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Post by castletonsnob on Feb 16, 2024 7:34:33 GMT -5
What's the oldest game you got the day it came out?
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 16, 2024 8:35:39 GMT -5
I want to say Super Mario Bros. 2. I remember my Mom asking my cousin to get it for me and him driving around the bulk of NYC looking for someplace that had it in stock, and then him complaining it cost more then $60, which, if I'm correct, when adjusted for inflation, was more then the GDP of the Netherlands that year.
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Post by H-Virus on Feb 16, 2024 8:47:46 GMT -5
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever bought a game the day it released. I know I’ve definitely never preordered one, but as a kid/teen I always rented games before I bought them so I would know if it was worth the money, and as an adult I always waited at least a week or two before buying just to get a feel from others about the games quality and if there were any major issues that needed patched first.
That being said, saying that I used to rent games probably gives a decent idea of my age anyway.
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 16, 2024 8:48:29 GMT -5
Super Mario Bros. 2.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Feb 16, 2024 9:05:59 GMT -5
I’m going to have to say OG Animal Crossing because I reserved it for my ex…that’s only reason I remember. I’m way older than that though.
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Post by tafkaga on Feb 16, 2024 9:14:36 GMT -5
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever bought a game the day it released. I know I’ve definitely never preordered one, but as a kid/teen I always rented games before I bought them so I would know if it was worth the money, and as an adult I always waited at least a week or two before buying just to get a feel from others about the games quality and if there were any major issues that needed patched first. That being said, saying that I used to rent games probably gives a decent idea of my age anyway. Same. Games were expensive. It was a big occasion to get a new one. A new NES/SNES game would be the biggest gift we'd get for Christmas. Otherwise, it was because we rented it several times and I wanted it so much that I just did chores and saved up my allowance to get it at Wal-Mart (SimCity for SNES). On occasion, we might get lucky and find one at a yard sale on the cheap.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Feb 16, 2024 9:44:38 GMT -5
until I worked in a gaming retail store, I didn't care about getting a game on release day as I either couldn't afford a game on release day or I forgot when it was being released.
then product knowledge was required.
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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 16, 2024 9:46:08 GMT -5
I grew up without a lot of money, so the idea that I would get a game on Day 1 from my parents, was silly. Actually, I don't think "Day 1" culture was a big thing back then other than for yuppies who did it for bragging rights. This was at a time too when certain games would sell for $60 a piece, and I was lucky to get $5 from a grandparent for my birthday...so even saving up $50 was a chore.
Once I got a job, my first "Day 1" was Metal Gear Solid 2, the same day I also bought a PS2.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 16, 2024 9:54:58 GMT -5
I think I got No Mercy release day, but it might have been release week. If it wasn’t that, it was GTA III. I know for a fact I bought that one Day 1.
Growing up, I rarely knew firm release dates only release months. And even then, I very rarely got brand new games. Most of my games growing up came from a used game store or discount racks at a department store.
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Post by Bo Rida on Feb 16, 2024 9:56:44 GMT -5
Vice City or MGS2, whichever came out first.
I don't think I even knew release dates before those two.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 16, 2024 10:31:18 GMT -5
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That said I had a SNES for years prior, had only just got a PS1 and mostly got used games before that.
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Post by Heart of fools gold on Feb 16, 2024 10:40:53 GMT -5
Pokemon stadium 2
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Post by chazraps on Feb 16, 2024 11:05:51 GMT -5
I think Mortal Kombat 3. My Mom worked the early shift as a nurse, and (in 1995 before you could pre-reserve games) she was up the minute Best Buy opened and called them to hold a copy under her name. Then, after school, we drove right to that Rosedale Best Buy during a really cool overcast and I remember the feeling of getting it.
I think I'm going to call my Mom right now and thank her for that again.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Feb 16, 2024 11:06:59 GMT -5
Street Fighter Alpha 3
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Post by chrom on Feb 16, 2024 11:29:43 GMT -5
I believe it was Mario Party
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Post by tafkaga on Feb 16, 2024 11:50:18 GMT -5
Biggest video game score for me was Fire Pro Wrestling S for Saturn. Trouble is, I didn't have a Saturn, and I also needed these extra accessories to play a Japanese import game, and had to order the game online before ordering online was really a big thing. My parents didn't have a lot of discretionary income, so I had no expectations of playing the game anytime soon. I guess they just heard how excited I was about it and took me to Walmart that same week to buy a Saturn and helped me order all the stuff I needed to play. I never really asked them for stuff so maybe that was why they did it.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 16, 2024 12:00:43 GMT -5
Vice City or MGS2, whichever came out first. I don't think I even knew release dates before those two. MGS 2 was Sony's answer to the launch of X-Box and GameCube in November 2001, Vice City came out in October 2002 almost exactly a year after GTA III
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Feb 16, 2024 12:06:51 GMT -5
The day it came out? The only game I know I got on the release date was Jedi Survivor. I’m willing to bet my dad pre-ordered Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, though that was a massive letdown.
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Post by Totorob101 on Feb 16, 2024 12:26:45 GMT -5
Final Fantasy 7 on ps1 and still have it to this day, cant remember what i bought before if i did for the older consoles as my parents always got them then,
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 16, 2024 12:30:18 GMT -5
The only game I've ever bought day one is Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.
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