I remember going to my cousins house back in the early 90s and opening her bedroom door only to find all of the neighbor kids crowded around the TV and bed playing Super Mario Bros 3. It was the first time I ever heard about or seen the game. Prior to that I had only know about SMB1 and 2. To me the game looked so sophisticated and beyond cool. Once it was my turn to have a go at the game, I remember sucking so bad at it. I died quickly and someone else would play next. Today I can beat it. :-)
Baseball Stars was one of my favorite NES games, I loved the RPG element of powering up your players as you earned more money from playing games. Solstice is a sentimental game for me, it was one of the few my dad played back in the day. Dungeon Magic, and Gunsmoke are my two favorite.
I remember the first time I played the NES and I was hooked. Just played NES for the first time in twenty years and I couldn't stop smiling. Keep up the good work and know that you have inspired a lot of people to get back into retro heaven.
One of my greatest NES memories was back in I believe '95 when I was in 5th grade. It had been years since my family had the NES and I was starting to feel some serious yearnings for it. On my birthday that year, my brother came home from work with an NES system with Double Dribble, Double Dragon, Castlevania 2, and Lifeforce. That was the start of my Game Chasing days.
I remember there being a 2600 with a bunch of games being around my house when I was 5ish (born in 87) but my biggest memory was getting the SNES for Christmas the year it was released.
My first console was an Atari 2600. I was hooked. I was too young to realize that the market crashed in the US...I just remember my mom coming home one day with about 250 2600 games she picked up in a yard sale. Some time after that I had a ColecoVision. I only had a few games and I don't remember any of them being special. Then I was at a friends house, his dad worked overseas and had brought him home a Famicom....and I was blown away. The following Christmas I had mine, it came backed with Gyromite and Duck Hunt....the light zapper and the robot.
My first experience with the NES was when I was 5 (in 1990) and watching some older kids play Final Fantasy and RBI Baseball. They even went through the trouble of teaching me how to play some of those games. The first game I beat on the NES was TMNT: The Manhattan Project.
I don't recall the very first time I played the NES, everyone just had one: friends, cousins, my neighbor, my babysitter...so eventually my dad took us into town and we got one too. Oddly enough it was just the system in a box, without a game, so the first game we actually got for the NES was Super Mario Bros. 2. Saw The Wizard in theaters with my dad and sister a short time after we got the NES and of course the Super Mario Bros. 3 reveal blew my freaking mind.
Great new video series. We never had an NES or any other consoles growing up so I was the same way at every sleepover, playing nonstop until the sun came up.
I'm an 80s kid and probably like most, our NES was considered a family gift for Christmas '86. It was really for my dad since he stayed up most nights playing Zelda. To this day I can ask my dad about every secret in quest 1 and quest 2 and he recalls from memory what grid point to go to on the map. Family gift, my ass.
Whoa! I can so relate to everything that you two are talking about, even from New Zealand. First, I guess I 'befriended' perhaps our next door neighbour (I was like 8? 9?) so I could go over to their house, or stay the night, just to play theie NES. Second, I too, would stay up to the early hours of the morning to play NES. Third, Super Mario Brothers was our more preferred game of choice, as not many had Mario Brothers two or three. And, because the game was ONLY one player we used to play 'lives' as in, when you died, you had to hand over the controller. So, we always had the worst players play first, so when the better players played, the worst players would not whinge, cry, or complain that the better players had a longer turn then them. Fourth, we had gaming platform wars, depending on which system you owned in your home. The majority had the NES, and swore allegiance to it that it was a way superior system to anything else. Fifth, I have fond memories of the NES not playing properly, or at all sometimes due to heavy usage, so it meant, popping out the cartridge, and blowing the bottom part of the game to get it going. Finally, I never ever owned an NES, BUT I am buying it for my partners Christmas for their Christmas present with Super Mario Brothers, because that was her favourite game EVER!!!! Thanks for the memories guys, and I am glad I have subbed up now too!
I heard of the NES through TV ads at first. Then the fateful day came when my folks came home and they bought a Nintendo from a family friend for us and boy were we surprised! We played Duck Hunt and Super Mario all that night! Like the show guys!
Aww man I'm in my late 30's and I was lucky to finally get my NES. My Pop promised my bro and I a system if we made the A and B's on our report cards and he delivered. I'll never forget the first two games we got and it was Metroid and Double Dribble. My pop hogged up all the action with D.Dribble but good memories. Now as an adult I'm getting all my shit back and I'm almost there. I'm glad to see you guys get your youth back. Life is short so enjoy it. Cant wait for your next episodes. RAWR!
My first console was an odyssey 2 and my dad got alot games with it cus i think he got it second hand but after that atleast one console had to be at home while i was growin up i could stay glued playin games for a real long time and still do
I hate to sound like a total fanboy here...but i really enjoyed this....theGameChasers is incredible but this is just refreshing seeing you guys talk about your memories of gaming and your favorite games...putting aside all the rarity and value of games and talking about their true value to each of you because you enjoy them...awesome job....i really cant wait to see more videos in this line
It was back in 85 or 86 is the 1st time I played the NES. I was already playing the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64. I went over to my cousin house and seen her playing Mario Brothers so, when she died I got to play and I loved it. Than X-Mas of 86 or 87 I got my very own NES with 5 or 6 games for it. I still have it to this day.
