Games you never would have played if it weren't for family

As for me... If it wasn't for my Grandmother from Cali, I wouldn't have my first NINTENDO which came w/ Mario and Duck Hunt, which was my first game ever, played that game dry!

Growing up, it was the 8-bit era, my Uncle was the coolest guy ever, he had a shoe box full of games! I played in his basement (i remember the smell of laundry in their basement!) for hours! The best game: Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Watching him, I can almost complete the game in a 1 life run (ASK 64BitMatthew!)


My nemesis! One day, I'll get u!

If it wasn't for my parents (I'm pretty sure it was my dad mostly) then I wouldn't have as much love for many games that I do today. From the 8 bit days right up until the Gamecube era, we'd rent games every weekend and get the ones we loved the most for the holidays. My Grandma also got a Master System when we got ours. Plus I had a few cousins that had them to. I guess some noteworthy ones that I can remember are:

NES
Mega Man 2
Legend of Zelda
10 Yard Fight
Baseball (NES)
North & South
Wurm
World Cup Soccer
Blades of Steel
Mickey Mousecapade
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Dr. Chaos
Isolated Warrior
Hogan's Alley
Quantum Fighter
Robocop
Star Tropics
Double Dragon 2
Batman
Simpsons: Bart Vs Space Mutants
Rad Gravity
Rock N Ball
Base Wars
Snake Rattle N Roll
Off-Road
Burger Time
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers
Dig Dug 2
Duck Tales
Excite Bike
Jetsons
Home Alone
Home Alone 2
Hook
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out
Mission Impossible (Someone at school was selling this, dad give me $2 to buy off the person)
Life Force (Same goes for this game)
Disney's Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Little Mermaid

Master System
Wonder Boy
Double Dragon (I think it's better than the NES version)
Hang On/Safari Hunt
The Ninja (Super fun game, I highly recommend this)
Aztec Adventure
Shinobi (Again, better than the NES version)
Gangster Town
R-Type (Someone at school was selling this, and my dad give me $5 to buy off him).
Quartet
Zillion

Game Boy
Tetris
Balloon Kid (Which I think is better than Balloon Fight)
Battletoads
Solar Striker
Serpent (Super addictive game)
Dr. Mario
Kirby's Dreamland
Q Billion
Alleyway
Go Go Tank
Bubble Ghost
Operation C
Radar Mission


SNES
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana (I got $120 spending money from my parents for a school trip and spent $114.99 on this)
Super Mario World
Rock N Roll Racing (Best racing game ever!!)
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Jungle Book
Super Punch Out
Killer Instinct
NHL 94
NHL 97
Lion King
Toy Story
Aero The Acrobat 2
Mario Paint
NBA Jam TE
Mortal Kombat 2
Super Mario RPG (My dad give me my first job, this was my first purchase)
On The Ball

N64
Glover
Super Mario 64
Mario Kart 64 (Spent many evenings having competitions with my dad, mom and sisters)
Wave Race 64
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Donkey Kong 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Would have played this eventually if my parents didn't get it for me for Christmas)

Whoops, I didn't realize how big these lists were getting. But ya, if it wasn't for my family, I wouldn't have experienced many of these games and most importantly, have the fond memories I do today.

Started off with playing my dads Nintendo when younger with my brother. Played endless hours on wrecking crew, paper boy, cobra triangle, super Mario bros 3, iron tank, Kung fu heroes, excite bike and ninja

Got a playstation from our cousin. That's where I fell in love with twisted metal.

Also a computer gamer as well (brother got me 100% into these)
Many hours into playing blizzard games like ..diablo!!! Diablo 2 and even 3. Starcraft (still hate it), Warcraft....Then there was WOW (world of Warcraft)..my love hate relationship for the past....9 years almost...yikes!

So my brother has been a big influence in my gamer lifestyle I live but since I met my husband Jason (aka: Komodos) he has introduced me to a lot of games I never ran into in my life journey of nerdism <3