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Posted: Aug 19 2009 07:10 pm

I have a good one. Around January or so I was in Houston at some place called Fitzgerald to play a gig with my now defunct band. After we took our instruments in, we went out to smoke a cigarette, and because two out of the three of us were/are underage, we went to the back, by the dumpster. On the ground was a Nintendo with two controllers and the game Jaws. I took it home and the amazing thing is it still worked! I still have it, play it all the time.

We did terrible at the show, by the way.

Posted: Aug 19 2009 09:08 pm

That's an amazing story. My NES tale begins with me unscrewing the Nintendo, separating the various components and having it lay on top of my wooden table all disemboweled and dangerous looking. I loved the fact that my NES was all "wracked up," and it caught a few oo's and ahh's. I remember playing that NES football game, the one where Steve Moon was one of the best players, on it.... I love NES, all further progress beyond NES is simply aesthetic, not quality. (cept for FFVI)

Posted: Aug 19 2009 09:31 pm

One of my favorite moments comes from a couple years ago, me and my roommate had about five or six people over and of course we all played NES growing up...Anyway, we all started doing something which I can't remember, maybe playing poker or something and either way, me and my roommate were eliminated first from whatever we were doing so we just started playing some NES in the next room and started to play some Punch Out!! I hadn't played the game in years and even though I love that game, have ever only beaten Iron Mike once, we started playing and switching turns between every fighter and as we progressed more and more people were coming into the room. Just as we got to Super macho Man everyone was in the room watching and my roommate was finishing up Super Macho Man. Either way, it was up to me to take on Iron Mike and my brother outright said, "No way your gonna beat him" and everyone basically agreed with him since they all remember the game from their younger days. I got hit by his first punch and knocked down immediately so things weren't looking good, but I turned it around and had a tough battle with him and everyone in the room was getting really into and yelling and screaming with the punches. I was able to get the TKO in the 3rd round with barely any health left for the victory! It was great to see the treating the NES like it was the Super Bowl!

Posted: Aug 19 2009 09:44 pm

Getting my NES. I saved up a bunch of money for it by doing various chores and odd jobs. One night my dad finally found one and came home with it. The rest is history.

Posted: Aug 19 2009 09:48 pm

Another story begins with having to be at lvl 3 to hit the Vampire in Crystalis. Man, how many bugbears have to go down to buy the carapace shield? Then you play through the game, somehow, and you have the dolphin. OMG, who knows to go SW for the cave with the Love Pendant... Anyways, that's a fun game. Lvl 16 is a good level to beat the game at! Talk about having your levels plotted out for you! Push that master to the wall!

Posted: Aug 19 2009 11:04 pm

I'd have to say my best nes stories come from playing it at my uncle's house. He still has one that works today and a bout 3 weeks ago, I went over and was finally able to beat LoZ without saving, oh and he killed me at Dr. Mario more times than I care to admit too... but still

Posted: Aug 20 2009 12:18 am

I played Battletoads with a buddy of mine. It culminated to, 'stop hitting me!' 'I didn't mean to' 'now you're doing it on purpose,' and all that jazz.

Posted: Aug 20 2009 05:55 am

Marcus[SKoGM} wrote:

I played Battletoads with a buddy of mine. It culminated to, 'stop hitting me!' 'I didn't mean to' 'now you're doing it on purpose,' and all that jazz.

I hate it when I turn people onto a game and then they deny that I did so. Battletoads...I turned my friend onto the game after I rented it on multiple occasions and then got it for Christmas. He was then bragging to his friends about discovering this game. I was like "Yeah...after he played it at my house several times." Or course he denied it in front of his punk ass friends.

Posted: Aug 20 2009 01:39 pm

My friend and I were playing Super Smash Bros. Melee, and we went hunting for another controller for another person who showed up.

Turns out, my friend's dad is a huge nerd. We found an NES, SNES, and TWO boxfuls of games.

We've been playing Mega Man and MM 2 ever since.

Joined: Jul 19 2009 Location: England Posts: 91

It's gonna sound cliched as hell, but the first time I played my NES on Christmas day 1989. That was, afterall, the start of a 20 year addiction to video games that's still going strong today. I had the Super Mario Bros./Duckhunt catridge and couldn't even get past World 1 on Mario, but my Stepdad could beat the entire game every time he played. I just watched in awe.

Posted: Aug 21 2009 10:43 am

watching my brothers friend beat SMB and basically showine me how to beat it, then beating the game later on that day

Posted: Aug 21 2009 02:30 pm

When I was about 10 years old, I would play The Legend of Zelda and wait for the title screen to fade out so I could watch with fascination as pictures of each item scrolled by. I dreamed about blowing on the whistle, casting the magic wand and wielding the master sword.

I'll never forget the day I finally took out all the bastard darknuts in Level 3 and went down the staircase revealing the raft, and my brother and I simultaneously jumping up and yelling "THE RAFT!!!"

Posted: Aug 21 2009 03:02 pm

The new smell from opening an NES back in 88.

Posted: Aug 21 2009 06:52 pm

Well i played all the way through dragon warrior and finally got to the last battle. Lightning flashes and BOOM! lights go out......one minute later the power comes back and my save file on the game is gone. I still can't look at the damn game without wanting to throw it through a plate glass window.....grumble

Posted: Aug 21 2009 06:59 pm

Also...trying to figure out how to play games with R.O.B the robot that came with the NES (gyromite /gag)...I got more enjoyment out of playing with the tops by themselves. So I put him in a closet prison where he has sat till this day....I think he is secretly plotting some murderous revenge against me and my xbox,.