I Was OVERWHELMED Getting This X-Men Game In 1996 

Seriously

lol my parents did but somehow lost all the tapes. I still remember it well thankfully

His dad was filming a documentary on his family

They were rich

​@VegasD702 Their financial status doesn't have anything to do with anything. Its about a dad's love for his family. Theres tons of wealthy husbands and dads that dont spend much time with their families, let alone take the time to record these awesome memories to be able to go back and watch years after.

Aren’t dads AWESOME?! I am a dad myself now and my kids get the same excitement when they see me as I did seeing my dad. My only thoughts are “man I hope I’m doing the best thing for these kids that is humanly possible.”

​ @ludotoyhunter8492 Man, its hard to believe in yourself sometimes. My dad set the bar so high that i feel like i could never live up to his level as far as being a dad. I try but I always have doubts as far as if Im doing the best I possibly can to raise them right.

EVERYONE has a dad. I think people that have moms are really special.

​@@chadwik4000can't it be both?

@@chadwik4000 award of the stupidest comment, not everyone has a dad, compared to moms

Any reasonable human being misses the hell out of the 90s !!!!!!!!!!!

I feel lucky to have go to experience it as a child

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I think we miss the way the world was in the 90s, more than the 90s themselves

Nothing more Merica than that 😂Miss those simpler times

Facts lol

After the major arcade at one of my local malls closed down back in early 2003. (Oxford Valley Mall in PA) I had little to no reason to go to the mall anymore.

now its spending time at th emall making annoying tiktok dances or only fans vidoes, dangerously pranking people and getting triggered

Yeah back when kids could walk around by themselves for a while and not get snatched.

I second that

naww same here i was a few years older when COTA came out my parents have passed too video games was and is such a big part of my life still!

It's re releasing on june 26 on xbox and ps5😭😭😭😭😭😭

The shot of him hugging his Mom is so sweet and sincere. I love the surprise gift and coming down the stairs just building the excitement! Imagine having a dad that is picking up a game the day it released for your birthday! I bought all my video game stuff by mowing lawns in the early 80s 😂, parents never bought a single video game for me.

I'm doing the same. His dad is the dad I want to be

That's huge praise, thanks man!

I can't help it. We're the same age just about and our family culture was the same. While I love the nostalgia, it's the love of your dad that makes me love the whole channel. It's your life and it hits in all of our homes and hearts. Keep doing it. Your dad was amazing!

Glad i found your comment bro, i was feelin the same.. I too was super excited for this game, but what really touches me deep is that his dad was even more excited for him that he recorded the whole experience, it's just soooo beautiful to see this.. Anyways, glad to know others are feeling the same

Wow! The memory of this gm that started the whole fad and trend of xmen N SF.. I was a little bit younger than you and didn't have a Saturn but had a ps1 in 1998 so the game I first was able to own was xmen vs sf exactly in the same my dad bought it for me and I RMB exactly how I felt. The high of emotions the warmth and giggly happiness I had for owning this gm I instantly became a celeb at school for having it and everyone couldn't stop talking and smiling about this gm ... your dad is SUPER SPECIAL TYLER it is utterly amazingly wonderful how he captured these moments through his video tape recorded I cried a lot of joy watching this clip because it just shows how Amazing your mom and dad are to do all they did to get this game so that you can be so happy

Btw becuz I owned these games I was able to practise and train in training mode that I kid u not I became a grand master ..it translated to massive 30 win streaks at the arcades in the 90's and 2000's at time I was winning for 2hrs straight .. im talking air combos, infinite combos felt like king of the world. Or at least the arcade world 😢no more arcades in the present time and no more hoards of 10-15 watching me 30 straight matches😢

The joy of playing a near perfect arcade game at home could not be measured at that time. Such a high

They didn't have to stop. Disney can easily strike up a deal with Capcom. Disney simply don't care about the fans. They've proven that with Marvel and Star Wars.

I am sure the time will come again. That last game left a horrible taste in my mouth, Christ those models were ugly.

COTN 4VR !!!!!! FUCK THE MOUSE !!!!!!

This aged like milk

Agreed, 96 to 2000 was my personal golden era for gaming.

I feel like it was right before greed took over passion in the industries 😞

@@korn2040 Very well put.

Agreed! Nothing compares.

I was a teen in the 90s, it's debatable lol. However, being a teen in the 90s was definitely the best, and that's not debatable.

