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I got to wondering about the evolution of gaming and the types of games certain people like to play.
I have never owned any version of Nintendo (until now, wife bought the kid a snes classic to play donkey Kong country and super Mario on), so technically I do, but I’m not really the one that plays it.
So I started with the Atari, when it was NEW! And used to love spending time in arcades in the mall.
My next console was a bit of a jump from there, the SEGA Master system.
They had a big deal at the Macy’s by our house where it was displayed before it was released and people there demonstrating it when they first set it up(this was a big deal on that day, like news coverage and 100’s of kids had their parents drag them up there to try and gather around and watch.
Then we all waited for release and Christmas to come to hope one was under the tree.
This was the most excited I had ever been for a game system , I still remember it today.
Anyway I had friends that had Nintendo’s and played a little, but it seemed like the SEGA and Nintendo kids started segregating themselves in the neighborhood. You’d go over to other SEGA kids houses, and Nintendo kids would do the same bringing games each other didn’t have.
From there I stayed on the SEGA track, genisis , cd, 32x.
I played pc some too at different times , Zork I spent a lot of time playing, doom and quake.
I never owned a ps1 or 2, but my roommates had them so I played them some, and actually bought some games even though I didn’t technically own the consoles(Driver and doom 2).
Anyway, from there it was a good amount of time before I bought another console, the Xbox when halo blew up. And have stayed an Xbox player off and on(I’ll play for a bit when a rare title I like comes out. )
I’ve noticed throughout my life I have a pension for more Violent games, I pretty much don’t play anything without a high possibility for mass violence.
And these are the only games that get me “off the couch” so to speak to go buy one.
I had not played anything other than the force unleashed with my kid(who’s life is Star Wars) and Star Wars battle front( he prefers force unleashed greatly) until I heard there was a new doom coming out, so that’s what got me to thinking
Since SEGA seemed to have much more mature titles for the most part then Nintendo did growing up, if that’s what has molded me towards that style of game play, and if there were others that followed the same tree.
TL
R SEGA turned me into a mass murderer.
I have never owned any version of Nintendo (until now, wife bought the kid a snes classic to play donkey Kong country and super Mario on), so technically I do, but I’m not really the one that plays it.
So I started with the Atari, when it was NEW! And used to love spending time in arcades in the mall.
My next console was a bit of a jump from there, the SEGA Master system.
They had a big deal at the Macy’s by our house where it was displayed before it was released and people there demonstrating it when they first set it up(this was a big deal on that day, like news coverage and 100’s of kids had their parents drag them up there to try and gather around and watch.
Then we all waited for release and Christmas to come to hope one was under the tree.
This was the most excited I had ever been for a game system , I still remember it today.
Anyway I had friends that had Nintendo’s and played a little, but it seemed like the SEGA and Nintendo kids started segregating themselves in the neighborhood. You’d go over to other SEGA kids houses, and Nintendo kids would do the same bringing games each other didn’t have.
From there I stayed on the SEGA track, genisis , cd, 32x.
I played pc some too at different times , Zork I spent a lot of time playing, doom and quake.
I never owned a ps1 or 2, but my roommates had them so I played them some, and actually bought some games even though I didn’t technically own the consoles(Driver and doom 2).
Anyway, from there it was a good amount of time before I bought another console, the Xbox when halo blew up. And have stayed an Xbox player off and on(I’ll play for a bit when a rare title I like comes out. )
I’ve noticed throughout my life I have a pension for more Violent games, I pretty much don’t play anything without a high possibility for mass violence.
And these are the only games that get me “off the couch” so to speak to go buy one.
I had not played anything other than the force unleashed with my kid(who’s life is Star Wars) and Star Wars battle front( he prefers force unleashed greatly) until I heard there was a new doom coming out, so that’s what got me to thinking
Since SEGA seemed to have much more mature titles for the most part then Nintendo did growing up, if that’s what has molded me towards that style of game play, and if there were others that followed the same tree.
TL
R SEGA turned me into a mass murderer.
