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What was yours? Mine was an Amiga 500, in 1989. The 'Screen Gems' pack, bundled with Shadow Of The Beast 2, Back To The Future 2 and the game that terrified me for years, Nightbreed. For my brother, a hand-me-down SNES that quickly lost favour in comparison to the shiny N64 in my neighbouring bedroom.
These machines are more than just circuits and buttons - they're memories, landmarks in our young lives, part of what shaped me, what shaped us. For me, it's that weird picture of a hand holding a floppy disc that sparks that warm nostalgic glow. For my amazing little boy Elliot, he will carry the memory of grabbing a curious hunk of black plastic down from the shelf and jumping into the Mushroom Kingdom or the battle arenas of Super Smash Brothers. His nostalgia triggered by primary-coloured worlds and jaunty music, of learning the intricacies of control systems, uncovering modes, secrets and tricks you or I would probably never have known existed.
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