I Did Something Bad in 1991, and It Came Back to Haunt Me

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I tell the story of when I was 16 years old and wanted a Super Nintendo so bad that I took enormous risks. Long live the SNES.
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@GamingTheSystems1 2 месяца назад

Yep, I know I said "drive a bike" in the video. No need to keep mentioning it in the comments. I know it makes you feel smart, but It was an unscripted video, so I am bound to misspeak. Please try to ENJOY the video instead of looking for flaws. LOL.

@TexasTags 2 месяца назад

Those must've been the kids that never drove their bikes they just rode them....I'm glad you were able to get the replacement, & I'm happy you got to enjoy so much happiness in your childhood experience. Bless you, your family & friends.

@gargamel3393 2 месяца назад

That's perfectly acceptable terminology. I use to "ride" my bike until I used a clothes pin to clip a playing card into my back spokes, then I was driving my bike.

@TexasTags 2 месяца назад

@@gargamel3393 haha there we goo!!!

@MikeRavia-xp5ig 2 месяца назад

People worried about him saying drive a bike seriously have no life.

@johnnyfabre4704 2 месяца назад

I meant no disrespect, I say things as such all the time, no worries man.

@GamingTheSystems1 4 месяца назад

Note that my mom is still with us today and she is doing great. She does not remember the events in this story though; video game events aren't as important to her as they were to me as a child.

@epsilonn5590 4 месяца назад

What about your father? Just curious

@ewkerman4185 4 месяца назад

You had a great parrent.

@basiliosfafalios9242 4 месяца назад

Are you a reds fan, do you play any baseball games, if so what's your favorites? Thanks

@GamingTheSystems1 4 месяца назад

My father passed a long time ago. I speak about him in the video "Revisiting My Childhood Gaming Home"

@mr.selfimprovement3241 4 месяца назад

@@GamingTheSystems1 Yeah, that hit me too when you told the story of your growing up at your old house. My dad also died, but when I was a bit older than you were. I too remember being asleep and being woken up by my mom to learn of it - and as a autistic kid/teen just wanted to go back to sleep, because I really couldn't process it at that time the way I should have. Decades later, I still probably never have. It's a weird thing to suddenly loose a parent (early), and weirder for those of us on the spectrum. You remember them - but you also don't remember them.

@TrampusSims 3 месяца назад

I was 11 years old when the SNES came out. I worked for the local newspaper as a paperboy. We barely cleared $20 a week. One day the company told us paperboys that they were going to hold a raffle to win a SNES. The catch was, to enter, you had to sign up new customers. 1 Customer = 1 piece of paper in the fishbowl that they were going to draw from. I made damn sure that my name would be in that bowl as much as possible. I wouldn't take no for an answer. I won because I had over 200 submissions in the bowl. I think they told me that all of the other boys there averaged out to about roughly 10 submissions each. It was my most prized possession for many many years!

@EaZyKiNg 3 месяца назад

They should have bought you a genesis too for all the money you made them lol

@doutorgori327 3 месяца назад

I'm glad you won. But, there was still the risk you'd lose. They should've GIVEN you a SNES.

@leodv1922 3 месяца назад

@@EaZyKiNg Should've gone with a simple scoreboard and maybe even reward the top 3, the raffle idea was stupid. If he lost to some kid with one sign up, they risked losing their best employee. 😂

@JESUS-IS-RAD 3 месяца назад

Thats a rad story lol

@TrampusSims 3 месяца назад

😂 We were just kids. I didn't have the knowledge of odds back then. But you are right, I probably would have been devastated if I had lost after all of that effort.

@zachary_attackery 4 месяца назад

Actual quote from my mom when the SNES came out: "Oh now they have the SUPER Nintendo? What's next, the Super Duper Nintendo?"

@GamingTheSystems1 4 месяца назад

That's awesome.

@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush 3 месяца назад

"Last year he got a Nintendo, now it's a Super Nintendo, next year it'll be the Super Duper Nintendo!" - my Dad, Christmas 1992.

@zachary_attackery 3 месяца назад

@@A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush I'm still convinced everyone's parents said this based on the "super duper double looper" hot wheels playset whose commercial was on TV nonstop at the same time

@Moonbeam143 3 месяца назад

The Super Duper Nintendo is the 64.