Sort of similar grandma situation but I basically lived with mine. My paw paw was working, replacing a roof on this house and he finds me a NES. I remember he finds punch out days later in one those sleeves. I remember the first night I had it. In my grandparents trailer they set me up a small black and white crt (like a 13") on their deep freeze and I dive into turtles arcade and Mario 3. Distinctly remember those damn big balls and fire kicking my lil ass.
Old games are sold all the time on Amazon, plus there's pawn shops, flea markets, and such. Some of the more general video stores also sell them, like a local one in Texas called the Movie Trading Company.
My brother worked at McDonald's and came home with the nes, blades of steel, bad dudes were the 1st games I remember. Still 2 of my favorite games. Also we played strider. I remember we'd leave the nes on and cover the power light so our mom wouldn't shut it off.
The original NES era holds a lot of memories for me. I'd get so mad at my games that I'd throw the controller across the room...only to sulk for a few minutes, pick it up, and try again. I recently bought a used one online and replaced the 72-pin connector; it works great. Unfortunately, many games for the system cost more now than they did 25 years ago; I still haven't found decent prices for Mega Man 1, 5, or 6.
me and my brother got our NES at christmas 1986, along with Duck Hunt, Wrecking Crew and Kung Fu, so we had both a NES and my brothers C64 to play with those years.
Good video guys. When I first got my NES, I was probably about 6 or 7. I remember playing Super Mario Bros. a lot and my mother's friend told me about the 99 lives trick with the turtle. I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I also Remember when Contra came out...she gave me the Up Up, Down Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start code for the 30 extra lives. I'm 31 now and I still talk to her. In the end, I made a deal with my parents when the Sega Genesis came out. I could get one, but I had to give my NES and the games to my dads friends kids. I look back now and wish I could have made a better bargain with him...I guess that's just the way game keepin' go as a kid.
My first experience with NES was being invited to a birthday party. They had Super Mario Bros. playing and I pretty much ignored everybody the whole party, keep in mind this is the first time ever playing it. But yeah, I got the one with the gun and power pad, which was mind blowing because I didn't think I was getting this version. Very good memories, fellas.
Hey guys, Super Bobtendo here. Id have to say my first encounter with the NES was at a babysitters.. we played Mario till i fell asleep and my parents woke me up when they got there and i screamed " Koopas got me!!!!!" i had mine maybe a month later. And Mario 3 paved the way for Video Games... It raised the bar and the games that came after either fell short, or were epic in an attempt to beat the popularity of mario 3.
When u watch its like your just hanging out with a couple of your pals,I just finished toy chasers,so I went and found a picture of me on Christmas opening castle greyskull I was like 6 at the time,that's why I love the show a lot of memories,thanks guys,cheers melvor I'm a big fan,and I would like to smoke with dodongo too,lol
when i was 4 years old my uncle handed me down his NES, he had SMB1, castlevania, batman, probotector (contra to americans), Megaman 2 and TMNT as well as a few other gems, that and my TV boy (an atari 2600 on a chip with 250 games like keystone kapers, pitfall and more) are probably the reason why i love retro gaming despite growing up in the PS1 and to a greater extent the PS2 era.
My first game Console was Atari 2600.... I also used to play pong alot with my brother. I remember when we first got the Nes we would sit up countless hours playing River City Ransom, Zelda & Mario bros 3 used to go to my neighbors and me and her would sit up all night repeatly beating mario 3 but everytime she would have me do the level 2 1up trick before we would play. Also alot of Kirby as well. You guys are awesome hope you keep this series going
The NES was very important in its own way (d-pad, etc) but the crash was limited to North America and many seem to overrate this. Here in Europe the NES was never that popular, it was even surpassed by Sega's Master System. More importantly there were home computers like the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore C64 rocking the gaming marketplace. Saying the NES resurrected something that wasn't dead is a bit of an overstatement IMHO. I really enjoyed this new video series. Keep them coming, thanks!
The regret of letting stuff get thrown away/traded as a kid is such an utter killer. I remember I got a hand me down NES as a kid in about 1990ish which came with like 30 games. Looking back I just had a who's who of must have titles, Zelda, a couple of Megamans, Bionic Commando, and many more, just a bunch of games I'd have loved to not have to rebuy. Some of them are common titles, but in the UK even something relatively common is coming at reseller price unless you're really lucky. Gutting
My favorite system of all time is actually the Commodore Amiga 500. I grew up almost exclusively in PC gaming up until the PS1, only my cousins and friend had NES and SNES which I would play once in a while.
Gotta love the old Action Set boxes. I've got the one with the grey gun. Surprisingly the Zapper works fine. My earliest memories of the NES was my uncle had one. I would always get to rent a few games from Blockbuster every time we went over there. I was probably 4 at the time, playing Mega Man, Castlevania, some Flintstones games I vaguely remember. I would have to go for the PS2 as well for my favorite system, I used to just collect RPG's for it before I started collecting everything.
We usually dont do that but we have had a rash of those comments come in lately for some reason. It was was more of a joke than us taking a serious jab.
