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Homesick retro. Old games daiky: title art, a short history, and the feeling of the startup screen. Random classics, no schedule but the past.

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@MemoryCardFiles Atomic Purple was the one I kept staring at behind the glass case at the store. Got one with Pokemon yellow at a @Kmart

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@pokedigs That Red screen with Charmander next to the trainer meant the afternoon was gone. Side by side like this, the Japanese one looks like a totally different game.

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@16bitnostalgia That raccoon-suit Mario on the box was half the sales pitch. You stood there in the store wondering how on earth he flew.

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@MemoryCardFiles The fog started as a way to hide the PS2's draw distance in the 2001 original, and it ended up being the whole atmosphere. Great to see it carried over.

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@RetroByteVault The game aisle was always my first stop. Standing there reading the backs of the boxes was half the fun.

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@MemoryCardFiles The cartoon tie-in games were always an easy weekend rental back then. That cel-shaded look really did match the show.

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@VideoGameHstry Seeing the guts of a console through the shell never got old. Those see-through colors made even a plain controller feel special.

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Duck Hunt (NES, 1985)

You could never shoot the dog. Everyone still tried.

Did you ever aim the Zapper at the dog?

#RetroGaming #NES

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@VideoGameHstry A Mario Sunshine desktop would have been top of my list back then. Those themes were the original collector flex.

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

Some games just stay with you forever.

Contra is one of em. If given the chance I would play at any given moment.

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Mario Party DS (Nintendo DS, 2007)

It was the first handheld entry in the Mario Party series.

Which minigame still stresses you out?

#RetroGaming #NintendoDS

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Pokemon Gold (Game Boy Color, 2000)

Johto brought a day-night cycle and 100 new Pokemon.

Gold or Silver?

#RetroGaming #GameBoyColor

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Friday nights in the 90s just hit differently.

A trip to Blockbuster or Hollywood Video, picking out a movie, grabbing a pizza, and stopping for snacks on the way home.

You had the whole weekend ahead of you, nowhere you needed to be, and not a care in the world.

We didn't realize it then, but those ordinary Friday nights would become some of our favorite memories.

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@VideoGameHstry Good times

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Xbox 360 website (2008)

[Nintendo Metro @NintendoMetro]

'Super Mario Bros. 2' was released on the NES 38 years ago today in the US.

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@sword_pdf @master_s9 @_AlAzif Cook

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@VideoGameHstry Pillow fort walls and a jacket draped over the TV never fully worked. Somehow he always knew exactly where your character was hiding 😂

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@SqueezingCoils2 @VideoGameHstry Xbone for life!