@drebone1986 3 месяца назад

I remember wanting a Super Dee Duper Nintendo on Six Fours... but my mom got PlayStation and we never looked back, came with Resident Evil 2

@BitestheStuff 4 месяца назад

There won't be another time period like that again. Just experiencing all those jumps in technology and visuals. It was amazing.

@brentcanfield8883 4 месяца назад

Yeah, that was the thing, right? When you knew something was on the way that was new, you KNEW it was going to probably be CRAZY better than what you already had.Like when Super Nintendo first came out. I just couldn't believe the jump in graphics and sound from the NES. There was this video store by my house back then, you crossed this field to get to it.It was called Star Video.The owners had somehow gotten the japanese super nintendo when japan first got it.That was the first time I ever saw Super Mario World. The sound alone blew me away let alone the graphics.Such good memories. But now? I just don't see much of a difference between the ps5 and the ps4. But hey, maybe that's just me.

@Ganondorfdude11 3 месяца назад

1990: Most popular current system was the NES. 10 years later the PS2 released. About every 2 years there was some quantum leap in processing power or graphics. Now you have to really nitpick to tell the difference between a game on the PS4 and PS5 even though the PS4 came out 10 years ago.

@darrickcato9499 3 месяца назад

Dude I spent money on games when I should have been saving for a vehicle. Only I was buying PS1, N64, and Game Boy Color games. And GameCube, PS2, and Game Boy Advance were all the new systems coming out.

@Goopy731 3 месяца назад

I think the only time that will be a thing when true virtual reality is a thing, like in the matrix kinda sci-fi levels.

@ryanjbuchanan 3 месяца назад

The current jumps in AI tech

@lorenclark6279 4 месяца назад

I can’t be the only one who suspects that her disallowing you to have “another gaming system” contributed to the “horde” of systems your channel is based on, can I?

@GamingTheSystems1 4 месяца назад

Probably not. I just love gaming. This was one of the only times she restricted me on purchasing something.

@mr.selfimprovement3241 4 месяца назад

@@GamingTheSystems1 She probably only did that too, because she knew you needed a car. Mom 101.

@murddeath 3 месяца назад

In my case, yea. Now I want all the fucking games and you know what? No one's going to tell me no ever again 😈

@captainconstitution4238 2 месяца назад

My grandfather couldn't get the names of things right sometimes. When I was young, about 11, I remember him getting angry at me, and he told me to go "play with your playboy." I was laughing, and my grandmother, looking embarrassed, said,"I think he means Playstation, or Gameboy. " Good memories 😊

@AllCelebzNElitenNeckMaskz 2 месяца назад

No he was saying man up an use his play boy stash an not a video game lol

@klezmorim1980 4 месяца назад

Such a great story. It reminds me of a very similar purchase from me when I had a Commodore Amiga. I attempted to convince my parents that I needed a modem. They refused. But I went and purchased a 4,800bps modem with my pocket money anyway. I also cycled on my BMX to purchase it! I managed to deceivingly connect it to the computer as it was close to the phone jack. I had no idea how expensive connecting to remote BBS's was at the time. But it was my first experience of online, and it was truly magical. My parents had a phone bill 8 times larger than they usually had the month after, and I received the biggest telling off I can ever remember.

@mr.selfimprovement3241 4 месяца назад

Yeah, I actually really am liking the storie videos.

@TheGraduate702 3 месяца назад

Was it because you dialed to a long distance #?

@paliulisfamilyarchive9125 3 месяца назад

Weren't there any local bbs's you could call?

@Felipe_Tirano_89 4 месяца назад

I imagined there would be some problem returning home with a big box on a bicycle, but the plot twist was even better!

@mr.selfimprovement3241 4 месяца назад

You have the console box half hanging out of a undersized plastic (store) bag - and one of the two carrying loops in the plastic bag run thru a handle bar on you bike. With the bag (and box inside) dangling lopsidedly precariously near your hand (off the handle) as you rode your bike home. You also are probably praying the whole time you take every hill and bump, that that SNES box was so large that it was wedged in that bag good - or that that the flimsy plastic bag handle wasn't going to rip off your handle bar from the weight! lol. Ask me how I know. :P

@mr.selfimprovement3241 4 месяца назад

@@aaakkk112 holy crap! lol.

@joebauers3746 4 месяца назад

You did something bad in 1991, it was that haircut, and it has come back to haunt all of us.

