lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Easy, the trampoline my parents bought and secretly set up in our backyard on Christmas Eve 1989 without me or my brothers noticing.
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Your most memorable Christmas present of all time?
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evilromero
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SNES. Easily the most vivid in my mind. Behind that would be the Game Boy the year before.
Count Dookkake
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Manglor Mountain
ThanksVision
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The Nintendo DS, without a doubt. I've never wanted something more in my life. I think I was 9 or 10 at the time. My family took a trip to NYC and I got to play it at the brand new Nintendo Store. I remember it being a HUGE release; my parents kept saying that they couldn't find it anywhere. It was the only thing on my list. Christmas day they kept saying "Sorry, we couldn't find one..." followed by "Welp, I guess that's all the presents." My dad basically tortured me with this stuff, hah. Eventually after a few minutes of silent disappointment he said something along the lines of "Wait... There's one more present underneath the couch!"
I freaked out!
I freaked out!
Ditto. Awoke to him at the foot of my bed. I was so freaking psyched.
Banjotanooki
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I wish I could join the N64 people but I literally begged for mine before Christmas and got it a week before so it doesn't count. 
With that said, I got the greatest game of all time as a surprise one Christmas:
I opened the wrapping and found a Dancing Santa box and thought "WTF is this shit?" right before opening up and seeing the game inside it. BEST. CHRISTMAS. EVER!
Regular edition though, no 3D cover art.
With that said, I got the greatest game of all time as a surprise one Christmas:
I opened the wrapping and found a Dancing Santa box and thought "WTF is this shit?" right before opening up and seeing the game inside it. BEST. CHRISTMAS. EVER!
Regular edition though, no 3D cover art.
You should have seen my shock when my brother and I ripped the wrapping paper off to see this bad boy.
This was after my brother had swapped tags with my other brother's present and I caught my mom swapping them back (that was when I figured out who Santa really was).
We almost got stuck with one of these
Beerman462
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This....
Ditto
Lord British
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This thread is utterly heartwarming.
For me it's unwrapping this:
followed shortly by unwrapping this:
For me it's unwrapping this:
followed shortly by unwrapping this:
polyh3dron
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SNES with Actraiser back in the day. SMW was a pack-in too.
Back when I got a NES too, that was pretty cool.
Back when I got a NES too, that was pretty cool.
Darren870
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I was going to say my SNES, as I was so goddamn stoked and it was Christmas at my cousins' house so we all took turns marathoning that game on Christmas day, with a slight bout of frustration getting through the Forest of Illusion.
But then I remembered this.
I was the N64 kid with that ship.
Both of these. I was definitely a lego kid growing up, still have those sets too!
I got most my consoles during birthdays or I bought them. The last one that was a gift was the N64 and I am pretty sure I got that during the summer.
gimmmick
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Awesome thread. My most memorable christmas my parents gave me back when I was 5 or 6 was this:
You had no idea how happy me and my brother were when we woke up to this. Wow I can still remember that it took longer to charge than the actual time we rode it, but we were just happy riding it around the neighborhood. I even told my parents told them a couple of years ago (I'm 28 in present day) that was the best christmas gift I have ever received.
Close second was the sega game gear.
I remember my brother got a game boy with super mario land and I got this the same year. I still have it and love playing the games that I got on christmas and over the years.
You had no idea how happy me and my brother were when we woke up to this. Wow I can still remember that it took longer to charge than the actual time we rode it, but we were just happy riding it around the neighborhood. I even told my parents told them a couple of years ago (I'm 28 in present day) that was the best christmas gift I have ever received.
Close second was the sega game gear.
I remember my brother got a game boy with super mario land and I got this the same year. I still have it and love playing the games that I got on christmas and over the years.
Vincent Alexander
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Playstation with Blast Chamber, Killing Zone and Tekken. My brother and I asked for FF7, but whatever. I'm not sore about it.
AlimNassor
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A bag of crunchy M&Ms that gave me food poisoning. I spent my x-mas on the toilet.