I remember when I got my NES, I was 6 years old. My parents also bought Little Samson with it. One of the best games until this day. Someone stole it from me though which I am pretty pissed about since it has sentimental value. Anyway, great videos guys. Loving it
I remember my first time playing was at my cousin house. I played Mike Tyson Punch out. At the time I still had Atari 2600. So I asked my dad for it. I got it in 1988 for my Birthday. My first games were. Castlevania Simon Quest, Mega Man 2 and Super Mario/Duck Hunt.
The story of the SNES for $15 reminds me of the time a few years ago I needed some cash so I sold an SNES with like 18 (good) games, an N64 with a few decent games, Final Fantasy 7-10, Arc the Lad collector box thingy with all the games, and a few other classic things for like $70. Oh well, gotta keep working on my collection (even though even craigslist, garage sale and flea market prices have exploded...)
I was lucky enough to grow up with an NES in the house, and even after we'd saved up for the Genesis and had a ton of games, Mario 3 and the Mega Man games still got the most use over the years. Pretty sure that NES disintegrated into thin air at some point from all the usage.
Aw! Lying in bed with a cold, having a slight fever, wearing my Game Chasers t-shirt to keep me warm, and what do I see, a new video by my two favourite TH-cam personalities! Your video made me think about my video gaming past. I loved this video, and I hope to see more of videos like that. But seeing as this is Episode 1, I suspect there are more planned. Either that, or Billy is being a dumdum. Thanks, guys. Really is appreciated.
Jay, my mom did the exact same thing when my older brother got his NES! She would stay up late at night to beat the game. When my bro finally got to Gannon, she would say,"you gotta use the bow and arrow to beat him! ...no, do this, that..." He got really annoyed cause his mom beat the game before he did. (She swore off video games after that because she became too obsessed!)
My first encounter with NES was my dad's. he was an oldschool gamer (PC-DOS NES, SNES etc). so nothing to do back then except watch...I was born in the 90's ,so my first game console was the Playstation xD but idk why I feel nostalgic watching this video.
I opened up a door thing in the head board of a bed and read Nintendo, I knew about Super Nintendo and up but never seen the NES. I asked who's it was and if I could have it plugged in (since I was young and didn't know) but was told no. Eventually I got too excited that my grandparents decided to take it away and said that they smashed it. I felt heartbroken. It took 5 years later for me to start collecting and at the same time I found it while moving. Best working / looking NES too!
I wanted an Nes so bad when i was younger but she never bought me anything but an Intellivision. I loved my Intellivision but i also wanted to own and love an Nes lol. But luckily i had friends who had an Nes so at least i didn't miss out. My friend would come over once in a while and stay the night and we'd be playing whatever he rented (or owned). Contra, Baseball Stars, Mario, every sports game and a ton ton more.
I remember what happen to my Nes i got tired of fighting with it to work and hammered a screw driver through it to end my struggle with it not even out of anger thing was on its deathbed as far as i could tell at the age of 12 or so. Super Mario 3 still my favorite Mario game hands down and i played most of the platformer mario games. My Favorite Consoles Playstation 1 and Psp tied for 1st, Sega Genesis, Nes, Snes, Ps2, Playstation 3, Vita, 3ds, Gamecube-Wii, N64, Neo Geo,TG-16, GBA, Sega Cd,Atarai 2600. Nice Vid.
NES was my first machine and how my obsession was started. Big brother had it I wasn't into games he was trying to show me mario bros. I liked fish at the time and he let me/encouraged me to play the underwater level. I then was a massive fan and got my own console for Christmas it was before mario 2 was out so would have been in first year of it being on sale in UK. Mega man, contra or probotector as it was here, duck tales, zelda 2 didn't have the first one lol and didn't get that far with second but did have it, had gremlins 2. Also traded mine in with about twenty mint boxed games for a tiny amount towards some snes games when I got the snes. Hindsight and all that lol
Hell yes, I just discovered these videos. TH-cam algorithm sucks the big one, I watched most of your content & TH-cam should have suggested this video. Great videos!
In 1996 I remember picking up all mega man games for like $2-$5 each at microplay. I think next Christmas my mom donated it to a needy family since I had Sega then.
Great video, i have a Family Game (Famicom clone) and my first videogame was Super Mario Bros. Recently, at my 30's a co-worker gave me an NES as a gift. An Action Play !
awesome video, love the editing and the graphics look super clean. were gonna shoot a video response today or tomorrow to this! cheers guys and keep up the great work!!
Awesome stuff guys. I swear you could take video of yourselves pissing along the side of the highway and I'd watch it. In fact, I think I already have. My memory of receiving my NES? It was Christmas and the NES was the first time I ever took an advance sneak peak at any of my gifts under the tree. It was the worst. Not the guilt, but the fact that I knew it was under the tree and Christmas was still 2 weeks away!
Well I never grew up with NES. It wasn't till my teen years when I moved to Vegas that I found out what it was. Didn't have the best childhood growing on games as I started with the Genesis and I grew up with Sega. Anyways though, I first played it a few years ago when I got my own NES from a store and played Mario Bros and Duck Hunt. Such a great system and I missed out in my childhood but I'm glad I own and play one now.
