To this day i know exactly where my first Gameboy color was bought. I even know the street name off the cuff, not the number tho.
Not as unlikely as you think i would say
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jaybone@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Who remembers where they bought their game consoles? Did he give the address of a Best Buy off the top of his head?
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I do. Especially when I was young. This was 2002, so it’s probably the same store he went to all the time to browse. (Assuming this is real, of course).
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
I don’t know where the ones my parents bought me were from, because they were always surprise gifts. But I sure as hell remember where the ones I bought with my own money were from, and where a I bought a few particularly important to me games. Not address off the top of my head but I could pretty easily look most up now, or even years ago with the internet.
Kirby’s Dreamland 3 was from a discount bin at the Walmart where my family lived until I was 8. Death and Return of Superman for the SNES was from the video rental store we used to frequent after we moved, when they started selling off their old SNES games. Lots of games from one particular Gamestop in between the grocery store and the movie theater. Midnight release of Smash Bros Brawl there. Got a used N64 and some games for it there during the early 360 era too. PSP and some games for it was my first “real” purchase completely with my own money (no birthday or christmas gift money towards it) and was done at a Gamestop in the corner of a local mall. Moved 8 hours away with a GF and picked up Aladin, Starfox, and Super Metroid for the SNES for prices that would now be robbery from a local retro games store before the collectors started getting into retro games (still haven’t checked if they’re legit or repros, and I should because that store sold a few romhacks on physical cartridge from a different display area in the store). Moved back with my folks after a rough break up. Bubsy 3d from a new store that sells all sorts of used stuff out of what used to be an old Border’s book store where I had previously been to for a midnight Harry Potter release (cut me some slack I was like 10 for the Potter and it was long before any of the drama). Switch from a Gamestop in the town where my wife grew up.
Yes, I wish I remembered more important stuff, but I think people have forgotten what buying video games was like in the “old days”. You had word of mouth, experience with previous games in the series, cart and box art, and maybe a review from a gaming magazine to go off of. So it was an experience. Unless you were one of those kids that was going out to buy a brand new game, you used to actually browse and decide. It was a big deal because you’d get maybe one new game for 6 months at a time. I used to strecth things by trying to get a few used games instead of just one new one. Sometimes you got a flop, like when I bought Croc and Croc 2 because they looked fun and I liked the humor on the back of the box. Not bad games, but I already had experienced Crash Bandicoot 2 and Spyro 3. Early 3D platformer controls like Croc just weren’t my thing by that point.
In some ways I miss it. On the other hand, I have a lot less “meh” games hanging around now.
figjam@midwest.social 14 hours ago
Its odd what becomes a core memory to an 8 year old.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Yeah OP says 12 year old. I guess I can see you remembering a purchase like that around that age.
And I guess I remember where I got the phone I’m using right now.
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Ebay?