Did your parents ever get you a game you didn't want?

[Strell]

Inspired by the OMG-I-GOTS-N64 kid, and thinking about the past and my history with video games, I propose a question.

Did your parents ever get you a game you knew you didn't want, or got you the wrong thing completely, etc., and you reacted poorly to it?

This is going to make me sound like a total ass (but hey, I was young and stupid....I'm still stupid, just less young these days), but I remember a long time ago, I was probably around 7-8. My cousin had gotten Super Pitfall for the NES. I went to his house and played it and decided it was just the coolest damn game in the world, and begged my parents to get it for me.

(Side Note: Yes, I know the game was horrible, and today I can barely stomach it. I don't know what the attraction was at the time I was so young. Again, it's the stupidity thing.)

So my mom - who is the absolutely greatest person walking this earth - having been verbally badgered by me over this game, took it upon herself to make me happy, so she went out to the mall and came back with...

...a complete Sega Master System.

I erupted in tears. I still, still to this day and perfectly picture that exact instant, when she told me she had a surprise for me. I looked up in awe, and she presented an entire damn game system to me, complete with Hang-On/Safari, back when they packed in games with the consoles. I can remember my wide eyes becoming watering, my mouth beginning to shiver, and crying LOUDLY in front of my incredibly generous mother. Subsequently I turned around and ran screaming into my room, threw myself on the bed and cried until I finally went to sleep. I kept screaming that I wanted Pitfall, I wanted Pitfall, etc.

Ultimately I decided to try the system out. My mom is a smart woman and she knew I'd come around once I realized exactly what it is she had given me, and I ended up liking the system quite a bit. Of course, it never equaled the NES for me, but it was still a great system, and I sunk hundreds of hours into games like Zillion, Space Harrier, Maze 3D (with those dorky 3D glasses), and various other games.

I remember also that my mom thought Alex Kidd was incredibly cute. Strangely we never bought one of those titles.

To this day I still feel somewhat guilty about it, and while I know she doesn't feel bad or anything, I really ought to call her up and ask her if she remembers that and apologize. But hey, young and stupid, man.

That might be the only real instance I can think of. Typically any other time they gave me games, they'd ask me for suggestions or simply let me pick it out myself. Still remember choosing Soloman's Key over Might Bomb Jack, and saving up pennies in a plastic lego case to buy the first Ninja Turtles game (with the scrolls, overhead map, swimming underwater to undo bombs, etc).

Just thought I'd share.

[Chacrana]

My mom's actually always been really good about getting me the games or whatever that I ask for. The only time she's deviated from my list of demands for Christmas or Birthday stuff was this last Christmas. I asked for some games that I was kinda on the fence about (there were quite a few) and I got a couple of them, but my mom also went ahead and got me a PSP and Metal Gear Acid (neither of which I asked for.) That actually turned out well because I love both.

So unfortunately, nothing bad to say.

[wubb]

I probably would have reacted worse than you did in that same situation.

Can't recall anything along those lines, but I do remember being PISSED when some TMNT game was sold out at the mall. :lol: I got grounded for a couple days for my reaction IIRC.

I think a lot of kids end up with crappy games they pick out themselves because they find themself at the mall/wherever and their mom/dad says 'Alright Johnny pick out a game' They then have to pick one out based on basically the title and cover art. I never buy a game these days without reading a review or two or at least checking the GR score.

[Mookyjooky]

God I miss being a kid.... =(

I got Adventures of Buyou Billy...lol

I hated that game soooo much, but I played it all the time, because I was kid, it was all I had for a long time and it was a present from my mom. My mom was a single mom, who was a waitress... getting presents that wasnt a Aiwc (Crappy brand name) walkman crap was awesome.

[guyver2077]

not from my parents.. but i did receive cliffhanger for snes!!

nuff said

[crazytalkx]

I've hardly ever gotten video games/nerdy stuff for "special occasions" so there hasn't been any dissapointments (out of 2 :lol:).Christmas 1996, I had only ever had a Game Boy as a "gaming console", I was 8 at the time, and opened the huge box under the tree.

A Nintendo 64 with the limited edition gold controller and Star Fox 64.
Wow, that has been unmatched up until now. And thus my gaming addiction began.

Also got Space Station Sylicon Valley a few years ago for my birthday, great game IMO. And two years ago I got a GP01 Perfect Grade Gundam Model for my birthday, fucking orgasmic, 1300 pieces, 1 foot tall, damn.

[SpazX]

not from my parents.. but i did receive cliffhanger for snes!!

nuff said
Haha, yeah me and my brother got that used from somewhere, man did that game blow, that's when I learned that games based off movies suck ass.

The only thing that I can think of was when I got a dreamcast for christmas (so I was 13, so not hissy fit age or anything) and wanted soul calibur and ended up with mortal kombat gold. Yeah, that sucked, and my non-enthusiasm made my parents feel bad I think and then I felt bad and I played it, but it was the first thing I ever sold on ebay...

[daroga]

When I was, oh about 6 or 7 I guess I got an NES with Mario 3 (yes, I got into the NES game late) and perhaps one of the worst games in existence, Back to the Future II & III.

While I beat the snot out of Mario 3 over and over again, I never, EVER figured out anything on Bttf2&3. It was like a Mario game from bizzaro world--like they based a game off of that horrible Mario movie and threw a flying DeLorean into it.

