Video games, consoles, and accessories you got for Christmas in the past years
 

I'll start by listing my Christmas hauls.

1989: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)
1990: Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES) & Game Boy
1991: Crystalis (NES), Super Mario Land (Game Boy); with money I got
1992: Super NES Super Set & Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
1993: Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)
1994: Super Metroid (SNES); I got it the day after with money I got
1998: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64); with money I got
2000: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64); with money I got
2001: Wario Land 3 (Game Boy Color); with money I got
2010: Metroid: Other M (Wii); with money I got

With money I got for Christmas in 1991, I also wanted to get Little Nemo the Dream Master for the NES along with Super Mario Land. I went to Toys R Us and at that time, they were using the tickets that you take to the cashier so you can pay for the game, and then get the game from this booth. They had the ticket for the game, but somehow didn't have it in stock.

In 1996, I wanted to get Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble for the SNES, and I got more than enough money to get it, but my mother made me use some of it to buy things for others. I wanted to buy some CDs too, and I bought some of the ones I wanted while I got the rest later on. So I later got it for my birthday in May with money my father gave me, as well as a CD.

I'd have liked to have been able to get a Game Boy Color in 1998. I was even trying to get a job around that time, and I'd have been able to get it myself, as well as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

I'd have gotten a Game Boy Advance with Wario Land 4 in 2001 if I had enough money, but I got that later when I started working again. Ever since then, I've been getting my own games with money I get from working, and I usually get games when they're released.

My first 16-bit Sega Genesis was my only video game console that I ever got for Christmas. It even came with a copy of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 game.

Now, I just buy games whenever I can.

From what I remember:

1989: the NES console along with Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt
1990: Tetris NES
1991: TMNT Fall of the Foot Clan and TMNT 1 (NES) (that was the first Christmas I was a ninja turtles fan)
1992: Mega Man 2 Game Boy
1994: Donkey Kong Game Boy and Mega Man X
1995: True Lies SNES
1996: World Heroes SNES
1998: F Zero SNES and Mega Man X2
1999: Super Mario 64
2000: Madden 2001 N64
2005: Madden 2006 GameCube

Consoles I've gotten: N64, Wii U
Games: too many to count

What specific years I got which games? I have no idea. I was generally a couple of years behind everyone else. i.e., when NES games were booming, I was still playing Sega Master System. When SNES came out and had its launch, I was barely starting to play NES. By the time I got a PS1 that had been out a while, too.

Wow, great memory. I can't remember which specific years, but I remember getting NES (with SMB and Baseball), the original Gameboy (with Tetris), and Sega Genesis (with Sonic) for Christmas. If it counts, I also bought myself a 3DS (Zelda version, with Ocarina) on Black Friday one year.

Somehow that made me think of one of Sega's best commercials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccpwJbfnooI

I was only really late with the NES. I got one in 1989 also, but not for Christmas. My cousin got one for Christmas in 1988, and when I got to play it, I decided I'd like to have one. When I got one, people couldn't believe I didn't have that many games.

Now I'm reminded of this. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU

You probably didn't go wild like those kids though. It never gets old to me though.

It doesn't really count since it's not close to Christmas, although I've taken advantage of some sales with video games myself. In 2007, it was a memory card for the Wii from GameStop, and in 2019, it was Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Switch from Best Buy.

Far to many to remember, the first was Nes w/Mario duck hunt also got Legend of Zelda and Metroid. Than just this year my wife bought me Horizon forbidden west for ps5. Some bright spots though, n64 with qb club 99 and Golden eye, Sega genesis with sonic 2, mortal kombat, and street fighter 2 turbo. Playstation with twisted metal and wwf raw is war.

2002: I think this was the first time I ever got a video game for Christmas and it was from my older brother. It was Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro for the PS1. I didn't get to play it because we were going to Mexico shortly after and my brothers took their PS2 and Xbox with them and I wanted to play my Spider-Man game too and ended up cracking the case on the way. I never got to play my game much in Mexico either but I did end up beating Halo: Combat Evolved for the first time with my brother.

