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Louie on 14 March 2019
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NES - The NES was the first generation I played as a kid. I don't remember one particular "wow" moment, but I do remember I was wowed by Super Mario Bros, Adventure Island (2?), Duck Tales and StarTropics. It was like the gate to another world for me and those memories (I never owned a NES, played at a friend's house) just sort of amalgamated in my head into a very special and adventurous feeling.

Megadrive - playing Streets of Rage at a friend's house in co-op mode. Really cool experience.

N64 - Playing Super Mario 64 for the first time at a friend's birthday. I remember the painting for Bob-Omb Battlefield looked so huge as did the level itself. We constantly fell off the bridge in the first stage and got killed by Goombas. I was so mesmerised by the game that I finally wanted my now gaming console, even though my mother hated them.

Gamecube - I remember reading about the Gamecube in the official Nintendo magazine. I was so awed by the graphics. Then, of course, getting the console as an early birthday present. Pikmin, Starfox Adventures and Luigi's Mansion looked insanely great to me, I couldn't believe it. Metroid and Sonic Adventure 2 were the first "cool" games I enjoyed and bought for myself.

DS / PSP - Playing Super Mario 64 on DS for the first time was insane. As was the Metroid Prime Hunters demo, which we played to death even though it was so short. And Wario Ware Touched was so awesome because of all the features of the DS it made use of. As for the PSP, I distinctly remember a friend of mine just putting his new PSP into my hands with porn playing on it. I was in awe, but not because of the PSP (that girl had a beautiful uh... cat). Later that day, I played GTA on it as well. The PSP gave me a very good first impression from all kinds of angles.

Wii / Xbox 360 - Playing Wii Sports for the first time and then asking my parents to play it with me. I remember how much I smiled during my first round of Wii Sports. I knew this was a new generation of gaming. And playing Oblivion on Xbox 360 was just as impressive. I'd never played such a huge game on a console before. Also, playing Wii games with so many friends! The Wii truly was something special for social gaming. Such great memories!

PS4 / Wii U - Probably Uncharted 4. To be honest, PS4 and Xbox One haven't had any "wow" moment for me as much as other gens, as I've become used to graphics getting better. But Gamescom 2013 (?) was really cool. We compared PS4 and Xbox One non-stop and talked a lot about which controller was better, etc. As for the Wii U... lol, nothing. I disliked the console right from the start. Technically, I guess I was wowed by how stupid Nintendo was when they unveiled the controller. My friends asked me on WhatsApp how the console looked and I instantly said it was horrible.

Switch - Breath of the Wild. The first game that made me feel really excited about gaming in a long time. Also, the fact that the number of "gaming evenings" with friends has gone back up so much again with the Switch. Gaming with friends is so important to me, much more than graphics or playing alone. Even most of my female friends like to play Switch games. It's not quite on that same level the Wii was on, but it's close. Which reminds me that I promised to make a new Doodle survey to set the date for our next gaming evening with a group of old class-mates. Last time the three of them teamed up against me in Mario Kart but I still won lol. Awesome stuff.