I showed up way late to gaming. I purchased my first system (Game Boy Advance) in Fall 2002 and got Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords.
I did however play Pokemon Gold extensively before that time on my GBC (over 200 hours logged and I still didn't catch em all) and played Ocarina of Time on N64 in summer of 2001.
The SNES vs. Genesis probably was the best generation considering all of the great SNES games I have played on the VC (as well as Genesis, Gunstar Heroes FTW!!!!)







