Fondest Christmas Game/Gaming memory?

Here's a good topic, what was your fondest gaming memory?

Mine was Christmas '02, Joly ole Kriss Kringle got me a Cube, GBA and PS2 with around 5 games. I was absolutely floored. For the rest of the day me and my cousins played Melee, Animal Crossing and Mario Advance until we simply couldn't anymore.

Little did I know that was the start of my 4 year Melee obsession and last great Christmas.

Anyone else?

I forget what year, 02 or 03 maybe, but i got a Gamecube with Metroid Prime. Spent night playing that game in awe and amazement at its brilliance.

This Christmas, getting my PlayStation 3 Slim with four amazing games, including one of the only games to have me genuinely horrified.

This Christmas might be my favorite because of the sheer amount of games.

getting the original prince of persia for the xbox a few years back

definitely one of my favorite games.

Christmas 2000 I got a Dreamcast. Christmas 2004 I got a GCN with Super Mario Sunshine and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

The christmas I got my sega game gear I thought it was the genisus when i first saw the sega on the box. Then when I got my playstation with crash bandicot and Jurassic park game.

Getting my big ol' Gameboy with Tetris. Loved that thing for years!

And also when I went to BB with my dad all the time right before the PS2 launched to play the SSX demo they had on display. It was snowing outside, people were busy shopping, and it felt right playing SSX at that time. Then for Christmas my dad got me a PS2 and SSX. Yes! :)

My parents weren't big gaming fans, but sometimes they'd get me some good ol' gamign stuff for the holiday!

Christmas 96' (I think)....

SNES bundled with Legend of Zelda : ALTTP. Started my gaming career :)

I got my original DS for Christmas of 2004. I was so happy. :)

Besides that, I've never gotten a console for Christmas.

I recieved for my birthday/or used birthday money to get my GBA, GBA SP, and Gamecube.

Everything else I just bought with my own money, or my brother paid for.

Probably when I got my original Xbox. I didn't think I was going to get one, but sure enough my awesome parents were able to find one for me. I was pretty surprised.

getting the gamecube along with pikmin, luigi's mansion, and SSBM all in the same morning

**** yeah

It was a bitter sweet christmas seeing as my Grandfather died shortly after though....:(

getting the gamecube along with pikmin, luigi's mansion, and SSBM all in the same morning

**** yeah

It was a bitter sweet christmas seeing as my Grandfather died shortly after though....:(

Shinobishyguy

A GameCube can totally make any Christmas, fantastic system.

Very sorry to hear about your GrandFather though.

Nintendo 64 and Super Mario 64. Best. Gift. Ever.

2000-2001 ish

Purple Gameboy Color and Pokemon Gold. I rode my new scooter in the kitchen while playing it.

I have no Christmas game or gaming memory. >.> Everyone in my family knows I play video games a lot, but they don't know what games I have or what I'm interested in so they usually give me money instead. I don't do any gaming on Christmas either because of family celebrations.

I do have horrible memories of Boxing Day in Canada though. I waited for an hour to get into my local EB. Somewhere down the line, someone asked an EB employee if the US had Boxing Day as well. He said that he didn't remember anything like Boxing Day when he was in the States. I decided to bud my way into the conversation and say that, to my knowledge, the US had Black Friday.

Eerie silence.

I looked around me and found a lot of people staring at me, mostly African-Canadians. That same day was also the first day I was asked to provide ID. Needless to say, I walked out without a game in my hands.

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In before "I don't celebrate Christmas. :|" posts. :P

I only remember what i got for Xmas 2008+

I have the worst memory ever and im only 14

If I can finally beat Flamelurker in Demon's Souls tomorrow then it'll be my fondest Christmas gaming memory for years to come :P

If I can finally beat Flamelurker in Demon's Souls tomorrow then it'll be my fondest Christmas gaming memory for years to come :P

BZSIN

My birthday is on the 22nd of December so they are pretty much tied in together. I got my first handheld the Gameboy Color with one of the best games, Pokemon Gold. It was a very fond memory and the start of something special. Gold, to this day, is one of my favorite games of all time.