My first console was a Genesis in about 1992. The problem was that my parents didn't really have the cash to drop on games for it, and NES games used were pretty cheap at the time. So I lucked out and convinced my mom to buy me an NES and games for about thirty bucks at a yard sale, and I could scrape what little money I had together and buy games for it. Ironically the Genesis sat there while my friends and I tried to master Super Mario 3 and Zelda.
I love retro games infact my sister gave me the nes we had as kids for christmas, how many people can say that they got the same exact nes that they got for christmas 20+ years after they first got it? I'm working on getting the genesis from her next. My dad and I used to play contra, life force, and super c all the time together and ofcourse, galaga, gotta love retro gaming, it brings families together
I remember being 3 years old playing final Fantasy on the NES. It would be another 10 years before I finally beat garland and started making progress in that game lol.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were definitely a big deal on NES for me as well. Especially TMNT The Arcade Game. That shit blew my mind when I first played it. Castlevania 1 was also something I played Tirelessly. Love the fact your mom pestered you guys to help her out lol My girlfriends mom did the same to her and her brother to get through Tomb Raider a whole lot XD
i started getting interested in NES and SNES games again 4-5 years ago :) i actually went to my parents house and dug out my old nes games. i found joe & mac , snake rattle and roll,megaman 2, castlevania 1,2 and 3, LITTLE SAMSON ;D supermariobros 1,2 & 3, kid icarus, and donkey kong classics in my old gamebox in the attic :) i`m scandinavian so i dont know if the games is as rare as i`ve heard they are in the US but little samson seems to be a score:) the collection has just grown :)
Well... My experience with my first NES was well.. Good.. I got it when I moved to America. I grew up with the intellivision when I live in Puerto Rico. My godmother who passed away a couple years ago got it for me when I turned 6 in 1990. I was sooo excited! I played with it day and night for a month straight. I always opened it from the packaging every day and then put it back in the box in the end of the night.. One morning I saw it was gone.. My birthgiver sold it for drugs. I was devastated
Cool review. I have to say I was late gettin my Nes but it was an awesome system and lives in minds of gamers to this day and probably will forever. I have to say that was the day RPGs were simple. I loved the Mario games and the TMNT 3 alot. I still play it till this day.
I mostly grew up with the SNES/ PS1, and never really played the NES until I was maybe 5 or 6 at my babysitters. Playing SMB3 for the first time was fucking awesome.
My first "NES console" was actually a clone called "Terminator", I started playing that crappy knock off back in 95-96 for the first time, My favorite games were the Ninja Gaiden trilogy. A few years later I went and bought an original NES and started collecting games for it, never stopped since then.
This is a really great video - the stories behind the Game Chasing. Why you do what you do. Though I think I owe Billy a disappointed head shake at MAGfest for selling his BOXED SNES for $15. Gamestop caught you slippin'.
My go to NES games other the obvious ones where the point and click adventure games like Deja Vu, Shadowgate, Maniac Mansion. Never had a computer when I was younger so that was my first exposure to games like that.
Great video as always, gang. Kinda inspired me to create my own video about stories from my past gaming adventures. Maybe I'll work on that one next week! :)
dude your mum is cool zelda kicks ass greetings from england and retro games are cool i am a retro collector too i am a game chaser too in england more fun going out looking for games than going on ebay you guys where the ones that got me back into hunting for retro games i thank you for that been doing very well the last 6 months and long may it conintue keep up the good work guys i have watched you guys since you first started and great dissucion on the nes
I remember going to my cousins house back in the early 90s and opening her bedroom door only to find all of the neighbor kids crowded around the TV and bed playing Super Mario Bros 3. It was the first time I ever heard about or seen the game. Prior to that I had only know about SMB1 and 2. To me the game looked so sophisticated and beyond cool. Once it was my turn to have a go at the game, I remember sucking so bad at it. I died quickly and someone else would play next. Today I can beat it. :-)
Baseball Stars was one of my favorite NES games, I loved the RPG element of powering up your players as you earned more money from playing games. Solstice is a sentimental game for me, it was one of the few my dad played back in the day. Dungeon Magic, and Gunsmoke are my two favorite.
2022 Annual "Rewatch every video" from The Game Chasers from the start of the channel to now. Thank you reliving an amazing past.
I remember the first time I played the NES and I was hooked. Just played NES for the first time in twenty years and I couldn't stop smiling. Keep up the good work and know that you have inspired a lot of people to get back into retro heaven.
One of my greatest NES memories was back in I believe '95 when I was in 5th grade. It had been years since my family had the NES and I was starting to feel some serious yearnings for it. On my birthday that year, my brother came home from work with an NES system with Double Dribble, Double Dragon, Castlevania 2, and Lifeforce. That was the start of my Game Chasing days.
I remember there being a 2600 with a bunch of games being around my house when I was 5ish (born in 87) but my biggest memory was getting the SNES for Christmas the year it was released.
My first console was an Atari 2600. I was hooked. I was too young to realize that the market crashed in the US...I just remember my mom coming home one day with about 250 2600 games she picked up in a yard sale.
