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>>12051171Look at this little shitHis parents spent money on himI had to scrub floors and pull weeds for $5 if my parents were in a good mood
My siblings and I had to pool our birthday/christmas funds together to get game consoles
>>12051171Wow did it really come in a set like that in the US? Pretty cool.
>>12051187 What are you, Chinese?
>>12051192Yeah with TWISTÖD metöl
>>12051209Nope I live in Illinois
>>12051215for Dad, the guy that bought the damn thing
>>12051171Yep, back when the world was filled with artists and gaming was an exciting medium9/11 happened and the world died
>>12051187LMAO anons parents didn't celebrate Christmas. I bet you are jewish or gay
>>12051480They said wanted it to be about celebrating Christ and not focusing on material things. Dad just wanted to buy more cows, he loves those fucking things
>>12051171>buy a new magazine every month>it came with a demo disc full of partial and whole levels of coming games>you just had to be there>>12051192TV shopping channels and I think a few retailers sold special bundles, but it wasn't the norm.
>>12051484The tradition of gift-giving began with the three kings/wise men/magi bringing gifts for the baby Christ. It's not anti-Christian to give gifts to loved ones, and quite the opposite it's at the heart of it that began with the very first Christmas.
>>12051503Yeah I had a very cheap childhood with lots of religious rationionization while they flew to mexico with my Aunt and Uncle to drink Margaritas and boss around the locals
>>12051503>>12051505They pretended that they didn't drink and that they hated sex but they had 7 kids and it turns out my dad was a serial cheater and my mom was a massive flirt
>>12051491The game select menu music was tight!
>>12051507Ouch. That's tough.
>>12051520Would have been fine with it if they had just bought me a damn playstation
But no... I can share a used gameboy color with my brothers and sisters. after the GBA has been out for a year, thanks mom and dad love you
>>12051171>twisted metalirresponsible parents should be shot
>>12051532It was most likely part of the overall bundle, and they probably didn't notice the little white square onth e bottom left side of the case. So they deserve a little slack for that one. It's not like the game's really bad, anyway. You're just playing as a car that blows up other cars in an arena, and that's it.
>>12051531I got my pop a GBA for one Christmas. He ended up not liking it due to the poor-quality screen that's impossible to see in most lighting conditions due to a lack of back-lighting. I remember internet sites sold back-lighting kits that required some soldering and stuff, and I offered to get that done for him, but he wasn't interested. He ended up trading it in for a GBA SP a short time later, and that one did have a back-lit screen that was easy to see.
Nothing wrong buying super switch and PS5 unless you’re pcuck
>>12051171Those Costco/BJ's bundles were good ass shit. I remember there was a Pokemon Stadium bundle with the game+GB pack, N64 itself and an extra controller. Also the one i got back in the day of a gameboy color, pokemon red, GB link cable and the Pokemon players guide
>>12051532Twisted Metal was cool as shit to kids that age. It was no more violent than the games kids were likely playing with their toys. I loved going to my cousins and just watching them play TM, thought it was the coolest shit ever after Crash Bandicoot. Then i would go home and play pretend TM with my toy cars.
>>12051548Not retro but those consoles' libraries are pathetic compared to anything released more than 20 years ago.
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>>12051171I've noticed that posts like this really shake zoomers to their core.Instinctively they know they are the "hollow men" that just missed out on being the last human generation to incarnate with souls and it haunts them.
I was spoiled and got every console at release. Seethe
>>12051571Also going to the Demolition Derby was like getting to see Twisted Metal in real life.I just want to buy an old hearse and take it in a derby as Shadow
>>12051532I am Calypso, and I do not thank you for playing Twisted Metal.
>>12051545>He ended up trading it in for a GBA SP a short time later, and that one did have a back-lit screen that was easy to see.holy shit, are you serious? all this time i thought the GBA SP had the exact same screen as the original. mind = blown
>>12051532>not having stressed out parents in 1996>gets Hello Kitty: Island Adventure for Christmas.
>>12051171happiest kid aliveI don't think kids today have the same level of happiness when they get an iPhone, a PS5 or a Switch2.
>>12051505>boss around the localsGood.
