: Before even talking about Nintendo, I thought
: of two other things. Remember the guy Rob
: who seemed to be an encyclopedia of
: gaming/Nintendo information? Where did he
: go?
I have times where I feel that way about a few different people. I have no clue on Rob and, actually, I often wonder about LJ since he was a regular participant in XTW. I just remember LJ had posted he had some reason he had to be offline for a while and never returned and aside from his posts here, I had no way to contact him.
: When N64 released, I don't think there was a
: line at the store. I could picture at most
: three or four units on the sales floor.
: Were video games still a "niche"
: hobby back then? Two weird parts to that
: story: This chain boasted in their name that
: Nobody beat them, but they've been out of
: business for a while (around the George W.
: Bush era); two was how I didn't buy a game
: for the system right away. I forget if the
: actual games were sold out, or if I just
: didn't have the money.
:
: Anyway, my first N64 game was a rented copy
: of "Pilotwings [64?]," since Mario
: was out of stock at Blockbuster.
I recall my boss at the job I had at the time helping me out. I literally couldn't afford the system in one chunk so he bought it for me and I made payments back to him from my next several paychecks. Very cool of him to do and I spent HOURS with Super Mario 64. :-P
: GameCube - My brother and I lined up at the
: launch, and we must've bought three games
: PLUS an extra controller. The line had to
: be 20 or more people, and it looked like
: everyone got a ticket for the system.
I had it reserved at FuncoLand (now Gamestop) but almost got screwed out of it. When I reserved it apparently someone wrote my info on a different reservation sheet but it was there. I said that didn't I reserve mine sooner than some names on the other list? Well, then I should be allowed to get the one I reserved. I did get it and while I'm not 100% sure of my first game, I know one of my first was Super Monkey Ball.
: Wii - I was working daytime hours around
: those years, and I felt like I could wait
: until the shortages went away. Maybe I need
: some of that same patience in 2017? My
: system calendar would show when I first
: powered on the unit (it was a New Years
: Day).
The one and only time I have ever done anything "Black Friday" related! A friend and I went to Gamestop early and we were the 3rd ones at the door. I thought, "YES! If you're 3rd you're in FOR SURE!" Turned out they only had TWO Wii consoles and, of course, both of the people in front of me wanted them. I later found out that Wii consoles came in cases of THREE per case. Guess what I have a hunch happened? Likely a worker kept one back for their self. It wasn't until about that following February or March that a friend of mine found one for me that I paid him full ticket for.
At some point I do plan to have the NES Classic more so "just to have" although I can set it up on the side TV I have so that if I have people over they can game on the side while the XBox One or Wii U or whatever is on the main screen. :-)
As far as the Switch, yeah, I'll get one but this where my modern day patience is key. Well, that and there's nothing currently that feels like a "must have" game for me. So while I'm not even worried about trying to get one as quick as possible, I'll keep my eyes and ears open (as well as check on Amazon from time to time) and get one at some point. I know that despite what "hardcore gamers" say about it, 1-2-Switch looks like a REALLY fun party game! I LOVE games that are fun and that even non-gamers can have fun with. :-)
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