Super Nintendo was the console of my generation

Let’s take a trip down retro lane…..we are headed to the 90’s baby!

Christmas 1995 was the best christmas that i had as a child.  I remember looking under that tree and seeing a fairly big box and of course, that is the box that i want to open first.  I kind of had an inkling that it was going to be something that i had been asking for all year.  I mean, i couldn’t have mentioned the Super Nintendo any more than i did to my dad who passed this on to Santa.  It seems that Santa finally gave me what i wanted for christmas and i felt the joy overwhelm me as i unwrapped the box and find myself looking at my  brand new and very precious Super Nintendo.

Games back then were so simple ie crap but we wouldn’t have it any other way.  My parents had bills so i didn’t get the donkey kong’s or the super mario’s.  I got Unirally, Tetris 2 and Whizz.  Times were changing and so were the people.  They always want more or better and so i was jumping on the Super Nintendo band wagon just as others were getting off and going to the new consoles but i didn’t care.  This ended up being the only gaming console that i had during my childhood but i wouldn’t change that.  I spent as much time as i could playing the games until i got bored of clocking them over and over.  I remember having a friend come over and we sat there playing games for ages and ended up hogging the tv at news time lol.  Sadly i don’t still have my original Super Nintendo but thank god for ebay.  I now have been able to get another console and a few games for it and this collection is bigger than what i used to own.  I want to add more games to it though.

I am glad that i got to have this console be a big part of my childhood and i believe that these things are troopers! Over 20 years old and they are still kicking which is probably more than i can say for this generation of consoles.  They don’t make things like they used to.  I love the hardy snes game cartridges.  If they don’t boot, just blow a puff of air onto the connectors and the game works! Can’t say that about a game disc!

1981 Tomytronic Tron

Now this is a nice piece to add to any retro gaming collection!  I recently bought this Tomytronic Tron from ebay.  I find that listings for this item only come up every now and then and the prices vary.  I was lucky enough to find this tron with the box.  I paid around $200 aus for this boxed beauty to get shipped to me from the UK.

The box actually is in fairly good condition considering it’s age but the most important thing is that IT STILL WORKS!  The previous owner had looked after this well and has even included the original manuals.  I love having a retro gaming item that has been around longer than i have!

Yes the game play is simplistic but that is what makes it old school cool. You can youtube people playing this game.

I think that if you see one of these beauties around for sale, then you should grab it up!……. no i’m not selling mine but i just mean that you should get one for your collection, ya know? 🙂