played majoras mask and got scared and confused at what majora turned me into. I truly Loved my gamecube. the gamecube is the defination of underated console.

Then 3 years later on 25 of december 2006. i got its successor the Nintendo Wii my favourite console ever I got 4 games with it Zelda, Ice age, wii sports and rayman raving rabbids me and my family started playing wii sports bowling alot on that day with me always winning and then Because Zelda Twilight princess was so kick ass I beat it 8 times for the next 3 years and we were lauging and having a good time my mom even played the wii thanks to my sims 1. the Wii believe me or not made me more of a gamer and you can thank Zelda twilight princess for that

because of the wii people around my neighbour hood always chalenged me to games like wii sports, wii play, mario kart, mario party and of course Super Smash Bros Brawl and becuase of this i actually made a couple of friends who i still hang around with today.

Ah memories...

TL;DR.

But one of my favorite memories was beating prime. I had like 4 health left but when I phazon beam'd its face as a last resort attack was just so awesome. My favorite gaming memory.

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