I've since rebought that game for me NES when I saw it for $1 at an EB. I put it in, and still to this day can't figure out anything on it. Not that I really care all that much. It's control is much too frustrating to be fun.

By and large I got awesome gifts. I'll never forget getting my Genesis for Christmas the year Sonic 2 came out. I was so excited (it came with Sonic 1) that I played Sonic well into the morning that day. When our family came over for a complete family Christmas, I had to show my uncle how cool this was (he was the first person I knew to own an NES). He thought it was cool, and totally blew me away when he had gotten me Sonic 2 for that Christmas. Amazing! Even better was when he called me later that week asking me what was the best way to get threough Marble Garden Zone, since he went out and bought a Genesis the day after he saw mine. ;)

[jlarlee]

Home alone on the SNES. Beat that game in like 2 hours and enjoyed none of it.

[SilverPaw750]

My parents are good about getting something they know I'll like. Friends on the other hand...

I've gotten Enter the Matrix and Tekken Advance from friends in the past. I returned both after playing them some (and beating ETM in a day), and the friends were utterly offended. I said fuck that - if they couldn't figure out why I had returned the games, maybe they weren't my friends.

[Greetard]

Iggy's Wreckin' Balls.

God I hate that game.

[Graystone]

I have a few times. I hate telling my mom I don't want something, cause she is just like me to where she like to make people happy. So when you tell her its something you don't want or wanted it makes her sad.

[SMMM]

I remember when I was younger, my mom said she had bought about 20 snes games off some guy. Growing up with little to nothing and having to only rent once every few weeks, I was happiest kid alive. Then she came with the big box. I opened only to reveal 20 nes games, which played on the system we sold to get the snes. I erupted in tears, screamed, and ran. God, i was a pussy...

[TimPV3]

I think I was 7 when I got The Ooze for Genesis. I didn't want it, but I accepted it and loved it. Maybe I hated it, I don't remember.

[2Fast]

This isn't really video game related, but, the only thing I can remember having a fit about was when I asked to open a present early (thinking it was an action figure) and being granted permission to do so, only to find out that it was an electric toothbrush. I had such a fit, I probably should apologize to my mom for having that fit and ruining Christmas this year...

[whoknows]

Back when "The Lost World" was in theaters I think...I wanted the T-Rex toy and when I opened my first gift thinking thats what it was, but it was instead a Lego set...I whined and threw a temper tantrum...only to find the next present I opened had the T-Rex in it...that sure was embarassing...

[crazytalkx]

but it was instead a Lego set...I whined and threw a temper tantrum...

What the fuck?? Legos were the shit! I'd play with 'em today if it wasn't so weird for an 18 year old to be doing it!

[willardhaven]

My parents somehow managed to not mess up games that I asked for.

I often rented them first though.

I used to rent Zelda III : A Link to the Past often for the SNES, and every time I had to return it, I would get really sad. I think I was about seven years old. One Sunday night when I was upset since it was time to pack it up for the return, my parents opened up a plastic bag with a brand new copy to call my own. I played the death out of that game.

[Scahom1]

I remember one Christmas morning...I had asked for WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game...what I got was WWF Raw. I remember being upset, but come on, it's Christmas, so I tried my best to be as happy as I could be. I had a sense that my Mom knew it was the wrong game.

I ended up buying WrestleMania with my Christmas money, and all was well in the world.

[whoknows]

What the fuck?? Legos were the shit! I'd play with 'em today if it wasn't so weird for an 18 year old to be doing it!
Dinosaurs are better than Legos...so yeah...I was obsessed back then. I asked for the Jurrassic Park video game too and I got it on Sega Saturn...sadly I didnt have a Saturn so it had to be returned...I think I got the Lion King (Genesis) and Wacky Worlds instead of it....

[asianxcore]

yes. after seeing how much I enjoyed Legend of Zelda on NES, my parents went ahead and got me Zelda 2: Adventures of Link. I was the most unhappy kid on the block, I absolutely hated the game. Still do. :)

[psiufoxx2]

This isn't so much about a game that my parents bought me, but an incident while playing a game.

I must have been about 10 years old and totally in the throws of my crazy game addiction. I had invited three of my friends over since I just got Mega Man 3 and we decided it would be cool to play it straight through. Since I owned the system they all had no problem watching me blaze through the game, offering advice and tactics as I blasted through such classic enemies as Gemini Man and Shadow Man. We had the hardest time beating all the Doc Robots and then the mini bosses and finally arrived at Dr. Wily. He had something like 3 or 4 waves to beat him and I had just reached the final wave when *POOF* the power went off.

We were all like.... "oh no, what happened!?" Yep... turns out my mom had unplugged the system right at this crucial moment to plug in a vacuum cleaner, not knowing that the power cord she unplugged was the NES cord. I think I whined for like an hour, but she was so apologetic. The funniest part was we couldn't even explain to her our ruined victory because we were talking in video game terms - a completely foreign language to my mother (at that time). We were yelling "we were at the final boss!! we've been playing for hours!!!" To which she responded.. "Maybe you all need to go play outside for awhile.."

Heh. Now that I wrote this whole thing out.. I realize it pretty much sucks to read. Well, c'est la vie. Hope someone enjoyed it.

