Want to Feel Old? PS2 vs NES Launch Timeline

[Frag Mortuus]

The year of my birth saw:

Video Games:
Ultima
Frogger
Donkey Kong
Wizardry
Galaga
Castle Wolfenstein

Technology

Scientists identifyThe Aids Virus
First Flight of US Space Shuttle Columbia
The European Rocket "Ariane" is launched
IBM in US launches it's first PC which uses Microsoft Software MS DOS
The term INTERNET first mentioned
Post It Notes launched by 3M Corp
The Worlds Fastest Train The French TGV goes into service between Paris and Lyons
China Clones the first fish ( Golden Carp )
Artificially Produced Insulin becomes the worlds first genetically engineered protein to treat human disease Diabetes
MS-DOS released by Microsoft

Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Superman II
Nine to Five
Any Which Way You Can
Arthur
The Cannonball Run
For Your Eyes Only
On Golden Pond
Chariots of Fire

and MTV (Music Television) is launched August 1st

1981 was a pretty great year. This is but a taste of the awesomeness that the 80's would bring.

[Exhuminator]

At 36, I am the equivalent of two legal adults (18 + 18).

Here I was thinking I was the old man out. I'm 35.

I've been playing video games for over thirty years now. And I still love them... so much for "growing out of it".

The two most notable games released my birth year (1979):



I think Akalabeth still has a cool cover. But that $34.95 in today's money equals $113.02!

[darsparx]

Dang i feel young compared to you guys but 1994 wasn't to bad of a year for gaming:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_in_video_gaming

Apparently I was born in "The year of the cartridge" ha ha

[Frag Mortuus]

Dang i feel young compared to you guys but 1994 wasn't to bad of a year for gaming:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_in_video_gaming

Apparently I was born in "The year of the cartridge" ha ha

In 1994 I was happily playing both NES and SNES, skateboarding and listening to Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pantera, and Rage Against The Machine. My adolescence was well underway and you were just being born .

BTW, 1994 was an awesome year for just about everything. Movies, games, music, all had awesome years.

[darsparx]

Dang i feel young compared to you guys but 1994 wasn't to bad of a year for gaming:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_in_video_gaming

Apparently I was born in "The year of the cartridge" ha ha

In 1994 I was happily playing both NES and SNES, skateboarding and listening to Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pantera, and Rage Against The Machine. My adolescence was well underway and you were just being born .

BTW, 1994 was an awesome year for just about everything. Movies, games, music, all had awesome years.

Well the 90's for me were just awesome years for gaming even if I was too young to know it I've started going back and trying to find stuff I missed out of that decade...so far still missing a lot ha ha

[BoneSnapDeez]

I think Akalabeth still has a cool cover. But that $34.95 in today's money equals $113.02!

It's technically worth a little more than that.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Akalabeth-World ... zFcRa.dpuf

[GSZX1337]

If anyone's interested, I've made a thread where we list games released on our birth years sometime ago.

I think that's neat sharing a birthday haha.

What happened in 1987?...

[Jagosaurus]

Responses are cracking me up.

I prob should've also mentioned the Dreamcast will be 15 & the NES will be 30 this yr. This might hit home a bit more to me as I bought a DC right around launch & a PS2 yrs later.

Thanks for the link GSX.

[GSZX1337]

I bought the PS2 in 2001 when I was ten years old. It was the first console that I bought with my own money. Can't believe it's been almost 13 years. Also, I still remember late '98 to early '99 when the Dreamcast was the hot, new console. Back then, the GameStop in my mall was a Babbages.

[BRIK]

I can't believe the CD-I entered the world the same year I did. It remains to see who will be more successful...