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Best christmas present you ever got as a kid

  • 04-03-2011 01:26AM
    #1
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    OK, giving my age away here somewhat, but for me it was that game Donkey Kong - the double-screened one. I played it for about 10 hours straight till the batteries went dead :)


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  • #2
    Bobjims
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭Bobjims


    Nintendo 64 with Goldeneye :D


  • #3
    questionmark?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭questionmark?


    Sega Mega Drive 2 oh the memories wish I still had it tbh:o


  • #4
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    c64 with night moves.


  • #5
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Got an X-Wing Fighter one xmas. Specifically remember asking for Millenium Falcon but I guess Santa's workshop hadn't made enough cos I was left with this lesser toy. Didn't mind tho cos it was still a cool toy to get.


  • #6
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    Sega megadrive closely followed by the micro soldiers submarine and star wars ship.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Amstrad 464 :)


  • #8
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    Thread could also be called "what age are you"


  • #9
    karlog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭karlog


    Super nintendo. Zelda, Donkey Kong, Mario. Surprising the games of today are simple compared to the old ones.


  • #10
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    a remote controlled boat, still love it today some 20 years later


  • #11
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,331 ✭✭✭RichieC


    karlog wrote: »
    Super nintendo. Zelda, Donkey Kong, Mario. Surprising the games of today are simple compared to the old ones.

    not the ones I play.


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  • #12
    Metallitroll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Metallitroll


    when i got the amiga 500 pack with lemmings and nightbreed, that was sweet.


  • #13
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Sega Master System II. :cool: Oh those rectangle control pads, fantastic.


  • #14
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    Ruu wrote: »
    Sega Master System II. :cool: Oh those rectangle control pads, fantastic.

    what about the signed photo of ann doyle in her altogether


  • #15
    Gulliver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    Has to be either:
    Action Force Dragonfly Helicopter
    or
    Cobra Rattler VTOL the next year
    or
    Atari 2600


  • #16
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,018 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    A guitar aged 9, couldn't play it for another three years but the look of it alone was thrilling and somewhat otherworldly.

    In retrospect how phallic was that?


  • #17
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    Gulliver wrote: »
    Has to be either:
    Action Force Dragonfly Helicopter
    or
    Cobra Rattler VTOL the next year
    or
    Atari 2600

    You've got to pick ONE :D


  • #18
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    A kick into the face from an aggitated crack addict.


  • #19
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    the xmas i got donkey kong country and mortal kombat 2 for the snes was special too


  • #20
    sunflower27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,822 ✭✭✭sunflower27


    brendansmith wrote: »
    A kick into the face from an aggitated crack addict.

    Tough childhood :(


  • #21
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    has to have been my electric guitar :cool:


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  • #22
    GV_NRG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭GV_NRG


    Crash bandicoot and the ps1.. ah the memories :)


  • #23
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    BMX or skateboard. Loved both of them until my big brother broke my BMX :(


  • #24
    Cybertron85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭Cybertron85


    The ZERO HOUR monorail set, I found some of them back at some stage and they still bring a smile to my face over 20 years later.



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaPSABhg8v4


  • #25
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    One year I got a little red sweetshop with lots of jars of sweeties on shelves. It had a little till too so your friends could come and buy sweeties from you.

    Ah, simpler times.


  • #26
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Looking at videos of me at Christmas from my childhood is quite funny - I'd open box that the toy is in, look happy with the toy for about a minute, then proceed to spend a considerable amount of time playing with the box instead of the toy. :p


  • #27
    Fluorescence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,490 ✭✭✭Fluorescence


    One year my parents offered to buy myself and my brother the musical instrument of our choice and lessons for Christmas. I got a flute. Not to sound corny but my life would be very different now if they hadn't given me such a wonderful gift that Christmas.


  • #28
    Kingsley Dirty Registration
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Kingsley Dirty Registration


    a pony


  • #29
    Gulliver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    sunflower27 wrote: »
    You've got to pick ONE :D

    Yes Mum!:D The Atari then. But I wants them all!


  • #30
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    I got a delonghi coffee machine this year which is pretty sweet.


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  • #31
    _feedback_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    Would be a toss up between Sega Mega Drive and Commodore 64


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