I Got a Gaming Console in My Youth From Santa!

Ahh, Christmas is a time of fine recollections for many individuals worldwide. As we method this 12 months’s day of gift-giving, I’d like to speak a couple of good reminiscence of mine. It was 1998, and I used to be ten years outdated. I obtained a gaming console in my youth from Santa! I used to be already an avid gamer as I used to be fortunate sufficient to develop up with an older brother who had an NES and a SNES. However I had by no means owned my very own console or video games, as they had been costly. However I had requested for one thing very particular for Christmas from Santa.

Enter The Recreation Boy Shade

It was a handheld, and it had colour! Which on the time was a giant deal in comparison with the unique Recreation Boy’s inexperienced and black. It was the primary console I ever owned and was my first handheld. This was thrilling as a result of having the ability to play video games within the automobile or at household get-togethers was good for my younger introverted self.

Having transportable video games represented loads of freedom to a 10-year-old. I didn’t have to hog the tv and will play video video games wherever. Properly, so long as I had loads of batteries, that’s. And never solely did I obtain a Recreation Boy Shade for Christmas, however I additionally acquired a sport that I nonetheless return to and typically play to at the present time.

What’s that sport?!

It’s Pokémon!, particularly Pokémon Blue. It was an RPG, a group sport, and a puzzle sport, and I might join with buddies to commerce and battle. As a 10-year-old, nothing might have been higher. I’m fairly positive I had overwhelmed the sport by the tip of the subsequent day. I simply wouldn’t put it down.

Every part was thrilling, from selecting my Squirtle starter Pokémon to preventing the elite 4. I bear in mind being so excited to catch a Pidgey, and I took that fowl all through the sport with me. And once I discovered about my favorite Pokémon, which is Vaporeon, it changed my Squirtle as my water Pokémon (Sorry, Squirtle). The recollections of my first playthrough are particular to me.

I’ve fallen out and in of affection with Pokémon all through the years. And I even do a podcast with buddies about it now. So many video games have come and gone, and I even skipped just a few generations that I’ve now gone again and performed. However Pokémon Blue sparked all of it.

It Superb What Video Video games Did For Me As A Child

I wasn’t actually athletic, and I used to be awkward. Particularly when puberty hit. Which is tough for all children, however particularly tough for a younger transgender lady who didn’t know the phrases for what she was feeling. I used to be already bullied closely, and my solely retreats had been books and video video games. Particularly my sport boy colour and my copy of Pokémon Blue.

However not the whole lot was dangerous, as video video games had been additionally a method for me to attach with individuals. They’re actually a giant a part of my social life in the present day. I made lifelong buddies by taking part in Pokémon or different video video games.

I’m actually glad my love for Pokémon returned in my twenties and has by no means left since then. If it wasn’t for my first console and the sport that got here with it for Christmas in 1998, I may not have made most of the connections I’ve in the present day.

I do know I derailed the subject round how I obtained a gaming console in my youth from Santa. However the magic was the hand held console and the sport that 12 months. One couldn’t exist with out the opposite. I hope you all have a magical vacation this 12 months.