Completing this for the sake of completing my assignment

Well, it's come to the point where by i have to talk about many things that's written on the TODO list. It says to comment about the history of video games.



Those things can be googled easily. Maybe I'll talk about my own history of games.



My first memory of me playing video games is got to be a console. It only has about 6 games inside. No changeable cartridges. The 2 controllers are permanently stuck to the console. I believe they were all sports games and different variations of pong.

Next I know, I saw this popeye game at a shop and as all good little kids do, whined until my mother got me one. However, when I got it, the graphics look different from the one I saw. Only after some time did I realise, What I saw was the NES and what my mom got was the Atari. The gameplay of the 2 popeyes were similar however, I remember being kind of disappointed in the graphics.

I remember ET on the Atari. That was one horrid game. I cannot figure out what on earth I was supposed to do. I remember evading people chasing me, falling into pits (a lot) and just gaming over before I knew it.

My next console would be the NES. That would be when I would say I was playing way too much video games. The NES came bundled with it's Titulur game: Super Mario Bros. I remember playing through over and over and actually was very pleased at finding out the warp zone secrets by myself. No Gamefaqs.com! I rent games overnight (and tried to complete them within that time). I went and played games by the hour at shops (I think it was SGD 1 per hour).

This was where I started with my other series of games which I love: Rockman. Not Megaman because that would have been in english. This was in an unknown language which I found out later to be Japanese. Rockman, he was so much more responsive than Mario, had more weapons and definitely harder. Dying in Rockman was normal but you don't blame the game for being cheap. You die because you're not skilled which makes success all that much sweeter.

I also player Super Mario Bros 3. This really amazed me as to how they packed 8 worlds into the game and all 8 worlds feel different. My favorite was the Tanooki suit. You fly, you look cute, you can turn into a stone statue!

Some games played on this console:
Contra 1 & 2
Mario 1 to 3
Ninja Gaiden 1 to 3
Rockman 1-6
Dragonball
Samarai Pizza Cats.

Sega. I cannot remember which version I played (I was REALLY young then but I do remember "16 bit" on the console if that helped). Sonic the Hedgehog was what I loved. The music was fantastic, the uber fast sonic. Many things to love. There was actually Street Fighter 2 for this. I remember duking it out with my cousin and having a 6 button controller. I belived the Sega initially had a 3 button controller but the later controllers seem to expand this to 6.

Some games played on this console:
Altered beasts
Golden Axe 1 & 2
Sonic 1 to Knuckles
Streets of Rage 1 & 2

Super NES. The SNES came with the newest Mario game: Super Mario World. I believed this game I found many if not all the secrets, by myself and without a game guide no less.

This console was where I started with Japanese RPGs. Final Fantasy 4 (or 2 as it was known back then). Fell in love with its music, story, characters and battles. Also the first game where I grinded at the last part of the game to earn "Meteo" (all the spells had only 5 letters max).

I also started Zelda here. I don't know why I didn't play Zelda on the NES. This was where I first consulted guides.

Bomberman! I remember getting a multitap just for this. I still believe that bomberman is still the number 1 party game.

Some games played on this console:
Final Fantasy 4 & 6
Rockman X 1 to 3
Zelda: A link to the past
Super Mario World
Street Fighter 2
Super Bomberman series
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Chrono Trigger

Sega Saturn. I remember having to decide between the Saturn or the Playstation. The 2 strongest factors were: 1 was Sega, the other had FF7. I chose the Sega brandname over one game. Somewhat regretted that as the Saturn does not seem to have that many games though if you compare the same title between the 2 consoles, the Saturn did it better. This was also where I started with my Super Robot Wars series.

Some games played on this console:
Rockman X 4
X men VS Street Fighter
Marvel VS Street Fighter
Super Robot Wars F & FF.

Playstation. So in the end, I did get a Playstation. FF7 was fantastic. Aeries! Why do you die??? The very first shock I had that a main character dies. I really felt the sadness on her death and anger towards Sephiroth for taking her away.

I think I played a lot of game on this console and remember adding something such that it plays VCD as well.

Some games played on this console:
Super Robot Wars Alpha
Final Fantasy 7 to 9
Rockman X 5 & 6
Parappa the Rapper.

Playstation 2. I have it. I love it (still). Everything was good about this. The games, the graphics, the music. This time my first game is Final Fantasy 10. The graphics is really good and the battles are fast. Really got to hand it to Square for their ability to create a new system for each Final Fantasy.

Some games played on this console:
Super Robot Wars Alpha 2,3, MX, OGs
Fatal Frame
Final Fantasy 10, 12
Dynasty Warriors 3 to 5

I've no more time to touch on when my handheld console gaming began but I started with the Gamegear. I was amazed at how they miniturised the games and how it looked. However, the battery life was an issue. I could never have brought it around because it drains the batteries too much. Hence I remember playing it while plugged to the wall. Which of course made me wonder: WHY do I want to play on such a small screen since it's not portable? It didn't last long.

Gameboy color. I remember bring this into NS. I was playing pokemon blue then. My bunkmates saw me playing and 2 of them went to purchase that on the first night out. Spent lots of time challenging each other to pokemon fights and trading the pokemons. Fun.

Nintendo DS lite. Skipped the Gameboy advanced because I saw a lot of games I had played before on the SNES. The DS is a nifty piece of equipment. 2 screens, touch screen, and best of all: Good battery life.

PSP. Waited for the slim version to come out before I bought. Games look good but I still think the NDSL is better for innovative games.

That's it for my history!