I Did Something Bad in 1991, and It Came Back to Haunt Me
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- I tell the story of when I was 16 years old and wanted a Super Nintendo so bad that I took enormous risks. Long live the SNES.
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Yep, I know I said "drive a bike" in the video. No need to keep mentioning it in the comments. I know it makes you feel smart, but It was an unscripted video, so I am bound to misspeak. Please try to ENJOY the video instead of looking for flaws. LOL.
Those must've been the kids that never drove their bikes they just rode them....I'm glad you were able to get the replacement, & I'm happy you got to enjoy so much happiness in your childhood experience. Bless you, your family & friends.
That's perfectly acceptable terminology. I use to "ride" my bike until I used a clothes pin to clip a playing card into my back spokes, then I was driving my bike.
@@gargamel3393 haha there we goo!!!
People worried about him saying drive a bike seriously have no life.
I meant no disrespect, I say things as such all the time, no worries man.
Note that my mom is still with us today and she is doing great. She does not remember the events in this story though; video game events aren't as important to her as they were to me as a child.
What about your father? Just curious
You had a great parrent.
Are you a reds fan, do you play any baseball games, if so what's your favorites? Thanks
My father passed a long time ago. I speak about him in the video "Revisiting My Childhood Gaming Home"
@@GamingTheSystems1 Yeah, that hit me too when you told the story of your growing up at your old house. My dad also died, but when I was a bit older than you were. I too remember being asleep and being woken up by my mom to learn of it - and as a autistic kid/teen just wanted to go back to sleep, because I really couldn't process it at that time the way I should have. Decades later, I still probably never have. It's a weird thing to suddenly loose a parent (early), and weirder for those of us on the spectrum. You remember them - but you also don't remember them.
I was 11 years old when the SNES came out. I worked for the local newspaper as a paperboy. We barely cleared $20 a week. One day the company told us paperboys that they were going to hold a raffle to win a SNES. The catch was, to enter, you had to sign up new customers. 1 Customer = 1 piece of paper in the fishbowl that they were going to draw from. I made damn sure that my name would be in that bowl as much as possible. I wouldn't take no for an answer. I won because I had over 200 submissions in the bowl. I think they told me that all of the other boys there averaged out to about roughly 10 submissions each. It was my most prized possession for many many years!
They should have bought you a genesis too for all the money you made them lol
I'm glad you won. But, there was still the risk you'd lose. They should've GIVEN you a SNES.
Thats a rad story lol
😂 We were just kids. I didn't have the knowledge of odds back then. But you are right, I probably would have been devastated if I had lost after all of that effort.
God, Im glad you won. Could you imagine having that many signups and someone who had signed up like 5 people still won based on chance? I have had that happen to me when I was a kid and wow, that sucked.
There won't be another time period like that again. Just experiencing all those jumps in technology and visuals. It was amazing.
Yeah, that was the thing, right? When you knew something was on the way that was new, you KNEW it was going to probably be CRAZY better than what you already had.Like when Super Nintendo first came out. I just couldn't believe the jump in graphics and sound from the NES. There was this video store by my house back then, you crossed this field to get to it.It was called Star Video.The owners had somehow gotten the japanese super nintendo when japan first got it.That was the first time I ever saw Super Mario World. The sound alone blew me away let alone the graphics.Such good memories.
But now? I just don't see much of a difference between the ps5 and the ps4. But hey, maybe that's just me.
1990: Most popular current system was the NES. 10 years later the PS2 released. About every 2 years there was some quantum leap in processing power or graphics. Now you have to really nitpick to tell the difference between a game on the PS4 and PS5 even though the PS4 came out 10 years ago.
Dude I spent money on games when I should have been saving for a vehicle. Only I was buying PS1, N64, and Game Boy Color games. And GameCube, PS2, and Game Boy Advance were all the new systems coming out.
I think the only time that will be a thing when true virtual reality is a thing, like in the matrix kinda sci-fi levels.
