Llama
Armored Scrum Object
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- Feb 10, 2016
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First off, this is a great forum. 
A little about me... I have been gaming since I was 5 with my NES way back in the day. The games I had then were Mario, Friday the 13th, Dick Tracy, Tagin Dragon, Harlem Globetrotters, and that's about it. Not kidding. I played the hell out of those games too. I actually got to the second mission in Dick Tracy as a kid. Those games were relentless! I can't count the number of times I threw a controller or punched the power button while raging. Such a crappy experience!
My first console in my room was the Genesis. It came with Sonic, and I couldn't get enough! My gaming years improved significantly during that time! True enjoyment.
The first time I saw a fighting game was Street Fighter at a local grocery store. I was a very poor kid, so poor in fact that my parents refused to give me 25 cents to waste on the experience. I saved my lunch money so I could play that game. I think lunch was something like $1.20 and I would get $1.25 each day for lunch, so it took a week to get the 25 cents needed for a play. It was a long week! I "borrowed" a pill container from my dad, so I could store my nickels until I had enough to convert them into the precious currency I so desired. See, back in the day life was much more simple. We'd go to the store, and my parents would tell me to meet them up front, or my mom would find me running around when they were done. I took my container of nickels to the cashier to get my quarters
When I was around 13 or so, my cousin actually got an AES. I didn't know what it was at first. All I knew was that it was amazing. He had 2 or 3 games, and I have no idea what they were. I was rarely over their house, but when I was, it was game time! And such a great time it was. Between watching Dukes of Hazard, drinking hot chocolate and playing Neo-Geo it was a paradise. No more change needed to play these fantastic games!
My next system was Playstation, played the hell out of the pack in demo disc. Then I got games like Tekken.
I never saw a Neo-Geo cabinet in person until much later in life. I was at the staging area while at Ft. Lewis Washington. There was a 4 slot cabinet, with Metal Slug and a few other games. We played that game all night long! So much fun.
Many many years later, I am out of the Army and have a family of my own. Gaming has been an integral part of our lives. When I moved for the army, all of my stuff got tossed into storage because my parents moved. Long story short, the unit was subject to water damage, and they lost almost everything in that one unit. This included my games, comics and many other things I have long forgotten.
Now that I am much older, I run a custom furniture business in my spare time. My day job is in testing plastic things.
You may be able to tell from this novel, but I am very passionate with gaming. At the end of my very long days, it is so nice to fire up my game systems as I re-live my childhood. Albeit, a nicer version of my childhood.
-Mel
A little about me... I have been gaming since I was 5 with my NES way back in the day. The games I had then were Mario, Friday the 13th, Dick Tracy, Tagin Dragon, Harlem Globetrotters, and that's about it. Not kidding. I played the hell out of those games too. I actually got to the second mission in Dick Tracy as a kid. Those games were relentless! I can't count the number of times I threw a controller or punched the power button while raging. Such a crappy experience!
My first console in my room was the Genesis. It came with Sonic, and I couldn't get enough! My gaming years improved significantly during that time! True enjoyment.
The first time I saw a fighting game was Street Fighter at a local grocery store. I was a very poor kid, so poor in fact that my parents refused to give me 25 cents to waste on the experience. I saved my lunch money so I could play that game. I think lunch was something like $1.20 and I would get $1.25 each day for lunch, so it took a week to get the 25 cents needed for a play. It was a long week! I "borrowed" a pill container from my dad, so I could store my nickels until I had enough to convert them into the precious currency I so desired. See, back in the day life was much more simple. We'd go to the store, and my parents would tell me to meet them up front, or my mom would find me running around when they were done. I took my container of nickels to the cashier to get my quarters
When I was around 13 or so, my cousin actually got an AES. I didn't know what it was at first. All I knew was that it was amazing. He had 2 or 3 games, and I have no idea what they were. I was rarely over their house, but when I was, it was game time! And such a great time it was. Between watching Dukes of Hazard, drinking hot chocolate and playing Neo-Geo it was a paradise. No more change needed to play these fantastic games!
My next system was Playstation, played the hell out of the pack in demo disc. Then I got games like Tekken.
I never saw a Neo-Geo cabinet in person until much later in life. I was at the staging area while at Ft. Lewis Washington. There was a 4 slot cabinet, with Metal Slug and a few other games. We played that game all night long! So much fun.
Many many years later, I am out of the Army and have a family of my own. Gaming has been an integral part of our lives. When I moved for the army, all of my stuff got tossed into storage because my parents moved. Long story short, the unit was subject to water damage, and they lost almost everything in that one unit. This included my games, comics and many other things I have long forgotten.
Now that I am much older, I run a custom furniture business in my spare time. My day job is in testing plastic things.
You may be able to tell from this novel, but I am very passionate with gaming. At the end of my very long days, it is so nice to fire up my game systems as I re-live my childhood. Albeit, a nicer version of my childhood.
-Mel
