Read this if you are over 25

[Electronic M]

According to the thread title I'm about 4 years too young to read this, but what the hey.

First video game system I had was the N64, but not long after I was buying up older consoles. I was about as old as those kids when I was starting to play NES and Atari games. I never was bothered by the graphics...I under stood that graphics were a function of the tech at the time of manufacture, that tech was always progressing, and that these machines were older than me. Game play was always the most important aspect to me, and many Atari and NES games were and still are great in that regard.

I've played Mario Kart on the SNES, N64, and Game Cube. My favorite is the N64 version, and my second favorite is the Game Cube version. I can play the SNES version, but I've never liked it much as the feel of the controls seem a bit obtuse compared to the later versions IMO.

[zenith2134]

I still remember my NES with the special gun that only works on CRT displays, and the motocross game, and original Mario...
But my fondest memories are of a time when real video arcades were in almost every town. Those were the best... And there was always 1 or 2 arcade games with retrace lines, bleeding colors, shrunken vertical, or purity issues. REAL arcade games can get sick