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Explosive Zombie
Awesome thread, brother. I know these games better than most modern stuff.
I was born in early 1991 and wasn't gifted a console until Christmas of 1993... so I was nearly 3. For all I know, it could've been Christmas of 1994, but I know the NES Toploader was released in 1993 and that's the model I had. Either way, the Super Nintendo was already 2 or 3 years into being a thing by the point I got my console. So I'm always trying to guesstimate the exact age I became obsessed. My first games were Super Mario Bros 3, Kirby's Adventure, Battletoads and Double Dragon (the one where they fight together), and I have a visual memory of going to Funco Land and picking out the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for myself and my dad explaining what 'used' meant lmao and how it was the 'same thing' (just like the dollar theater was always the 'same thing' and eating hot dogs on bread rather than buns).
The age if of the NES actually worked to my advantage though because the games were super cheap, and often just given away to me by people who didn't want 'em. I remember finding a cardboard box full of NES carts on the side of the curb as a kid - scored the rare Bucky O'Hare that way, which I eventually sold for $90 as much older adult. So -
cool! I didn't get and N64 until 1997, and even then I played the crap out of my NES alongside the 64. I'm actually really proud to have grown up with the NES and SNES because a lot of people my age can't cite much earlier than PS1/N64/Pokemon... some even started with PS2.
With that said, I didn't realize until fairly recently just how many of my NES favorites were actually from the 90s. That's a unique subject on its own tbh.
I'll share some videos of 80s favorites though. Just looking at the Youtube video for Championship Bowling makes me a little teary eyed. My mother, who will likely pass before this year's end was always
very mentally ill my whole life. I remember, though, the one game I was able to teach her how to play as a kid was Championship Bowling. We passed the NES Advantage joystick back and forth because it had that 1p/2p switch, and always had a blast! Even if I had to set the game up for her up for her. She knew how to use the power meter and aim. So awesome.
Good times, man. If I only knew.
Anywho, looks like I had a strong lenience towards SHMUPs and Sports games as a kid. Just examining this list further. Gun.Smoke was another game I found in that box, I
think Ice Hockey and Air Fortress too.
