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Whats the worst video game related present you got for Christmas?
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Badlucktroll
Gold Member
Gettin N64, (wanted playstation because i was fascinated with cd rom technology), brother wanted n64, but they let me take it back and get playstation
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
My mom and my sister bought me NHL 97 for PS1 and Oliver the musical on VHS. It was like they didn’t know who I was.
Sleepwalker
Member
Getting a brand new gameboy Color with Pokemon Silver then having it stolen 2 days later in a break in.
My dad the absolute king that he was made sure to get 8 year old me another GBC + game. We weren't rich or anything and growing up in latin america I know that was a very hard thing to do for him.
Turned a very bad memory into a great one.
Merry Xmas, GAF.
My dad the absolute king that he was made sure to get 8 year old me another GBC + game. We weren't rich or anything and growing up in latin america I know that was a very hard thing to do for him.
Turned a very bad memory into a great one.
Merry Xmas, GAF.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Did your brother end up liking the PlayStation?
existensmaximum
Member
When I was a student and had no money I wished for a Nintendo DS Lite with the newly released Mario Kart game, from my parents. It was the only thing I wished for.
I got a present in a box that had just the right size and got super excited! Oh boy!
It was a drilling machine.. That I had no use of whatsoever
it was really hard to hide my disappointment.
I got a present in a box that had just the right size and got super excited! Oh boy!
It was a drilling machine.. That I had no use of whatsoever
it was really hard to hide my disappointment.
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havoc00
Member
lol that’s the worst when the gift feels and looks like what you wanted same weight etc… and it’s something totally differentWhen I was a student and had no money I wished for a Nintendo DS Lite with the newly released Mario Kart game, from my parents. It was the only thing I wished for.
I got a present in a box that had just the right size and got super excited! Oh boy!
It was a drilling machine.. That I had no use of whatsoever
Dr.Morris79
Member
Microcosm on the CD-32, My old man and me was really looking forward to it, he bought it as a present, we spent the whole of Christmas laughing at it
We was sold a lie!
We was sold a lie!
havoc00
Member
Sleepwalker
Member
Haha how old were you? Having a hard time picturing a teen/pre teen using a drilling machine.When I was a student and had no money I wished for a Nintendo DS Lite with the newly released Mario Kart game, from my parents. It was the only thing I wished for.
I got a present in a box that had just the right size and got super excited! Oh boy!
It was a drilling machine.. That I had no use of whatsoever
Sounds like dad needed a drilling machine and chose to kill 2 bird with 1 stone
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
A girl I was dating for a year, at the age of 23, got me a Cortana funko pop as my main gift.
To this day it’s the worst gift I’ve ever gotten. It’s the thought that counts? There was no thought. This was “I’m at a checkout and got 6 bucks I can slide his way.”
We broke up less than a month later.
Next time get the Chief pop you dumb bitch.
To this day it’s the worst gift I’ve ever gotten. It’s the thought that counts? There was no thought. This was “I’m at a checkout and got 6 bucks I can slide his way.”
We broke up less than a month later.
Next time get the Chief pop you dumb bitch.
MasterDerico
Member
Sonic Spinball, my mom thought was a new "normal" Sonic game. When i played i got frustrated, then weeks later i was loving the game!
That was a loooong time ago...
That was a loooong time ago...
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
I don't remember ever getting anything "bad". I would get a few games and usually they would ask me or I would talk about them for the months leading up to Christmas so it's not like they went to the shop and listened to the Electronic Boutique guy for advice that I can think of off hand.
havoc00
Member
The eb guy hyped up the Dreamcast system to the moon when I was a kid ended up getting it on 9/9/99 he said it would be the most powerful system for years no one could compete this was it etc…
existensmaximum
Member
I was like 21 or 22 and had moved out to a student apartment when I went to universityHaha how old were you? Having a hard time picturing a teen/pre teen using a drilling machine.
Sounds like dad needed a drilling machine and chose to kill 2 bird with 1 stone
so nope, he had his own tools..
BouncyFrag
Member
I could have gotten one nes game or this abomination..
I went with the latter. So much sadness that morning.
I went with the latter. So much sadness that morning.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
No idea who got me this or why, but it was one of the few SNES games I owned as a kid and thought it was an indecipherable mess and never got through the 2nd fight. I played the shit out of it tho. It wasn’t until years later I realized it was from an established IP in japan.