The current jumps in AI tech
Actual quote from my mom when the SNES came out: "Oh now they have the SUPER Nintendo? What's next, the Super Duper Nintendo?"
That's awesome.
"Last year he got a Nintendo, now it's a Super Nintendo, next year it'll be the Super Duper Nintendo!"
- my Dad, Christmas 1992.
@@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush I'm still convinced everyone's parents said this based on the "super duper double looper" hot wheels playset whose commercial was on TV nonstop at the same time
The Super Duper Nintendo is the 64.
I remember wanting a Super Dee Duper Nintendo on Six Fours... but my mom got PlayStation and we never looked back, came with Resident Evil 2
I can’t be the only one who suspects that her disallowing you to have “another gaming system” contributed to the “horde” of systems your channel is based on, can I?
Probably not. I just love gaming. This was one of the only times she restricted me on purchasing something.
@@GamingTheSystems1 She probably only did that too, because she knew you needed a car. Mom 101.
In my case, yea. Now I want all the fucking games and you know what? No one's going to tell me no ever again 😈
Such a great story. It reminds me of a very similar purchase from me when I had a Commodore Amiga. I attempted to convince my parents that I needed a modem. They refused.
But I went and purchased a 4,800bps modem with my pocket money anyway. I also cycled on my BMX to purchase it!
I managed to deceivingly connect it to the computer as it was close to the phone jack. I had no idea how expensive connecting to remote BBS's was at the time. But it was my first experience of online, and it was truly magical.
My parents had a phone bill 8 times larger than they usually had the month after, and I received the biggest telling off I can ever remember.
Yeah, I actually really am liking the storie videos.
Was it because you dialed to a long distance #?
Weren't there any local bbs's you could call?
You were so lucky yes. I had the Atari 2600 but could not enjoy the NES except for friends. I loved it so much as well. Then I got the SNES and the Game Boy. Those memories, those moments, are stored in my heart forever. Those were the happiest days of my life. Family, friends, fun, and videogames, no kid could ask for more than what I got.
Great video btw. Thank you
My grandfather couldn't get the names of things right sometimes. When I was young, about 11, I remember him getting angry at me, and he told me to go "play with your playboy." I was laughing, and my grandmother, looking embarrassed, said,"I think he means Playstation, or Gameboy. " Good memories 😊
No he was saying man up an use his play boy stash an not a video game lol
I imagined there would be some problem returning home with a big box on a bicycle, but the plot twist was even better!
You have the console box half hanging out of a undersized plastic (store) bag - and one of the two carrying loops in the plastic bag run thru a handle bar on you bike. With the bag (and box inside) dangling lopsidedly precariously near your hand (off the handle) as you rode your bike home.
You also are probably praying the whole time you take every hill and bump, that that SNES box was so large that it was wedged in that bag good - or that that the flimsy plastic bag handle wasn't going to rip off your handle bar from the weight! lol.
Ask me how I know. :P
@@aaakkk112 holy crap! lol.
You did something bad in 1991, it was that haircut, and it has come back to haunt all of us.
Only spoken in whispers
I would have rode my bike all the way back 😂 fuck getting an empty box
Same but maybe not on the same day. Probably the day after.
I remember thinking that I will never ride that far again.
@@aaakkk112 Yeah our memories from younger days tend to be skewed by our different perception of time.
Agreed, I'd have been out the door heading back to Big Bear less than 2 seconds after I realized what happened.
Yeah I would have been furious and probably made it back there in record time
This was like a Norm MacDonald joke. You listen forever, thinking you know exactly what the punch line will be, and when it gets to the end he knocks you out with something completely unexpected. Great story, though!
I love Norm but this isn't a joke. Just a nice story about this man's childhood in gaming.
@@melchior2678 I realize it's not a joke, hence, "great story."
Podiatrist: 'Moth, man, you're troubled. But you should be seeing a psychiatrist. Why on earth did you come here?'
Moth: 'Cause the light was on.'
Haha haha you are right.
Wow, it’s almost like how GameStop treats customers today. Selling games that they’ve opened up and played as “new.”
