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DarkMaster · 05-26-2003, 09:24 PM

back in the day, I was a Sega man. Genesis was king in my mind, so many memories. I'd always want to play some of the games on SNES though, like Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, and other awesomeness. But Sonic's hold was just too strong, and I held on to genesis, until PSX came out. I believe at this time PSX was 1 or 2 years old, and the N64 had just came out a few months ago. I was strongly considering getting a N64 (it was near christmas, and I was comtemplating on which new system to get). My friend already had one and I remember being amazed with Mario 64 and Starfox 64. At this time, I really didn't know anything about the Playstation, so I never really paid much attention to it. But then, one day, on a boring November afternoon, I was watching TV and suddenly I saw something I'll never forget.

It was the commercial for Final Fantasy VII. I swear, I almost pissed my pants. I was absolutely astounded. At this time I didn't even know the Final Fantasy series existed, nor did I care for RPGs, but there was something about that commercial that just made me go insane. I had to have it, and seeing that Playstation logo come on at the end of the commercial was the buying point for my PSX.

I got my PSX for Christmas, along with FF7, I played for hours on end and I was amazed all the way through. My first FF game, my first RPG, it was like a revolution in my gaming life. Over the years after that, I paid less and less attention to the N64. Zelda: OoT came out and I was astonished once again. I ended up buying an N64 just for that game. A few years later, I sold the N64 and grew more fond of my PSX goodness.

I had some good times with my PSX, and the announcement of the PS2 made me go crazy. Before PS2, there was Dreamcast, and playing the Japanese Sonic Adventures at my local EB made me fall in love with Sega once again. The time came for DC release, and I had no money. Everytime I got money, I ended up spending it, and eventually the DC passed out of my mind. It came the time for PS2's release, and my parents offered to help me pay for it. I purchased it the first day it came out, I was actually the first person in the city to have bought a PS2 (there were others who illegally bought it earlier, but they can rot in hell). I bought The Summoner along with it, and needless to say, it was crap on a disc.

The years went by, so many great games came out for PS2, I loved it. Then Gamecube came out, and at first I didn't plan on purchasing it, nor did I want the Xbox. By the time it was my birthday, I had decided to get a GCN (dont ask me why, I just did) and I was moderately happy with my Super Smash Bros.: Melee.

To this day, I've had amazing experiences with some of the games on PS2, while on GCN I've had some truly good times.

05-26-2003, 09:24 PM	#5
DarkMaster I am not a smart person DarkMaster is offline Now Playing: Life Posts: 3,363	back in the day, I was a Sega man. Genesis was king in my mind, so many memories. I'd always want to play some of the games on SNES though, like Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, and other awesomeness. But Sonic's hold was just too strong, and I held on to genesis, until PSX came out. I believe at this time PSX was 1 or 2 years old, and the N64 had just came out a few months ago. I was strongly considering getting a N64 (it was near christmas, and I was comtemplating on which new system to get). My friend already had one and I remember being amazed with Mario 64 and Starfox 64. At this time, I really didn't know anything about the Playstation, so I never really paid much attention to it. But then, one day, on a boring November afternoon, I was watching TV and suddenly I saw something I'll never forget. It was the commercial for Final Fantasy VII. I swear, I almost pissed my pants. I was absolutely astounded. At this time I didn't even know the Final Fantasy series existed, nor did I care for RPGs, but there was something about that commercial that just made me go insane. I had to have it, and seeing that Playstation logo come on at the end of the commercial was the buying point for my PSX. I got my PSX for Christmas, along with FF7, I played for hours on end and I was amazed all the way through. My first FF game, my first RPG, it was like a revolution in my gaming life. Over the years after that, I paid less and less attention to the N64. Zelda: OoT came out and I was astonished once again. I ended up buying an N64 just for that game. A few years later, I sold the N64 and grew more fond of my PSX goodness. I had some good times with my PSX, and the announcement of the PS2 made me go crazy. Before PS2, there was Dreamcast, and playing the Japanese Sonic Adventures at my local EB made me fall in love with Sega once again. The time came for DC release, and I had no money. Everytime I got money, I ended up spending it, and eventually the DC passed out of my mind. It came the time for PS2's release, and my parents offered to help me pay for it. I purchased it the first day it came out, I was actually the first person in the city to have bought a PS2 (there were others who illegally bought it earlier, but they can rot in hell). I bought The Summoner along with it, and needless to say, it was crap on a disc. The years went by, so many great games came out for PS2, I loved it. Then Gamecube came out, and at first I didn't plan on purchasing it, nor did I want the Xbox. By the time it was my birthday, I had decided to get a GCN (dont ask me why, I just did) and I was moderately happy with my Super Smash Bros.: Melee. To this day, I've had amazing experiences with some of the games on PS2, while on GCN I've had some truly good times.