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I was wondering about the separate games thing, thanks for clearing that up with that link you posted!

'90-'93 - I was born in that first year. I don't think I was actually gaming yet, but my older brother did have a Nintendo and Super Nintendo. Or a Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Or a NES and a SNES, or an NES and an SNES, depending on if you prefer your 'e's to be long or short.

'94 to '96 - Actually played my older brother's NES and SNES, mostly Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt, Double Dribble, 10 Yard Fight (NES), Super Mario World, Street Fighter II: Turbo, and countless SNES rentals; they'd always let you rent an SNES with Star Fox and F-Zero in hotel rooms for some reason. They also let you rent Virtual Boys from Blockbuster, and though we never wound up buying one, I actually liked it at the time.

Neighbors had a Genesis, and I always felt a ping of jealousy playing Sonic 2 at store kiosks. A nearby VHS and videogame store was still in business. 

Also, as a kid I thought Earthbound was awful and made me cry (not a JRPG fan, especially then, and had somehow been hyped for it by TV ads, which I thought were for N64; maybe there were ads for the unreleased Mother 3, and I wanted to play its prequel?), avoided Super Metroid even though its cover looked cool, cause dragons = JRPGs in my head at the time, and I didn't like them, and LOVED Rise of the Robots for its graphics. My older brother and I found it in a bargain bin much later, and thought it was broken, not realizing it always had been.

'97 to '99- My own first system to myself was N64 in Christmas of '97, and I legitimately thought Star Fox 64 had come out as the system seller in place of Mario cause I was so much more hyped for it by ads, one of them really selling the Rumble Pak. My brother would adopt Playstation instead, creating a familial fanboy rift; I remember Driver and Metal Gear Solid the most of what he played, and I really liked playing Tekken kiosks at local stores and with friends, but in my head at the time, due to what I saw advertised the most, I thought it was between PaRappa the Rapper and Star Fox 64, and Star Fox 64 won handily for me.Tenchu was also a cool series I remember my brother and I playing.

  One of my friends was really into Jet Force Gemini and everyone loved the first Smash Bros.

And of course, in '99, I was wowed by Sonic Adventure when my neighbors had it.

I know I just said a lot of crap, but I love the 90s, it was my childhood, so I'm really looking forward to this one. I'm listening to an Everclear Greatest Hits CD I traded in for at Best Buy yesterday, so my nostalgia juices are flowing, I guess. lol

Colombia? Say hi to alexc25 for me! The hell did he go, anyway? I really wish he'd come over to Pixlbit.

Anyway, I'm a huge fan of piano, so this was absolutely great! Thanks for posting. I kept thinking it would turn into "Bloody Tears," just cause I associate piano and Castlevania with that one since I heard it covered that way on Youtube. I wasn't familar with the clocktower theme though, so it was nice to hear something new to me. Great song. Really liked how it segued into "Vampire Killer" towards the end, as you said.

And I'm a big fan of the Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange, so the title was awesome to me as well.

Like sneen, I'm contemplating just getting a new PC (I need a new computer either way, may as well), like rangergirl, I'm broke, and like you I might tend to prefer a controller to a keyboard, though I do play all the games on my laptop (meaning Street Fighter X Megaman and whatever I find online for free) by way of keyboard, and like myself, I have a huge dongle.

No seriously, look at this thing!

Have yet to play a Suda 51 game, but they all look cool, and I am REALLY liking that first screenshot you posted, mostly B&W with some color and rain? Awesome, definitely my style as far as artwork goes.

Hotel Dusk ends on a cliffhanger? Hmmm... considering the only way I've seen to get its sequel is by import, that may influence my decision a great deal. Thanks for the input!

What transmet2033 said. My time at Best Buy today showed me how much I want one, but damn if money isn't tight.

I'm still in the mindset of waiting until the systems have all been out long enough I can make an informed judgment call. I hope I don't wind up skipping this generation too, but I'm definitely waiting a bit past launch to make a decision on anything.

Don't have a Vita and country's not usually my thing, so can't comment on much, except that I liked the last two videos; Barefoot Manner was very relaxing and has some nice guitar work, and the two guys in the last video seem very charming and look like they're having fun. I'm always up for a funny song, too.

I think I know what you mean about the QTE controls. I played a demo of Ocarina of Time for 3DS at Best Buy today, and the sword was set to B, which is on the bottom of the "square" of buttons. I thought that felt unnatural, as I always set weapons and such to the button on the left, what would be square on a Playstation controller, the bottom to jump, the top to anything that goes into first person to aim, and the right to whatever the hell I care least about, cause pressing that one always feels natural anyway. I find that games break up the familiarity of the controls for segments like that, so it's refreshing to hear Tomb Raider doesn't.

Sorry work's been such a hassle. If it makes you feel any better, I'm going insane in the periods between when work calls me and need another job to fill the gaps. I don't know why that would make you feel better, but just know that I'm also suffering, just in the opposite fashion, I guess? lol Your job sounds like it requires a lot of expertise though, I'm a Production Assistant which basically translates to monkey that does whatever we need right this second, last week it was building grills for a shoot.

Have a good one, nice to see you back.