So did you play video games in 1994? I was 11 years old and we had only Atari and some Commodore 64 games at that point. My parents were concerned about the influence of video games. My husband had a Sega Genesis system then (he was 12) and played TONS of Mortal Kombat and Sonic the Hedgehog.
He remembers Mortal Kombat as being the big game of the year. It drew the neighbourhood kids to block parties where everyone would gather at one kids house to play. So even those kids whose parents disapproved were playing the game at a friend’s house. Winning was fun but the fatalities were the best part. It wasn’t as simple as it is today to look up how to do them. You had to figure them out and then share them with a friend. If you knew how to do fatalities, you were cool. Mortal Kombat 2 (mentioned below) included new kinds of “fatalities” including babytalities and friendship. Mortal Kombat caused a lot of complaints by parents who were worried about the violence. Of course the violence in the first two Mortal Kombat’s is NOTHING compared to what is available now (which is why the ESRB ratings are there.)
Sonic was Sega’s answer to Nintendo’s Mario. A fast moving hedgehog and his buddies, collecting rings while zipping around.
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kathy downey says
October 12, 2014 at 2:01 PMOh my these were the games I played oh how I miss them,todays games seem to hard now,maybe I am just slowing down.
Piroska says
October 13, 2014 at 2:13 PMThey sure have come a long way. I remember “Pong”. And later, Frogger. The only 2 games that I ever really got the hang of! LOL.
Kathleen Garber says
October 26, 2014 at 10:58 PMI LOVED frogger.
Monica Savoie says
October 21, 2014 at 3:47 PMHow I miss the SuperNintendo !!! Nothing compares to it.
Doris Calvert says
October 21, 2014 at 10:00 PMI had the first Atari and activision game out, yes a long time ago but they were fun, looking back on you post brings back memories!
loriag says
October 23, 2014 at 6:56 AMIn 1994, I had 2 children, under two. My video game playing was a number of years before than, I remember pong!
Michele says
October 25, 2014 at 4:01 PMIn 1994 I had a 6 year old that was just discovering video games. He got a Super Nintendo for Christmas that year, I think. Or maybe a regular Nintendo? My memory for 20 years ago eludes me.
Dawn says
October 25, 2014 at 8:13 PMI remember playing some of these games and buying some of these for my daughter when she was younger. Boy how the times have changed!
Jen Temcio @dapperhouse says
October 26, 2014 at 11:23 AMI just had a weird moment where I was not making sense of 1994 being 20 years ago! Doesnt seem that long ago :) I love all these older games.
Kathleen Garber says
October 26, 2014 at 10:55 PMI agree, it just doesn’t seem like the math is right!
Stefani Tolson says
October 26, 2014 at 5:00 PMIn 1994 I graduated from high school and I also liked to play games. I had the Atari, Sega Genesis and more. I miss playing some of those games from back in the day.
Edna Williams says
December 14, 2014 at 1:17 AMOh these games were awesome! Brings back memories of my boys playing them non-stop!
Nicole colletti says
December 20, 2014 at 11:44 PMI’ll never forget the first time we got a Sega cd it was the absolute coolest thing ever!! I remember altered beast was my fav game! I tell my kids how games used to be and they are like wow I feel bad for u! Haha