Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 5, 2021 19:08:10 GMT -5
Oh man, this is seared into my brain. On my my birthday on or just after Mortal Kombat exploded in popularity, there was a very obvious Sega cartridge wrapped up waiting for me. I was so excited, I kept hugging my mom and thanking her before I even opened it. And then I finally did open it and it was some piece of shit puzzle game about rolling a pinball around on a board. I sat there frozen in disbelief for several minutes, and just went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Even better was that I was guilt tripped and berated until I had to pretend I was grateful for it. What baffles me to this day is that ok, don't get me Mortal Kombat because violence is bad or whatever. But she could have picked literally any game other than a roll your ball around a board game. Something at least fun, that wasn't Mortal Kombat. At least it wasn't Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge. That’s an amazing game. It’s online to play if you wish.
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ERON
Hank Scorpio
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Post by ERON on Dec 5, 2021 20:25:43 GMT -5
Oh man, this is seared into my brain. On my my birthday on or just after Mortal Kombat exploded in popularity, there was a very obvious Sega cartridge wrapped up waiting for me. I was so excited, I kept hugging my mom and thanking her before I even opened it. And then I finally did open it and it was some piece of shit puzzle game about rolling a pinball around on a board. I sat there frozen in disbelief for several minutes, and just went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Even better was that I was guilt tripped and berated until I had to pretend I was grateful for it. What baffles me to this day is that ok, don't get me Mortal Kombat because violence is bad or whatever. But she could have picked literally any game other than a roll your ball around a board game. Something at least fun, that wasn't Mortal Kombat. I never got any of the games I wanted as a kid because my dad would always let some jerkass clerk talk him into getting whatever the new hotness was instead of what I asked for. "Mega Man 2? Trust me, your kid doesn't want that old game. It's all about Bart vs. the Space Mutants now!"
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Post by bibboid on Dec 5, 2021 20:36:04 GMT -5
The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle. It is the toy they based Duke Caboom on in Toy Story 4 (Knievel’s estate sued them for the similarity). It wa# a guy on a motorcycle that you put in a base, cranked a handle to get the wheels going, and then launched to do tricks. The ads all showed it jumping ramps and driving long distances at high speed. In reality, it was extremely top heavy and would flop on its side as soon as it left the launcher. It was awful.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Dec 5, 2021 20:57:55 GMT -5
Go-Bots Cy-Kill. Bought it at Big Lots. I figure this was probably 1988. I remember he was green and black instead of his normal colors. His arms were made of that fragile 'metallic' plastic and one of them broke before I even got it home. I remember my mom was mad. I think we tried to super glue it but I don't recall him being around very long so it must have just been thrown out.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Dec 5, 2021 21:09:15 GMT -5
Oh man, this is seared into my brain. On my my birthday on or just after Mortal Kombat exploded in popularity, there was a very obvious Sega cartridge wrapped up waiting for me. I was so excited, I kept hugging my mom and thanking her before I even opened it. And then I finally did open it and it was some piece of shit puzzle game about rolling a pinball around on a board. I sat there frozen in disbelief for several minutes, and just went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Even better was that I was guilt tripped and berated until I had to pretend I was grateful for it. What baffles me to this day is that ok, don't get me Mortal Kombat because violence is bad or whatever. But she could have picked literally any game other than a roll your ball around a board game. Something at least fun, that wasn't Mortal Kombat. I never got any of the games I wanted as a kid because my dad would always let some jerkass clerk talk him into getting whatever the new hotness was instead of what I asked for. "Mega Man 2? Trust me, your kid doesn't want that old game. It's all about Bart vs. the Space Mutants now!" Hah, well I would've taken Bart vs Space Mutants in a heartbeat! I'll trade you my super stupid rolling sphere game.
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