[Tromack]

The Christmas that I got my SNES, I had been asking for Final Fantasy II. Instead, I got Mystic Quest. Obviously, I wasn't exactly pleased. It wasn't until later that I would realize how unpleased I was, but I tried not to be an ungrateful little bastard and didn't say anything. I did wind up getting Final Fantasy III shortly after, so it was all good.

[Number83]

I remember my mom made a deal with me, that if I read 5 books while I was on summer vacation, she would buy me the original Pitfall for the Atari 2600 that someone gave us because my Dad, who was an accountant, did someone's taxes but wouldn't take any money for doing them. Of course I read the books, but with money being tight, she couldn't hold up her end of the bargain. It was OK. She was a music teacher at a catholic school, so she didn't get paid that much ($25 a week) and she didn't get paid during the summer. What she did get was free tuition for her 4 kids. Turns out, that she had gotten it for me for my birthday with her first paycheck of the school year. But what she gave me in the long term was even better...an education. So now I can afford to buy whatever game I want! I still have that Pitfall cart, sitting next to a picture of my mom in my office at home. I miss you!

BTW, since then I've bout tons of crappy games...just keeping in line with the thread!

[wubb]

Number83 - Damn that is a great story.

I probably should apologize to my mom for having that fit and ruining Christmas this year...

:rofl: (Probably a simple typo, but still funny.)

[Scahom1]

This isn't so much about a game that my parents bought me, but an incident while playing a game.

I must have been about 10 years old and totally in the throws of my crazy game addiction. I had invited three of my friends over since I just got Mega Man 3 and we decided it would be cool to play it straight through. Since I owned the system they all had no problem watching me blaze through the game, offering advice and tactics as I blasted through such classic enemies as Gemini Man and Shadow Man. We had the hardest time beating all the Doc Robots and then the mini bosses and finally arrived at Dr. Wily. He had something like 3 or 4 waves to beat him and I had just reached the final wave when *POOF* the power went off.

We were all like.... "oh no, what happened!?" Yep... turns out my mom had unplugged the system right at this crucial moment to plug in a vacuum cleaner, not knowing that the power cord she unplugged was the NES cord. I think I whined for like an hour, but she was so apologetic. The funniest part was we couldn't even explain to her our ruined victory because we were talking in video game terms - a completely foreign language to my mother (at that time). We were yelling "we were at the final boss!! we've been playing for hours!!!" To which she responded.. "Maybe you all need to go play outside for awhile.."

Heh. Now that I wrote this whole thing out.. I realize it pretty much sucks to read. Well, c'est la vie. Hope someone enjoyed it.

That really sucks.

[cochesecochese]

As far as video game presents go, nahhhh. My folks weren't exactly the wealthiest when I was growing up so I got my consoles well after their release (NES the year after SNES came out) but as a result got a system and like forty games off the bat. Every once in a while I would get a game for christmas, and since it was so rare they'd be sure to ask me what I wanted.

Although I do remember distinctly that I never really was interested in a Gameboy but they got one for me anyways. It was about a week after a huge shipment of them got jacked and my parents were bragging how they only paid $50 for it when it cost $100 new. Didn't kick in until a few years(come on, I was like seven) later that they totally bought my Gameboy from the thief.

[niceguyshawne]

The OP reminded me of the disappointment of getting the Sega Master System instead of the NES one Christmas. I pretended to like it then and actually got a lot of use out of it. It still was never an NES.

[sonderiaom]

It wasn't what my parents had gotten me, it was what my grandma had tried to get me. I say 'try' because it wasn't quite what I wanted. I was all into the cheating devices back then, always using a gameshark or game genie to get passed the harder parts of the game. Anyway, I had both a Genesis and a SNES and I already had the game genie for the Genesis so of course I asked for the one for the SNES. Anyway, I was opening my presents for my birthday I found I had gotten.... another game genie for the Genesis. In front of every single person in my family, and my friends and other people, I said "Thanks grandma, but it's the wrong one". Of course she wasembarassed by this and covered it by saying "whatever" and sucking down a cigarette.

[Theenternal]

My parents got me the power glove for xmas, I really really wanted it, until I tried to use it. Then realized I really didnt want it. I sold it for like 2/3's the price the next day :(. I have another one though, boxed that I picked up for 5.00 at a flea market.

[munch]

I remember my mom made a deal with me, that if I read 5 books while I was on summer vacation, she would buy me the original Pitfall for the Atari 2600 that someone gave us because my Dad, who was an accountant, did someone's taxes but wouldn't take any money for doing them. Of course I read the books, but with money being tight, she couldn't hold up her end of the bargain. It was OK. She was a music teacher at a catholic school, so she didn't get paid that much ($25 a week) and she didn't get paid during the summer. What she did get was free tuition for her 4 kids. Turns out, that she had gotten it for me for my birthday with her first paycheck of the school year. But what she gave me in the long term was even better...an education. So now I can afford to buy whatever game I want! I still have that Pitfall cart, sitting next to a picture of my mom in my office at home. I miss you!

BTW, since then I've bout tons of crappy games...just keeping in line with the thread!

This sounds like a gay after school special.

This kind of thing never happened to me with video games, but one Christmas my mom and dad bought me the wrong type of bike. I literally cried my eyes out. I feel really bad for doing it since I the bike was actually really kick ass. Despite all my crying, though, I realized the real gift my parents gave me was . . . an education.

