Interplay‘s Lord of the Rings was the first big box game I bought from my own money. It was on sale at the local Karstadt mall. I never completed the game, but loved it so much! What was your first game, bought with your own money?
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I bought the original NES with my own money, so I guess Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt were my first since they were included.
@sevan@lemmy.ca wow, two bundled games isn’t bad! Didn’t know they did that. Plus the lightgun was also included I guess?
Yeah, I bought it in the late '80s, I’d guess around '88 or '89 and it included 2 controllers, 2 games, and the gun. I recall the whole package being close to $100, maybe a little more.
On an inflation adjusted basis, that would be a bit under $300 today. Considering it would have been a 5-6 year old system at that point, it would probably be fair to compare it to the Xbox Series S today, which sells for $300-350 with one controller and zero games. So, it seems like that was a pretty good deal at the time.
@sevan@lemmy.ca in US and Europe the NES came out 1985/86. So that makes it an even better deal!