>be me 7
>walking with mum through shops after swim class, still remember the smell of chlorine
>pass second-hand shop
>"hmm final fantasy 7 being sold for 15 dollars, I think I've heard of that, looks interesting"
>buy game, take it home, play it
>unknowingly enter the greatest gaming experience of my life
And you?
Didn't you just make this thread?
She looks seductive and happy when you cover the left side of her face, but looks serious and almost angry if you cover the right side.
>be like 10 or so
>going on a trip to my grandmother's
>for whatever reason swing by the gamestop
>run in and ask the cashier for a copy of Morrowind on the Xbox.
>asks if I wanted the GOTY version
>ask if it costs more
>same price
>still got the standard version
Played every night I was over there
Almost like a two face, huh?
...damn
really makes you think...
>really makes you think...
Been seein' this a lot lately, new thing people use ironically?
who knows maybe calling everything and everyone SJW and cuck might wear thin.
what did reddit mean by this?
...
It's pretty old, bud. Where you been?
kek
>Be like 9
>Usually renting ps1 games on a video club
>"Final Fantasy VIII, looks interesting"
>Take home only the first disc and finish it in like 2 days
>Shit, I gotta buy this game, let's call the guy who sells pirated games
>Didn't know about roman numbers by that time
>"Hey, do you have "FINAL FANTASY VEEL?"
>"Sure buddy, I'll send it to you"
>He delivers the game later that day
>Start playing it
>What the fuck are this shitty graphics?
>Realise I bought FFVII instead
>VII = VIL
>I pronounce it like "VEEL"
>Keep playing it, I wasn't to throw the money away
>The game I most enjoyed my whole life, mindblown by the story at the time
I, of course bought FFVIII later.
Also discovered Parasite Eve 2 in that video club. Great memories.
Those tits on the right.
>go to mall with mom to do returns
>while she's doing that I walk in Gamestop
>see Metroid Prime for $4
>fuck it, why not?
>best Gamecube game I ever played and it was pretty much 90% off
Gamecube games are still really cheap on Gamestop's website but are unavailable online AND in stores.
FUCKING GAMESTOP
>be high teens, ask for vidya for birthday
>mom doesn't get what I ask for and instead gets MvC2
>wtf is this shit?
>skip ahead
>turns out to be one of the best purchases ever and still played amongst my friends today
Good shit, mom.
>It's pretty old, bud. Where you been?
I don't spend every waking moment of my life here, just every other moment.
Guess I shouldn't blink anymore.
>12 years old
>Sonic Adventure 2 is coming out soon
>Been following the development, first time I ever cared enough about a game to do that
>Have tons of videos and pictures saved on my computer that I looked at every day until it released
>Release day, I've saved up enough money to buy it
>Ask my step dad to drive me to Wal-Mart
>"user, your uncle can burn you the game for free"
>Say, no, I want to buy the real copy with my own money
>"You're an idiot, why would you pay for something you can get for free. He'll burn it for you and you can have it in a week"
>Week goes by, no game
>2 weeks, no game
>Wait a whole fucking month and still no game
>Finally my mom breaks down and takes me out to buy it
Longest goddamn month of my life. I was so pissed.
>At BX with dad
>See Grandia 2, ask to buy it, he does
>driving home
>sf pulls him over for 45 in 35
>hes miffed but says fuck it and wants burger king
>we eat there, go home, I go to room and open up manual
>see pic related
>whack it til the cows come home
>play first two hours of game when I've recovered from dehydration
>never touch it again
Forgot pic like a faggot
fockin' laughin' my brotha
>late teens
>mvc2
how fucking old are you NEET? get out of here grandpa
Too brown.
...
>vaio
Dogs are stupid
>walking around vintage stock looking for something to play on my 360 thats collecting dust
>huh pic related might be fun
>put 150 hours into the game within two weeks
>2008
>be like 15 or 16
>dad gives me choice of either having a little basketball court built or buying me a wii with brawl
>pick brawl
>8 years later realize my life wouldve been better if I chose the basketball court
>bwe 7
>walk into gamesttp and say hey i wanna video game
>my mom give me 6000 dollars
>i go up to the nigger at the counter and say hey faggot nigger suck my fucking cock
>he just laughs awkwardly and spins around
>find earthbound and harvest moon both in box in the middle of the floor for 1 doallars each
>take them both for free and poop in the middle of the floor and scream fuck niggers with poop coming out of my ass and my dick hanging out
>leave and sell the games for 1 billion dollars a few years later
Why are you still posting on Sup Forums if you're a billionaire?
I'm a faggot.
I bought ocarina of time under essentially the same situation
oh fug
>bitch about not having a Nintendo 64 like my friend Shane
>get fed some humble pie one random night by surprise
>never took anything for granted again
>...that said, they got Mariokart 64 instead of Super Mario 64
>...eh, already playing through that with Shane, and I'm not going to be an ungrateful douche, let's just see what this is like
>I didn't like Super Mario Kart
>...
>WHOA
Nice job, mom and dad - still the best Mario Kart in some important ways.
Why would you fucking do that? Ask for a game and then dont even fucking care about it?
Were you even a kid?
>borrow expensive and rare game from friend
>sell it to gamestop for like 2 dollars :D
>Walking around a discount electronics store
>See Shadow of the Colossus for $5
>knew absolutely nothing about it
>buy it with zero expectations
>blown the fuck away
I was so surprised it's probably one of my favorite vidya memories
>hehe my son gets easily scared
>lets put him infront of Diablo and see what happens
my dad had based video game taste. got me into starcrat, and every morning i'd wake up to one of his custom age of empires maps.
he alsowas the reason we got an n64, and i still remember having a blast watching him play loz:oot and later diablo 2
oh my
>be 10 or so
>see Kirby and the Amazing Mirror commercial on tv
>holy shit this looks awesome! Mom can you get this for me?
>says maybe not or something
>aw, ok
>week later I see it on my bed
>loved the game so much I 100%'d all 3 files
Yes that's EVERY treasure chest, man that game was fucked at some points in terms of backtracking and puzzles
Kek, my mother bought me FF7 after the clerk told her it has a main character who meets friends along the way and that they "go on adventures". Which isn't incorrect, it's just that they both underestimated the impact the game would have on me.
>coming home from a day at summer camp
>get into the car
>FINAL FANTASY 7 IN THE BACKSEAT FUCK YEAH
>go to play it
>get up to the sewer below the don's rape dungeon
>can't beat it
>give up
>Order '1 surprise game' from catalogue
>It's Rise Of The Robots
At least I only paid 20 Reichsmark
>east vs. west
>9 years old
>not knowing roman numbers