Raffle: Japanese Sega Saturn Console with a dozen games

[Sarumaru]

Oh, baby-lukes. you are a clever little egg~ 

[EvilEvoIX]

life story

Amazing parallels!  You think that the life you have growing up is your own but as time passes you realize it's a shared experience.  You were very lucky to have all those consoles.  Sounds like you ruled during the 8-bit to 16 bit period and it must have been a blast.

[Medic_wheat]

Medic_wheat, whose boobs are those you've linked us to in your signature? 

Interesting. Well had best delet that signature link lol. Might get in trouble having nudity linked.


The boobs are of a old FWB from my single years.

In fact many of these pictures are single years. Well minus Pat screen grabbed images of his porno and the one image of my wife (sorry non nude) lol.

[Koop]

life story

Amazing parallels!  You think that the life you have growing up is your own but as time passes you realize it's a shared experience.  You were very lucky to have all those consoles.  Sounds like you ruled during the 8-bit to 16 bit period and it must have been a blast.

Haha yeah you can definitely say I was classically educated, I am very fortunate that I got to experience all the games I did growing up. Would've told more but I ran out of words! I actually got to experience a bunch more major console afterwards too- N64, PS1 (my brother got the PS1, I will never forget the Christmas he got Final Fantasy 7), PS2, Xbox... Didn't get a Dreamcast till after the fact and never got a chance at the Saturn till recently. It's interesting though because I obviously never got the same real exposure to PC gaming like you did. Of course I play most new releases on PC.

Nowadays modern consoles just feel like shitty PCs, especially compared to how things were in the past. I guess you could argue it was always like that but now it's just so much easier to pick up a multiplatform title on PC and run it 10x better than a console release. The same magic just doesn't seem like it's there- but I guess I am just getting old.

Anyhow if anything it's cool to see someone else who grew up in NJ. NJ pride or something like that I suppose lol

Looks like lukester's plan worked. 

[Sarumaru]

The sega saturn was my first internet device in 1996. Working at a blockbuster video at the time, I was too poor for a computer. Traded games on bbs sites like cd-rom trader on my blazing-fast 28k connection. Those were the days~ This topic is making me want to play some Saturn now.

[BigusSchmuck]

Life story.. To be continued when I get home from work. I plan to write about my childhood experience from the neo classic era of arcade gaming.

[ginoscope]

My life story thus far....

Born in Long Island, NY to Puerto Rican parents who moved when mom was pregnant with me for a better life for us.  I went to Catholic school where I was always into getting decent grades but had a serious issue with rules and authority.  My dad worked for Grumman as a mechanic on the F-14 so he was always into gadgets.  In the 80s he got the computer fever and he got a commodore 64.  My siblings and I ended up using it more and I even had magazines that showed me how to program in basic.  This is funny because it was the start of my future career that I had no clue at the time.

In 1989 at age 13 my parents moved us to Texas and I was in culture shock.  As a way to help me fit in the parents got me a TG16 that summer since I adjusted so well to Texas.  The thing with moving south was that I was so ahead education wise that my classes were so easy.  Around the time I was about to graduate high school the old man expected me to be a mechanic like him.  I refused and decided to go to college which was a black sheep move in my blue collar family.  Still to this day most of my family think of me as an outsider because I went to college.  I know it's really insane but reality sucks sometimes.

In college I rediscovered my love for programming and went on to major in it.  Crazy thing being that after the C64 I did not own a computer again until I was in college in 1998.  It's been almost 16 years since I graduated college and I have been pretty successful as a software developer.  It boggles my mind that the thing I did for fun on the commodore in 1986 ended up being my career. 

As great as my career turned out my luck with woman was horrible.  The first wife was pretty mentally abusive but I finally woke up and left.  I am happily married again with 3 great kids but it's been quite the ride.

This journey always made me fond of the TG16 since it was there when I moved and it helped me a lot through my divorce.

The end for now....