[Number83]

This sounds like a gay after school special.

This kind of thing never happened to me with video games, but one Christmas my mom and dad bought me the wrong type of bike. I literally cried my eyes out. I feel really bad for doing it since I the bike was actually really kick ass. Despite all my crying, though, I realized the real gift my parents gave me was . . . an education.

Just remember it's my story and I retain all profits from the movie rights!:)

[Steggy]

I was banned from Toys R Us for my constant tantrums for never getting the games I wanted. To this day I still get shivers when I walk in a TRU as if I am doing something sinful.

[Mookyjooky]

I was banned from Toys R Us for my constant tantrums for never getting the games I wanted. To this day I still get shivers when I walk in a TRU as if I am doing something sinful.

Lol, I got fired and banned from Target in my hometown about 8 years ago for eating the broken cookies when I made cookies in the food court. To this day I'm still wierd about being in a Target... I feel like they watch me. (Also, I live 2000 miles away from my hometown, I dunno why I'm wierd)

I'm sure they just fired me cause I served a chicken sandwich that had a chicken tumor in it and we were on the front page of USA Today. But they said it was the cookies... the videos of me eating them were hilarious.

[Supercake]

I remember one christmas I begged forever for Secret of Mana, and I got 7th Saga...not a bad game or choice, but was still the wrong game! I did get Mana later, damn I was happy that day.

My worst moment was when my mom surprised me with Mickey's Mouscapades for nes. I had a fit and my mom spanked me...haha. I managed to enjoy the game actually, but damn I was a little bastard.

[VanillaGorilla]

My mom got me VR Baseball 97 for the PSOne one year, which was absolute garbage. Another, I got a couple Genesis games, Mick and Mack: Global Gladiators (McDonald's branded game with it's own recycling mini-games) and Gadget Twins, although those 2 games weren't bad, just not super great. I'll cut her some slack though, she did buy me Shining Force 2 (back when it retailed for $70 and came in a cheap cardboard case) and Valkyrie Profile on 2 seperate occasions.

[WAJedi]

I got Home Improvement for the SNES once. I actually loved the game at the time, being really young and all....never have beaten it. I might actually do that one day this summer...

[GF_Eric]

My brother gave me Quest 64 one Christmas. I laughed at it and then he admitted he only paid $10 for it. He also gave me Star Wars Rogue Squadron that year which made up for it.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Not that I remember. I've had to buy pretty much all of my games for a long, long time. And the ones I received as gifts were usually requested.

[sarausagi]

They usually knew what games I wanted, but I will add, what was very nice..

When games I wanted were hard to find, they'd ask around to find similar ones I didn't have, sometimes it led to gold, I desperately wanted Shining Force 2 right after release, it was expensive and hard to find, but someone suggested Landstalker to them, which was $39 instead of $70, so they rented it and let me play it for 3 days and asked how I felt about it, I told them it was really good and that I'd be happy enough to settle for it.

Of course, what I didn't know is that they had already bought it, so I thought they'd go back to the store and buy it and wrap it up, and they did leave, and I thought they were buying Landstalker.

That Christmas Eve there were two games, Shining Force 2 and Landstalker...

9 year old girls can squeal very loud, very..very loud, just so you guys know.

[Scahom1]

Lol, I got fired and banned from Target in my hometown about 8 years ago for eating the broken cookies when I made cookies in the food court. To this day I'm still wierd about being in a Target... I feel like they watch me. (Also, I live 2000 miles away from my hometown, I dunno why I'm wierd)

I'm sure they just fired me cause I served a chicken sandwich that had a chicken tumor in it and we were on the front page of USA Today. But they said it was the cookies... the videos of me eating them were hilarious.

:lol: Did they let you keep the videos?

[help1]

My parents are anti-gaming.. which is sad that they refuse to respect one of their sons hobbies. Oh well.

[Strell]

9 year old girls can squeal very loud, very..very loud, just so you guys know.

I can't tell which response is the funniest.

1) YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK SYBLYMINALBABLE ABOUT THAT ONE.

2) That's ok. 19 year old girls can to.

EWWWWWW I'M NAAAAAAAASTY!

[Mookyjooky]

I can't tell which response is the funniest.

1) YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK SYBLYMINALBABLE ABOUT THAT ONE.

2) That's ok. 19 year old girls can to.

EWWWWWW I'M NAAAAAAAASTY!

Usually the 9 year olds scream when they see subbie with a DS staring at them from 10 feet away after they've been pictochatting with an odd boy who wants to know where their parents are.

[Strell]

Dear god, man! That news show was RIGHT.

[sleepy180]

yeah so 1 christmas long long ago i had 2 things on my christmas list. They were 2 sega genesis games. 1 was WWF Wrestlemania the Arcade Game. the 2nd was NBA JAM. so come christmas time i open up my presents from my parents and what do i get? Super Wrestlemania and NBA Showdown 94'. I was very dispointed because both games ended up SUCKING. NBA moreso then wrestling. I didnt however make a big deal of it.

