I waited until the N64 came out before diving into the 32/64 bit era. My first 3 games were SM64, Wave Race, and Killer Instinct Gold. I kept going to the video game stores, but there were never any new games out. So my neighbor has Tekken 2, and I'm trying hard to convince myself that Killer Instinct is as good as what he has....... I gotta get a Playstation!!
So the PSX was still sold out everywhere. I'm so sure that I want one that I go ahead and buy 2 games for the system I don't even have. I buy Resident Evil & Tomb Raider. RE won't do it, but I was able to put TR in my CD player and listen to audio from the game. I was so excited. Two weeks passed, and I was able to finally buy my Playstation. It even came packed with Battle Arena Toshinden (rated 98 out of 100 at the time). I beat Tomb Raider without codes back then. It sucked. I even wrote a letter to Eidos suggesting how to make the game better (AND THEY WROTE BACK). My point: Tomb Raider AND Battle Arena were over rated back then. Everyone knew it. Watching Lara back into a corner did provide a certain "thrill", though.
