re: Really sucks growing up.

Nostalgia is powerful.

I took my kid's raspberry pi, he no longer used it, and loaded it with retropie. Its fun but the 8bitduo controllers, which are awesome controllers, are not the controllers you used to play the games originally. The feel, the lag - it's not the same.

The NES/SNES/N64 stuff with the Switch is pretty good. It's a limited selection but has most of the good stuff.

I just started listening to a podcast called "Remember the Game?". Canadian Comedian guy has about 250 episodes. I listen to the episodes of the games I played. His accent is annoying, but his show is decent IMO.

My man cave is much more likely to be filled with 80s/90s video game and pop culture nostalgia then any sports team. I've pondered if plex can just rotate the simpsons, king of the hill, Nickelodeon circa 90s, TMNT, etc. Just have a TV in that room dedicated to replaying those things next to the TV where I play old games.

I was just thinking the other day - what was better than getting home from middle school and loading up Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, OoT, Wave Racer or even random terrible games like Turok or Star Wars Episode I Racer.

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This right here. Core memory.

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Gaming magazines were still in style. I got stuck on Ocarina of Time and did not get unstuck until I came across a guide in a magazine in some retail store that probably doesn't exist anymore

pretty much all my gaming systems from the Super NES, N64, original Xbox, to the xbox 360 and all of my game boys we given to me as christmas presents... My cousins would get the segas and the playstations and we would just just go between each others houses

How about waking up on Christmas break to play Super Mario Bros 3. That was a good time.

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remember getting a Sega Genesis and then an N64.

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I had all A’s for the year in like 4th grade and my dad bought me an N64 and Mario64 as my reward

Man what a time to be alive

Amateurs

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I am with this guy.

It has been a journey from 2600 to Xbox/PS/PC

It was definitely the water temple I was stuck in

I can’t even do it with coffee. The only time I’ve managed to stay up that late anymore is if all my buddies are playing together and that happens once every 3 months if we lucky.

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You make me feel old. 

I remember getting a Sega Genesis and then an N64

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Y'all are pups.

I remember spending an entire summer mowing lawns saving up to get my Super Nintendo as soon as it released. Got completely stiffed three times by people who refused to pay me because I didn't rake and bag up the massive corn rows of clippings after push-mowing their entire 2 foot tall grass yards. Good times.

ActRaiser and F-Zero are still two of my favorite games.

My favorite xmas memory was in 2018 when I got my first xbox. I was like ten/eleven or so. I downloaded fortnite and played for hours.