wavracer
03-23-2006, 01:24 AM
My name is Mark, I'm 26, and live in Canada. I've been playing video games since i was in Elementary school. I remember being awed by Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt on the NES when I first played it and then playing Nintendo at friends' after school all the time.
I've been collectiong video games for the last 3 or 4 years now. It all started when I remembered how much fun I had with my SNES and N64 way back when.
Believe it or not though, my first system was a Nintendo Game Boy I bought broken from a friend for cheap in Junior High School. The rubber contacts under the directional pad were worn out, so I replaced them with some from an old calculator and it worked great until I sold it years later. I had fun games like Tetris, Super Mario Land, F-1 Race, and a few oddballs like Boxxle and Shanghai.
My second system was actually a NEC TurboGrafx-16! This lasted about a week. After I had enough with Keith Courage In Alpha Zones, only 1 controller port, and hardly any games available, back to the store it went (now, I wish I still had it of course).
With the TurboGrafx-16 gone, I promptly picked up a used NES from a friend, and enjoyed it immensely for a few years. I had games like Ice Hockey, Rad Racer, and of course Super Mario Bros. 3.
The time came and I sold the NES and bought a used SNES. Little did I know then that this would become my favorite console of all time. Classics like Super Mario Kart, Pilotwings, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World, and Star Fox entertained me for years.
Next, the buzz around the Ultra64 was starting so I sold my SNES and games to get what became the N64, my second favorite console of all time. I enjoyed games like Super Mario 64, Golden Eye 007, Mario Kart 64, and Wave Race 64.
Then I go away to college, and a few months later I find out my younger brother has sold my entire N64 collection (mostly mint and complete), in order to buy the new Nintendo GameCube. Needless to say, I wasn't too happy that he basically traded in a complete N64 setup and ~15 good games for a new system with one controller and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. But later Super Monkey Ball grew on me, and I started to enjoy the GameCube.
To fast forward to the present, I've been rebuying all the old consoles and games I used to enjoy, plus many more I never had (like the Sega Genesis I just got). I now own:
Nintendo Entertainment System & 17 games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System & 23 games
Nintendo 64 & 23 games
Nintendo GameCube & 27 games
Nintendo Game Boy Pocket & 5 games
Sega Genesis & 14 games
That's a total of 109 games.
I guess I should mention the fact that I'm a computer tech and also have my share of PC games (which I don't really play much anymore, consoles seem to be much more fun after fixing PCs all day). Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my story.
I've been collectiong video games for the last 3 or 4 years now. It all started when I remembered how much fun I had with my SNES and N64 way back when.
Believe it or not though, my first system was a Nintendo Game Boy I bought broken from a friend for cheap in Junior High School. The rubber contacts under the directional pad were worn out, so I replaced them with some from an old calculator and it worked great until I sold it years later. I had fun games like Tetris, Super Mario Land, F-1 Race, and a few oddballs like Boxxle and Shanghai.
My second system was actually a NEC TurboGrafx-16! This lasted about a week. After I had enough with Keith Courage In Alpha Zones, only 1 controller port, and hardly any games available, back to the store it went (now, I wish I still had it of course).
With the TurboGrafx-16 gone, I promptly picked up a used NES from a friend, and enjoyed it immensely for a few years. I had games like Ice Hockey, Rad Racer, and of course Super Mario Bros. 3.
The time came and I sold the NES and bought a used SNES. Little did I know then that this would become my favorite console of all time. Classics like Super Mario Kart, Pilotwings, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World, and Star Fox entertained me for years.
Next, the buzz around the Ultra64 was starting so I sold my SNES and games to get what became the N64, my second favorite console of all time. I enjoyed games like Super Mario 64, Golden Eye 007, Mario Kart 64, and Wave Race 64.
Then I go away to college, and a few months later I find out my younger brother has sold my entire N64 collection (mostly mint and complete), in order to buy the new Nintendo GameCube. Needless to say, I wasn't too happy that he basically traded in a complete N64 setup and ~15 good games for a new system with one controller and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. But later Super Monkey Ball grew on me, and I started to enjoy the GameCube.
To fast forward to the present, I've been rebuying all the old consoles and games I used to enjoy, plus many more I never had (like the Sega Genesis I just got). I now own:
Nintendo Entertainment System & 17 games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System & 23 games
Nintendo 64 & 23 games
Nintendo GameCube & 27 games
Nintendo Game Boy Pocket & 5 games
Sega Genesis & 14 games
That's a total of 109 games.
I guess I should mention the fact that I'm a computer tech and also have my share of PC games (which I don't really play much anymore, consoles seem to be much more fun after fixing PCs all day). Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my story.