I honestly don't think I've ever been more excited for anything in my life than I was for the Nintendo 64 and Mario 64. I later sold the system out of sheer frustration from the lack of quality games compared to the PS1, but man, Mario 64... that's still probably my favourite game of all time.

Semi off-topic but the title "NES Zapper" reminds me of the NES Advantage my little brother had. For those that don't know, it was this controller that was meant to be like a real arcade-style controller with enlarged buttons & a true post and knob joystick. It had a big base that you could set down on a coffee table or in your lap. Here's what they look like.

My brother had it in his lap, probably playing Metroid or something, and being that it was wintertime, and prime scuff-your-socks-on-the-carpet-and-static-shock-your-little-brother-season, I scuffed my socks on the carpet and touched his hand as he played. What instantly followed was like a super-powered shock that I felt as much as he did (well, not quite as much...) It turns out that the NES Advantage had a metal base, and when I shocked his hand, it fried the controller(on his lap) and it basically electrocuted his wang. He screamed like a a little girl so I was, as you can imagine, completely thrilled with the results. Unfortunately my parents didn't see things my way and they made me buy another controller. It was so worth it though.

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That style of game looks a lot like something i use to play on Super Nintendo. I'm really surprised they still make this style of game.

my daughter does this with her nintendo DSIXL

k, Bifrost is not just a comic book creation. I'm fairly certain both Nintendo and Marvel pulled this from the source.

See you in Valhalla motherfucker.

Lyrics:

He is your brother.
And just because he's older,
He will always try to boss you.
No matter what you do,
You must obey him!

He is your brother.
And just because he's younger,
You will learn to tell your fists no,
When he beats you on Nintendo.
Do not hit him!

Ahhhhhhhhh
Don't leave us,
You are our jesus.
But you look like mother.
Don't want to lose you,
To another.

Ahhhhhhhhh
Don't leave us,
You are our jesus.
She maybe your lover,
But do not forget,
You are our brother!

You were a loser,
Your haircut was a mullet.
You could not play the bassoon,
You had a dark blue bedroom,
What were you thinking?!

You also had a mullet!
I was always the cool one.
I was the budding rock star,
I'm awesome at the guitar....
...But you work for me now!

Ahhhhhhhhh
Don't leave us,
You are our jesus.
But you look like mother.
Don't want to lose you,
To another.

Ahhhhhhhhh
Don't leave us,
You are our jesus.
She maybe your lover,
But do not forget,
You are our brother!

You were working as a salesman,
In a homeware & design store.
You only ever wore black,
Your life was made of Habitat.
You were lonely.
Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh

That was when you met her,
Though you would never tell us.
But then we finally guessed it,
Out came your dirty secret -
You loved your boss!
Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhh
You loved your boss!!!

You are my brother.
Just look how far you've come now.
I used to change your nappy,
Now you're old & saggy,
Fat like Paddy.

You are my brother.
I always looked up to you.
But now to me it's quite weird,
Cause you have hair & a beard,
Just like our Daddy.

Ahhhhhhhhh
Don't leave us,
You are our jesus.
But you look like mother.
Don't want to lose you,
To another.

Ahhhhhhhhh
Don't leave us,
You are our jesus.
She maybe your lover,
But do not forget,
You are our brother!

Chords....are simple & repetitive:

First 2 verses & choruses: D minor, F major, A minor, D minor
Middle 8 (the 'you were working as a salesman' bit): C major, F major, C major, F major, A minor; repeat then go to D minor
Final verse: D minor, F major, A minor, D minor
Final choruses: D minor, F major, A minor, D minor

© Rufus Starlight, Baddy Paris & Ferris Ferhat.

I hope she gets away too. She's much more eloquent than I was at that age. All I wanted at 11 was a Nintendo.

I agree with everything you said, but the only thing we can do now is sit back to watch the magic of knowledge dissemination, and help where we can.

Apparently Marioing is a fulltime job.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553409/

Christ Nintendo needs some new characters.

Its not really consoles fault that PCs are harder to develop for and suffer much higher piracy rates. It frustrates me when a console port is lazy on the fairly basic shit, like graphics, control and hud options but I don't really hate on developers for focusing their huge investment on the platform that'll give them the most return either. Some might see games like Skyrim as compromising their PC heritage for the console market, but I think you could also argue that the console market allowed a PC game to be mucher larger in scope than it would have been otherwise.

Personally I think PC gaming is in a pretty good place. My hope is that it won't be long before you can easily hook up the TV in your living room to the PC sitting in your study or bedroom or w/e and the PC can really compete against consoles on their territory. Valve has clearly set their sights on it, I think Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo should be worried.

> Sad it has come to this, happy Sony and Nintendo didn't follow.

Is it Sony and Nintendo? Or "The Non American Companies"? Is the unabated overempowering of USA corporate greed ?

*quality

it is sad it has come to this, that we celebrate a feature that has existed for decades. still a massive sigh of relief, and a hilarious video. the first thing I thought when the E3 attendance started screaming in applause at the announcement of no drm and used games sales still exist etc, I felt sad and happy at the same time. Sad it has come to this, happy Sony and Nintendo didn't follow.

Fuck you Microsoft.

I think it's the emphasis on everything but gaming that gets people bent out of shape. It is pretty ridiculous.
Even more so when you consider that Nintendo is the only one that is focusing on the games, and they've made such ridiculous design decisions that they're still not a guaranteed alternative. I really feel like Nintendo would sweep the market if they had dropped a console that was nothing but gaming, minus any external stupidity (i.e. with a rationally designed controller).
I work in the game industry, and I'm checking out of the next console generation. I wasn't eager to go in for the last one, and as it's finally rolling to an end I look back on a half-used Wii that overheats if I don't have a fan on it at all times, and having purchased two 360s and two PS3s because the first ones both failed in a year due to shit manufacturing.
I'm glad I'm still allowed to build my own PC.

Nintendo Wiis sure have a lot of bugs.

I just recently discovered you can easily get old Nintendo ROMs to run with an emulator on your computer and what seems like every old NES game is freely available for download. I can't wait to receive the USB Nintendo controllers I just ordered so I can get into some classic, good games, not like all the crap they're shoveling nowadays.

I can't wait for my boys to be old enough to start enjoying them, especially Super Mario Bros. Just too bad Duck Hunt is no longer an option.