| Magnific0 said: ^then forget about "your games"....See, it was the same with my parents when I was your age. And now you go read my profile. Yeah, I've played them all. Then you ask me how. To tell you the whole truth, my parents NEVER bought me one of those consoles. Not one. They disapprove of them, period. I have an older brother, that helped of course but not because he was buying the consoles. He would make deals with his friends, you see. He would get consoles like Atari 2600, Intellevision, and NES BORROWED for MONTHS from his friends. Of course I'm not asking you to do that. But you can trade games, you can borrow games, you can make deals with your friends. The first thing you have to do is forget about having your own brand-new games. Just forget it, it doesn't matter either. I never missed having dozens of games around my house and none of them were my own. My brother did make some deals and eventually got some of the systems. From that list in my profile I'll tell you we owned an Atari 2600, an Intellevision, a Commodore 64 (the games on this one were almost exclusively piracy of course, but nvm) only those 3 without working. By the time we were making money it was 1996, and the first console I bought with my own money was PlayStation. |
Wow ... agreeing with you in the same thread? Is the sky falling?
Truth be told, my parents had 4 children and couldn't afford to buy me a console ever. I used to go to my peep's houses and play their games. I can remember dreaming about playing games. All we had was a Commodore ViC-20 and a Commodore 64. I played the devil out of those games.
When I was in college (my folks didn't let me get a job until I was finished with high school), I finally bought a SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Gear and *found* - no joke - found a working NES in the garbage. After that, I bought a PS1 - the weekend it dropped while I was in college - I was the only kid on campus with one. After the PS1, I took a break from gaming until I bought an Xbox and PS2 - but I was out of college for a few years. Now, I am collecting old systems - and I have a mortgage, a fam and just a few bills. I have a room that's big - and I have tons of games, systems, and a library of old skool games (I LOL at folks who buy VC games - I can't do it especially when I own the physical game).
Soriku, it will come. I know you love it here and it hurts to not be able to get what you want right now. Shoot, I want to buy a Samsung 46" LCD with Auto Motion plus - but I pay cash for everything and I can't swing it right now - plus, my wife would bust caps at me - but eventually, I know I'll get it. Being patient will help you appreciate it a lot more - trust me.