@tabsntoot 3 месяца назад

Only spoken in whispers

@TimDespairBear11 4 месяца назад

I would have rode my bike all the way back 😂 fuck getting an empty box

@ThatOldSchoolMagic 4 месяца назад

Same but maybe not on the same day. Probably the day after.

@GamingTheSystems1 4 месяца назад

I remember thinking that I will never ride that far again.

@ogre706 4 месяца назад

@@aaakkk112 Yeah our memories from younger days tend to be skewed by our different perception of time.

@OCDRex11 3 месяца назад

Agreed, I'd have been out the door heading back to Big Bear less than 2 seconds after I realized what happened.

@cocomunga 3 месяца назад

Yeah I would have been furious and probably made it back there in record time

@raydenlord 4 месяца назад

Wow, it’s almost like how GameStop treats customers today. Selling games that they’ve opened up and played as “new.”

@bud9450 3 месяца назад

Facts

@melchior2678 3 месяца назад

GameStop does that? Glad I never shop there then

@DishmanDishes 3 месяца назад

Cute story. Born in 86, my most traumatic time was receiving an N64 on Christmas in 1997... I went to the basement alone to set it up... the realization that NO TV in the house had composite red yellow white input... ALL the TV/VCR had only coaxial... The shock almost killed me. I hate to wait until the next day and Papa took me to get a converter and luckily I didn't entirely snap and lose my mind that Christmas... I liked and subbed. Thanks for sharing, my story is akin to a gift back ❤ best wishes

@erikc8284 4 месяца назад

You were so lucky yes. I had the Atari 2600 but could not enjoy the NES except for friends. I loved it so much as well. Then I got the SNES and the Game Boy. Those memories, those moments, are stored in my heart forever. Those were the happiest days of my life. Family, friends, fun, and videogames, no kid could ask for more than what I got. Great video btw. Thank you

@eversosleight 4 месяца назад

We had a Big Bear in my little town with a real stuffed black bear encased in a display in the center of the store. Really cool story and thanks for sharing!

@mr.selfimprovement3241 4 месяца назад

You wouldn't have been from West Virginia? :P The one I visited there growing up had a Stuffed Brown Bear on a wooden platform. lol.

@eversosleight 4 месяца назад

@@mr.selfimprovement3241 neighboring state that starts with O

@Valentine82 4 месяца назад

What a great story! You should do more of these. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻

@TheBigScat 4 месяца назад

This was like a Norm MacDonald joke. You listen forever, thinking you know exactly what the punch line will be, and when it gets to the end he knocks you out with something completely unexpected. Great story, though!

@melchior2678 3 месяца назад

I love Norm but this isn't a joke. Just a nice story about this man's childhood in gaming.

@TheBigScat 3 месяца назад

@@melchior2678 I realize it's not a joke, hence, "great story."

@twentythreeforlife 2 месяца назад

Podiatrist: 'Moth, man, you're troubled. But you should be seeing a psychiatrist. Why on earth did you come here?' Moth: 'Cause the light was on.'

@nickhill8612 Месяц назад

Haha haha you are right.

@IntangirVoluntaryist 3 месяца назад

I rollerbladed 15 miles to the nearest mall to buy chronotrigger when it came out, it was totally worth it

@paultidwell8799 3 месяца назад

Absolutely. Wise decision if you held onto the box and everything too. The car might be a prudent move but of course, as someone sitting on a copy of Lunar 2 for the Sega CD, that was a prudent purchase. It's now worth 500 dollars. We got it for 30.

@justafanofnerdculture7602 3 месяца назад

I just discovered this channel a few minutes ago. I subscribed because I really enjoyed that story. That's something that I can really relate to. Your mom sounds like a real one. Very sweet of her to take you back to the store, even though you disobeyed her.

@Tivoo99 3 месяца назад

Cool story, somehow you explain these super simple stories in depth that they're actually interesting, can't wait for another story of your adventures!

@BMR86 4 месяца назад

That's a great story man! Thank you for sharing, I literally pictured the fear moment when the box was empty, my heart dropped! But I'm glad there was a happy ending to this! I didn't have the luxury of getting the snes brand new, it remember my mother bought it for me used at a pawn shop

@itsjustagamechannel 4 месяца назад

That was a beautiful and heartfelt story. Thank you for sharing it.

@CbassMajor 4 месяца назад

This is such a cool story and video, you should do these more often!

