What was the best game/system you ever received for Christmas?

[Deleted member 33057]

I remember finally getting a Gamecube for Christmas in 2004 with Mario Kart Double Dash.I was in middle school at the time. It was this exact one

I still have the two controllers that came with it, but the system is long gone. Every other system I've received was either during a birthday, but every Christmas I always got new games. What about you Era?

 

[Resident Guru]

Super Nintendo.

 

[svacina]

The OG Gameboy.

 

[Deleted member 29691]

N64 with Mario 64 absolutely no contest. It blew my little 8 year old mind the fuck apart

 

[maximumzero]

Christmas 1989:

 

[Meows]

The best Christmas I remember involved my parents buying my sister and I a PlayStation 2 with Kingdom Hearts. But they forgot to get a memory card, so my sister and I left it running for nearly a week until my dad could go and get us one.

 

[Pankratous]

The PS2.

 

[Speevy]

SNES, Christmas 1991.

 

[John Frost]

PS2 with MGS2.

 

[Rob2K19]

PS1. I remember how excited I was. The genuine feeling of a happy child that I don't think I ever truly expressed happiness on that level after.

 

[Patryn]

Super Nintendo with Super Mario All-Stars as the pack-in, along with Final Fantasy III (US).

Parents were smart enough to also get me a crappy TV to go with it, knowing I'd otherwise dominate the family TV.

 

[Bushido]

Game Boy including Tetris, Solar Striker and Revenge of the Gator in 1990, which pretty much started it all.

 

[Lego]

Game Boy Color and Pokemon Red

 

[Kamek]

N64 with Mario 64. I got the SNES one year too, but a friend of mine had Snes and I'd play mario world over by him. N64 was just this revolution unlike any other. I don't think I'll experience anything like that again with respect to gaming.

 

[SmittyWerbenManJensen]

Okama Gamesphere + promotional towel

 

[Dablado]

Nintendo 64 is the only console Ive recieved for christmas. Me and my brother got Banjo & Kazooie which I have fond memories of. Although I thought it was quite scary (lol) and I never made it past the sewer level with the fish.

Also we got NHL 99 which we played countless hours of.

Game wise MKDD is up there for me too. Only game my brother enjoyed as much as I did part from NHL and pokemon silver/gold. Was a nice christmas holiday :)

 

[hydruxo]

N64 with Banjo-Kazooie. I was basically the equivalent of the N64 Kid video that Christmas. Played Banjo all day and it was amazing.

 

[BasilZero]

System: Gamecube

Game: ??? No idea - got tons lol

 

[Indelible]

Sega Dreamcast with Sonic Adventure, got it the Christmas after it released so I got to enjoy the system in its entirety.

 

[Rydeen]

Getting the N64 with Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64 and playing with my sister the rest of the day was pretty magical, ngl.

 

[Concrete1337]

SNES with Super Mario World and a Free Super Mario All stars mail coupon.

 

[RCSI]

Playstation 2. While I didn't receive any good games with it, the system itself would play a ton of good stuff later on in life.

 

[Kutaragi]

 

[TheBored23]

The one I was most excited for was the Wii, which came out when I was 13. My parents played a trick on me by leaving the box for it upstairs, but couldn't bear seeing the disappointment on my face as I opened the rest of my presents and thought I wouldn't be getting it.

 

[krae_man]

 

[Governergrimm]

Christmas 1989:

Click to shrink...

Absolutely no lies detected!

 

[inner-G]

SNES with Mario World packed in and F-Zero

Man what a winter that was, we rented games all the time back then too.

Our dad did the "Christmas story" bit and had it wrapped off to the side and we didn't see it, then we opened it last and freaked out lol.

 

[Deleted member 17210]

Most of my best gaming Christmases were just for games, not hardware. The biggest one for software was 1983 when I got a bunch of VIC-20 games like Omega Race, Defender, Dig Dug, and Astroblitz.

I didn't get game systems for Christmas until I was an adult but there were some standouts such the Playstation in 1995 (most expensive gift I ever got) and the Saturn in 1996. The Saturn had such a great bundle because it came with Virtua Fighter 2, Sega Rally, Daytona USA, and Virtua Cop. Plus I got Christmas NiGHTS that day.

 

[RailWays]

A Dreamcast with Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, and Powerstone.

Would've said SNES otherwise, but I got that for a birthday.

 

[Deleted member 864]

I will always remember and have many fond memories of getting the Gamecube and Mario Sunshine for Christmas one year.

 

[ghostcrew]

thinking back, most consoles were for my birthday but getting Ocarina of Time for Christmas was something else...

Returning to school after not seeing friends for a couple of weeks and everyone else had been playing it too and were all at various points and sharing tips/secrets. Was amazing.