Facts
GameStop does that? Glad I never shop there then
We had a Big Bear in my little town with a real stuffed black bear encased in a display in the center of the store.
Really cool story and thanks for sharing!
You wouldn't have been from West Virginia? :P The one I visited there growing up had a Stuffed Brown Bear on a wooden platform. lol.
@@mr.selfimprovement3241 neighboring state that starts with O
Cute story. Born in 86, my most traumatic time was receiving an N64 on Christmas in 1997... I went to the basement alone to set it up... the realization that NO TV in the house had composite red yellow white input... ALL the TV/VCR had only coaxial...
The shock almost killed me.
I hate to wait until the next day and Papa took me to get a converter and luckily I didn't entirely snap and lose my mind that Christmas...
I liked and subbed. Thanks for sharing, my story is akin to a gift back ❤ best wishes
That was a beautiful and heartfelt story. Thank you for sharing it.
What a great story! You should do more of these. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻
This is such a cool story and video, you should do these more often!
I will be. Here's two tentative titles: "I Committed a Gaming Sin" and "Why 2015 Was The Worst Year of My Life"
@@GamingTheSystems1 new subscriber here! Looking forward to those videos! What state did you grow up in?
Who remembers playing offline friends In person? That won’t happen again.
Well maybe you should get some friends so it can happen for you. I have a friend who comes over and we play various Street Fighters against each other but yeah, I can see how that would get in the way of whining about modern times.
yes it will. i will lan again someday halo 2 with the boys. its gooooottta happen
@@markula_4040 I don’t even bother with playing with people online. Tried it once and hated it 😡
I did it, like, 3 days ago. Get better friends.
Probably shouldn’t say that about local multiplayer. Those and LAN components still exist in games for people to enjoy, and there’s plenty of people that still play games with each other locally. What you should probably be more concerned about is the hyperfixation on online/live-service games that will most certainly see an end at some point. The Call of Duty and Battlefield games of years prior are already facing those issues tenfold.
That store employee really should've felt the difference between an empty box and one with a system.
That guy messed up big time.
I know right imagine giving an empty SNES box to an excited kid 😭
@@teadrinkerfication9160
Yes, it would be immediately obvious that the box is empty.
I don't even understand why they didn't store appart empty boxes (totally out of reach to be sold, not on the shelf), what a terrible setup...
@@ParumPirum That's why I kinda doubt it was an accident. It's highly possible that a shady employee swiped it. Or maybe even a customer. They didn't always have great security back then, especially at the smaller regional chains.
That's a great story man! Thank you for sharing, I literally pictured the fear moment when the box was empty, my heart dropped! But I'm glad there was a happy ending to this!
I didn't have the luxury of getting the snes brand new, it remember my mother bought it for me used at a pawn shop
It becomes evident that much youth in the distant past were craving for video games, even though the price tag was fairly hefty, and their parent often could not afford them. There could be missing contents or even product defects, which could all come back to haunt its buyer outright. Nevertheless, it becomes well worth the memories made, which still stands in adulthood today.
Looks like you are still growing up with consoles! Keep it retro pal.
Thank you for sharing your story. Sounds like Karma bit you in your rear. At least you fessed up to your mom, and she was nice enough to drive you to replace your missing Super Nintendo. The Super Nintendo was my first system that I bought w/my own money in 1992.
I just discovered this channel a few minutes ago. I subscribed because I really enjoyed that story. That's something that I can really relate to. Your mom sounds like a real one. Very sweet of her to take you back to the store, even though you disobeyed her.
Thanks for sharing your story. Keep up the good work.
Weird that the guy didn't notice it was lite. Guy had one job and he messed up. I was worried you were going to get mugged. The 90's were a different time.
He was a messenger of God. He did his job in teaching Kevin a lesson for disobeying his mother. 😮
It's always wild to me the things I did back in the 90s, riding all around the city by myself on my bike, even sometimes riding home in the middle of the night or in the rain. Everyone is a lot more cautious and sheltered these days. It's even more crazy when you consider crime has gone down in most places since the 90s and most people have a phone in their pocket they could use to get information or call for help at any time.