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If I can finally beat Flamelurker in Demon's Souls tomorrow then it'll be my fondest Christmas gaming memory for years to come :P

NAPK1NS

dont go without the purple flame shield.

im stuck on teh penetrator boss *sigh* did that soundwrong? :oops:

Christmas '98. I hadn't had a proper console since an Atari 2600. I had asked for (and thought I was getting) a dirt cheap Sega Genesis, and my brother surprised me with a PS1. I was amazed. I immediate bought Spyro the Dragon and played it all break.

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If I can finally beat Flamelurker in Demon's Souls tomorrow then it'll be my fondest Christmas gaming memory for years to come :P

Regisland

dont go without the purple flame shield.

im stuck on teh penetrator boss *sigh* did that soundwrong? :oops:

Second boss, Tower Knight. Beat him once as a phantom online, but I have yet to beat him solo.

Beating the first boss (Phalynx or whatever) was such a relief and was like having a gaming orgy.

I got a PS1 for christmas with some games and I also got Zelda:MM as well. Those were good times.

I have two. First was getting my first snes and popping in super mario world.. it was amazing and I still have that same snes hooked up to my hdtv right now and was just playing some zelda earlier :D. My other one had to be getting the N64 and for the first time experiencing the 3d mario game with my cousins, hmm now that I think about it I have that console hooked up to my tv also. Man were those 2 consoles just epic.

I got a gamecube when they first came out for christmas and that console didn't seem to wow me at all like the other systems, but I guess that was because I had become a major PC gamer and wasn't impressed by the gamecube launch games. (I did like pikmin though.)

There's too many memories for me...

Getting a Gameboy Advance with Megaman Zero.....getting a Gamecube....seeing my brother get a N64 with GoldenEye and Zelda Ocarina of Time....

I think it wasChristmas 2001, i got pokemon gold and a gameboy color. I still remember opening the gift. Such great times lol

This year was pretty good, but I'd say the year I got my NES was tops. I was a kid and it was more special then. This year I got:

- Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)
- House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)
- Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Swords (DS)
- Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
- Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)
- Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Wii)
- Bioshock (360)
- Kengo: Legend of the 9 (360)
- F.E.A.R. Files (360)
- Red Alert 3 (360)
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (360)
- Left 4 Dead (360)
- Army of Two (360)
- Alone in the Dark: Inferno (PS3)
- Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (PS3)
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii)
- Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (Wii)
- EndWar (360)
- 2000 Wii points
- 2 Nyko Perfect Shots

This year was pretty good, but I'd say the year I got my NES was tops. I was a kid and it was more special then. This year I got:

- Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)
- House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)
- Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Swords (DS)
- Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
- Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)
- Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Wii)
- Bioshock (360)
- Kengo: Legend of the 9 (360)
- F.E.A.R. Files (360)
- Red Alert 3 (360)
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (360)
- Left 4 Dead (360)
- Army of Two (360)
- Alone in the Dark: Inferno (PS3)
- Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (PS3)
- The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii)
- Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (Wii)
- EndWar (360)
- 2000 Wii points
- 2 Nyko Perfect Shots

bretthorror

02, i got a ps2(started my gaming:D)

05, got super mario strikers for gamecube(soccer)i loved that christmas

06, NDS lite

got wii and 360 for my birthday in 2007 and 2008

Last Year, Opening up a PSP, when I was told my parents didn't have enough money lol ( they were messing with my head ), and a copy of Crisis Core and Final Fantasy I + II

Last Year, Opening up a PSP, when I was told my parents didn't have enough money lol ( they were messing with my head ), and a copy of Crisis Core and Final Fantasy I + II

Megaman5364

I wish I got all those gifts..too bad I don't celebrate Christmas. :(

I can't think of a fondest gaming memory, I'll get back to you on that one.

I got Super Mario Galaxy in 2007, an N64 in 1998, a Gamecube in 2002 with Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Wars Rogue Squadron: Rogue Leader, etc.