>>12051947Are Demolition derbys still a thing? They were big in the 80s and 90s, even got their own vidya. Wouldn't be surprised if vehicular combat games were inspired by them.
>>12051171sick. OP is this you? Anyway..I'll never forget...1993. The night before Christmas. I remember eventually falling asleep, then suddenly waking up. Hearing something in the kitchen....its my parents...sneak up and peak around the corner. I can see them wrapping a Sega Genesis, the one with a copy of Sonic. I couldnt friggin believe it...sneak backk and try to go to bed. So Christmas day...open a present labeled as from Santa. its the genesis...I was a very honest kid, later in the day i told my mom. Thats how i learned santa wasnt real
>>12051192Sam's Club would sell bundles. Don't know if that were one of them, but sometimes they'd sell a games bundled with the strategy guide in a blister pack like that.
>>12053271Santa IS real - he just loses interest in you the older you get. Your parents then have to pretend that he isn't real, so you don't have to deal with Santa not caring about you anymore.
>>12053373I’m gonna tell my kids this
>>12053271>Thats how i learned santa wasnt realI learned that from my asshole brown friends whose parents didn't give a shit.
>>12051192Luxury. Ten of us lived in a shoebox in the middle of the highway. On every Christmas Eve our dad trashed us with his belt IF WE WERE LUCKY.
>>12054112funny, i stumbled upon a 9gag page when reverse image searching to determine the origin, and it was filled with seething replies unironically exactly like this
>>12051171I really like the grey box, I don't know why. I feel there was a very brief fad in the mid-90s to try and make "grey" a colour that pops.
>>12051532>poor kids life is corrupted by playing twisted metalthings that never fucking happened. imagine being this much a puritanical pearl clutching retard.
>>12054473Funnily enough, the maladjusted contents always grow up playing video games for kids exclusively.
>>12054362light grey was the official color for futuristic technology & devices in the 90s. Idk why but whatever, I still like it. Should make a comeback.
>>12054362>a very brief fad in the mid-90s to try and make "grey" a colour that pops.>>12054526light grey was the official color for futuristic technology & devices in the 90sTrends are cyclical. "silver" electronics were the thing in the 1970s, at times with a touch of woodgrain. Then the 80s was black and woodgrain (OG Atari 2600) and then giving over to black of the late 80s and early nineties (Sega Megadrive/Genesis). Greys and silvers made a comeback during the nineties (PlayStation) with splashes of transparent colour around the millennium (those Apple computer monitors). The new century brought the sterile plain white look with the rise of Apple products.The modern trend in home electronic colours seem to be a bit of muted and/or metallic colour and some retro woodgrains/earthtones but black has never really gone out of style. Modern greys and silver electronics tend to be on the darker side and not really as bright or vibrant as older electronics.
>>12051216Ah suffering from mental Illinois. That explains it.
>>12051548>super switch
>>12054590>mental Illinoiskek, blessed autocorrect
>>12054613Lol it's a real condition anon. They're suffering over there
>>12054485this x100. i'm surprised no one ever talks about it
sorry, I was on the other side.
>>12054485>he likes the way it looks (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟ
>>12051171>bundleyikes
>>12051187He's not a little shit. He's a normal kid. It was your parents who were abusive to you.Yes, not getting your kids anything decent for Christmas is abusive.
>>12053373Kinda figured Santa was a groomer. I bet those aren't really elves either.
>>12051171>you just had to be there
>>1205507390% of the world's problems would be solved if more people had your mentality
>>12055173I played a lot of Kiosks in stores growing up. I remembering thinking I could beat all the games the whole way through and then I found out the hard way that they were all 1-2 level demos
>>12055173all the analog sticks gone... soul...
>>12055173>2 controllers for a 1 player gamewas mcdonalds retarded?
>>12055562I’m sure it can change to Mario Kart.
>>12055173>>12055562I remember 1 kiosk had Smash Bros. on it. Good times.
bump to spare from the sega system spam
>>12054485most masculine cubie
>>12051171>Dual Shock First being the kid grew up to be gay, second that he became an introverted autist.
>>12051507I think you mean whore, right?