@@BriBCG Crime is essentially always on the downturn, as long as you're not in a liberal hellhole that ENCOURAGES crime, but worry is always on the rise.
It's one of the easiest ways to figure out that the world isn't what they tell you it is on TV. I try to wake people up a little with that one sometimes.
I rollerbladed 15 miles to the nearest mall to buy chronotrigger when it came out, it was totally worth it
Absolutely. Wise decision if you held onto the box and everything too. The car might be a prudent move but of course, as someone sitting on a copy of Lunar 2 for the Sega CD, that was a prudent purchase. It's now worth 500 dollars. We got it for 30.
I remember playing Super Castlevania 4 for the first time it blew me away and still does.
I was 17 in 1991, and this story brought back so many memories. I spent a lot of my money from my first job, on video games. I had a friend who had a Turbo Grafx-16. I played on his whenever I had a chance, but by this time I had to prioritize my money for a car and college. I’m still a gamer. I play mostly PC games these days, but nothing can beat the excitement and fun I had in my youth with the 2600 and NES.
I picked up my SNES from an indoor swap meet while my parents were away in Germany. My first game was Street Fighter 2. Fortunately, I had a friend with a car that drove me to the place. I actually walked and rode on my bike quite a bit, so that wouldn't have stopped me (though I did have a mountain bike with 18 speeds and not a BMX bike)
I don't remember snes and genesis games being that much. I thought they were around $30 brand new. Games weren't $60 until the ps4.
Super Mario All Stars (although it did contain 4 games) cost $67 back in 1994.
Other games like Super Play Action Football went for $25
I’m sure we all have a particular game system with a story.
Hell, those prices are still a lot of money these days too lol! In the 90's/early 2000's I made bank babysitting my neighbor (who was about 2 years younger than me at the time and one of my best friend's). Like I got $100-150 a week and I was like 12. I got even more for weekends or holidays. Her mom was a change girl for the casinos in Vegas so that's how I bought pretty much all of my games and paid for my band trip to Knottsberry Farm.
I remember working for my SNES by going to work at my mom's factory and I'd just sit there and roll yarn. My dad didn't want me to spend so much money buying so he got his friend to pick up a Pro Fighter X from Golden Computer Arcade in Hong Kong and I'd buy a ton of floppy discs for backup games.
Whoever was involved in the purchase compliant about the incomplete set and made it right, is a very honest person (each of them, if more than one)!
I am only 1 minute in- BUT whatfer you did------- it takes a man to owe it and tell a honest story. good for you sir!
Same thing happened to me, in a way, my mum was dead against me spending money on a console but I saved pocket money for almost a year and bought an Atari Lynx. Had that planned like a bank robbery
I had the same experience when I was 16 buying a Sega CD at Toys “R” Us. When the electronics guy handed me the box, I said, "This is awfully light." He explained tech gets lighter. Later, returning, I found they sold me an empty box from the store display.
I still have the Sega CD to this day, CIB and both the Sega CD and box are in great condition!
Nice story. I feel exactly the same as you for our childhoods. The video game passion we had those times..........oh god!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome story!!!! Back in the day we really had it all (freedom)!
Fun story. Thanks for sharing. I was worried you were going to get robbed on the way home.
9:43
I remember that control pad.
The Super turbo control pad.
I used that in Monday Night Football for the power plays
Genesis AND SNES at the same time, greedy boy
Great video. Brought back a ton of great memories that I'd forgotten. Got my first SNES in '91 as well (I was 12, at that time), with allowance I had saved up. Went to the mall with my mom, and bought it at Kaybee Toys. Seems like an Eternity ago now. Even brought about some tears, from the memories, as well. Good times, that's for sure. It's ironic...when we're young, we want so badly to grow up, and get older, but then we get there/here, and all we want to do is go back, and be young all over again. Life is a vicious, b**ch of a circle, that's for sure/certain. On a sidenote, hope you got over that Covid mess. Had that mess back in 2020, and it was no joke, was even on several inhalers, as well. Got it again in '21, and '22, but it was nowhere near as bad, and then I just stopped getting it, for whatever reason. Anyhow, take care of yourself!
