20 Years of NES 333
Twenty years ago, the NES changed the face of U.S. gaming. All this week, 1up.com has a series of features celebrating the anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System. From the site: "When the NES launched, America hated videogames. Well, sort of. The Atari 2600 had upset folks by flooding the market with bad software and, at first, retailers were reluctant to sell another system. But the NES was a hit, controlling a healthy 90 percent of the U.S. home videogame industry at the peak of its popularity."
Ah, Good Times... (Score:5, Funny)
And I still have the bad report cards to prove it!
THAT'S IT... (Score:5, Funny)
America hated video games... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ah, Good Times... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ahh! NES! (Score:5, Funny)
SNES (Score:4, Funny)
I faked a sickness and fooled my parents, allowing me to stay home from school. Once they left, it was a quick ride to the local Woolworth store (remember those stores?) and a $200 purchase later I was at home playing Super Mario World.
My parents didn't have a clue.
Re:Trip down memory lane (Score:5, Funny)
One where you leave a trail of death behind as you fight to rescue the human oppressor that subjugates the indiginous fungo-sapien population.
And the other where you blow the crap out of ducks and, after missing a few times, attempt to blast the smartass dog.
I don't even want to think about the mass genocide in Metroid...
Re:NES (Score:5, Funny)
Did you try to complete ET and loose 20 years through a nervous breakdown
Re:where's the article? (Score:4, Funny)
Damn! And I was waiting for them to put Saturdays up for sale. I don't have nearly enough of them.
Jaws..... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:THAT'S IT... (Score:5, Funny)
(Seriously, though, my first console was ColecoVision, so I've already felt old for a while.)
Hot sex scene. (Score:3, Funny)
That three-some between Mario, Lugi, and the Princess was hot.
Needless to say, my mom threw out my NES system.
Re:A+B (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Still Got Mine! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Jaws..... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:NES (Score:1, Funny)
I don't have a problem! I can pause any time I want!
has been hooked up ever since (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe it is time to move out of your parents' house.
Re:Tales from the 8-bit era (Score:2, Funny)
With a save feature, it would have been a classic. Unfortunately, it was a 99 level game that might have taken 20+ hours to beat. We never did finish it. Though many purple haze filled nights were occupied by Noah whooping ass on the heathens and solving puzzles.