Ever wish you were born earlier?

When it comes to Video games, I wish I'd been a teenager during 5th/6th gen consoles. But in real life, no. I don't want to be any older, lol...

What I can say is that I wish I was gaming ever since the first consoles came.

I wish I was born in the 1890's. Life would be awesome IMO.

Well yes actually I feel all the time that I was born a couple decades later than I should have.

I'm 41 and seen it all...I shall die with a joy pad/mouse/keyboard in my hand/hands

I was little when Machintosh computers, Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genisis were the rage, so no I don't wish I was born earlier.

i was born in 1993 and experienced all thoughs benafits of haveing 2 older brothers.

I guess I was born at about the perfect time as far as video games are concerned. I was a senior in high school (1982) when video arcades became hugely popular.

It makes for some great memories, but I'd trade you your youth for my memories any day :)

I wish I were born two weeks earlier... Does that count as earlier?

I don't think I've ever wanted to go back in time for Video games, music is a different story I would love to see many bands live I can't now as It's somthing I won't ever be able to do. Play a old game I can do that now or 100 years from now so I'm good.

Sometimes i wish i was born earlier, not because i want to be older or anything like that, i just want the chance to experience earlier generations of games like the people born before me did. I see people born in the 80s who always go on about the marvels of Zelda, Megaman, Mario & the like, but, having been born in 1995 and having started gaming in 2001, i missed out on this awesome generation of games, some could argue i could just buy the old consoles and games and play them, but this wouldn't feel the same as actually being there, i mean, these games were revolutionary!! A breakthrough in the world of gaming!! I was born into the Ps1 era, so my first games consist of Rayman, Abes odysee, Worms etc, and these games were good but i feel like if i went back to them i wouldn't enjoy them as much as i used to. Gaming has come a long way, and lets face it, it's never going to be the same again, but a boy can dream...guffweed7

Each generation has its own childhood, and experiences its own iteration of fun and beauty.

Be comfortable in your own skin and sample the best of what the world offers, gaming or otherwise.

I had the opportunity to play games like Pacman, Frogger, Pong, etc in their own era.

If modern games had existed, we would have played those instead.

Nostalgia not withstanding, the good old days weren't always good, and tommorrow's not as bad as it seems.

Enjoy

Nope

I wish I was born in the 1890's. Life would be awesome IMO.

ristactionjakso

After reading through your comments i see i have aquired a very mixed message lol.
I am happy in my generation (Mostly), i just wish i had the chance to experience the games that started it all.

If you were born after the first zelda and mario came out, then you have your own games that you grew up on. And being perfectly honest, it would be hard to make an argument that old NES or SNES games are actually better than the games that came out later. So there's no need to feel like you missed out on anything, since you have your own gaming experiences.

i was born in 83 and started gaminog too young with atari till now .. never try high end pcs though

i love old school and appreciate this generation so much

Born in 85. Had my first NES when I was 3. I'm happy with when I was born. Sometimes I wish I was born a bit earlier though. My sister was born in 90, so I only had my own room for 5 years, and then again when I was about 14. I would've loved to have been about 8-10 and deck my room out with posters, have my own desk and chair. Like in this pic.

Instead it was more like this.

Instead of the NES being in my room, like this pic kind of looks like, it was me, taking one of the kitchen chairs into the hall way of our apartment with a littl 10-13 inch tv playing by myself. Unless we went to one of my uncles house, or they came over or some of my dads friends would play games with me. I loved going over to my Grandma and Grandpas house though. My cousin lived there and he had the room that I dreamed of. Shelves to put his toys on (He-Man, Ghostbusters, a giant bucket of Legos, ect.) he had gaming posters on the walls. A wooden rack to put all of his NES games on. A big 25-26 inch floor model tv. A small couch. My uncle who was living there at the time also had a cool room. My cousins room had a general messy feel to it. Things were organized, but it felt messy for some reason. My uncles room though, it was neat. My uncle had a job and could buy games/consoles. I remember watching him play 'D' for the 3DO, and I played Playstation for the first time there.

Then again, I'd like to have experienced what it was like when Atari came out. Haning out in either my parents, or a friends parents baement playing some Atari. I'd imagine it'd be like That 70's Show.

Instead it was more like this.

Invisible_Kid2

It's the funky jeans he would have missed the most, forget the games :D

I was born in 78, so I didn't miss much. In a lot of ways I felt that the people of my generation experienced the best stuff. Aside from getting to experience nearly everything gaming had to offer, on the toy and cartoon front we got pretty spoiled; He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers(before Michael Bay drizzled his urine all over them) Saturday morning cartoons, Disney afternoons, Madballs, Voltron, Thundercats, legos(before everything just had to be themed), Batman; The animated series.

I think I was born at just the right time. It may have made me the nerd I am today, but I have no regrets.

Actually I want to be born AFTER the impending zombie invasion...

Send me back to 1940s America. I want to see the Mafia lifestyle. There won't be any VGs though, but it doesn't matter.

Nope I was born at the right time. I was a teen back when arcades were fun. Back when Space Invaders, Asteroids, Defender, to name a few were king.

While I wish I could have been born a few years earlier so I could have more thoroughly enjoyed the early 90s game scene (started gaming in 1992, but I was only 5), I feel very fortunate to have been wrapped up in the whole PS/Saturn/N64 era, and also to have enjoyed the golden years of the Dreamcast and PS2. I guess I can't complain, being born in 87 made it a great time to be alive during the 90s and early 2000s gaming scene :)

No, i'm happy with my age. I think i first played games in 2002, but didn't start gaming until 2005 (i was born 1996). Allthough i do think that just like people born in the 80s fantasize about Zelda and Metroid, we'll talk about Uncharted, Fallout/Elder Scrolls, MGS and of course GTA a few years from now.

I'm only 17 so I guess I would've liked to have been born a bit earlier to experience the NES, N64 etc. I'm not that bothered though.

Well yes actually I feel all the time that I was born a couple decades later than I should have.

19elderscroll86

What I can say is that I wish I was gaming ever since the first consoles came.

padaporra

If I was born earlier, I could of been fed earlier!

I was born in 87 couldn't be any happier.

Yeah those pesky blue knights! Those are the ones you have to hit in the back right? Pain in the butt. I cant blame you for downloading the pdf. In the old days there was no internet, so you had no faqs, but I guess you could get some info from Nintendo Power. But primarily you had to just keep trying until you figured it out, and hope you had friends playing the same game that you could get advice from. It sometimes would take a week or two to get past a certain area you were stuck on (which would drive you crazy), but the satisfaction you got when you passed it was something you rarely experience in today's games.

God no. I was old enough to just catch the Atari and Intelevision material. I don't want to go back and experience the Pong erachicknfeet

[QUOTE="chicknfeet"]God no. I was old enough to just catch the Atari and Intelevision material. I don't want to go back and experience the Pong eraDracula68

Yeah I wish N64/PSX era was in full swing right now. I'd love that.

Yeah I wish N64/PSX era was in full swing right now. I'd love that.

joesh89