Thanks for sharing this story, I really enjoyed it :)
SNES Ascii Pad for the win! I grew up with that controller, and a few years back a friend gave me his Ascii Pad, so now I've got 2 of the best controllers for the SNES.
My heart sank when you said there was nothing in the box.
I thought, "Oh no, it's gonna fall out, or someone's going to steal it." I did expect it to be an empty box. But that is pretty funny.
What you did is pretty tame & harmless in comparison of what most high school kids in 80s & 90s did, and especially what they do today!
I miss my SNES!
Wow. Love this video! You’re around my older brothers age and hearing you tell this story makes me think of him as he biked around in the 90s looking to buy games with money he saved up from working part time jobs. Looking forward to more videos like this 😊
I did a similar thing when I was around that age. I desperately wanted to see Last Action Hero in the theater and rode my bike to another town. My parents would have killed me if they knew. But it was fine. They never found out. And the despite what some people might say, it was awesome and I regret nothing. I also rode my bike to that same town at one point to buy a Thunderboard soundblaster compatible sound card for my PC. So I completely understand embarking on dangerous bike journeys.
I really appreciate how you showed videos and pictures of your story. Great video.👍
Great story! Those early long distance bike rides were nerve wracking. I remember riding to see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 89 at the same age. It was worth it. I won my snes in a contest making a holiday display out of Pepsi products at a Welsh Farms store in NJ! I still have it and it’s the best physical thing I ever won to this day.
Awesome video, I was born in 80, I also feel very blessed, it was a very unique time. New sub, keep up the great work, love your content.
Very interesting, humble story. Im sure there's hundreds of stories like this on RUclips but i just havent encountered them.
Good for you for going for it. Good on your Mom having your back even though you went against her order. I could see going back the same day. I totally understand being angry and sad at getting an empty box , glad they didn’t buck when you came back for recompense.
Awesome time period. I mostly played SNES at my friend's house back then, but few years later I saved some money and got a system used at a CD shop. A little yellow but played the SHIT out of that console. Cartridge systems were atleast durable. Id also get some good deals when Blockbuster would sell thier used games for dirt cheap. Got Killer Instinct for 7 bucks and loved it. Super Mario RPG for very cheap too. Also the few games I could get each year, some of those would be SNES, so it added up.
ah man the picture of those TVs we used to have back in the day. I remember my grandmothers Tv looked similar. A giant wooden box, with knobs, and a heavy heavy tube in the middle.
Oh man, I played the heck out of super Metroid! Wow that brought back so many memories. I didn't have a great childhood but my dad at least was able to afford me my Genesis, Snes, Saturn, ps1, ps2 before he passed.
Cool story, somehow you explain these super simple stories in depth that they're actually interesting, can't wait for another story of your adventures!
That is a pretty punk rock story my friend. The 90s were a strange time to be a kid but it's hard to not think back fondly on the sometimes-questionable amount of freedom we all seemed to have in common lol!
Glad you made it to and from safe, and glad you were able to sort out getting more than just the box for my favorite system of all time.
Cheers!
It was a big moment for me in 1991. I was 57 years old but still couldn't wait for the sneak t9 be released.
You are an incredible storyteller and I enjoyed your telling of going to BigBear for the SNES. I was in a similar situation. My parents said no to me buying the system, as they wanted me to focus on school studies. So one weekend when they were gone, I walked 2 miles to the mall and walked back all by myself, carrying this big heavy SNES box. Imagine today a young girl walking by herself on the streets with a PS5.
Incredible story! Thank you for sharing, you did the right thing telling your mom, wow.
Thank you for sharing the story
Still one of my favorite consoles to this day! Thank you for sharing your story!
