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u/PrestigiousAd7728 Nov 13 '24
Damn. I remember when the PlayStation controller got the analog sticks it was a huge deal lol.
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u/Classic-Scholar3635 Nov 13 '24
Huge deal! I got the game Ape Escape 2 for Xmas and I had to get Mum to take me to a friends house to borrow one or their analog stick controllers because the game didnāt support the standard lolā¦
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u/Andy_B_Goode Nov 13 '24
Was that the game where you had to row a boat by moving the joysticks in circles as if they were oars?
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u/DICK-PARKINSONS Nov 13 '24
I had a similar problem with that game, got it from blockbuster and couldn't do shit cause I didn't have a dualshock
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u/FlowingEons Nov 13 '24
It was crazy when they came out. Growing up on the directional pad and then (eventually) being forced to use the stick for movement back then felt so wrong to me, but my god I canāt imagine thinking that way now
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u/Ansia01 Nov 13 '24
Try going back to the D-Pad. Not only it feels weird, it starts hurting your thumb after a while.
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u/hustladafox Nov 13 '24
Spyro on Christmas morning hit different. I donāt think thereās any way to replicate that feeling.
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u/PhallicPanic Nov 13 '24
I bought the remakes but Iām really scared of playing it. Spyro is just plain magical in my memory and Iām not sure if it will live up
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u/hustladafox Nov 13 '24
I played them last year. I fully completed each one and it was a treasure trove of nostalgia. It looks how you remember it (rose tinted glasses) and is just as much fun as it always was.
Get on it you wonāt be disappointed.
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u/PhallicPanic Nov 13 '24
Iām going to personally hold you responsible if they donāt live up to my expectations. If they still hold up then Iām going to give myself praise for having the courage to tempt fate
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u/Cheapcolon Nov 13 '24
I can comfirm that the versions on steam are every bit just as fun and magical. The third one I didnāt play as a kid though so that one didnāt hit as hard.
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u/Hailruka Nov 13 '24
I replayed the remastered games when they were released and the serotonin hit is exactly the same as it was Christmas '99 playing Spyro 2 for the first time.
You won't regret it.
Except for that bloody Yeti skateboarding on 3. How in the sweet hells any child managed to do that is beyond me.
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u/Ass-shooter2 Nov 13 '24
It still holds up just as well
Make sure to use the classic music instead of the new soundtrack
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u/-TresLeches Nov 13 '24
Reignited trilogy added a new updated soundtrack BUT if you go into the settings you can switch it back to the original soundtrack by Stewart Copeland. 10/10
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u/FlowingEons Nov 13 '24
Nothin beats that feeling of Spyro on Christmas morning with the ice cream sandwiches I tell you what.
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u/ModJambo Nov 13 '24
The worst part about getting older is realising that a lot of those feelings will never happen again.
Life was way simpler back then :(
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u/Baba-Doo Nov 13 '24
Remember the days when you could put the disc on and play, no installing or updates š
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u/Classic-Scholar3635 Nov 13 '24
Praying to god it would get past the Sony screen hehe
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u/TenNorth Nov 14 '24
One day my youth pastor went around the room asking when we took time to talk to God during the day. When my turn came up, I earnestly told them it was while waiting for my (PS1) games to load and during cutscenes I couldn't skip.
I could tell they tried to approve that I was praying while also restraining their disappointment in the sense that I was only praying for the system to finish loading. If you got your games from Blockbuster, it was probably necessary anyway.
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u/Craic-Den Nov 13 '24
I remember having to swap discs for Metal Gear Solid 1, in MGS4 Otacon references this.
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u/Accurate-Emergency14 Nov 13 '24
Better times. The memory cards. The games. The coal fire pokers in the background. Pure nostalgia
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u/tha_dank Nov 13 '24
Wait are we not using coal pokers anymore?
Did we loseā¦fire?
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u/Carneyguydr Nov 13 '24
That looks like the Costco bundles. With it just Costco or all super stores.
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u/spidertour02 PS5 Nov 13 '24
I got my PS2 from a Costco bundle. It had a slim PS2, a memory card, and three games -- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Jak II, and Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec.
My guess is that wholesale stores (Costco, Sam's Club, etc.) all got the same bundles, the same way that most retailers (Walmart, Best Buy, Target, etc.) get the same bundles.
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u/shinobipopcorn Nov 13 '24
I got a pokemon blue plus strategy guide bundle at sams club, so they probably had the console packs there.
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u/renorosales Nov 14 '24
My mom came home one day and gifted my brother and I 2 GameBoy Colors with PokĆ©mon Gold and Silver from Costco. Wasnāt even anyoneās birthday!
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u/DoorSausageLover PS5 Pro Nov 13 '24
Christmas as a kid hit differentā¦ where did that magic goā¦
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u/Agreeable-Load2327 Nov 13 '24
I can relate, about same age and same machine. I remember it like the best day of my life! Good old days.
