| twintail said: Never understood this sentiment. Must be an American thing or something |
No actually. My grandfather had an Intellivision. My Dad had a Coleco Vision. My Uncle would come over and talk about Legend of Zelda on NES and play it in my room. I remember him taking me to a Nintendo Expo in 1989 or 1990 that I don't remember the name of. The place was packed. I specifically remember Gremlins 2, NES Play Action Football and Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements (had to look up the name of this one, as all I remembered were the graphics and music after all these years) set up for playing throughout the Expo. People talked about it freely in school, bringing in gaming mags to read at lunch and asking to borrow each other's games. I and all my friends had some video console in their living room even now. There was never any stigma around it where I come from.