That's an awesome story, and I'm glad it ended well. The adventures we would go through in the 80s and 90s, to accomplish missions, LOL
Oh man that must have been such a dissapointing feeling, and I feel like I can relate. Any time as kid and I made a big purchase like that, there was always something wrong, something missing, something not compatible, or something broken and I would have to wait like the whole weekend to remedy the situation.
Your story times are damn good ! Please consider doing more
Thanks. More are planned. One will be called "Why 2015 was the worst year of my life."
Man there were so many places that story could've gone badly, I was so relieved with how it ended!
I am glad a happy ending came out of all of this. Your mom was very chill.
1991. That was the year I was born. I remember my sister's friend used to bring in a SNES, a watch them turn between Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario World around 1996. I got my first SNES in 2003, and I'm expecting an 8bitdo wireless controller with a receiver tomorrow. The Super Nintendo lives on to this day. I have my dream collection, which I cherish to this day. NSO will never replace the real thing!
That was a good story. I was a fortunate kid as well. I had every system except the super Nintendo. My brother was 10 years older than me and he was a gamer so i inherited his old Atari 2600. I also ended up with his sega genesis later on. Ps1 was the first system i ever bought with my own money and i now have every playstation console. I'm a big collector for PlayStation. When my brother passed away last year i inherited his Xbox 360 collection about 200 games and a 360 slim. I will always think of him while playing any video game. I still have the same Sega genesis that was his and games he use to force me to play. Herzog Zwei and Madden 92 were the games he forced me to play and they are now my favorite genesis games. Thanks for the story and the nostalgic feeling i got from it.
Great story, thx for sharing ❤
I love these kind of stories. Thank you for sharing
I have to agree. As one who experienced that time as well - there will never be a time like that again!
I love the video, but I also love the part where you say, “drive” my bike. I dunno why but it made me chuckle. 4:37
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That's a great story. Thanks for sharing. People buying modern systems will rely on stories like this to try to grasp what it was like back during "hard times" for gamers. Not counting pong which I can see in the lower right of your video my first home system was the Sega Genesis. I spent 1000's of hours in the arcade so I couldn't bring myself to play Asteroids on the Atari 800 due to poor graphics and controls, but the Genesis had graphics that looked like arcade games and more buttons on the controller.
I sold someone an empty box once.
I worked in a charity shop abroad. So it was for a limited, time, less than 2 months.
The shop sold lots of stuff, clothes, books, records, DVDs, CDs.
Because we had customers coming in and nicking stuff, we took the DVD and CD out from the mopre valuable boxes and had to put them back in, when we sold it.
Someone bought such a box and I forgot to put the DVDs in. Not only me but also the other volunteer who was there for years.
The customer never came back or called the shop, at least not in the time when I was there.
Tyler Esposito’s Dad went through something similar when getting some games and consoles. His channel is called My Retro Life.
Great story. You brought me back a lot memories from back than. Thanks
Should have just bought a cleaner snes and kept your OG snes all original
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. Even though you disobeyed your mom you seemed like a good kid and it was your own money that you earned. The closest experience i had to you buying an empty box was getting a pair of shoes and coming home only to find out they didn't take the security device off. I thought i was gonna have to go all the way back to the store but luckily i was able to use some pliers that had wire cutters on them to remove the security device.
I had a similar experience back in 92 when the SNES was released in Europe. I had saved up a good amount of money that summer, by working after High School. I remember my mom said that i could not buy the SNES because i had the Amiga 500 to play on. She went later that week to pickup my English grandmother at the airport, because she came to visit us here in Norway. So while she was away, i took the bus to the city and bought the Super Mario World pack. I also picked up Super R-Type and F-Zero in addition. What a summer that was, my mom got pissed but it was so worth it 😆
I was 5 turning 6 years old in 1991, at the time I only got a NES I was too young to know that there was a super Nintendo coming that year . I loved the nes metriod and Mario . but for me once I finally got a sega genesis in like 1993 I was blown away and loved sonic till this day. thanks for sharing your story
I started with the 5200, then went backwards to the 2600, and from their my journey was the exact same as yours with the NES, Genesis and SNES. The NES was what lit the fire and made me a lifelong gamer though.