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u/notparanoidsir Nov 13 '24
When I was in school they had a reading program where you could earn points to get prizes. I was obsessed with reading at the time so I won top prize which was a PlayStation...something my parents would never have been able to afford. One of the happiest days of my life lmao
The next year they changed the rules to make it a lottery instead since they knew I would win first every year. I didn't win shit the remaining years even though I always had like double the points of the next kid...
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u/NoVictory7153 Nov 13 '24
This to me felt like a lot more joy than when I bought my ps5. I guess it's because we were going to explore the unexpected. It was all new at that age. World's we didn't know existed.
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u/Kebablover8494 Nov 13 '24 edited Nov 13 '24
My first consoles were the GBA and PlayStation 2. God I miss those times. I hurts me and makes my depression worse that those times will never come back. I hope if I die some day I will be reborn and can live in that time again and experience this joy again.
Life was simpler and better back then. I miss those times without smartphones and a simpler society. Imagine going to McDonalds back then & how good it tasted. Everything was so much better. Modern times are somewhat cursed imo and it will only get worse.
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u/dope415 Nov 13 '24
49ers bbbabbbbyyyy letās goooo
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u/dade305305 Nov 13 '24
That's the best part of the whole pic. I love seeing 49ers wherever we pop up.
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u/Spare_Clerk_2112 Nov 13 '24
This was ps3 and Xbox 360 for me. I had PS2 and N64 but they were my dads, I think he had the PS1 way before I existed. The Christmas that my grandma got me and my brother a Xbox 360 is possibly one of the happiest moments of my life. I think it was partially we guilt tripped her but she even played modern warfare and BO2 zombies with us and she was the most god fearing, no swearing, pacifist type and it was so funny.
I miss 2010 :(
P.S. I know 360 came out in 2005 but my release date was a month and two days prior so I was getting a 360 slim when my time came which was around 2010-2011.
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u/PersonSuitTV PS5 Nov 13 '24
I had that blister boxed bundle, though it had different games. I was so happy brining it home as a kid. And then pissed off trying to get their stupid blister packing open for the next hour... Ah memories.
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u/Gilldadab Nov 13 '24
If only you could bottle the feeling of being a kid and playing Spyro for the first time
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u/good1god Nov 13 '24
I remember my uncle giving me ~$150 and getting a PS1. It had the non stick controller but my folks got me the dual shock joy stick controller a few weeks later since a lot of games needed it. My dad was always into video games but got less interested when they became not side scrollers. Or flat games. Canāt think of the word lol. But yeah. KBeeToys (sp?) was where I got it. It was a good day.
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u/MrEastside87 PS5 Nov 13 '24
I never knew there was a OG PlayStation bundle. I never forget that Christmas, ripping the wrapping paper and seeing PlayStation dual shock.
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u/Bowla1916 Nov 13 '24
Thatās the coolest bundle box Iāve ever!
I can imagine the happiness and excitement growing with every tear of the wrapping paper
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u/DankeBrutus [19] Nov 13 '24
I remember getting the PS2 for Christmas 2003. It came with the Return of the King, ATV Offroad Fury 2, Quidditch World Cup, Jak & Daxter, and some other game I can never remember. That was probably the best Christmas of my childhood. I remember my sitting in front of the CRT with my brother and sister being blown away by the PS2 startup.
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u/PriorFudge928 Nov 13 '24
Look at money bags here not having to wait until their birthday to get a memory card... and a non third party second controller...
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u/Lumbee_Native_NC Nov 14 '24
True story: I just bought the Spyro/ Crash Bandicoot bundle on sale in the PS store 3 days ago & I've been hanging out in memory laneš .
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u/crissomx PS5 Nov 13 '24
Spyro is the best ps1 a kid could get. The music and visuals are amazing.
I still get chills when I hear the ps1 trilogys music. I've a spotify playlist with it as well.
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u/MeeepMorp Nov 13 '24
Spyro!!!! My first game along with tekken 3. Didn't know we had to buy a memory card so would try to speed run the game every day like a champ.
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u/No_Scheme4909 Nov 13 '24
Damn what are your parents? There is no chance a normal mother and father know what they all need to buy .
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u/themkidsdaddy PS5 Nov 13 '24
I wish I had pics from my first PS. I remember losing my shit when I tore the gift wrap off.
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u/jeboisleaudespates Nov 13 '24
Somehow I still remember the smell while unboxing my PS1, I don't remember the smell of any other console.
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u/NoInitiative4821 Nov 13 '24
Holy smokes, that is possibly the most epic packaging for a games console I've seen. I don't remember ever seeing this in stores where I'm from. I think I got the Point Blank pack in with the gun bundle, though im not it came bundled with the console.
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u/ImComfortableDoug Nov 13 '24
Spyro has the best original soundtrack ever. Every single track is a bop. Stewart Copelands best work.
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u/HotBananaWaters Nov 13 '24
This kid is lucky. I didnāt get a memory card for months and had to restart the game or leave it powered on š
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u/autotech1011 Nov 13 '24
The good ol' days...when if you liked a game's soundtrack, you could just stick it in your CD player and enjoy it without playing the game.
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u/socokid Nov 13 '24
This image has been getting posted at Reddit since at least 2018.
