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[Router]

This is me and my best bud Suge playing Sonic.

That's not funny. He died after that.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Parents never took pictures of me gaming when I was a kid.

They were kind of weirded out by how into it I was.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

Being the buttend of 4 kids, my parents were exhausted from photograph fatigue by the time I arrived. It really sucks because I hardly have any pictures of myself as a kid.

 

[Broder Salsa]

The earliest I can find online, but I know there is some on my fathers lap while he is playing commodore 64.

(The dark haired one, the other was our neigbor who I always gamed with)

 

[Gustav]

Me, inserting Ghostbusters II into my Gameboy.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

There's probably a photo of me playing N64 hidden away somewhere, as well as a few of me with my OG red Gameboy, aka "The Brick".

 

[Escape Goat]

There's probably a photo of me playing N64 hidden away somewhere...

 

[Gustav]

The earliest I can find online, but I know there is some on my fathers lap while he is playing commodore 64.

(The dark haired one, the other was our neigbor who I always gamed with)

This picture. With your avatar next to it. It all makes so much sense.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Amazing.

 

[andymcc]

Here's a photo of me playing Turbo-Grafx. I think I'm playing Galaga '90.

 

[PhoenixSFT]

The search is over everyone, we've found Waldo.

 

[Gustav]

Outatime license plate lol

Great Scott!

 

[Lombaszko]

Me, inserting Ghostbusters II into my Gameboy.

Great photo!

 

[Easy_D]

I'm the guy with the multicolored pillow.

A true nerd fort!

 

[Mistle]

Not actually playing games, but I'm hanging out with Bart Simpson at an arcade birthday party.

that bart is hilarious

 

[Revolutionary]

I don't think I've ever had a picture taken of me while gaming.

 

[deejay8595]

Erie pics here...

Me and my friend playing some random Sega or SNES (ZSNES forever baby!) game on the PC when I was 12.

Fast forward 14 years later and I snapped this pic of My nephew and his friend gaming.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Oh god

Arrow keys? Smh

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

Here's a photo of me playing Turbo-Grafx. I think I'm playing Galaga '90.

Having all those gaming systems at such a young age? You were spoilt.
When I was about 10, only a few rich kids at my school had Genesis/Mega Drives. My friends and I loved our Master Systems but really envied those rich kids. lol

 

[XNarte]

I'm the one with the big ole' glasses. Was playing Sega Channel! I think I have earlier ones somewhere.

 

[Switters]

You guys are breaking my heart with all this nostalgia. Great Thread.

There are many more pictures, but this is one of the most amusing. I'm the chicken boned red head.

 

[andymcc]

Having all those gaming systems at such a young age? You were spoilt.
When I was about 10, only a few rich kids at my school had Genesis/Mega Drives. My friends and I loved our Master Systems but really envied those rich kids. lol

my dad was a a REALLY avid gamer (still is somewhat). the turbo-grafx and Genesis were technically his!

 

[demosthenes]

I need to look for this stuff next time I'm home.

 

[U2NUMB]

Sorry... felt the need to

 

[MThanded]

I'm the guy with the multicolored pillow.

wut

 

[Omegasquash]

Shit...and here my Mom is coming to visit for the weekend. I'd have had her bring a bunch up from '88 and the NES glory days.

 

[strafer]

Sorry... felt the need to

That is a badass tv.

 

[TunaMarshmallow]

Amazing.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure I was playing Mouse Trap. It was my favorite game until I was, like, three. I don't know old controllers well enough to know what system I'm playing on. (I know that Mouse Trap came out for 2600, but I think it was ported everywhere.)

 

[JaseC]

Wait, why is this thread in OT? Wasn't it in Gaming earlier or is my mind failing me?

 

[Majine]

Late 80's-Early 90's up in dis.

 

[CitizenCope]

Great thread.
God I'm going to be the first with an Intellivision pic. I'll work on that after work.

 

[Genesis Knight]

Great thread.
God I'm going to be the first with an Intellivision pic. I'll work on that after work.

Hah, that's awesome. My first system as well! Don't have any photo evidence, though.

 

[Druz]

Playing Asheron's Call on my IBM Aptiva in 1999.

Exciting new time of 3D MMO games, live events, and thousands of other people. Wasted a lot of my life on that game and its a picture of the beginning haha.

 

[Prez]

"They told me I could be anything I wanted, so I became a shark"

 

[tycoonheart]

Late 80's-Early 90's up in dis.

Best years to be a gamer, IMO. It was different back then. I still game a lot but... not the same.

 

[deejay8595]

Damn, and I thought my pics were huge lol!

Great thread idea btw!

 

[Represent.]

one with the controller lol

 

[Downhome]

OMG lol im dyin here at this pic...can someone make me an avatar size of the face and the thumbs up in a single frame? Thanks.

 

[Gustav]

one with the controller lol

Super badass pants.

 

[andymcc]

Great thread.
God I'm going to be the first with an Intellivision pic. I'll work on that after work.

Mine is probably the first (and only) with a Bally Astrocade!

 

[Revoh]

Me with the Commodore Amiga joystick.

Seems legit.

Btw, nice thread!

 

[demon]

Oh man I just remembered I have a photo of me from like 1994 standing in front of my tv with my first metropolis in SNES Sim City, so I do have something to contribute. Will try to post later.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

oh man I know I have some pics of me somewhere!

its pretty cool to see how all of our interest/bed rooms and stuff were so similar back in the day.

edit: minus those naked Xbox guys. Weird. lol

 

[Felix Lighter]

I'm the guy with the multicolored pillow.

Awwwwwww It's so cute when the young ones build a fort during sleep overs.

 

[Riptwo]

Fuck. That was in Southcentre.

Turned into Wizards Castle...now it's a fucking Sport Chek. bleh. I loved the arcades.

I think this was taken at the TD Square location, but yeah. I miss the hell out of our arcades! The slow death of the UofC one was painful.

 

[low-G]

http://murphman-studios.com/movies/nintendo.mov

Here's a video of me playing Mario 1 the day after we got it (this is Boxing Day...'87? I don't know...I was either 1 or 2 there...if 1, 86, if 2, 87)

EDIT:
Clearly hadn't watched in awhile. I think it was 87, so I was almost 3.

That is fantastic.

I do have some pics of me lookin like the biggest dweeb ever playing my GameBoy, that's one of the first pics I have of me playing a game. Also got some of me playing those handheld single-game systems, NES, and many others after that (SNES, Playstation).

But sorry won't share on NeoGAF, my identity is still a secret here. Just wanted to say I appreciate this thread!

 

[Easy_D]

http://murphman-studios.com/movies/nintendo.mov

Here's a video of me playing Mario 1 the day after we got it (this is Boxing Day...'87? I don't know...I was either 1 or 2 there...if 1, 86, if 2, 87)

EDIT:
Clearly hadn't watched in awhile. I think it was 87, so I was almost 3.

Love the fact that you shake the controller while Mario jumps. Almost like you knew what the future had in store!

 

[BigBlue1974]

Don't have one of myself handy, but I like this one of my son playing Angry Birds.

 

[Einhander]

I was about 12 here. The reason why I look tired is because I had stayed up all night playing Final Fantasy 7.

 

[Juicy Bob]

OMG lol im dyin here at this pic...can someone make me an avatar size of the face and the thumbs up in a single frame? Thanks.