Dear NES: Happy 30th, and thanks for paving the way
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) October 18, 2015
The NES is officially three decades old in North America, where it was released on October 18, 1985. The milestone is being commemorated by both Nintendo fans and rivals, including none other than the maker of PlayStation – Sony, which personally thanked the classic console for “paving the way” for the future of gaming. What are some of your fondest memories of the NES? If you never owned one, you can still experience some of its greatest games by downloading them via the Nintendo eShop.
Good thing it’s not the SNES’s birthday.
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BOOM! Nice sir.
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You win the world!!!
I grew up in the N64 era into GameCube, so if I had a fondest memory of the NES, it would be watching The Wizard movie.
Playing Duck Hunt in my buddy Nick’s room was my first NES experience and I couldn’t get enough of it thereafter. Zelda was probably my favorite game on the NES.
YEA!! HIGH FIVE FOR THE CLASSICS!! NES FTW!!
SMB3, I ditched school in order to wait outside Kb-toys. Mom woulda killed me if she knew, lol
LIES SONY STOP LYING xD
finally, something worth reading…its good to see companies get along and end this stupidity of which is better. I’m talking about this so called console war, the big 3.
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That’s the spirit! I will hand it to Sony for legend of mana which I played with my cousin now and then.
Wow! 30 years, and I’ve never stopped loving it. I even play it off and on when I get into my nostalgic moods. I remember being stuck in Super Mario Bros. 2, and I asked some kid at school what I was supposed to do. I think it was Wart. Back then, I used to play the same games over and over. Even after I completed them (same with SNES games). I had a lot more passion and patience back then. In this day and age, I can’t stand to play a game after I’ve already finished it. At least not for a LONG time.
Man, I was so obsessed with the NES and SNES and I couldn’t even concentrate in school. I was always drawing Nintendo characters on my school work (and sometimes Ninja Turtles and Simpsons characters). All I wanted to do was go home and play games. I had a one-track mind. I couldn’t think of anything but Nintendo. I failed miserably in school because I never tried. I didn’t give a CRAP! Playing Nintendo games was the only joy I had. Well, mostly. I played with toys too. And sometimes did outside things. But Nintendo was the highlight. The centerpiece. And that’s never changed. I don’t think there’s anyone in my family that can look At Mario without thinking about me.
Anyway, HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY TO THE WONDEFUL NES!
I don’t know whether to feel happy or sad for you.
Leave the sadness to me. I feel sorry for myself enough as it is.
why you say that? you should be happy for him, because he did something he loved to do. I’ll admit, I did the same thing too…but I paid more attention in school. If I didn’t, my mother would have ripped them out of the wall…bad news for me back then.
Hehe. Yeah, I was always very fortunate to have such understanding, supportive parents. They didn’t like the fact of me not trying in school and such, but they weren’t the type to punish me for getting bad grades. My mom knew how school was like a prison to me. So she would never take away my only happiness.
And the fact that I have 771 NES games just proves how much I freakin’ LOVE the NES. If I had all of these games as a kid, nobody would have ever seen my face unless they went into my bedroom. Because I would have been stuck in front of my tv screen forever. Hehe
My god. This is eerily similar to me. School, unless I was hanging out with friends at school during breakfast, during class breaks, between classes, during lunch, & after school waiting on the bus to leave, felt like a prison for me, too. O.O
I LOVED and cherish my childhood. But my school years is something I wish I could erase from my memory. Heck, I cried every day (or every other day) begging my mom to not take me to school. My eyes were red and puffy by the time I got to school every day. I’ve always suffered from very high anxiety.
Most of what I’ve learned through the years (including reading, writing, and spelling) was AFTER my school years finally ended. And I give credit to video games (and video game magazines) for teaching me SO much more than I used to know.
I take it back. It was definitely worse for you as I only had anxiety my first few days at a new school til I formed a few bonds with others over the first week. I was always lucky enough to make friends rather quickly. And the only time I ever cried because of going to school was my first time as apparently my mother waited the day I finally had to go to school to cut the bloody cord.
One thing is for sure. Anxiety controls my life. I’ve never been what people would consider “normal”. It’s hell living with such high anxiety (especially when medications don’t seem to work). Like, the doorbell rings and my heart starts thumping so hard that it feels like it’s going to rip out of my chest. It’s just something I’ve had to live with. And video games has always been my sanctuary. My escape. Sorry to you (and everyone) for posting so many non-Nintendo comments. Hehe. It’s a habit of mine.
Most of us are guilty of talking about non-Nintendo related stuff here so no harm done.
I wasn’t around when the NES was around, but I have experienced it in one form or another. I wrote about it in case anyone is interested and I bet no one wants a comment that’s the length of a blog http://www.pixlbit.com/blog/11331/captain_ns_history_with_the_nes
That’s really awesome on Sony’s part. Love it when companies come together like this. Happy 30th NES.
Case and point. It’s not a War between companies, it is an unnecessary War between Fans of said companies.
Fond memories of playing Mega Man. Playing one of the hardest games ever and throwing my pad against the wall. God I hated that game.
||The servants are trying to make amends, how sublime to the point that it’s all in vain……
I’ll bet Atari is crying themselves into a corner, since they “accidentally” made Nintendo what it is today.
Happy birthday nes!