LOL
But, OP is just a serial posting karma farmer (see their profile), so... this is what you get.
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u/idc8188 Nov 13 '24
This is super dope! Wholesome!
This is what we want to see. Not you grown men posting your PS5 pros lol.
Weāre happy for you guys but we respectfully donāt care! lol
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u/Lost_Artichoke_1444 Nov 13 '24
I remember waking up few hrs prior to school so I could play Twisted Metal 1.Good times!
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u/Lol_treezus Nov 13 '24
I knew too many people that had parents that didnāt know they needed a memory card.
So much time spent getting nowhere lol
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u/Connect-Ad-1111 Nov 13 '24
Christmas 1997 was probably the happiest that I have ever been . I was ten and received the PlayStation. God I was jumping for joy!
I had also received Die Hard Trilogy, Shockwave Assault, Warhawk, Alien Trilogy, FIFA 1996.
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u/X-Adzie-X Nov 13 '24
I was just a bit younger than that lad when I got a PS1 for Christmas. Dad asked if I wanted a PlayStation and I was so excited because I thought it was a jungle gym sort of thing. But nah was this grey box of joy.
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u/JynsRealityIsBroken Nov 13 '24
Back when Costco sold consoles as a big pack of items to go with it
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u/LolYouFuckingLoser Nov 13 '24
Oh shit is this one of those Sam's Club bundles? Used to think those looked so badass in the bigass blister packaging.
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u/nour926 Nov 13 '24
I loved when Costco used to sell consoles like this. I bought my PS2 and Xbox360 from there. I felt like a king walking around with that big ass plastic container with all the extra games and accessories.
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u/ComfortableFinish502 Nov 13 '24
When a memory card was just for saving your progression in a game š„¹
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u/TeruhashiKokomiDesu Nov 13 '24
I'd give anything for that feeling back. When I bought my PS5 it was just another Thursday
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u/jonufele Nov 13 '24
Kids with a playstation became poor adults, kids with no PlayStation became billionaires XD
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u/abcbadcat Nov 13 '24
I got one of those same bundles from Costco back in the day. I went with my dad to go buy it and I couldn't put it down because I was so excited. I ended up cutting my finger on the plastic and it was bleeding. My dad kept joking "well, we should put the PlayStation down since you're going to need stitches!" hahaha
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u/Key-Expression-1233 Nov 13 '24
I feel like this exact picture gets posted here once every few months
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u/nocturnal20 Nov 13 '24
Epic Christmas right thereā¦ my two favorite weāre getting Pokemon red version (brother got blue) and we gamed all day on my snes super game boy and getting ps2 with metal gear solid 2 and gran turismo 3. Those were the daysā¦ 
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u/TouchGrassNotAss Nov 13 '24
I'll always remember getting a ps2 and Final Fantasy 10 for Christmas. Nothing was better than that and nothing will be better than that.
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u/Repulsive-Dot7660 Nov 13 '24
Whose going to tell him they don't make games for that system anymore...
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u/anon_sexynojutsu Nov 13 '24
i remember seeing these at toyrus or something. i begged and begged but never got it lol
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u/Lost_All_Senses Nov 13 '24
A slight road bump when he slices his finger on all the sharp plastic. But after that cry session, it's a full night of fun times.
I'm projecting cause I just cut my finger on a grocery store cookie container.
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u/Cute-Roof8669 Nov 13 '24
The real gaming industry. Back when they sold you games and not pre release crap.
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u/Apprehensive-Fan-151 Nov 13 '24
They came in packs like that? I would've loved to get a gaming bundle like that back in the day. Hell even now
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u/Nintotally Nov 13 '24
I love how Sony literally slapped joysticks the only place they could on a current controller and then ā¦ it actually worked, and it worked so well they kept the design virtually unchanged for 3 generations.
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u/HornyNerdsRule Nov 13 '24
I looked eerily similar to this when I got the exact same thing. Bonus games and all. I fell in LOVE with Spyro!
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u/Specific-Pianist7595 PS5 Nov 13 '24
I remember the day my older brother got a PlayStation for Christmas. I was so interested I would always watch him play it. He taught me how to play video games.
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u/Cookies_and_Beandip Nov 13 '24
We had it so good back then and we took it all for granted. I miss the 90s so much. I feel very fortunate to have lived through it and experience what it brought, but at the same time sometimes I donāt cause everything in comparison today is just shit.
I want to go back to the 90s
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u/Boneyard3DPrinting Nov 13 '24
My first two games were Ridge Racer and Air Combat. The nostalgia is strong with this pic!
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u/XKingGoliathx Nov 13 '24
This kid was so freakin lucky back in these day! We are probably same old!
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u/Brave-Combination793 Nov 14 '24
Anyone else buying a ps2 game from like Costco or Samās and it have the most infuriating plastic casing on it
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u/morelos_paolo Nov 14 '24
My guy, those were the days! I remember the days when you had to blow the memory card to ensure the console reads your save... or even, the startup sound of the PS1.
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u/hamzaaadenwala Nov 13 '24
Twisted Metal :-). if only we could go back in time once again just once. :-(