Some time after that I had a ColecoVision. I only had a few games and I don't remember any of them being special.
Then I was at a friends house, his dad worked overseas and had brought him home a Famicom....and I was blown away.
The following Christmas I had mine, it came backed with Gyromite and Duck Hunt....the light zapper and the robot.
My first experience with the NES was when I was 5 (in 1990) and watching some older kids play Final Fantasy and RBI Baseball. They even went through the trouble of teaching me how to play some of those games. The first game I beat on the NES was TMNT: The Manhattan Project.
I don't recall the very first time I played the NES, everyone just had one: friends, cousins, my neighbor, my babysitter...so eventually my dad took us into town and we got one too. Oddly enough it was just the system in a box, without a game, so the first game we actually got for the NES was Super Mario Bros. 2.
Saw The Wizard in theaters with my dad and sister a short time after we got the NES and of course the Super Mario Bros. 3 reveal blew my freaking mind.
Great new video series. We never had an NES or any other consoles growing up so I was the same way at every sleepover, playing nonstop until the sun came up.
I'm an 80s kid and probably like most, our NES was considered a family gift for Christmas '86. It was really for my dad since he stayed up most nights playing Zelda. To this day I can ask my dad about every secret in quest 1 and quest 2 and he recalls from memory what grid point to go to on the map. Family gift, my ass.
This is great. Looking forward to seeing more of this material from you guys. It definitely takes me down memory lane.
Whoa! I can so relate to everything that you two are talking about, even from New Zealand. First, I guess I 'befriended' perhaps our next door neighbour (I was like 8? 9?) so I could go over to their house, or stay the night, just to play theie NES. Second, I too, would stay up to the early hours of the morning to play NES. Third, Super Mario Brothers was our more preferred game of choice, as not many had Mario Brothers two or three. And, because the game was ONLY one player we used to play 'lives' as in, when you died, you had to hand over the controller. So, we always had the worst players play first, so when the better players played, the worst players would not whinge, cry, or complain that the better players had a longer turn then them. Fourth, we had gaming platform wars, depending on which system you owned in your home. The majority had the NES, and swore allegiance to it that it was a way superior system to anything else. Fifth, I have fond memories of the NES not playing properly, or at all sometimes due to heavy usage, so it meant, popping out the cartridge, and blowing the bottom part of the game to get it going. Finally, I never ever owned an NES, BUT I am buying it for my partners Christmas for their Christmas present with Super Mario Brothers, because that was her favourite game EVER!!!! Thanks for the memories guys, and I am glad I have subbed up now too!
I heard of the NES through TV ads at first. Then the fateful day came when my folks came home and they bought a Nintendo from a family friend for us and boy were we surprised!
We played Duck Hunt and Super Mario all that night!
Like the show guys!
Aww man I'm in my late 30's and I was lucky to finally get my NES. My Pop promised my bro and I a system if we made the A and B's on our report cards and he delivered. I'll never forget the first two games we got and it was Metroid and Double Dribble. My pop hogged up all the action with D.Dribble but good memories. Now as an adult I'm getting all my shit back and I'm almost there. I'm glad to see you guys get your youth back. Life is short so enjoy it. Cant wait for your next episodes. RAWR!
My first console was an odyssey 2 and my dad got alot games with it cus i think he got it second hand but after that atleast one console had to be at home while i was growin up i could stay glued playin games for a real long time and still do
I hate to sound like a total fanboy here...but i really enjoyed this....theGameChasers is incredible but this is just refreshing seeing you guys talk about your memories of gaming and your favorite games...putting aside all the rarity and value of games and talking about their true value to each of you because you enjoy them...awesome job....i really cant wait to see more videos in this line
It was back in 85 or 86 is the 1st time I played the NES. I was already playing the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64. I went over to my cousin house and seen her playing Mario Brothers so, when she died I got to play and I loved it. Than X-Mas of 86 or 87 I got my very own NES with 5 or 6 games for it. I still have it to this day.
Sort of similar grandma situation but I basically lived with mine. My paw paw was working, replacing a roof on this house and he finds me a NES. I remember he finds punch out days later in one those sleeves. I remember the first night I had it. In my grandparents trailer they set me up a small black and white crt (like a 13") on their deep freeze and I dive into turtles arcade and Mario 3. Distinctly remember those damn big balls and fire kicking my lil ass.
Old games are sold all the time on Amazon, plus there's pawn shops, flea markets, and such. Some of the more general video stores also sell them, like a local one in Texas called the Movie Trading Company.
My brother worked at McDonald's and came home with the nes, blades of steel, bad dudes were the 1st games I remember. Still 2 of my favorite games. Also we played strider. I remember we'd leave the nes on and cover the power light so our mom wouldn't shut it off.
"This is why you play Call of Duty" - Pure ownage =)
The original NES era holds a lot of memories for me. I'd get so mad at my games that I'd throw the controller across the room...only to sulk for a few minutes, pick it up, and try again. I recently bought a used one online and replaced the 72-pin connector; it works great. Unfortunately, many games for the system cost more now than they did 25 years ago; I still haven't found decent prices for Mega Man 1, 5, or 6.
me and my brother got our NES at christmas 1986, along with Duck Hunt, Wrecking Crew and Kung Fu, so we had both a NES and my brothers C64 to play with those years.