BigLee74
Member
‘yie ar kung fu’ for the commodore +4.
A cassette (younger viewers may have no idea what I’m on about) that took 10 minutes to load the first 4 fighters. If you beat them, you had the honour of abother 10 minute wait whilst the next 4 loaded, then when you got beat, you had to load the first 4 again.
I don’t want to hear anybody complain about the value of modern games again, nor see 4/10 reviews for games like Starfield. You fuckers don’t even know you’re born.
By the way, that game cost £9.99 in 1985. I am reliably informed that’s worth £37.33 today.
A cassette (younger viewers may have no idea what I’m on about) that took 10 minutes to load the first 4 fighters. If you beat them, you had the honour of abother 10 minute wait whilst the next 4 loaded, then when you got beat, you had to load the first 4 again.
I don’t want to hear anybody complain about the value of modern games again, nor see 4/10 reviews for games like Starfield. You fuckers don’t even know you’re born.
By the way, that game cost £9.99 in 1985. I am reliably informed that’s worth £37.33 today.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Not only did I have that on C64, but I beat it.
These days I’d rather peel 500 cloves of garlic than suffer through that.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
I fking hate Aero the acrobat 2Watching Aero the Acrobat gives me post-traumatic video game stress syndrome.
And also
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struggler_guts
Member
One year my ma got me this ssx real life mini snowboard that you would hook up to the tv and play by balancing on. Thinking back on it now it must have been so expensive and ma was probably so excited thinking I'd love it but... it just didn't play like riding a real snowboard and the graphics weren't great.
I'm sorry I was so unappreciative ma!
I'm sorry I was so unappreciative ma!
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
but yes, 95% of the Christmas gifts were great in videogames.... I hated being given clothes when I was little.
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Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
The best gift my dad gave me was last year, which was Elden Ring.
My mom gave me a VHS of the cartoon Casper and I was like that.
Later years ago she gift me Uncharted 3.
My mom gave me a VHS of the cartoon Casper and I was like that.
Later years ago she gift me Uncharted 3.
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havoc00
Member
Do you remember the light gun tiger games? I think it was Area 51 and virtua cop
MarkMe2525
Gold Member
I got what I wanted, but I was young and dumb. That Christmas morning I opened up a present, and it was a Game.com. Jesus fuck I tried so hard to will myself to like it.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
Atari 2600 jr instead of Nintendo (nes)
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diffusionx
Gold Member
I really can't remember. I usually got what I asked for, with few surprises, but they were always good surprises, like when my old man gave me an Xbox.
I'll say my best gift was my aunt gave me Ninja Gaiden for NES, I had no idea the game existed as I was a dumb kid, to this day I have no idea how she picked that out, but, yea, it's Ninja Gaiden, what is there to say.
I'll say my best gift was my aunt gave me Ninja Gaiden for NES, I had no idea the game existed as I was a dumb kid, to this day I have no idea how she picked that out, but, yea, it's Ninja Gaiden, what is there to say.
UnravelKatharsis
Member
The really extra shitty thing about this gift was that I asked for...either contra 2 or Castlevania 3 so when I saw the wrapped box i knew it was a nes game!
I still have it though.
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LordCBH
Member
I do not remember those lol
simpatico
Member
Power Glove. I was really young, probably only 9 or 10. It's hard to explain to people how awesome this thing looked in commercials unless you were a certain age when they were marketing it. Imagine a PS6 Pro with 4k NeuraLink and HoloDeck capabilities, and multiply it by 10. That's how good the Power Glove looked. Got it set up, those sensors you put around the TV seemed cheap even to a young lad like myself. We tried all day to make it enjoyable. It just wasn't. This is probably the moment that introduced disappointment to my life tbqh. Sheer excitement just melted away into disenchanted frustration in the span of 12 hours. 3 decades later and I still haven't recovered.
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havoc00
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Had yie ar Kung fu for the speccy and loved it. Dont think the 48k speccy had any extra loading? Even bought the sequel which wasnt as good.
havoc00
Member
At least you were playing with power
havoc00
Member
Was that the huge bazooka looking gun thing ?
You know it, looked like a mini rocket launcher.