As someone a few years younger, I didn’t have a job at that time. What I did have, was some birthday (plus allowance) money, and an impressionable little brother. So while Child World (another toy chain like Toys R Us if you weren’t around back then) was having trouble and closing a store near us. I leapt into action, and convinced my brother to pool our money together and buy a SNES with me. Since they were liquidating, we got it for less than $200 (if memory serves, closer to $150). And I paid about 2/3rds to his 1/3rd (which of course I tried to then parlay into more screen time). Buying it ourselves is definitely a great memory. Especially when we didn’t have a lot of money, and had to scrounge that last little bit for sales tax. Though I don’t think it’s as vivid for him (being four years younger).
I didn't think you did something bad. You've done the right thing on confessing to your Mom what happened. I believe that you telling her the truth earned you redemption and as the result, your Mom helped you out getting the game system in your home.
Very interesting how you share your experience. Growing up all my friends and neighbors have the original NES. I couldn't afford it. My older brother who was a 7th grader that time went to Downtown LA and brought one home with the cash he was saving. When my dad found out he was angry why a little kid would go to a dangerous place to buy a video console. I was the one that got to play the nes the most.
When the SNES came out, again I didn't have the money for it. My older brother again brought this from a Target with the Street Fighter 2. Again I benefitted the most of the SNES purchase.
This is probably why when I started making great money that I went and brought multiple NES and SNES systems 😀. Golden era of gaming that time.
What a great latchkey kid story. Thank you for sharing!
At 1:48...I forgot how expensive Nintendo games were as a kid! Makes me grateful my parents bought me anything!
I remember getting my Super Nintendo at age 16 in 1991 also. I saved my money, just like you. I worked at an ice cream shop. My mom said no, but my dad overruled her and let me get it! I was in gaming heaven. I made a couple unauthorized trips to the mall to get some of the games my mom said I couldn't get also... haha. I remember traveling 60 miles to go to a Babbages and I bought Zelda, a Link to the Past, and Super Contra. I still haven't told my mom!
In 1996, I made an unauthorized drive to a mall when I was in college. I was never told "NO", but I was living away from my parents at the time, and drove about 100 miles to get an N64 on opening day. Oh my, those were the days.
Do I regret disobeying my parents. At the time, I didn't. But now that I'm pushing 50 and have my own adolescent son, I have some greater perspective now, and I do regret the choices I made. Thankfully though, it all worked out for me in the end.
My addiction was video games and video game magazines. I consider that to have been a far better "vice" than drugs or alcohol! And man oh man, I sure do miss the 80s and 90s. Thanks for your story! It put a smile on my face.
This is an awesome Story man, If had I brought myself a Super NES with missing system I would be Disappointed too, but no worries as long you got your receipt.
What a cool story! 🤩 So endearing. I'm glad that you managed to get your hands on that snes 🥳 You really deserved it!
Cool story! I too was drooling all over that EGM coverage of Super Mario World before the system was available lol...
Great story! Glad you still have they system.
To put this in context, in 1991, working at a grocery store, he was likely only being paid around $5/hr and paying 18-21% income tax. That $49.99 game represented more than 12 hours working, and the $79.99 ones would take him 18+ hrs. That's working full time for three days, just to get one f'n game.
You've gotta respect that grind. That's hardcore dedication.
Because my older brother grew up thru the video game crash, my dad felt consoles just weren't worth it and I couldn't have one. I did get a game boy for my birthday in 91 though, and a couple years later I got my first PC, which later paid off in spades when games started surpassing consoles by leaps and bounds in the early "Master Race" days.
Awesome story. When I was 16 in '82 I was riding my 10 speed much further to do much less wholesome things. I'm sure your mom was proud of you for your adventure even if she didn't tell you so.
as you said there will never be anothe rtime when gaming was like that the sega vs nintendo playground fights were legendary