I can remember renting the NES system early in the 90s grabbing TMNT and Mario 1. Such good memories
Good video guys. When I first got my NES, I was probably about 6 or 7. I remember playing Super Mario Bros. a lot and my mother's friend told me about the 99 lives trick with the turtle. I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I also Remember when Contra came out...she gave me the Up Up, Down Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start code for the 30 extra lives. I'm 31 now and I still talk to her. In the end, I made a deal with my parents when the Sega Genesis came out. I could get one, but I had to give my NES and the games to my dads friends kids. I look back now and wish I could have made a better bargain with him...I guess that's just the way game keepin' go as a kid.
My first experience with NES was being invited to a birthday party. They had Super Mario Bros. playing and I pretty much ignored everybody the whole party, keep in mind this is the first time ever playing it. But yeah, I got the one with the gun and power pad, which was mind blowing because I didn't think I was getting this version. Very good memories, fellas.
Hey guys, Super Bobtendo here. Id have to say my first encounter with the NES was at a babysitters.. we played Mario till i fell asleep and my parents woke me up when they got there and i screamed " Koopas got me!!!!!" i had mine maybe a month later. And Mario 3 paved the way for Video Games... It raised the bar and the games that came after either fell short, or were epic in an attempt to beat the popularity of mario 3.
i have a nes till this day and play it cause it holds a special place in my heart plus it was my first system
When u watch its like your just hanging out with a couple of your pals,I just finished toy chasers,so I went and found a picture of me on Christmas opening castle greyskull I was like 6 at the time,that's why I love the show a lot of memories,thanks guys,cheers melvor I'm a big fan,and I would like to smoke with dodongo too,lol
when i was 4 years old my uncle handed me down his NES, he had SMB1, castlevania, batman, probotector (contra to americans), Megaman 2 and TMNT as well as a few other gems, that and my TV boy (an atari 2600 on a chip with 250 games like keystone kapers, pitfall and more) are probably the reason why i love retro gaming despite growing up in the PS1 and to a greater extent the PS2 era.
My first game Console was Atari 2600.... I also used to play pong alot with my brother. I remember when we first got the Nes we would sit up countless hours playing River City Ransom, Zelda & Mario bros 3 used to go to my neighbors and me and her would sit up all night repeatly beating mario 3 but everytime she would have me do the level 2 1up trick before we would play. Also alot of Kirby as well. You guys are awesome hope you keep this series going
The NES was very important in its own way (d-pad, etc) but the crash was limited to North America and many seem to overrate this. Here in Europe the NES was never that popular, it was even surpassed by Sega's Master System. More importantly there were home computers like the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore C64 rocking the gaming marketplace. Saying the NES resurrected something that wasn't dead is a bit of an overstatement IMHO. I really enjoyed this new video series. Keep them coming, thanks!
still have my same NES from 1987. works like a dream.
I love hearing the old stories like this. :)
"hey yo, chico. it's the bad guy, razor ramon. with a new episode."
that was the first thought that struck me during that intro.
The regret of letting stuff get thrown away/traded as a kid is such an utter killer. I remember I got a hand me down NES as a kid in about 1990ish which came with like 30 games. Looking back I just had a who's who of must have titles, Zelda, a couple of Megamans, Bionic Commando, and many more, just a bunch of games I'd have loved to not have to rebuy. Some of them are common titles, but in the UK even something relatively common is coming at reseller price unless you're really lucky. Gutting
The release of SMB3 really took promotion to whole another level, set the bar to a godlike level...
My favorite system of all time is actually the Commodore Amiga 500. I grew up almost exclusively in PC gaming up until the PS1, only my cousins and friend had NES and SNES which I would play once in a while.
Gotta love the old Action Set boxes. I've got the one with the grey gun. Surprisingly the Zapper works fine. My earliest memories of the NES was my uncle had one. I would always get to rent a few games from Blockbuster every time we went over there. I was probably 4 at the time, playing Mega Man, Castlevania, some Flintstones games I vaguely remember. I would have to go for the PS2 as well for my favorite system, I used to just collect RPG's for it before I started collecting everything.
We usually dont do that but we have had a rash of those comments come in lately for some reason. It was was more of a joke than us taking a serious jab.
Not sure what you are looking at, but I know I dont have the game. What are you looking at anyway?
I remember when I got my NES, I was 6 years old. My parents also bought Little Samson with it. One of the best games until this day. Someone stole it from me though which I am pretty pissed about since it has sentimental value. Anyway, great videos guys. Loving it
cool new show, and good to start with your first and favourite machine. Look forward to future episodes.
I remember my first time playing was at my cousin house. I played Mike Tyson Punch out. At the time I still had Atari 2600. So I asked my dad for it. I got it in 1988 for my Birthday. My first games were. Castlevania Simon Quest, Mega Man 2 and Super Mario/Duck Hunt.
The story of the SNES for $15 reminds me of the time a few years ago I needed some cash so I sold an SNES with like 18 (good) games, an N64 with a few decent games, Final Fantasy 7-10, Arc the Lad collector box thingy with all the games, and a few other classic things for like $70. Oh well, gotta keep working on my collection (even though even craigslist, garage sale and flea market prices have exploded...)
