Quote Originally Posted by FlufflePuff
Just to add a little fuel to the fire. Game Informer #113 cites September 9th, 1991 as the official launch date. - let's stick to facts instead of what we remember from our childhoods.



Yeah, it's already been said that the "target" launch date was September 9th, 1991, but it released early. I'm not interested in the "target" launch date. I'm interested in the "actual" first day it was available for sale in the U.S.


As for sticking to the facts, I've provided a list of facts that support it coming out the week of August 21st, and that August 21st was the first known date that it was available for sale. Everything is pointing to that, and the only thing pointing against that is Wikipedia's incorrect date, and some dude remembering he got one on his birthday. If he indeed did get it on his birthday, then he got it on his birthday in August of 1992, not 1991. Or he got it a few weeks after his birthday if he did get it in 1991. Or maybe he simple isn't 100 percent clear when he got it.


I'm absolutely 100 percent clear when I got mine. It was Sunday, August 25th, and I remember it like the back of my hand, and I was 20 years old that day, not some little kid. August 25th was the first day it was available for sale at any stores in the Sacramento area. (At least all the stores I called)