JAPJAC's Gaming Roots Analog Photo Archive Vid

I was 'tagged' by lukemorse1. This is my reply video, an insight mainly into my little life gaming-wise, pre-internet and pre-Tokyo dwelling. I hope this video shows that not all Western childhoods revolved around the NES, Mario, Zelda and Megaman like most N.A. centric tales would have one believe. Some were a bit more sophisticated, ahead of their time and far less cliche than that.

I still miss the grey importing heyday, sometimes now I feel like I'm caught in the middle...

I hope you enjoy.

5 facts about myself:

1. I started gaming in 1982 when I was 5 years old.

2. I have been buying Japanese games since 1989.

3. I have never used an on-line auction site in my life.

4. The first time I left England on an aeroplane was for a holiday to Tokyo, Japan.

5. The first time I went to Tokyo, Japan was on the 11th of September 2001. Our holiday started with a bang, well two actually.

Here is a photo which I found after I had completed the video so it unfortunately didn't make it in. I was one of the lucky few; a school boy with a brand new Neo Geo!:

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL10/875035/15746322/368852559.jpg

I was quite popular as you can imagine.

Cheers.

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[notjonnyram]

Those were the days. Even though I'm obviously not in any of your photos, I cherish those memories as if they were my own - the glory years of gaming.

Shame it's all gone to shit now and Japanese devs can't keep up with the hardware race. But those old games will always remain.

[JAPJAC]

I'm glad you enjoyed my video and it brought back some of your own memories from this special time. I would love to see other people's videos on a similar subject, especially from England or other parts of the British Isles.

[JAPJAC]

Thank you very much.

I made this video for you mate as you tagged me a while back. Sorry for the delay.

All the best.

Cheers.

[exmosquito]

Hah nice pic with Oz Browne :)

[TheMadAussie]

You did a great job man. Rule Britannia.

[MENDEZ1628]

The late 80's and early 90's truly captivated the GOLDEN AGE spirit for me personally. Thanks for showing this vid, all those great memories came flooding back. Love the Audi Qauttro too, good choice.

[shaneh87]

Awesome photo collection.

[lukemorse1]

Very nice man. Good to see that you're still makin vids. Been wondering where you've been recently lol. Great collection of different pics from childhood and gaming. True gamer here for sure.