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mrpink on 17 March 2010
JGarret said:

When I turned 5 years old, back in 1987, I got a NES from my parents, and have very fond memories of games such as the three Mario Bros games, Ducktales, Castlevania, Contra, MegaMan, Zelda, etc...my older brother had an Atari 2600 which he got in 1979, but I never really played it much...started with the NES and didn´t look back...I´ve read about the 'crash' that happened in 1983 (I was 1 year old lol) and how the NES revitalized the U.S. console market (of course, back then I had no idea all these things had happened)...but anyway, a few gaming related stuff from the 80s that I remember:

- the company Sunsoft (remember that one?...Batman and Gremlins 2 for the NES, for example)

- the Nintendo craze (I still think that, relative to its time, the NES craze was even bigger than the Wii...anyone remember the Nintendo cereal?)

- the very fist issue of Nintendo Power (I still remember that one, it had Mario Bros 2 on the cover)

So, were you gaming in the 1980s?...if you were, what are some things you remember?...if you weren´t, have you any idea how things were?

in 87 i was only 2, gaming started for me in the early 90s,



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melbye on 17 March 2010

Got a NES and had a computer for years



nordlead on 17 March 2010

I got a NES on my 5th birthday in 1989. I got the 3-in-1 Mario/Duck Hunt/Track Meet, but the Power Pad broke so we exchanged the system for the version with just Mario/Duck Hunt.




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NKAJ on 17 March 2010

I wasnt born until 1994 ...
only started gaming when i was about 10



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kjj4t9rdad on 17 March 2010

I was born in the mid 70's and my teenage years blurred my early years a bit, but I do have great memories of Kung Fu and Burgertime on Collecovision. The original Zelda on the NES consumed many hours of enjoyment as well.



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adsl on 17 March 2010

Enduro and River Raid on Atari!



huaxiong90 on 17 March 2010

I have gamed on pre-90 machines, if that counts (I'm 19 turning 20 this year). Have an Atari (forgot which model), NES, and MSX2-Arabic, and I also had a Commodore 64.



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chazy13 on 17 March 2010

i wasnt even alive in the 80s so my answer is NO



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TWRoO on 17 March 2010
dtewi said:
O-D-C said:
no I was a sperm

I was going to say that!

*shakes fist*

Both of you were born within a few days of 1989!?

I think you were more arguably an egg, as I think they are not just produced and discarded constantly like sperm.

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I was at most 2 years and 7 months old in the 80s. Didn't start gaming until 1995 or so.



max power on 17 March 2010

Bunch of young'uns in here. Seriously, some of you guys are younger than The Simpsons!

Born in '81, first console was an NES (in '86-87, I forget which exactly). Although I also played games on my family's Apple IIE and later 386.

Man, I loved that NES. I remember wanting to see The Wizard just to see Mario 3. Those were the days! Ahh nostalgia.