Hayley says: November 9th, 2008 at 12:34 am

My folks would never buy my brothers and I this sort of thing… so we had to wait for our friends to be done with their old ones.

I think we finally got our Atari in 1996
Pitfall rocks!

geoffc says: November 9th, 2008 at 9:01 am

Sega Master System 2. Alex kid in Miracle world (built in) and Wonder boy.

reuben says: November 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

Same here Hayley – got hand-me-downs from my cousin and played around on friends. This is pretty bad i know, but i remember i made friends with one guy just because i knew he had a C64! lame!

I think my fave on Atari (2600?) was keystone capers. simple and stupid but strangely addictive.

And Geoff – i’m with you for Alex kid in miracle world! I loved the song and the little motor bike that he rode. did you get into Sonic? …it is “the sonic system” after all…

reuben says: November 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

Scratch that Geoff…just realised sonic was sega mega drive/genesis.

geoffc says: November 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

I was always jealous of my next door neighbour. he had a mega-drive. Sonic the hedgehog sounds much more apealing than study

i wonder if there is an online version??

geoffc says: November 9th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

http://www.freeaddictinggames.com/play/1051.html

reuben says: November 9th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

genius! it’s even got the sonic music!!

I think you can emulate the mega drive on pc’s/macs these days and play the real thing. I had SNES + super mario going on my X-Box a while ago. Fun, but not the same as playing it on the real thing though!!

SamCohen says: November 10th, 2008 at 11:23 am

Ahh, the good ol’ SNES days… Although That would have been $130 US (Hills was a US based department store) – so around $190 AUD…

I think that’s around what we paid for mine back in good ol’ 1995…

marty says: November 11th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

I got a SNES for my 9th or 10th birthday, with the original Donkey Kong Country. I remember thinking that one day I might pass it on to my kids…. hah! It still works, it’s still possible. We also grew up with a C64, such benefits of having older siblings.

reuben says: November 12th, 2008 at 12:40 am

@marty: Sweet! you should def. hang onto it. forget rings, SNES is the new family heirloom.

If storage becomes a problem though you could downsize to this:

portable SNES

Chad - Boi In Austin says: January 20th, 2009 at 6:03 am

Gosh do I miss those prices and those games. Now we are all spoiled with life-like graphics and detailed story lines. What ever happened to just the plain Jane Donkey Kong game! I love technology, don’t get me wrong, but I think sometimes we go over board!

I recently bought a “Pin Head” from a Good Will store for $2.50. Meanwhile we also bought a PS3, a TV cabinet that lifts the Tv out and a bunch of games and movies. The “Pin Head” is talked about more than anything else. Should of gotten two.

Read more on my blog too.
http://boiinaustin.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-was-your-christmas-look-back-at.html