I have the orignaly 21 or 22 carts I had from my childhood.  My first game other than SMB (packed in) was Metroid or TMNT one.  Got the both on the same X-mas morning.  The first game I bought with my own money was Image Fight cause it was on sale for only 19.99 and that was cheap for a NES game back then.  Cool thread idea.

I wouldn't trade my orignal NES system for a pile of cash, way to much sentimental value to me.  The only game I wouldn't sale is Dragon Warrior (even though I hate RPGs)  I have had it since I was a kid and still has my orignal files on it for now till the battery dies.  It is the only game I ever wrote I put a J for Jason on the top of it cause me and my brother both had one.

Unfortunately none of my current collection is from my childhood.  I have no idea what happened to my old NES or the games I had.  I'm assuming either my brother or sister took them.

My mom would always buy the few games I had, but I recall one occassion where I asked her if she'd go to the store and buy me Zelda.  I remember going to Wal-mart, seeing it behind the counter and being so excited to get it.  The gold box looked so amazing.

I don't have any from my original collect. Mine had my intials on the back so I wanted better ones.

The first game I can remember I got was TMNT cuz I loved the cartoon. I also remember playing:

Pac man
Zelda
clash at demonhead - so fun
yo noid - hard
boudlerdash -so fun

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Dude, totally. I actually lent out my copy of SMB2 to a friend from back in the day, dude tried to steal it basically. Wouldn't give it back.

After prodding some people that knew him better than I did, and threatening to tattle on him (haha, fear of parents totally worked when you were a kid!), I got the thing back, but the upper 50% of the label is totally gone.

I can't get rid of it though, it's mine, and it's very special. Basically, all the original games I own, my mother bought for me, and I know it wasn't easy for her to afford the games, let alone the console. She actually refused to buy me a SNES when it came out, citing the fact that she bought me assloads of NES games, and I never played them.

That, of course, is total BS, but admittedly, I never played Rambo much.. not my fault, that game was such a turd back then, and the fact that it was so.. BIZARRE when you're little didn't help matters.

I also have special attachment to my Donkey Kong 3 cartridge because an old friend I lent it to tried to keep it as well, I got it back only after my mother went to the Principal's office at school, told them what was up, and his grandfather (coolest dude EVER!) drove right out to the school to return it to me. He gave his grandson a ton of shit for it, too. 

Bastard even put his name on the back of the cart.   Luckily it was on a sticker, so I just peeled it off.

MEMORIES!

Anyone else have similar experiences?

Here is a experience there was a gas leak at my parents house and the fire dept. came in to check it out I was playing that lame game Rambo at the time and a couple fire fighters were checking it out talking to me always think of that when I stumble upon a Rambo cart.

none i was in my early 20s when the nes came out. was busy chasing something else at the time.