@GamingTheSystems1 4 месяца назад

I will be. Here's two tentative titles: "I Committed a Gaming Sin" and "Why 2015 Was The Worst Year of My Life"

@melchior2678 3 месяца назад

@@GamingTheSystems1 new subscriber here! Looking forward to those videos! What state did you grow up in?

@mikevogler5455 2 месяца назад

Great video. Brought back a ton of great memories that I'd forgotten. Got my first SNES in '91 as well (I was 12, at that time), with allowance I had saved up. Went to the mall with my mom, and bought it at Kaybee Toys. Seems like an Eternity ago now. Even brought about some tears, from the memories, as well. Good times, that's for sure. It's ironic...when we're young, we want so badly to grow up, and get older, but then we get there/here, and all we want to do is go back, and be young all over again. Life is a vicious, b**ch of a circle, that's for sure/certain. On a sidenote, hope you got over that Covid mess. Had that mess back in 2020, and it was no joke, was even on several inhalers, as well. Got it again in '21, and '22, but it was nowhere near as bad, and then I just stopped getting it, for whatever reason. Anyhow, take care of yourself!

@f0ry0u81 3 месяца назад

I really appreciate how you showed videos and pictures of your story. Great video.👍

@retrorobbgaming 4 месяца назад

Wow. Love this video! You’re around my older brothers age and hearing you tell this story makes me think of him as he biked around in the 90s looking to buy games with money he saved up from working part time jobs. Looking forward to more videos like this 😊

@petergriffin383 Месяц назад

Awesome video, I was born in 80, I also feel very blessed, it was a very unique time. New sub, keep up the great work, love your content.

@XadePsyconic 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your story. Keep up the good work.

@bojangles4704 Месяц назад

hahaha I love how you included footage of the route you took over 30 years ago, thats awesome

@hiltwo 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing this story, I really enjoyed it :)

@MarcosG000 3 месяца назад

What a cool story! 🤩 So endearing. I'm glad that you managed to get your hands on that snes 🥳 You really deserved it!

@Klr81976 4 месяца назад

Who remembers playing offline friends In person? That won’t happen again.

@markula_4040 4 месяца назад

Well maybe you should get some friends so it can happen for you. I have a friend who comes over and we play various Street Fighters against each other but yeah, I can see how that would get in the way of whining about modern times.

@alanm6o9 4 месяца назад

yes it will. i will lan again someday halo 2 with the boys. its gooooottta happen

@rockmanx6857 3 месяца назад

@@markula_4040 I don’t even bother with playing with people online. Tried it once and hated it 😡

@Shendue 3 месяца назад

I did it, like, 3 days ago. Get better friends.

@rustylasagna 3 месяца назад

Probably shouldn’t say that about local multiplayer. Those and LAN components still exist in games for people to enjoy, and there’s plenty of people that still play games with each other locally. What you should probably be more concerned about is the hyperfixation on online/live-service games that will most certainly see an end at some point. The Call of Duty and Battlefield games of years prior are already facing those issues tenfold.

@Rhuno 3 месяца назад

Great video; love that story. Takes me back for sure; I had that same bike, but in a different color!

@captainhawdon937 3 месяца назад

I love these kind of stories. Thank you for sharing

@Tsigarinho 3 месяца назад

Nice story. I feel exactly the same as you for our childhoods. The video game passion we had those times..........oh god!!! Thanks for sharing!

@A..D..D 2 месяца назад

Good for you for going for it. Good on your Mom having your back even though you went against her order. I could see going back the same day. I totally understand being angry and sad at getting an empty box , glad they didn’t buck when you came back for recompense.

@HermannTheGreat 3 месяца назад

Incredible story! Thank you for sharing, you did the right thing telling your mom, wow.

@Anxious_McStabby 3 месяца назад

That is a pretty punk rock story my friend. The 90s were a strange time to be a kid but it's hard to not think back fondly on the sometimes-questionable amount of freedom we all seemed to have in common lol! Glad you made it to and from safe, and glad you were able to sort out getting more than just the box for my favorite system of all time. Cheers!

@lord_beethoven1169 4 месяца назад

I’m sure we all have a particular game system with a story.

@COIFISHGAMING 4 месяца назад

Looks like you are still growing up with consoles! Keep it retro pal.

@notthesameman 3 месяца назад

Great great story and glad you got your SNES than and thank you for sharing with us 😊

@jeremysepicrun 2 месяца назад

Very interesting, humble story. Im sure there's hundreds of stories like this on RU-vid but i just havent encountered them.