[HumanSnatcher]

I guess I'm of the lucky few here that never got a bad game that I didn't want from my parents. They were always smart enough to ask me what i wanted. Probably one of the biggest suprises I ever got was back in Xmas 94. I didn't ask for a Genesis, but they got me one with several games. Not only that, they got me a 32X (I was 11, didn't know the thing blew balls, but it was cool), and on top of that one of the limited edition blue Game Gears. Now in terms of unwated games, I got WCW Vs NWO: World Tour for N64 from one of my aunts. To this day, I still have no idea how to play that thing. Then the next year, I got a Saturn. Then after that, a N64. Always got my systems as Xmas presents. I remember when the Xmas the PS2 and Xbox had just come out. I had no real interest in getting another system, but my mother asked me which one I wanted, so I chose the PS2. Of course, this year I'm not really getting shiat. Got that present very very early, a 360 (fricken finally) lol

One cool thing about my parents is that even though if it was a violent game, they'd still get in for me, even if I was like 13. I remember getting GTA:VC xmas 02. My mother was all like "I've read and heard a lot that that game is really violent and bad". Luckily my parents knew that I wasn't as stupid as bastards younger than me to go out and do that stuff...

[Mookyjooky]

I guess I'm of the lucky few here that never got a bad game that I didn't want from my parents. They were always smart enough to ask me what i wanted. Probably one of the biggest suprises I ever got was back in Xmas 94. I didn't ask for a Genesis, but they got me one with several games. Not only that, they got me a 32X (I was 11, didn't know the thing blew balls, but it was cool), and on top of that one of the limited edition blue Game Gears. Now in terms of unwated games, I got WCW Vs NWO: World Tour for N64 from one of my aunts. To this day, I still have no idea how to play that thing. Then the next year, I got a Saturn. Then after that, a N64. Always got my systems as Xmas presents. I remember when the Xmas the PS2 and Xbox had just come out. I had no real interest in getting another system, but my mother asked me which one I wanted, so I chose the PS2. Of course, this year I'm not really getting shiat. Got that present very very early, a 360 (fricken finally) lol

One cool thing about my parents is that even though if it was a violent game, they'd still get in for me, even if I was like 13. I remember getting GTA:VC xmas 02. My mother was all like "I've read and heard a lot that that game is really violent and bad". Luckily my parents knew that I wasn't as stupid as bastards younger than me to go out and do that stuff...

My family stopped buying me consoles when I got my first job, you're lucky... I thought everyone just stopped getting cool shit at 18.

[vietgurl]

I have a very strong feeling I've removed all of my tantrum throwing game related experiences from my memory :lol:

I can't remember a time when I got a game I didn't like though. We got an NES system from charity and that was my first system. I played whatever my parents got me, lol. They got me pretty good games now that I think about it; Bubble Bobble, Ninja Gaiden, TMNT, etc. Sometimes my dad would let me rent a game and I played whatever. When my parents split the money with their friends to get a PC, I stopped console gaming until high school. If it wasn't for my dad buying (err...copying from his friends...) random games for me, I would have never discovered great games such as Kings Quest, Gabriel Knight, and Space Quest. I also would have never discovered my love for strategy games. When I got a little older, my parents would let me subscribe to a magazine during my school's magazine sale and so I started making my own choices when it came to games. Everytime I brought home straight A+'s, I'd get to go to Electronics Boutique or Software Etc. and choose a game (if I brought home anything 95% or below, I got my ass kicked, hehe).

Oh oh, I remember now! Quest for Camelot for GB Color. I didn't through a tantrum throw; I spent around 3-4 hours with that game and never touched it again (my dad still brings that up when he's yelling at me about how I waste money).

[adamsappel]

I was raised by poor hippies in West Virginia (which is marginally less traumatic than being raised by wolves), so I never had gaming systems. I did ask for The Lord of the Rings books for Christmas when I was 12, and when I opened the present and saw different covers than I was familiar with, I told my mother, "You got the wrong ones."

[sarausagi]

I have a very strong feeling I've removed all of my tantrum throwing game related experiences from my memory :lol:

I can't remember a time when I got a game I didn't like though. We got an NES system from charity and that was my first system. I played whatever my parents got me, lol. They got me pretty good games now that I think about it; Bubble Bobble, Ninja Gaiden, TMNT, etc. Sometimes my dad would let me rent a game and I played whatever. When my parents split the money with their friends to get a PC, I stopped console gaming until high school. If it wasn't for my dad buying (err...copying from his friends...) random games for me, I would have never discovered great games such as Kings Quest, Gabriel Knight, and Space Quest. I also would have never discovered my love for strategy games. When I got a little older, my parents would let me subscribe to a magazine during my school's magazine sale and so I started making my own choices when it came to games. Everytime I brought home straight A+'s, I'd get to go to Electronics Boutique or Software Etc. and choose a game (if I brought home anything 95% or below, I got my ass kicked, hehe).

Oh oh, I remember now! Quest for Camelot for GB Color. I didn't through a tantrum throw; I spent around 3-4 hours with that game and never touched it again (my dad still brings that up when he's yelling at me about how I waste money).

You shouldn't feel bad about Quest for Camelot, lots of people thought it'd be onf of the few good licensed games. Everything about it pointed towards a good, simple action RPG with a cute little story and good graphics for the small console, people were honestly a bit excited about it, just because it seemed that it would be good enough to tide over Zelda fans and great for people new to the genre.