[BigusSchmuck]

Life story right. As some of you know, I grew up in a small little redneck town called Goldendale WA where the cows were plenty and country music blaring on every street corner. During the late 80s early 90s though this town went through a crazy kind of boom with arcade games. Hell, there was arcades in even the freaking gas stations and super markets! One of my fondest memories was going to a small little frozen yogurt shop called the Sub Shop to munch on pizza and frozen yogurt. In the depths of this place, was a little arcade. When I was about 7 years old, they had all sorts of System 16 games and a NES Playchoice cabinet. If I recall correctly they had Outrun (had to get a stool to steer the damn thing lol), Golden Axe, Hang On, Gradius and Goonies. Golden Axe, by far was my favorite there and my go to machine. I never managed the finish it, but I eventually got it on the Genesis years later. Over the years they would swap out these machines with crazy titles like Rygar, Atomic Robo Kid, and Superman but for some reason that Golden Axe machine never really left the building. Even after several owners bought the building, changed it from a pizza joint to a sandwich shop, and then to some sort of gift shop that cabinet stayed put. Since about the mid 2000s, the building has been closed down sadly. I still drive by there on an occasion and peek through the window and can see that Golden Axe cabinet staring right back at me. Perhaps one day I'll purchase that iconic machine when I get the room in my garage.

[TR0N]

The sega saturn was my first internet device in 1996. Working at a blockbuster video at the time, I was too poor for a computer. Traded games on bbs sites like cd-rom trader on my blazing-fast 28k connection. Those were the days~ This topic is making me want to play some Saturn now.

Talking about the saturn netlink ? That was also my first internet connection as well.It's internet browser was good enough beside playing lot's of dukem nukem 3D and saturn bomberman online.

[EvilEvoIX]

Life story right. As some of you know, I grew up in a small little redneck town called Goldendale WA where the cows were plenty and country music blaring on every street corner. During the late 80s early 90s though this town went through a crazy kind of boom with arcade games. Hell, there was arcades in even the freaking gas stations and super markets! One of my fondest memories was going to a small little frozen yogurt shop called the Sub Shop to munch on pizza and frozen yogurt. In the depths of this place, was a little arcade. When I was about 7 years old, they had all sorts of System 16 games and a NES Playchoice cabinet. If I recall correctly they had Outrun (had to get a stool to steer the damn thing lol), Golden Axe, Hang On, Gradius and Goonies. Golden Axe, by far was my favorite there and my go to machine. I never managed the finish it, but I eventually got it on the Genesis years later. Over the years they would swap out these machines with crazy titles like Rygar, Atomic Robo Kid, and Superman but for some reason that Golden Axe machine never really left the building. Even after several owners bought the building, changed it from a pizza joint to a sandwich shop, and then to some sort of gift shop that cabinet stayed put. Since about the mid 2000s, the building has been closed down sadly. I still drive by there on an occasion and peek through the window and can see that Golden Axe cabinet staring right back at me. Perhaps one day I'll purchase that iconic machine when I get the room in my garage.

Dude,  buy the machine.  It'll complete you.

[Koop]

Dude,  buy the machine.  It'll complete you.

I know right? You gotta get that Golden Axe! Imagine that as the conclusion of the story- full circle, would be so cool.

If it's been in that building for so long who owns it? Heck why not just sneak in one day...  :-"

[BigusSchmuck]

Dude,  buy the machine.  It'll complete you.

I know right? You gotta get that Golden Axe! Imagine that as the conclusion of the story- full circle, would be so cool.

If it's been in that building for so long who owns it? Heck why not just sneak in one day...  :-"

Not sure as it has passed so many hands over the past 25 years. Next time I'm in the area, I'll inquire about it again. And maybe take some pictures too while I'm at it. Just as long as they don't turn the building into another church (16 in a town of 3500). Gawd, they did that with the Bowling Alley and so many people had a shit fit it was ridiculous. Anyway, awesome raffle Luke!

[lukester]

True to my word, here is a photo of the goods. I won't be able to ship until Sunday. Winner is chosen tomorrow.

[Medic_wheat]

True to my word, here is a photo of the goods. I won't be able to ship until Sunday. Winner is chosen tomorrow.

Cool beans.

[EvilEvoIX]

True to my word, here is a photo of the goods. I won't be able to ship until Sunday. Winner is chosen tomorrow.

Very nice!