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Which systems or games you always fawned over when you were younger? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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Stuff that, back when you were in the economic clutches of your parents, you could but dream of having.

For me, there were several. The Dreamcast was the first, then the PS2, back in the early 2000s

More recently, I've been completely enthralled by the Amiga and what it offered back in the late 80s. That's a system that was never available around my parts (Brazil), even as a clone product or contraband

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[–] FinalBoy1975 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My family wasn't rich, but when I was a kid we had an Atari 2600 and a Commodore 64 at home. When I started high school, I got an Amiga for my birthday. My mom became a huge gamer, so she tried to keep up with the times. She got an NES and then a SegaGenesis. I really wanted the Mortal Kombat games but mom said no. I had to play them at a friend's house. I was obsessed with Mortal Kombat. Anyway, I felt like I was lucky. Whatever games we didn't have at home I could play at friends' houses or at the arcade. The Dream Machine was easy to get to after school. Back then, the Dream Machine arcade often had better games with better graphics and sounds than a home console and if I couldn't have a game at home, the Dream Machine had it available for me to play. Quarters were precious treasures to hold onto and then spend at the arcade!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Going to a friends house only to play games they have is something that I miss dearly, and kinda feel sad about the younger kids of today, who won't get to experience that

[–] FinalBoy1975 1 points 1 year ago

That, and I miss the Dream Machine. It was fun.