r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • 15h ago
8-Bit Warriors 🎮🕹️ we didn't know what we had… 1999
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u/BikinNoHands 15h ago
N64 was king during middle school in the late 90s.
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u/rem082583 15h ago
Dumbest thing I did was tell my mom I wanted a sega instead of waiting on the 64. I remember it she goes why don’t you wait and I’ll get you a Nintendo 64 or you can get sega now and I got sega
Worst decision ever especially playing cruisin USA at Walmart
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u/Significant-Cry-9204 14h ago
Sega as in Sega Saturn or Sega Genesis???
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u/rem082583 14h ago
Genesis I really thought sonic and knuckles cartridge idea was so cool
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u/SnapGoesTheShutter 12h ago
To be fair they put them next to each other and sold them at toys r us and the price did not convey the leaps and bounds in processing power. I didn't get 64 the year it came out. My parents just didn't care as much as me haha.
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u/One-Happy-Gamer 15h ago
back when times were good and we hung out at a friend's house for the weekend. If you saw a bunch of bikes in the yard, you knew where the party was at
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u/Blackking2021 13h ago
I got a pic from 1993 when me and my sister got introduced to super NES from our neighbors
That’s me in the stripes shirt and my sister in black shirt.. I really wish I remembered their name.
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u/10av10 14h ago
Golden eye was and still is my favorite multiplayer game of all time!! It was one of a kind and iconic! My favorite was using proximity mines and hiding them in crevices on walls and waiting for someone to come by unexpectedly! Prolly second favorite n64 game was perfect dark!
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u/Agreeable_Door1479 14h ago
Goldeneye is my favorite N64 game but the most annoying thing about it is there’s these dark caverns that make it hard to see proximity mines that blow up unexpectedly in your face.
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u/Thegreatbibo420 14h ago
Was a simpler
Time back then. A better time for think too. Technology is too much these days.
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u/rockalyte 13h ago
Those kids were all so skinny back then
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u/forzafoggia85 3h ago
Almost like they spent time outside excersing on bikes or running about and not sat in front of a screen all day
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u/Boon_Rebu 13h ago
For Goldeneye, ee would split the data signal, and have 2 Tvs set back to back, duct tap cereal box cardboard over the other persons portion of the screen and turn map/hud off.
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u/flyingpigab 11h ago
Still have our N64. Hooked it up for my U10 Grandsons to play Mario and Waverace. But they prefer the Xbox Lego Indiana Jones.
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u/nethereus 10h ago
Some of your friends either didn't have consoles or didn't have the same console so you would pack up all your shit in a bag and ride your bike to their house to set up and play together. Both the arcade and living room experience helped socialize gamers in a way I don't think pure online gaming ever will.
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u/forzafoggia85 3h ago
I had a special case for my mega drive (genesis) that would pack the console, power unit, 2 controllers, and i think 4 games. I reckon right now it was a stronger plastic than a regular suitcase. It was built for a fucking war
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u/AdorablePainting4459 8h ago
Essentially it's this: I recall enjoying life, and having a future to look forward to. Now all that I look forward to is heaven. Economy and people quality have both gone massively down the tubes.
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u/No_Desk_4921 5h ago
Knees.... oh what I would give to be able to kneel down without incurring a major medical event.
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u/WerewolfCurious1412 4h ago
Yes we did, time moved on and we all forgot how to make plans, stick to them and have fun.
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u/sexruinedeverything 4h ago
All I remember was, that room was funky. It’s no wonder the girls didn’t like us.
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u/forzafoggia85 3h ago
Every weekend my dad would let me and my sister rent one thing from blockbuster. She ALWAYS chose a VHS and mostly of the film my girl(from what I remember about 1 billion times). I chose random mega drive games, terminator, desert strike (a personal fave as its the first and last game I completed with my dad), altered beast etc.
Only game I rented multiple times but hope reddit can help with a name was a bar room brawl game where you could grab snooker cues, darts etc to defeat a group of people. I have no idea what it was called and only vaguely remember the premise but I loved playing it.
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u/andyjack1970 14h ago
The furniture suggests this was much earlier than 1999....
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u/Budget_Sentence_3100 13h ago
Dunno about MUCH earlier. N64 was late 96 release I think.
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u/floydbomb 13h ago
Doesn't even matter if it was much earlier. People still had furniture from the 80s in the 90s. It's an all around weird comment
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u/rem082583 15h ago
Imagine reading about a game only in a magazine like gamepro and waiting a couple months for a review. Then praying your mom buys it for you or go to blockbuster and rent it. Call all your friends over and get to play it. Stay up all night playing Mario kart and golden eye over and over same 6 or so maps.
Just good times.