@franchise6907 3 месяца назад

Great story. You brought me back a lot memories from back than. Thanks

@IrieIslandGaming 4 месяца назад

Still one of my favorite consoles to this day! Thank you for sharing your story!

@edwardsanchez3708 2 месяца назад

That's an awesome story, and I'm glad it ended well. The adventures we would go through in the 80s and 90s, to accomplish missions, LOL

@johnnyfabre4704 2 месяца назад

I love the video, but I also love the part where you say, “drive” my bike. I dunno why but it made me chuckle. 4:37

@GamingTheSystems1 2 месяца назад

See pinned comment

@HacksignKT 2 месяца назад

I am glad a happy ending came out of all of this. Your mom was very chill.

@jsttv 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing your story. Sounds like Karma bit you in your rear. At least you fessed up to your mom, and she was nice enough to drive you to replace your missing Super Nintendo. The Super Nintendo was my first system that I bought w/my own money in 1992.

@TheGraduate702 3 месяца назад

Your story times are damn good ! Please consider doing more

@GamingTheSystems1 3 месяца назад

Thanks. More are planned. One will be called "Why 2015 was the worst year of my life."

@supergeoff 3 месяца назад

This is an awesome Story man, If had I brought myself a Super NES with missing system I would be Disappointed too, but no worries as long you got your receipt.

@JohnDoe003 2 месяца назад

My heart sank when you said there was nothing in the box. I thought, "Oh no, it's gonna fall out, or someone's going to steal it." I did expect it to be an empty box. But that is pretty funny. What you did is pretty tame & harmless in comparison of what most high school kids in 80s & 90s did, and especially what they do today! I miss my SNES!

@cdreamworld Месяц назад

I enjoyed it. What a great story. Thank you for sharing.

@intrepid1160 4 месяца назад

I really like stories like this, thanks for sharing.

@Xero36 4 месяца назад

One of my favorite videos of your so far.

@peterpetersen574 4 месяца назад

Great story, thx for sharing ❤

@exodous02 4 месяца назад

Weird that the guy didn't notice it was lite. Guy had one job and he messed up. I was worried you were going to get mugged. The 90's were a different time.

@Sucker_MC 4 месяца назад

He was a messenger of God. He did his job in teaching Kevin a lesson for disobeying his mother. 😮

@BriBCG 4 месяца назад

It's always wild to me the things I did back in the 90s, riding all around the city by myself on my bike, even sometimes riding home in the middle of the night or in the rain. Everyone is a lot more cautious and sheltered these days. It's even more crazy when you consider crime has gone down in most places since the 90s and most people have a phone in their pocket they could use to get information or call for help at any time.

@anonamatron 3 месяца назад

@@BriBCG Crime is essentially always on the downturn, as long as you're not in a liberal hellhole that ENCOURAGES crime, but worry is always on the rise. It's one of the easiest ways to figure out that the world isn't what they tell you it is on TV. I try to wake people up a little with that one sometimes.

@gingerblue2265 2 месяца назад

You are an incredible storyteller and I enjoyed your telling of going to BigBear for the SNES. I was in a similar situation. My parents said no to me buying the system, as they wanted me to focus on school studies. So one weekend when they were gone, I walked 2 miles to the mall and walked back all by myself, carrying this big heavy SNES box. Imagine today a young girl walking by herself on the streets with a PS5.

@techcattips Месяц назад

I really enjoyed your story , it's interesting how you get your first snes :3

@vt6020 Месяц назад

I was 17 in 1991, and this story brought back so many memories. I spent a lot of my money from my first job, on video games. I had a friend who had a Turbo Grafx-16. I played on his whenever I had a chance, but by this time I had to prioritize my money for a car and college. I’m still a gamer. I play mostly PC games these days, but nothing can beat the excitement and fun I had in my youth with the 2600 and NES.

@StillycoBra5150 3 месяца назад

Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. Even though you disobeyed your mom you seemed like a good kid and it was your own money that you earned. The closest experience i had to you buying an empty box was getting a pair of shoes and coming home only to find out they didn't take the security device off. I thought i was gonna have to go all the way back to the store but luckily i was able to use some pliers that had wire cutters on them to remove the security device.