Neffarias_Bredd
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The PS2. My parents let me have any video game systems when I was a kid, so I had to go over friends houses to play their N64's. Actually pretty smart by my parents as it forced me to socialize, but anyway I got the PS2 as a surprise when it came out for Christmas and it was the most exciting thing ever. I finally had a system that was my own.
Randolph Freelander
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I don't recall that many Christmas gifts, to be honest. So I guess the default would be that year my brother and I collectively got a small TV (<=15") and a NES. Partly because it was more than we would typically get, and partly because I actually remember it, unlike other gifts.
Christopher
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N64 hands down
I wish I could join the N64 people but I literally begged for mine before Christmas and got it a week before so it doesn't count.
With that said, I got the greatest game of all time as a surprise one Christmas:
I opened the wrapping and found a Dancing Santa box and thought "WTF is this shit?" right before opening up and seeing the game inside it. BEST. CHRISTMAS. EVER!
Regular edition though, no 3D cover art.
Probably this for me too. I was huge into OOT so when I unwrapped this I was in ecstasy.
DTLIONS1013
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My first game system, the Gameboy Color
This....
Best christmas ever. Ever ever!
Not because of the game itself, but because of what my Mom went through to get it for me.
12 year old me fucking loooved the first Zelda, so 13 year old me was understandably super-hyped for the sequel. It was the only thing I really wanted for Christmas 88'. The game wasn't released until December in the U.S. and was extremely hard to find. My mom hunted for it, but couldn't find it. She sat me down a week before Christmas and told me that she'd been looking, but couldn't find a copy and would get me one as soon as she could find one after Christmas, but it might be a little while. I was disappointed, but I understood.
Fast forward to Christmas morning, I'm opening presents and my mom gives me a present and says I should open it. I'll never forget the big smile on her face. I open a copy of Zelda II and flip my shit. Turns out my mom spent hours on Christmas Eve calling and visiting every store that sold video games until she found one that had a copy.
TL;DR: Best mom ever.
JordanN
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I couldn't decide whether to ask for Kirby Air Ride or Mario Sunshine. Good thing I made the right choice and asked for Mario.
I also had so much fun with this as a kid.
There's also an army themed one I got.
This present was a mistake. I was suppose to get Shaun palmer's pro snowboarder but ended up with this game instead.
I also had so much fun with this as a kid.
There's also an army themed one I got.
This present was a mistake. I was suppose to get Shaun palmer's pro snowboarder but ended up with this game instead.
damn that's nice
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Jeff Albertson
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I just remembered one year when I got ocarina f time
I had it pre ordered months before release and I've just remembered now it was meant to be a gold cart but it wasn't
I had it pre ordered months before release and I've just remembered now it was meant to be a gold cart but it wasn't
speculawyer
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. . . or was it it curse? Why do I still play games at my age (which I don't even want to say)?
Ghost_Protocol
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Jesus Christ, everyone on this board really is the same goddamn age.
Christopher
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Mario in 3d blew my mind and my mom making cookies that whole week and it just being Christmasy
A Gameboy Color with Pokemon Silver is easily the best present I've ever received. As a runner-up, a couple of years later, a construction company bought me Christmas presents and I got a copy of the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG game (which, as somebody who didn't really care for the show or the cards, was incredibly fun) and bright yellow pants with a million pockets and zippers. I wore those pants everywhere.
Edit: Getting Absolute Watchmen two years ago was also incredible, especially since the book is so expensive. I've had a lot of great Christmas presents.
Edit: Getting Absolute Watchmen two years ago was also incredible, especially since the book is so expensive. I've had a lot of great Christmas presents.
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Out of curiosity, did you get the big three for Christmas or did you get a box/booster pack that they happened to come in?
I remember trading a venusaur for a booster pack at a local shop way back when, and got my first charizard out of that pack, the look on the owners face was priceless. I was so so happy.
superdeluxe
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Nes with super Mario bros and Zelda. Epic
aparisi2274
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And not because of how awesome it was, but because it still holds the #1 spot for the worst gift I've ever received in my 38yrs on this planet.
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