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Which systems or games you always fawned over when you were younger?

Stuff that, back when you were in the economic clutches of your parents, you could but dream of having.

For me, there were several. The Dreamcast was the first, then the PS2, back in the early 2000s

More recently, I’ve been completely enthralled by the Amiga and what it offered back in the late 80s. That’s a system that was never available around my parts (Brazil), even as a clone product or contraband

evev13 ,

When I was young I wanted one of these handheld pc’s. I always thought it would be fun to play pc games on the go. Now I’ve got my steam deck and I really wish I could have had that then.

Swagadactyl ,

This was it for me too. This model of UX and the OQO model 02 were the coolest things I’d ever seen at the time (and kinda still to this day).

IoSapsai ,

PS2 in the early 2000s. I thought the graphics were something else. Up until 2005-2006-ish all I had was a bootleg NES clone with a shoebox full of unlicensed cartridges. I grew up with 80s games in the 21st century.

I finally got my hands one one off the flea market for 30$. Some modding later and it plays like a charm!

jason ,
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Kids growing up today will never know the pure awe of going in a Blockbuster Video and playing Mario64 on a Nintendo 64 store demo for the first time. It was absolutely amazing.

I’m an older millennial and I’ve played a lot of cool games. Nothing comes close to that, though.

MajorHavoc ,

So true. I got chills all over again just reading your perfect description of that moment.

WintLizard ,
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Definitely PS2. My cousin had God of War and I was insanely jealous. I remember thinking that it looked just like real life. Funny to see it now and compare it to the PS5 games.

SilentStorms ,
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I distinctly remember playing my friend’s PS2 and thinking “there’s no way video game graphics can get any better than this. This is the endgame” lol

dan1101 ,
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Now we have massively better graphics but in many ways the experience and gameplay have gotten worse.

Marxine ,
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Dreamcast and both PSP and PSVita. I was a Sonic fan, and in the case of Sony’s portables, they were mini powerhouses.

sharpfork ,

I really wanted a Vectrex as a kid. Having an all in one system and not having to fight to use the tv like we did with our Atari 2600 was a dream. The arcade quality vector graphics were so rad. I spent hours looking at it in the sears catalog, dreaming about playing it. I asked Santa for it but he didn’t deliver.

MajorHavoc ,

Showing my age here, but my Sega Genesis “did what Nintendont” - and so I played Super Nintendo at store kiosks every chance I got.

Many years later I bought a used SNES and some games, and it was a very good day.

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