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When the PS2 came out, I had just graduated college so I was low on funds so I couldn't get it right away.  Plus it was really hard to find for the first few months.  I finally got one around March or April that next year.  Aside from stuff like Kingdom Hearts and Katamari Damacy, I don't have many PS2 specific memories because most everything I wanted to play came out on both the PS2 and GameCube, so it was just a matter of what system I'd rather play them on.  

I was still reviewing games for the newspaper when the PS2 first came out.  I remember my editor saying, "Cary, you need to get a PS2!"  And I was like, "I just got out of college.  I have to get some funds first!  Maybe if you hire me full time I can get one soon.  Or let me have your press copy which I know you have."  My editor didn't like me much.  Not sure why.

Yeah it's hard to put my finger on what made those games so great and why the imitators can't get it right usually.

I got my Dreamcast not on launch day, but at the Christmas right after it.  It was a surprise, too, because I didn't ask for it.  But I'm glad I got it because I was still reviewing games for the newspaper at the time and it really helped.  The Dreamcast was my first SEGA console and really upped my respect for the company.

Some of my favorites include Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, Space Channel 5, Crazy Taxi, Samba de Amigo (still have the maraca controlellers under my bed), Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Cannon Spike, Soul Calibur, and many more!

Even though the N64 is what caused me to buy a PlayStation, I still really liked the N64.  Some of my favorites include Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, the Zelda games, the Banjo-Kazooie games, Kirby 64, Tetrisphere, and many more!

I really wanted to like Chained Echoes, but the battles were just too hard.  It wore me out after a while!

The PlayStation was my first non-Nintendo console (well aside from the Atari 5200).  The N64 was great and all, but it didn't have enough games on it and I was reviewing games for the newspaper at the time.  So even though I couldn't really afford it, I bought a PlayStation and that was one of the best gaming purchases I ever made.  After that I was reviewing games left and right.  The PlayStation is my 2nd favorite game console.  I do have that smaller PSOne model, too.  It's no bigger than a Scholtzky's sandwich!

The SNES is my favorite game console.  That's all I have to say.

I wanted them all, too, just couldn't afford it.

Wolfenstein seemed especially popular where I live because I live in the same area as the people who made it!

My dad LOVES the Myst games.

I never had a Genesis as a kid, as I was on the SNES side.  But that was a good side to be on for my tastes in games back then.  My only experiences with the Genesis back then was playing it at friends' houses and on demo kiosks.  It was mostly just Sonic, though, so I wasn't that impressed.  Luckily in college when I dabbled in emulation I discovered a lot better Genesis games, like Gaiares and Crusade of Centy.  And now there are lots of Genesis collections that have all sorts of good games, like Ristar, Phantasy Star 4, and the Streets of Rage games.