 

[Deleted member 33057]

The one I was most excited for was the Wii, which came out when I was 13. My parents played a trick on me by leaving the box for it upstairs, but couldn't bear seeing the disappointment on my face as I opened the rest of my presents and thought I wouldn't be getting it.

Click to shrink...

I wanted a Wii soooo bad for Christmas in 2006 but it was sold out everywhere for months. I didn't get one until 2009

 

[jchap]

nes with mario, duck hunt, and gyromite (r.o.b.)

 

[Nickgia]

I got a GameCube and Melee the year it came out.

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

Got it with Samurai Showdown, Need 4 Speed, Road Rash, and Return Fire.

 

[Goddo Hando]

only one i ever rec'd xmas day was an NES back in 89, until this year---- when i purposely haven't opened my astro city mini yet, and it's under the tree

 

[Wispmetas]

The 3DS, I didn't even ask for it, but my mother decided to give it to me and my brothers as a surprise present.

I remember getting really happy, because KH DDD was coming out the following year and I was pretty sad I wouldn't be able to play it. The 3DS went on to become one of my fav consoles ever, love that library.

 

[mikehaggar]

SNES for sure. Got it the first Christmas it was released here in the US. It came with Super Mario World and I was lucky enough to also get F-Zero, Final Fight, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, and UN Squadron. Everything was given to me on Christmas Eve and I'm pretty sure I stayed up until the sun came up playing everything. It was huge jump over the NES and playing games that looked and sounded like that at home was incredible.

 

[HanSoloCup]

The only system I ever got for Christmas was a PSP, and it was awesome and completely unexpected.

My wife had just started working after getting her degree, and she wanted to get me something more substantial than our normal starving student type gifts. She got me Crisis Core to go with it and it was awesome.

 

[Version 3.0]

I have a bunch of systems, but the only one that was a Christmas present was the original Atari 2600, back in 1980 (I think). I'm old. Most of my games and stuff, I bought on my own. But that was an awesome Christmas. The whole family played Atari all day. Mostly Combat, the pack-in game.

It wasn't a Christmas present, but when Ocarina of Time was on the way, I had a pre-order in to get the Collector's Edition, meaning that gold cartridge. Then I moved to another state. I don't remember which game chain it was - EB, probably - but they told me they couldn't transfer that pre-order, and so I ended up pre-ordering again, and only the peasant gray cart was available. I was a bit bummed about it.

Anyway, on release day - November 23rd - my brother's boyfriend, and our roommate, called me at work and said not to pick up my pre-order. I got home, and he'd somehow gotten a Collector's Edition. He was a real "people person", very charming and personable, and apparently he just went into a store at random and schmoozed it out of the sales clerk. Probably the nicest game-related thing anyone's ever done for me.

Like I said, it wasn't Christmas, but it sure felt like it. I have no memory of the actual Christmas day that year, but I'll never forget that unexpected gold Zelda cart.

 

[CreepingFear]

By default, since it's the only time I've received a system for Christmas, it's the Sega Genesis 16 bit w/ Sonic the Hedghog and Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.

 

[Version 3.0]

N64 with Mario 64 absolutely no contest. It blew my little 8 year old mind the fuck apart

Click to shrink...

Rate your reaction compared to the famous video, please. :)

 

[Alecs27]

Switch this year

 

[kodax_shc]

Got my 'play it loud green' GameBoy for Christmas in 1995 or 1996. Prior to that I played on my uncles genesis. So to have something to myself was pretty damn awesome. Got a nice travel carrying case to go with it too. Still have them both.

 

[kamineko]

PS5 is the only Christmas console I've ever gotten. I like it a lot

been several birthday consoles over the years

 

[Ravelle]

I had to buy all my systems with my own money, crazy expensive gifts was never a thing.

 

[noesch]

Clearly the SNES. It was the last system I received as a Christmas gift. Everything after it, starting with the OG PlayStation, I purchased myself.

SMW, Super Street Fighter 2 and a second controller was all it took to keep me and the neighbor kid entertained for months. Memories.

 

[dedge]

I remember SNES with Super Mario World being big, being very excited for the N64 and Mario 64, but I had almost zero hype for Ocarina of Time and it's probably that. I think it had such a big impact and I totally fell in love with it. Even going to school and discussing secrets and what to do was a you had to be there type of experience.

 

[skeezx]

the GOAT was the snes, but that was predictable every kid was getting it

then 50 or whatever years later my parents surprised me with a ps4 pro. they were like "well it says 'Pro', and you are a 'pro' gamer right? you have that funny looking chair.."

 

[fick]

OOT N64. Still remember what a great Christmas that was. My grandmother was visiting, and I was sleeping on a little blanket bed on the floor of my parents' room. Once Christmas rolled around, my dad set up a tiny little tv next to me, I just stayed wrapped up in blankets playing OOT the rest of Christmas break.