@GamingTheSystems1 4 месяца назад

Did you find the hidden Ouya? If you want to know why I hide Ouyas in my video see here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Pdj3TyNMQk.html

@GamingTheSystems1 3 месяца назад

Please do not timestamp the Ouyas. It takes the thrill out of finding them. :)

@IncredibleCactusRoll 3 месяца назад

I saw it

@jw3st0n 3 месяца назад

I wasn't sure if that was an easter egg or an editing error. lol

@wantsome-zs5sq 3 месяца назад

I would have had a stroke if I opened an empty box. I was 16 too when the snes came out. I sold my genesis gameboy and sony cd player to a pawn shop to get my snes. I had a buddy that was 18 and he traded it all in for me.

@joshuacalkins 3 месяца назад

I thought that one guy had it…

@JGR_JoeysGameReviews 3 месяца назад

Great story love to hear more like them on this channel

@Markbot1999 3 месяца назад

That's a great story. Thanks for sharing. People buying modern systems will rely on stories like this to try to grasp what it was like back during "hard times" for gamers. Not counting pong which I can see in the lower right of your video my first home system was the Sega Genesis. I spent 1000's of hours in the arcade so I couldn't bring myself to play Asteroids on the Atari 800 due to poor graphics and controls, but the Genesis had graphics that looked like arcade games and more buttons on the controller.

@mikeyelfers 2 месяца назад

Great story. Cheers my dude!

@oldbordergeek 4 месяца назад

I am only 1 minute in- BUT whatfer you did------- it takes a man to owe it and tell a honest story. good for you sir!

@videogamephenomhd 3 месяца назад

It becomes evident that much youth in the distant past were craving for video games, even though the price tag was fairly hefty, and their parent often could not afford them. There could be missing contents or even product defects, which could all come back to haunt its buyer outright. Nevertheless, it becomes well worth the memories made, which still stands in adulthood today.

@PsychoMantisss 3 месяца назад

Hell, those prices are still a lot of money these days too lol! In the 90's/early 2000's I made bank babysitting my neighbor (who was about 2 years younger than me at the time and one of my best friend's). Like I got $100-150 a week and I was like 12. I got even more for weekends or holidays. Her mom was a change girl for the casinos in Vegas so that's how I bought pretty much all of my games and paid for my band trip to Knottsberry Farm.

@NeoAF10 3 месяца назад

Whoever was involved in the purchase compliant about the incomplete set and made it right, is a very honest person (each of them, if more than one)!

@colinbaldwin3278 3 месяца назад

Wow this was a great story!!!!! You're the man Kevin!

@MrBenedictHeyer 4 месяца назад

Very much enjoyed the story and the pictures from the nineties!

@ezragrun Месяц назад

What a great latchkey kid story. Thank you for sharing!

@sie4431 3 месяца назад

Same thing happened to me, in a way, my mum was dead against me spending money on a console but I saved pocket money for almost a year and bought an Atari Lynx. Had that planned like a bank robbery

@wildstar41 3 месяца назад

Great story! Those early long distance bike rides were nerve wracking. I remember riding to see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 89 at the same age. It was worth it. I won my snes in a contest making a holiday display out of Pepsi products at a Welsh Farms store in NJ! I still have it and it’s the best physical thing I ever won to this day.

@urbanknish 3 месяца назад

Great story! Glad you still have they system.

@Domarius64 3 месяца назад

Man there were so many places that story could've gone badly, I was so relieved with how it ended!

@jboy8735 4 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing the story

@thedriver02 2 месяца назад

Oh man that must have been such a dissapointing feeling, and I feel like I can relate. Any time as kid and I made a big purchase like that, there was always something wrong, something missing, something not compatible, or something broken and I would have to wait like the whole weekend to remedy the situation.

@popixel 3 месяца назад

SNES Ascii Pad for the win! I grew up with that controller, and a few years back a friend gave me his Ascii Pad, so now I've got 2 of the best controllers for the SNES.

@therocinante3443 3 месяца назад

Thay was the wholesome story I didn't know I needed today!

@VanillaLimeCoke 2 месяца назад

9:43 I remember that control pad. The Super turbo control pad. I used that in Monday Night Football for the power plays

@blake6615 4 месяца назад

Thanks, i like your story videos the best 😊

@darkwing7780 4 месяца назад

Cool story! I too was drooling all over that EGM coverage of Super Mario World before the system was available lol...

