20 Years of NES

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...

[MudButt]

But the NES was a hit, controlling a healthy 90 percent of the U.S. home videogame industry at the peak of its popularity

And I still have the bad report cards to prove it!

THAT'S IT...

[ferrellcat]

I'm officially OLD! :(

America hated video games...

[Winckle]

And we all know why don't we [wikipedia.org]

Re:Ah, Good Times...

[op12]

But the NES was a hit, controlling a healthy 90 percent...

...which weren't healthy for much longer!

Re:Ahh! NES!

[HebrewToYou]

How in the world can ExciteBike be left off your list?

SNES

[killermookie]

While the article details about NES (which I owned including the Atari 2600), I remember the day I went out and bought the SNES.

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

[Anonymous Coward]

The first game I had for Nintendo was two murderous games in one:

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

[FidelCatsro]

How did that happen ?
Did you try to complete ET and loose 20 years through a nervous breakdown

Re:where's the article?

[Dachannien]

Click on the images. They're a form of navigation, not ads. You'll note that they say "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", etc. The series is only half complete.

Damn! And I was waiting for them to put Saturdays up for sale. I don't have nearly enough of them.

Jaws.....

[Sweep The Leg]

Did anyone ever beat Jaws? It's like almost 20 years later and I still can't kill Jaws at the end. Everyone I know has experienced the same. It's impossible. I've even tried looking up walkthrus and still he doesn't die. We've tried 15 different cartridges, still same. I can't die happy until I beat that game. Time to go summon the game genie.

Re:THAT'S IT...

[Guppy06]

Oh yeah? When I was your age, we didn't have these new-fangled vee-dee-oh games! For fun, we had real gorillas throwing real barrels at us!

(Seriously, though, my first console was ColecoVision, so I've already felt old for a while.)

Hot sex scene.

[red990033]

When I was 7, I figured out how to unlock the hidden sex scene inside of Super Mario Bros.

That three-some between Mario, Lugi, and the Princess was hot.

Needless to say, my mom threw out my NES system.

Re:A+B

[deepcameo]

ohhhhhh its contra time!

Re:Still Got Mine!

[mrbobjoe]

It actually gets more play time than my Gamecube, PS2, or PSP...

The time you spend trying to get it to boot doesn't count.

Re:Jaws.....

[Castar]

I think you're going to need a bigger controller.

Re:NES

[Anonymous Coward]

Be warned, though - Zelda is a gateway game. Next thing you know, you'll be experimenting with Mario or even worse

I don't have a problem! I can pause any time I want!

has been hooked up ever since

[QEDog]

Gotta love the NES. Mine has been hooked up ever since I got it for my 7th birthday.

Maybe it is time to move out of your parents' house.

Re:Tales from the 8-bit era

[leland242]

When I was in college, we picked up the Wisdom Tree game "Exodus" at a used game store.

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.