Of course, I think pretty much everyone but the youngest of players were disappointed by it, but it had potential, you have to admit that. Cute brunettes can be deceiving...

[botticus]

Well, after looking through all my NES and SNES games... no, I don't think I ever got one I didn't like. Not that I got that many... maybe 15-20 NES, 10-15 SNES? Usually what I got was something on my voluminous Christmas list (I always started working on it in October when the JC Penney catalog came out), so very few surprises.

Some ended up sucking (Wolverine, for one), but that wasn't their fault.

[Brak]

My dad was the one who got me into video games, back when I wasn't even one and he introduced me to Donkey Kong (arcade).

When I was one or two, he brought an Atari 2600 home, with at least 50 games. He bought it off of a co-worker... and that's when it began.

Ironically, my parents have only bought me two video games. My dad doesn't like video games, magically (confuses even me), and has vowed never to buy me any; and my mom is a woman, so whatever my dad's opinion is, is her's, as well. Not for being bad, or anything like that... I have no idea why his outlook on video games changed.

The two games they bought me were Toy Story for GameBoy and Rocket Knight Adventures for Sega Genesis. My parents have been mad every time I've brought home a new console or game for as long as I can remember. Doesn't make any sense. :o

[sarausagi]

My dad was the one who got me into video games, back when I wasn't even one and he introduced me to Donkey Kong (arcade).

When I was one or two, he brought an Atari 2600 home, with at least 50 games. He bought it off of a co-worker... and that's when it began.

Ironically, my parents have only bought me two video games. My dad doesn't like video games, magically (confuses even me), and has vowed never to buy me any; and my mom is a woman, so whatever my dad's opinion is, is her's, as well. Not for being bad, or anything like that... I have no idea why his outlook on video games changed.

The two games they bought me were Toy Story for GameBoy and Rocket Knight Adventures for Sega Genesis. My parents have been mad every time I've brought home a new console or game for as long as I can remember. Doesn't make any sense. :o

Who is the girl in your sig? I like her le..I mean her shoes...

[Brak]

Who is the girl in your sig? I like her le..I mean her shoes...

A musician. That's all I'll say.

I'm inherently territorial with women; I don't want you masturbating to her.

[sarausagi]

A musician. That's all I'll say.

I'm inherently territorial with women; I don't want you masturbating to her.

But I'm a girl, I wouldn't do that..why would a girl do that looking at a picture of a girl..........

...

[Strell]

But I'm a girl, I wouldn't do that..why would a girl do that looking at a picture of a girl..........

...

BRAK, IF YOU DO NOT REVEAL HER IDENTITY, YOU CAN DAMN WELL BET I WILL.

[Brak]

But I'm a girl, I wouldn't do that..why would a girl do that looking at a picture of a girl..........

...

Well, you see...

...

It's Nina Persson, lead singer of The Cardigans.

[Brak]

BRAK, IF YOU DO NOT REVEAL HER IDENTITY, YOU CAN DAMN WELL BET I WILL.

Traitor.

[Strell]

You saw it coming, soulbrother. Don't deny you didn't.

You went back to the old avatar. I can't remember if that is the TSS though or not.

[Reality's Fringe]

A musician. That's all I'll say.

I'm inherently territorial with women; I don't want you masturbating to her.

IS IT BJORK?!



But I'm a girl, I wouldn't do that..why would a girl do that looking at a picture of a girl..........

...

I was going to make a tasteless joke, but it's too hott. =(

[Brak]

You saw it coming, soulbrother. Don't deny you didn't.

I SAW A HAMBURGER FLYING... IN THE SKIES. ... with bat wings...

[Brak]

You went back to the old avatar. I can't remember if that is the TSS though or not.

Yeah. It was one of my TSS avatars. I colored the White Zombie logo in the fashion of the Queens of the Stone Age video, "Go With the Flow".

That site ain't up anymore. :(

IS IT BJORK?!

NO!

[Strell]

That site ain't up anymore. :(


Aye, I saw that. Considering you and the owner have other, more pressing artistic matters to be tending to, which I need to press more strongly on, I'd say it might be for the better. Hint: I need things ASAP. Skip the details for now, don't worry so much about the quality. What matters is I have something.

Besides, he showed me a link. All those people ended back up at GSA. Her asked me to go in and mess with their minds for a bit, but I'll pass for now.

I need to find my old TSS avatar. You know the one.

Additionally, territorial. You can have that one. You know my prey, so our borders don't cross.

But think about her for a second and I will destroy you.

Does anyone else like the fact that I just sashay this conversation out in public? Because you should.

[Pancake Rabbit]

Iggy's Wreckin' Balls.

God I hate that game.

Wow you need to kill yourself. Iggy's wreckin balls is easily the greatest game ever made. God himself was the lead developer on it.

[Ahadi]

I remember when I was 6 or 7, maybe 8, I would ask my mom to rent me a super nintendo game whenever she would go grocery shopping. Now I'm the middle child of 3 and we are all 4 years apart, so when I was 8 there was a 12 year old, me at 8 and my little sister at 4, so no doubt grocery shopping was hell for her. Any way, she would always, and I mean ALWAYS come home with The Pagemaster, and I would always be pissy that she always got the one game I loathed. Looking back on it now, I'm grateful she plopped down like 5 extra dollars every time she went to the store.