Rygar is my favorite NES game.. because me and my Uncle (RIP) used to play that game every weekend for 1 year straight :)
I was lucky enough to grow up with an NES in the house, and even after we'd saved up for the Genesis and had a ton of games, Mario 3 and the Mega Man games still got the most use over the years. Pretty sure that NES disintegrated into thin air at some point from all the usage.
cool story. I'm going to go pop some popcorn and read it again
Aw!
Lying in bed with a cold, having a slight fever, wearing my Game Chasers t-shirt to keep me warm, and what do I see, a new video by my two favourite TH-cam personalities!
Your video made me think about my video gaming past. I loved this video, and I hope to see more of videos like that. But seeing as this is Episode 1, I suspect there are more planned. Either that, or Billy is being a dumdum.
Thanks, guys. Really is appreciated.
Great "Change-Up" guys....I can't wait too see what other projects are under your belt!
I really hope your kidding because these guys are the best thing that has happened to youtube and they have all of my support
The NES was my second system after the Atari and it is my favorite system of all time. Many hours and much fun spent on Mario & Metroid.
Jay, my mom did the exact same thing when my older brother got his NES! She would stay up late at night to beat the game. When my bro finally got to Gannon, she would say,"you gotta use the bow and arrow to beat him! ...no, do this, that..." He got really annoyed cause his mom beat the game before he did. (She swore off video games after that because she became too obsessed!)
Im going to need a full page report on that turned into my desk by tomorrow afternoon.
My first encounter with NES was my dad's. he was an oldschool gamer (PC-DOS NES, SNES etc). so nothing to do back then except watch...I was born in the 90's ,so my first game console was the Playstation xD but idk why I feel nostalgic watching this video.
everything you guys put out is gold, thanks guys
I opened up a door thing in the head board of a bed and read Nintendo, I knew about Super Nintendo and up but never seen the NES. I asked who's it was and if I could have it plugged in (since I was young and didn't know) but was told no. Eventually I got too excited that my grandparents decided to take it away and said that they smashed it. I felt heartbroken. It took 5 years later for me to start collecting and at the same time I found it while moving. Best working / looking NES too!
Cool video and cool stories. I got my NES really late but the games library is so fantastic. This is a system you need to have.
I wanted an Nes so bad when i was younger but she never bought me anything but an Intellivision. I loved my Intellivision but i also wanted to own and love an Nes lol. But luckily i had friends who had an Nes so at least i didn't miss out. My friend would come over once in a while and stay the night and we'd be playing whatever he rented (or owned). Contra, Baseball Stars, Mario, every sports game and a ton ton more.
I used to play NES at a friends house.. but I was a real sega fanboy so I didn't want to show how much I actually loved it.. haha! The good ol' day's!
I remember what happen to my Nes i got tired of fighting with it to work and hammered a screw driver through it to end my struggle with it not even out of anger thing was on its deathbed as far as i could tell at the age of 12 or so. Super Mario 3 still my favorite Mario game hands down and i played most of the platformer mario games. My Favorite Consoles Playstation 1 and Psp tied for 1st, Sega Genesis, Nes, Snes, Ps2, Playstation 3, Vita, 3ds, Gamecube-Wii, N64, Neo Geo,TG-16, GBA, Sega Cd,Atarai 2600. Nice Vid.
NES was my first machine and how my obsession was started. Big brother had it I wasn't into games he was trying to show me mario bros. I liked fish at the time and he let me/encouraged me to play the underwater level. I then was a massive fan and got my own console for Christmas it was before mario 2 was out so would have been in first year of it being on sale in UK. Mega man, contra or probotector as it was here, duck tales, zelda 2 didn't have the first one lol and didn't get that far with second but did have it, had gremlins 2. Also traded mine in with about twenty mint boxed games for a tiny amount towards some snes games when I got the snes. Hindsight and all that lol
without them there is no show
Hell yes, I just discovered these videos. TH-cam algorithm sucks the big one, I watched most of your content & TH-cam should have suggested this video. Great videos!
In 1996 I remember picking up all mega man games for like $2-$5 each at microplay. I think next Christmas my mom donated it to a needy family since I had Sega then.
Great video, i have a Family Game (Famicom clone) and my first videogame was Super Mario Bros. Recently, at my 30's a co-worker gave me an NES as a gift. An Action Play !
awesome video, love the editing and the graphics look super clean. were gonna shoot a video response today or tomorrow to this! cheers guys and keep up the great work!!
Awesome stuff guys. I swear you could take video of yourselves pissing along the side of the highway and I'd watch it. In fact, I think I already have.
My memory of receiving my NES? It was Christmas and the NES was the first time I ever took an advance sneak peak at any of my gifts under the tree. It was the worst. Not the guilt, but the fact that I knew it was under the tree and Christmas was still 2 weeks away!
