My older cousin was definitely the most influential force in regards to my gaming. The fact that he obtained just about every new console under the sun captivated me from the exodus of C64 on, and really helped shape my fondness for all things gaming.
I was reading some old EGM this past weekend (circa 1994), and I just sat there flipping through the pages reminiscing the good old days when print was king. Oh, how I used to oggle those same articles....again and again. I tried to bring my wife in on the reading, but it ended up a one-sided conversation while she read her book.
I was quite lucky that my Dad and I went half and half on a PS1 back in the day, but I would always have to buy the games. My Dad still games to this day, but always on consoles and games I've bought He seems to think that paying for half a PlayStation years ago gives him full access to my games even now lol
my dad bought me my first game system after my mom left us i was 9yrs old it was a atari 2600 with 30 or so games at a auction i spent hours hogging the tv with it then one day it was gone my pos brother sold it i didn't get back into games again till i was 17 when i got a nes
My older brother and oldest cousin. My oldest cousin was a diehard Genesis and Saturn fan, but before that he had a NES and like 50 games. Which is funny when I think about it. That use to be so mind boggling, but now I have over 300... He is now a doctor and while he owns a Wii and his Saturn, he is not much of a gamer past the occasional run of Mario Kart Wii.
My older brother loved Atari and NES games, so much so that in his office at the church he works at he has an NES hooked up to a woodpanel tv (he also has a 83 Kenner Shuttle Tydirium hanging from the roof). My older brother and I would work at it for hours trying to beat games like Contra, Double Dragon, T&C Surf Design, and Jackal. When the N64 came out we had long nights of Mario Kart 64 and Goldeneye - Granted he was in College so these times were short lived. I do remember walking with him to a friends house about 3 miles away, the car was broken, just so we could play Goldeneye for six hours - after several warmup rounds we played Proximity Mines in Temple, first to one hundred. It was right after the game came out and I was terrible at it. Once I got a copy, I pinned at it until I could beat him, which lead me to tournaments, and eventually college. Despite he having kids now, and living more than a state away, we still game every now and then. No matter what, we can still get into a good game of Combat, Warlords, or Mario Kart 64.
I can't say I really had any family members that were more into games than I was, I think I influenced them to try it out.
I drew a lot of influence from some of the friends at school and programs like Games Master. Loved watching all of those expert gamers play. I wish they would bring Games Master back, gaming related tv shows are rubbish nowadays.
my Dad bought my siblings and i our first NES and SNES, then the Genesis a year later. my brother, little sister and i had been hook ever since that day but it looks like i came out as the only gamer in the family. my Dad would also rent us SNES games from blockbuster instead of buying them. When i finally got my own money i bought a N64 on my first paycheck back in 1998.
My Mom. As just one example, if she was at home when I beat a game for the first time, she would drop whatever she was doing to sit and watch the ending with me. It meant so much to share those moments with her -- to know that she wanted to celebrate with me.
There was also a family-owned store that rented movies and games in my hometown called Video+ (pronounced "Video Plus"). The guys there watched me grow up over the course of several years and were apparently fond of me. When they were closing the store and had their games up for sale, they let me buy several Genesis titles for way below their original asking price. This is how I finally got my own copies of Ecco the Dolphin and Toejam and Earl -- and I love them for this.
cookie monster wrote:my dad bought me my first game system after my mom left us i was 9yrs old it was a atari 2600 with 30 or so games at a auction i spent hours hogging the tv with it then one day it was gone my pos brother sold it i didn't get back into games again till i was 17 when i got a nes
That's heartbreaking on several accounts. I'm sorry to hear this.
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I'm sorry to hear this.