View Full Version : Did you own a NES during the 1980's?
stonecutter
04-04-2009, 11:59 PM
After reading this thread, first thing I have to say..... GM80-Your grandfather was a great man and ahead of his time - May I be the same at that age!
I Bought the NES in 1986, my parents thought video games wrecked TVs. So I also bought a TV. That same TV which has seen a hell of a lot of video game action is in my bedroom and used regularly to this dat lol.
As an extension to the thread, who else had parents who thought your NES would ruin their TV?
grolt
04-05-2009, 11:19 AM
I got one for my birthday in the summer of '89. I didn't play it all that much, actually, until Super Mario Bros. 3 came out, and then I was hooked. My mom had to devise a "sign up sheet" for me and my brother, limiting us to an hour a day. Of course we fudged those numbers... :D
We almost got a Master System, since that's what our friend had, but ultimately my parents went with a NES. Being 6 at the time, I couldn't have cared either way. Funny that now, all these years later, I've got a complete SMS collection and only a handful of NES games. Cobra Triangle was the first game I ever had, followed shortly by the much played Duck Tales, Rescue Rangers and Friday the 13th.
muchomojo
04-05-2009, 09:16 PM
Yep, Christmas of 87. My brother and I must have played SMB for weeks straight.
NES_Rules
04-05-2009, 09:31 PM
We had an NES in the 80's, for about 6 days. We got it for Christmas in 1989.
genesisguy
04-06-2009, 01:13 AM
This is my first post here. I remember being influenced into getting a Genesis because of my peers at school, but not with the NES. I want to say I had one in 1986, 1987, or 1988. It's odd I can't really remember. I was born in '82. If it was 87-88 I woulda been in kindergarten, but like I said, I didn't learn about NES through friends. My grandfather bought one w/ Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt. I remember I couldn't play Mario the controls were too hard, but I could play Duck Hunt. My dad actually played Mario and I used to watch him and it took probably a week or two for him to get to world 1-2 and when Mario first feel into that black and blue level with that music it was a HUGE gaming moment for both my dad and I. Within a year I'd be able to play circles around him.