It’s 1991 and a kid brought his Super Famicom to my school from Hong Kong. They played Mario and almost got kicked out of school because they felt they had the right to control the only TV for 100 kids because “I got there first”. This issue was resolved when the lights in the room went out and someone threw it out of the 4th floor lounge window. 15 suspects and none of them said who did it but we all knew.

I was so in love with my first rpg i took my snes with me to my uncle's house for Thanksgiving, had to beg my parents and promise it wouldn't get in the way of family time and id share with my lil cousins.

Cue me sneaking snes after hours in the basement. It was early thursday morning and i was hungry (because i wanted to stuff myself at Thanksgiving i had the bright idea to not eat all Wednesday) and cold. Only the light of my uncle's 70s ass wet bar and my game, played very softly so not to wake the fan snoring nearby.

i had just made my way to 2300 a.d. The blowing snow and desolation felt perfect with the rooms vibe and playing all alone in the dark, and when i stepped into the chambers to refill my health it said "HP/MP recovered! (but you're still hungry)" and it just... Man, it really felt like i was living in that game for a minute

I never owned a SNES but my best friend did. We played Wrestling, Mario Kart and Secret of Mana. He even owned the four player accessory and playing Secret of Mana with two other people was awesome - especially at the time.

I was 16 when I realized that I actually really enjoy video games. I just hadn't been that interested before. So I used my own money that I had saved, went by bus to the store and purchased myself a SNES. It was a lot of money for me but I was super happy. My favorite games were Zelda: A link to the past, Super Metroid and Donkey Kong Country. Great games! Donkey Kong Country's graphics were seen as amazing at the time. It was some kind of innovative 3D modelling.

Street fighter, and dad getting in on it. He just wanted to hangout with me and my siblings. As an adult i realize he didnt mind losing like we did. He would only pick Ken though which is just so odd.

first thing that popped in my head was how i milked a runny nose into 3 days out of school so i could play biker mice from mars on SNES

I have a distinct memory of being in a grocery store with my godmother when the SNES hit and they had Super Mario World on display.

"Graphics can't possibly get better than this." I thought.

I remember being kind of sad the first time I finished Uncharted Waters because I wanted my game to continue. This was a great game!

I have fond memories of playing through Super Metroid for the first time. The SNES was at my dad's house and my parents were separated so I only got to play every other weekend. A friend on my school bus was also playing and usually further along than me (he had his system at home) and he'd drop hints about locations of secret power ups and where to go next when I was stumped. The game world felt huge and full of adventure to me.

On those weeks away from the SNES I'd read through Nintendo Power and draw my own level maps for imaginary games inspired by the ones they'd publish for games like Wolfenstein 3D.

I remember playing F-Zero and falling out of my chair as I leaned into tight turns.

going to a friends house and playing mario paint with the mouse. swatting flies and making stupid music with the baby face notes.

Two main things come to mind, beating gnat attack the first time and managing to get lotuses finishing move to work in killer instinct.