{"id":8934,"date":"2017-12-27T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/feature_video_game_ghosts_of_christmas_past"},"modified":"2017-12-27T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T16:30:00","slug":"feature-video-game-ghosts-of-christmas-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/27\/feature-video-game-ghosts-of-christmas-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Video Game Ghosts Of Christmas Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Ho ho ho!\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/feature_video_game_ghosts_of_christmas_past\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/feature_video_game_ghosts_of_christmas_past\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ho ho ho!\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So, Christmas is over for yet another year. Presents have been opened, food has been consumed in vast quantities and much fun has been had by (hopefully) all.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first Christmas that Switch has been available, and we assume that it will have contributed to many a household&#8217;s latest festive memories, but what about all those big holiday milestones from your gaming past?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We popped the question to the Twitterverse and had some impressive replies:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">27 years ago this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Christmas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Christmas<\/a>, I got my Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sega?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sega<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MegaDrive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MegaDrive<\/a> and these games. What&#8217;s your fondest retro gaming festive memory? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ba4Ipqa98W\">pic.twitter.com\/ba4Ipqa98W<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Damien McFerran (@DamienMcFerran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DamienMcFerran\/status\/945594706691534848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XqRt2XnL7C\">pic.twitter.com\/XqRt2XnL7C<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Chris Scullion (@scully1888) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scully1888\/status\/945596215214866432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After getting a Megadrive with only Altered Beast in September, going to get Sonic the Hedgehog with my Christmas money! Got the Japanese version from the market as it was \u00a35 cheaper than UK one even with an adaptor! \ud83d\ude01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bHnzVRvA6b\">pic.twitter.com\/bHnzVRvA6b<\/a><\/span>\u2014 KingMonkey (@kingmonkey25) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kingmonkey25\/status\/945771329583710209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Christmas 1990. Brand new Nintendo Gameboy. Real games in the palm of my hand and ignoring the world around me \ud83d\ude0a<\/span>\u2014 Joe Bleeps (@joeteach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joeteach\/status\/945616911756333056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My ZX Spectrum. Started my life\u2019s journey of infatuation with computers and gaming. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AhF5SrR8YJ\">pic.twitter.com\/AhF5SrR8YJ<\/a><\/span>\u2014 jake (@jake74) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jake74\/status\/945596631046639619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hmm&#8230; Probably Christmas 1992. Dad had bought my brother and I an SNES. The SNES, Super Probotector(PAL-version of Contra III), Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and, of course, Super Mario World. That was an amazing Christmas.<\/span>\u2014 Kris Viking (@MrKrisViking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrKrisViking\/status\/945792478044721153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Getting this for Christmas in 1992. Best present ever! I still have it and it still works \ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QMyeuJJVpY\">pic.twitter.com\/QMyeuJJVpY<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Retro-Pablo \ud83d\udc7e (@lucifers_puppet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucifers_puppet\/status\/945946606272118786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Our friends over at <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/segamarkiii\">iRetrogamer<\/a> always do a good line in Christmas videos, and this year&#8217;s is no exception:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hopefully all of that has gotten you in a suitable nostalgic mood, so what are you biggest and best gaming-related Christmas memories? Are you old enough to have received a NES or Game Boy from Santa, or was the SNES your first console? Perhaps the N64 era was your time, or the GameCube period? Maybe you&#8217;re a young whippersnapper and can count the DS or Wii as your first Christmas consoles?<\/p>\n<p>Whichever system you got, we&#8217;d like to know &#8211; so why not post your memories below?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, Christmas is over for yet another year. Presents have been opened, food has been consumed in vast quantities and much fun has been had by (hopefully) all. 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