@ThyGreenKnight 3 месяца назад

I picked up my SNES from an indoor swap meet while my parents were away in Germany. My first game was Street Fighter 2. Fortunately, I had a friend with a car that drove me to the place. I actually walked and rode on my bike quite a bit, so that wouldn't have stopped me (though I did have a mountain bike with 18 speeds and not a BMX bike)

@marscaleb 2 месяца назад

Also, I love how you slipped the Ouya in there!

@JimsRetroStuff 4 месяца назад

Cool story! Thanks for sharing!

@mtamech535 2 месяца назад

I remember pulling that system out of the styrofoam...what a great feeling it was then and what a great thing to remember now. You're probably even my age...we've come so far, haven't we? Back then we were gaming nerds, now you can have a channel with 21 thousand subscribers!

@TheBedtimeBoy 3 месяца назад

Would love to hear more stories like this. I had a similar experience biking into town to buy the GBC Zelda games when I was a teenager

@Striker9 2 месяца назад

Oh man, I played the heck out of super Metroid! Wow that brought back so many memories. I didn't have a great childhood but my dad at least was able to afford me my Genesis, Snes, Saturn, ps1, ps2 before he passed.

@kaboomgamer333 3 месяца назад

That guy who sold you the empty SNES box should never work retail again.

@benamisai-kham5892 3 месяца назад

Hearing you say big bear plus made me so happy since i grew up going to one all the time 😂 the nostalgia!

@tinlunlau1 3 месяца назад

I remember working for my SNES by going to work at my mom's factory and I'd just sit there and roll yarn. My dad didn't want me to spend so much money buying so he got his friend to pick up a Pro Fighter X from Golden Computer Arcade in Hong Kong and I'd buy a ton of floppy discs for backup games.

@JimiJamma 3 месяца назад

I had the same experience when I was 16 buying a Sega CD at Toys “R” Us. When the electronics guy handed me the box, I said, "This is awfully light." He explained tech gets lighter. Later, returning, I found they sold me an empty box from the store display. I still have the Sega CD to this day, CIB and both the Sega CD and box are in great condition!

@kurtdavis7588 Месяц назад

It was a big moment for me in 1991. I was 57 years old but still couldn't wait for the sneak t9 be released.

@nickatmacomb8965 4 месяца назад

Fun story. Thanks for sharing. I was worried you were going to get robbed on the way home.

@bkraft 2 месяца назад

I remember getting my Super Nintendo at age 16 in 1991 also. I saved my money, just like you. I worked at an ice cream shop. My mom said no, but my dad overruled her and let me get it! I was in gaming heaven. I made a couple unauthorized trips to the mall to get some of the games my mom said I couldn't get also... haha. I remember traveling 60 miles to go to a Babbages and I bought Zelda, a Link to the Past, and Super Contra. I still haven't told my mom! In 1996, I made an unauthorized drive to a mall when I was in college. I was never told "NO", but I was living away from my parents at the time, and drove about 100 miles to get an N64 on opening day. Oh my, those were the days. Do I regret disobeying my parents. At the time, I didn't. But now that I'm pushing 50 and have my own adolescent son, I have some greater perspective now, and I do regret the choices I made. Thankfully though, it all worked out for me in the end. My addiction was video games and video game magazines. I consider that to have been a far better "vice" than drugs or alcohol! And man oh man, I sure do miss the 80s and 90s. Thanks for your story! It put a smile on my face.

@TheBeefSlayer 2 месяца назад

Good story man. I can’t believe you didn’t ride your bike back to return it.

@songsan807 3 месяца назад

Very interesting how you share your experience. Growing up all my friends and neighbors have the original NES. I couldn't afford it. My older brother who was a 7th grader that time went to Downtown LA and brought one home with the cash he was saving. When my dad found out he was angry why a little kid would go to a dangerous place to buy a video console. I was the one that got to play the nes the most. When the SNES came out, again I didn't have the money for it. My older brother again brought this from a Target with the Street Fighter 2. Again I benefitted the most of the SNES purchase. This is probably why when I started making great money that I went and brought multiple NES and SNES systems 😀. Golden era of gaming that time.

@NotsoHardcore1 4 месяца назад

I remember playing Super Castlevania 4 for the first time it blew me away and still does.

@UpTheAnte1987 2 месяца назад

I love little stories like this 😊

@BaronStVon 3 месяца назад

Do more of these story time videos. They help set apart your content in this over-filled video game niche. Also, that was sweet you respected your mother that much. A lot of teens wouldn't be bothered to do similar or worse. Lol