[Brak]

Aye, I saw that. Considering you and the owner have other, more pressing artistic matters to be tending to, which I need to press more strongly on, I'd say it might be for the better. Hint: I need things ASAP. Skip the details for now, don't worry so much about the quality. What matters is I have something.

I'm trying.

[Apossum]

My parents came home from blockbuster one night with Track and Field 2 instead of TMNT....DCFS came the next day.

IKIK

I did throw a fit but I learned to like Track and Field 2.

[Roufuss]

I remember when I was 6 or 7, maybe 8, I would ask my mom to rent me a super nintendo game whenever she would go grocery shopping. Now I'm the middle child of 3 and we are all 4 years apart, so when I was 8 there was a 12 year old, me at 8 and my little sister at 4, so no doubt grocery shopping was hell for her. Any way, she would always, and I mean ALWAYS come home with The Pagemaster, and I would always be pissy that she always got the one game I loathed. Looking back on it now, I'm grateful she plopped down like 5 extra dollars every time she went to the store.

:rofl:

Why did she keep picking the same game over and over?

[mykevermin]

Aye, I saw that. Considering you and the owner have other, more pressing artistic matters to be tending to, which I need to press more strongly on, I'd say it might be for the better. Hint: I need things ASAP. Skip the details for now, don't worry so much about the quality. What matters is I have something.

Besides, he showed me a link. All those people ended back up at GSA. Her asked me to go in and mess with their minds for a bit, but I'll pass for now.

I need to find my old TSS avatar. You know the one.

Additionally, territorial. You can have that one. You know my prey, so our borders don't cross.

But think about her for a second and I will destroy you.

Does anyone else like the fact that I just sashay this conversation out in public? Because you should.

It's well written in that "I'm trying to be subtle by failing to be subtle" way.

I can't recall any specific bad games I received (I think my brother got "Rally Bike" for NES one year, the cart of which might be in the milkcrate under my desk at this moment). I *do* recall my mom bringing me home a case of beer when I was 17 or so, after semi-jokingly asking her to pick me up one. I was pissed *not* because it was Miwaukee's Best (I had no taste at the time), but because it was Miwaukee's Best Light. Ehh, y'know, I felt bad about being crabby about it (I was 17, I wasn't throwing a temper tantrum), but life goes on and parents probably learn to deal with that kind of stuff.

God knows when I buy "Leviticus! The Game" for one or more of my whelps, I won't expect them to cheer with glee. It's fuckin' Leviticus.

[whoknows]

I remember when I was 6 or 7, maybe 8, I would ask my mom to rent me a super nintendo game whenever she would go grocery shopping. Now I'm the middle child of 3 and we are all 4 years apart, so when I was 8 there was a 12 year old, me at 8 and my little sister at 4, so no doubt grocery shopping was hell for her. Any way, she would always, and I mean ALWAYS come home with The Pagemaster, and I would always be pissy that she always got the one game I loathed. Looking back on it now, I'm grateful she plopped down like 5 extra dollars every time she went to the store.
I actually liked the Pagemaster on Genesis/Snes...back then was a time when game reviews were not cared for very much and all you did was buy/rent a game and either enjoy it or not...looking back at that time I see a lot of games I liked are pretty well hated...

[2Fast]

:rofl: (Probably a simple typo, but still funny.)

Quite intentional my good man :lol:

[zionoverfire]

Yep, Math Blasters and Reading Rabbit. Still they did manage to get me Doom 2, Civilization 2 with my first PC so I forgive them.

[Gameboy415]

Wow you need to kill yourself. Iggy's wreckin balls is easily the greatest game ever made. God himself was the lead developer on it.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I remember when this game was first announced my friends and I gave it SO much shit and kept saying the opening theme song was just some high-pitched guy SCREAMING: "IGGYYYYYYYYYYYYYY'S WRECKIN BALLS!!!"
Then I actually tracked down a copy of the game and we spent hours playing it....*sigh*

Anywho, I have 2 instances of getting presents I didn't really want at the time:

When I was just starting Jr. High, I had asked for a buncha games/toys for my b-day that year and I excitedly ran home from the bus stop to collect the goods. So my parents are like "your presents are in your room!" and I run upstairs to find:

A large wooden entertainment center, an AIWA 3-CD stereo, and Aladdin on VHS.

I BURST out crying and said I didn't want any of it, I wanted [insert random toy here] and how I didn't even like music and why I would need a stereo. Of course my father was furious b/c they had spent all afternoon putting everything together but I cooled off after a while and we all watched Aladdin that night. Whee.
Unfortunately, that was also the year I doomed myself to years of RF quality Television/gaming.....

The weekend before my parents had taken me out shopping with my grandma to buy her a new TV. Being a punk kid, I could care less about what kind of TV my grandma got so when they asked ME to pick one out, I picked out the first one I saw. Ironically enough, we went to my grandma's house the day after my b-day and there it was, with a bow on top. At least it had a 27 inch screen and it lasted me up until my college graduation!

The other time I got something I didn't want was X-mas 2001. I had gotten a Gamecube at launch and was loving the hell out of it and naturally asked for some more games for x-mas. So I got a few games and a buncha other stuff I wanted and after my parents had opened all their stuff I noticed a large box at the very back under the tree. My mom said, "oh yeah, that's for you too!" and I open it to find:

An XBOX with Halo

I was literally like "Huh? I didn't really want an XBOX....." but my mom was like "Oh I knew you'd want one eventually so I just got it the day it came out and hid it from you!". How cool is that?