Well I never grew up with NES. It wasn't till my teen years when I moved to Vegas that I found out what it was. Didn't have the best childhood growing on games as I started with the Genesis and I grew up with Sega. Anyways though, I first played it a few years ago when I got my own NES from a store and played Mario Bros and Duck Hunt. Such a great system and I missed out in my childhood but I'm glad I own and play one now.
My first console was a Genesis in about 1992. The problem was that my parents didn't really have the cash to drop on games for it, and NES games used were pretty cheap at the time. So I lucked out and convinced my mom to buy me an NES and games for about thirty bucks at a yard sale, and I could scrape what little money I had together and buy games for it. Ironically the Genesis sat there while my friends and I tried to master Super Mario 3 and Zelda.
I love retro games infact my sister gave me the nes we had as kids for christmas, how many people can say that they got the same exact nes that they got for christmas 20+ years after they first got it? I'm working on getting the genesis from her next. My dad and I used to play contra, life force, and super c all the time together and ofcourse, galaga, gotta love retro gaming, it brings families together
I remember being 3 years old playing final Fantasy on the NES. It would be another 10 years before I finally beat garland and started making progress in that game lol.
I love what you guys are doing with this new series, but you already knew I would say that didn't you? :)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were definitely a big deal on NES for me as well. Especially TMNT The Arcade Game. That shit blew my mind when I first played it.
Castlevania 1 was also something I played Tirelessly.
Love the fact your mom pestered you guys to help her out lol My girlfriends mom did the same to her and her brother to get through Tomb Raider a whole lot XD
Ahh actually 🤓
Jay your mom is awesome for getting zelda back in the day.
Thank Christ someone defended TMNT. I still love that game no matter how much hate it gets. Good video guys.
i started getting interested in NES and SNES games again 4-5 years ago :) i actually went to my parents house and dug out my old nes games. i found joe & mac , snake rattle and roll,megaman 2, castlevania 1,2 and 3, LITTLE SAMSON ;D supermariobros 1,2 & 3, kid icarus, and donkey kong classics in my old gamebox in the attic :) i`m scandinavian so i dont know if the games is as rare as i`ve heard they are in the US but little samson seems to be a score:) the collection has just grown :)
Well... My experience with my first NES was well.. Good.. I got it when I moved to America. I grew up with the intellivision when I live in Puerto Rico. My godmother who passed away a couple years ago got it for me when I turned 6 in 1990. I was sooo excited! I played with it day and night for a month straight. I always opened it from the packaging every day and then put it back in the box in the end of the night.. One morning I saw it was gone.. My birthgiver sold it for drugs. I was devastated
Cool review. I have to say I was late gettin my Nes but it was an awesome system and lives in minds of gamers to this day and probably will forever.
I have to say that was the day RPGs were simple. I loved the Mario games and the TMNT 3 alot.
I still play it till this day.
Great Vid guys, would love to see more of these !
Miss this series
I mostly grew up with the SNES/ PS1, and never really played the NES until I was maybe 5 or 6 at my babysitters. Playing SMB3 for the first time was fucking awesome.
I think we just went Back in time like the Turtles. I remember Jay cutting his hair short on the NES Punk 24h marathon.
The first game I saw was Mike Tyson's Punchout.... I was blown away with the graphics and gameplay for back then
i remember poppin it in in grandmas bedroom. i thought jay was about to pull it out at the end there whoaaa buddy.
Nice new series guys,
For me I did not grow up with a NES I had the Sega Master System but I did pick up a SNES as my next console.
My first "NES console" was actually a clone called "Terminator", I started playing that crappy knock off back in 95-96 for the first time, My favorite games were the Ninja Gaiden trilogy. A few years later I went and bought an original NES and started collecting games for it, never stopped since then.
Bases Loaded 2 yeah those codes were brutal awesome game played that to death
Nothing beats the smell of the NES when you first open it. Good times
As the first commenter, maybe, I would just like to say that you guys rock and I can't wait to watch this video.
This is a really great video - the stories behind the Game Chasing. Why you do what you do.
Though I think I owe Billy a disappointed head shake at MAGfest for selling his BOXED SNES for $15. Gamestop caught you slippin'.
My only original childhood games that survived were my resident evil remake and nemesis in box on GameCube, great video dudes cowabunghole
My go to NES games other the obvious ones where the point and click adventure games like Deja Vu, Shadowgate, Maniac Mansion. Never had a computer when I was younger so that was my first exposure to games like that.
good concept guys. watching it now.
Great video as always, gang. Kinda inspired me to create my own video about stories from my past gaming adventures. Maybe I'll work on that one next week! :)
Haha, loved the uncut ending :D! May make a response to this when I get a minute :)
Ha ha, your story about getting a Nes. Mine was the same scenario, my mother wanted to play Zelda xD. That's given me a huge nostalgia buzz.
Thanks Billy. Just wanted to have it cleared out. Great series.
Its weird I remember my NES and SNES always being at my grandparents house up until the N64 when my parents bought it for my family.
dude your mum is cool zelda kicks ass greetings from england and retro games are cool i am a retro collector too i am a game chaser too in england more fun going out looking for games than going on ebay you guys where the ones that got me back into hunting for retro games i thank you for that been doing very well the last 6 months and long may it conintue keep up the good work guys i have watched you guys since you first started and great dissucion on the nes