2003: This one was memorable because I had broken my leg in 2001 and was in and out of a cast for a few years. I had been stuck in my parents bed for days and this year, my parents let us open one gift on Christmas Eve. My sister chose one in particular for me to open as she knew I would've appreciated it more and it was TMNT on GBA. That Christmas, I actually ended up getting nothing but TMNT stuff.

2004: This was a big year for me and my sister. Being the younger siblings, our brothers typically got priority when it came to big expensive gifts like consoles. This year though, my brother got us both a DS and she got Mario 64 DS and I got Spider-Man 2. As great as that was, those were items we had asked for so what we really didn't see coming was that our mom also got us a GameCube to share and a stack of games, which included Mario Kart: Double Dash, Mario Party 6, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and The Incredibles.

2006: I know I got a few games this year, but only one really stands out to me, being The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on Gamecube. I had watched my brother play through Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker. I even got to mess around with Wind Waker a bit but Twilight Princess was my first 3D Zelda game and by far one of my most anticipated games ever.

2008: I got this one a bit earlier because my parents were off to Mexico and so my brother decided what the hell. We were getting ready to go to the movies and as I got out of the bathroom after taking a shower, I see an Xbox 360 just sitting in the hallway. After the movie we ended up going to Best Buy and I bought myself Sonic '06 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

2009: Got my first Wii with Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Pretty sure I got more stuff, but that's the only thing that really stands out to me. Maybe Batman: Arkham Asylum as well.

From there I've been basically getting some decent stacks of games every Christmas. I'm not too hard to buy for considering I don't often buy games day one and Black Friday in particular is just such a great time to buy games. Thankfully, my brother is just as into gaming as I am, so he always knows what I want even when I don't ask for anything and is always aware of the game deals from week to week and clues others in and vice versa. Only other notable gets were a PS4 Slim in 2016 and a Super Nintendo Classic Mini in 2017.

I think we got consoles for our birthdays, not Christmas.

I offhand remember getting TMNT II The Arcade Game for Christmas. Another year we got Tiny Toons for the NES. Also I think we got Streets of Rage 2 that one year.

There's something nice about a partner or a spouse getting you video games.

I remember getting Twilight Princess for the GameCube, and it was on sale at Circuit City. I thought Nintendo owed us that after giving us The Wind Waker, and we thought we'd get a Zelda game for the GameCube that looks like Twilight Princess. I later decided I should get the Wii version, and returned the GameCube version to the store the day before Christmas. Then I just waited until I could find a Wii, which I did three months later. I also have it for the Wii U.

I've gotten a lot of video games with money I got for birthdays, but I only got myself a Game Boy Color on my birthday. It was back in 1999 when my mother gave me money, and I used the $10 coupon I got from Kay-Bee for getting Mortal Kombat 4 for the N64 the previous summer. I think it was because I preordered it.

I wouldn't call that really late. Most Youtube video films I've watched with children getting NES for Christmas are from 1987–1990.









If you got a NES when the Super NES was already out where you live (August 1991 for North America), I would definately call it late.

That's a good point. It's just that so many other kids already had an NES at the school I went to, and at the afterschool center I went to. So by the time I got my set, they all had a lot more games. My mother rarely got me video games anyway. Most of the ones I got were bought for me by other people on certain occasions. She even said that if I got the SNES, I'd have to give the NES away.

I usually didn't get console stuff on New Year (we don't celebrate Christmas here the same way or at the same date as you do), so my list is pretty much empty, save for two carts for SNES, bought from parents' friend.

Everything else was bought for a Birthday or just, when we had money.

Dendy
 

Did you play Dendy when you were younger?

Yes.
I still have OG console from 1993, but this days I play on emulator, since both TV and a console are broken and its, obviously, easier.

Now, when Russia is punished by streaming services for attacking Ukraine, I believe Dendy consoles may be worth some money again (if they still work). Why listening to Vladimir Putin's war propaganda over radio and television when you can pick up your old Dendy and have fun? :)