Unfortunately that was probably the last good X-mas I'll have for a loooong time ....my mom unfortunately passed away the following December right before X-mas. *sigh*

[SpazX]

Unfortunately that was probably the last good X-mas I'll have for a loooong time ....my mom unfortunately passed away the following December right before X-mas. *sigh*
Well that sucks, way to mess up a great funny story!

Well at least you know that your mother really gave you the greatest gift of all...an education.

[mykevermin]

The other time I got something I didn't want was X-mas 2001. I had gotten a Gamecube at launch and was loving the hell out of it and naturally asked for some more games for x-mas. So I got a few games and a buncha other stuff I wanted and after my parents had opened all their stuff I noticed a large box at the very back under the tree. My mom said, "oh yeah, that's for you too!" and I open it to find:

An XBOX with Halo

I was literally like "Huh? I didn't really want an XBOX....." but my mom was like "Oh I knew you'd want one eventually so I just got it the day it came out and hid it from you!". How cool is that?

Unfortunately that was probably the last good X-mas I'll have for a loooong time ....my mom unfortunately passed away the following December right before X-mas. *sigh*

This story wins all.

[Ahadi]

:rofl:

Why did she keep picking the same game over and over?

I'm pretty sure it was because I never said dont get it. But I do remember one time actually telling her not to and she came home with either that Michael Jordan in the Windy City game or something equally cheesey. But yes, she went by the cover art and cutesy characters/things that didnt look violent were chosen. Ah, and I'll never forget the stern looks I'd get for picking out Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, oh she would get so pissed when I'd want one of the two, and that would explain why to this day I cant get into either MK or SF.

[OldKai]

Well, at the time I didn't want it but..Madden 02.

Christmas 2001 I got a Gamecube w/ Super Monkey Ball & Madden 2002, and for whatever the reason I didn't want it. So, the day after Christmas, I went to Target w/ my $50 gift card and got Super Smash Bros. Melee and...The Simpsons: Road Rage.

Since then, I've bought Madden 2004-2006.
(GC: 2004, 2005)(DS: 2005, 2006)(PSP: 2006)(PS2: 2006)

[help1]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I remember when this game was first announced my friends and I gave it SO much shit and kept saying the opening theme song was just some high-pitched guy SCREAMING: "IGGYYYYYYYYYYYYYY'S WRECKIN BALLS!!!"
Then I actually tracked down a copy of the game and we spent hours playing it....*sigh*

Anywho, I have 2 instances of getting presents I didn't really want at the time:

When I was just starting Jr. High, I had asked for a buncha games/toys for my b-day that year and I excitedly ran home from the bus stop to collect the goods. So my parents are like "your presents are in your room!" and I run upstairs to find:

A large wooden entertainment center, an AIWA 3-CD stereo, and Aladdin on VHS.

I BURST out crying and said I didn't want any of it, I wanted [insert random toy here] and how I didn't even like music and why I would need a stereo. Of course my father was furious b/c they had spent all afternoon putting everything together but I cooled off after a while and we all watched Aladdin that night. Whee.
Unfortunately, that was also the year I doomed myself to years of RF quality Television/gaming.....

The weekend before my parents had taken me out shopping with my grandma to buy her a new TV. Being a punk kid, I could care less about what kind of TV my grandma got so when they asked ME to pick one out, I picked out the first one I saw. Ironically enough, we went to my grandma's house the day after my b-day and there it was, with a bow on top. At least it had a 27 inch screen and it lasted me up until my college graduation!

The other time I got something I didn't want was X-mas 2001. I had gotten a Gamecube at launch and was loving the hell out of it and naturally asked for some more games for x-mas. So I got a few games and a buncha other stuff I wanted and after my parents had opened all their stuff I noticed a large box at the very back under the tree. My mom said, "oh yeah, that's for you too!" and I open it to find:

An XBOX with Halo

I was literally like "Huh? I didn't really want an XBOX....." but my mom was like "Oh I knew you'd want one eventually so I just got it the day it came out and hid it from you!". How cool is that?

Unfortunately that was probably the last good X-mas I'll have for a loooong time ....my mom unfortunately passed away the following December right before X-mas. *sigh*

sorry dude, that sucks, it makes me feel sad to just think of how you feel.

[DigitalSpace]

In 1993, I asked for Tecmo Super NBA Basketball and got Bulls Vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs instead. The Blazers had reached the NBA Finals in 1992, and Blazers merchandise was still pretty hot around Portland, and that probably had to do with why she got that instead. I enjoyed it though, although I wished it had every NBA team like Tecmo did. EA sure wasn't challenging everything back then!

[Dante Devil]

My parents never-EVAH bought me a game. They always bought me clothes and shoes.

[spoo]

I got Final Fantasy Mystic Quest instead of Final Fantasy II when I was 13 or 14 from my mom for my birthday.

[banpeikun]

Yeah, my parents never bought me games either. But on a slightly different note, I always wonder how many kids' parents get fooled by knockoffs. Like their kid wants DS Nintendogs, but they wind up with GBA Dogz.