Talk about retro games thread!

**Axxer** · 10-29-2012, 10:42 AM **#111**

When your a 3 year old obsessed with playing your brothers' awesome new game, it becomes entrenched in your mind. I beat the game that year, and have subsequently beaten it 8 times. The nostalgia level for that game is ridiculous for me.

***Shonumi*** · 10-29-2012, 10:51 AM **#112**

(10-29-2012, 10:32 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: I don't remember jack squat from before age 5/6. And I thought that was normal.

I've remembered stuff since before I was 2. I thought that was normal, but apparently it's not really given what I've heard from my friends. My memory seems to be really strong.

**NaturalViolence** · 10-29-2012, 02:43 PM **#113**

My sister played mario games around me a lot when I was that age. When I go back and play the old SNES mario games I recognize things but I wouldn't really call that a memory. I can't actually remember watching my sister play these, I just know that it must have happened. I guess they are memories, just a different type of memory, more like an instinct or when you run into someone and think to yourself "I know him/her from somewhere".

**Zee530** · 10-29-2012, 06:19 PM **#114**

(10-29-2012, 10:51 AM)Shonumi Wrote:
(10-29-2012, 10:32 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: I don't remember jack squat from before age 5/6. And I thought that was normal.

I've remembered stuff since before I was 2. I thought that was normal, but apparently it's not really given what I've heard from my friends. My memory seems to be really strong.

Life basically started for me at 9-10, anything before that was just glimpses from a dream.

Maverick Hunter X · 10-29-2012, 09:40 PM **#115**

Ha ha you guys are funny. Everyone should be able to remember their childhood from 3-4 years of age.
I remember back in 1988-1989 when I was three-four years old playing Super Mario Bros, Goonies II, Track & Field II, Clu Clu Land, Ice Climbers, Slalom, Zelda, Metroid and Kid Icarus etc. on my cousins NES.
It was great times, I later inherited that NES and I got all kind of awesome games for birthday and christmas presents the following years to come. Mega Man 4 was he best gift ever back in 1992.

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 10-30-2012, 03:20 AM by NaturalViolence.)

Quote:Life basically started for me at 9-10, anything before that was just glimpses from a dream.

That sounds about right. I'm the same way.

***Shonumi*** · 10-30-2012, 03:30 AM **#117**

Guess I'm like an elephant then. I have a lot of memories (distinct and specific ones) from way back when, both for gaming and everyday life. I can't really say I remember my early childhood any less than I do my teens and early adolescence.

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 10-30-2012, 03:33 AM by NaturalViolence.)

I remember pretty much everything that I was taught during that era (facts, numbers, etc.) but not memories of specific events that actually happened to me......

Then again my memory has always been like that, even now.

***Shonumi*** · 10-30-2012, 03:50 AM **#119**

One thing I have no recollection whatsoever was the Quake of '89. My whole family and I were there for it, but that's a complete blank. I don't think it actually happened :p

For gaming though, I remember playing Tecmo Bowl with my Dad. I played Disney's Adventures in the Magic Kingdom a lot (it was a crappy game though) and SMB. We also had SMB3, but apparently my parents lost it. How do you lose such a great game? Inconceivable, I tell you. I mostly watched my mom play LoZ. When I tried to play it once, I died within two screens, so I just let a "pro" handle it. One of my cousins dented the gold cartridge when he borrowed it, but it still worked. Around the time my sister was born, we got the Sega Genesis. I remember that day when we went to Toys R Us and bought the bundle pack with Sonic The Hedgehog. Sonic defined most of my life as it related to games all the way up to 2000.

... Now I feel old.

**Zee530** · 10-30-2012, 03:55 AM **#120**

Yeah, this unable to remember stuff at this age of mine is really bugging me and it happens alot for me with people. I might meet you today but by tomorrow i would've forgotten your face and name unless you remind me of some event that lights up my memory of you. I unconsciously now use a kind of fail-safe mechanism whenever i meet someone, i treat them as though we've met before even if we have or havent, i just hope no one notices this weakness of mine and decide to take advantage of it Tongue