No lies in this statement👆🏿

Hi MyRetroLife during that time 1996, I was a fan of X-men as well. I always went to the arcade and play the Children of the Atom. I was shocked when i saw it at the Arcades during that time. now it has been 28 years now which it is a very very very very long time which gives memories as a child now that I'am 41 years old and didn't have any recorded memories on VHS tapes like your dad did. But after 1996, I was also strucked and hit hard my entire life when X-men vs Streetfighter came out in the arcade the next following year. There was Hundreds of people playing that at the arcade non stop. Now i have it on my sega saturn from japan sadely the sega saturn died and Xmen vs Street fighter never made it to north America which is a very disappointment for the Sega Saturn. The US didnot give Sega Saturn the chance to survive because it had so much japan coming out right when Xmen vs Streetfighter was around the corner. Now I have several copies of X-men vs Street fighter "only" from Japan a stand alone copy with the spine card and registration card in mint condition and Box version from japan with the 4 meg version and more copies Im just a fan of how much nice incredible Animation and sprites it has almost identicle to the arcade. Im so happy that im still playing it right now. I also own X-men children of the Atom both American Version and the Japan Version. it such a nice game because of the art work and animation looks so nice in the game. Than after this, several years later Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the Dreamcast also struck me again but man these games were fantastic in the late 90s but i stop from here. Thanks for sharing your videos, it bring back memories exept that i don't memories recorded on VHS by my parents at the time :((((((( sadly

sure did very cool

God I’m thinking of importing a Japan version of saga Saturn and a copy of X-men vs street fighter

Yep slammed her

🥲

I played X Men vs Street Fighter 1st but X Men COTA was the foundation for the vs series.

I was thinking the exact same thing man. I'm a black dude from Detroit, rough neighborhood, no dad BUT his experience of discovering X-Men in the movie theater, loving the show, getting the games, are almost exactly like my experience. It's crazy how we can come from so many different backgrounds yet still be united by things like this. Makes me grateful for RU-vid

Bed Stuy? Crown Heights?

@@realhamonwry8620 Brownsville!

@@Bville127yikes! Yea that’s a notorious bad neighborhood; birthplace of Mike Tyson. I’m from south side of Chicago so I know how that is. but I love retro games, Street fighter is one of my favorite franchises.

Btw what year was this filmed in? And what year were you born? I love the fact you have footage. I was born in 1985. This gave me soo much nostalgia I shed a tear 😢

Thanks man. Filmed in April of 1996

@@MyRetroLifeis ur parents still alive man? And your bros or sis / and your friends that came over through the years ? Just wondering that’s all hope there all safe and healthy! Also I’m 40 born 83 and a huge gamer til the lord brings me home! Love ur channel brother!

@@Titus213-xc7piyou gotta watch more videos and you will know the answer my man 😢

This is very true.

Yup

Same lol 🫡

THAT is the most underrated game of all time. It completely took over me and my friends lives. It was the 1st time we’d ever seen “1st person shooting”. We played 24/7 for months.

You only got 007 the Golden Eye, the very first person shooter game? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My brothers and I, we've got KI GOLD and MK Trilogy. The hottest fighting game in N64 in '96 at the time, infinite combo from Noob Siabot, Rain, and Sub-Zero. KI was one of my favorite fighting games of the mid-90s in the SNES console. My newest friends at the time had bought the Mario 64 system console later that year in '97. Mario 64 is truly the best 1-person 3D adventure game I ever came across, better than all the Super Mario I've played in NES and SNES. I didn't play 007 Golden Eye and Doom 64 until the late 2000s when the PS2 console took over the gaming market, which I wasn't interested in Sony. The loading lag of those games in PS2 was terrible by the gaming developer company. 😪😴 Even til to this modern day, PS games are still lagging due to the rollback netcode, desync controllers...etc. Never count Nintendo out.🤣

“Controlling the Saturday morning cartoon” Exactly how I felt! The sprites, backgrounds and sounds got me high af haha

@@CRL365 Yup. The graphics was just too good back then. Remember seeing the danger room stage for the first time and I was like "How did they manage to do this?? 😱"

It’s a shame that the Saturn had what SHOULD have been the best home port of Mortal Kombat II. Visually it was arcade-PERFECT, but it suffered big time from constant load times, in-game load lag, missing / glitchy sound samples, and a few other issues. Ultimate MK3 on Saturn turned out being MUCH better, and even closer to the arcade version than MK2 was.

@@MattKittredge2112 I wasn’t even aware MK 2 was on Saturn! The more you know! :)

The Sega Saturn was the best console of the 1990's 🎉🧒🕹

@@tylerdenaro3365 I wouldn’t go that far but it was a great console!

@@tylerdenaro3365 Hands down. Dragon Force, Guardian Heroes, Grandia, Blazing Heroes, Iron Storm, X-men vs Street Fighter, Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Saga. No other console in the 90's came close.

He IS awesome guy not was lol