Atari 5200 Guy

There's some truth behind the story @Justin mentioned about renting Tengen's Tetris.  The area I grew up in had a chain of video rental stores called Vision Video.  They had the Tengen version of Tetris.  I rented it twice in a row.  It was because of this game I discovered Tengen.  I rented it twice in a row.  I went to rent it a third time and the rental store refused to rent it again.  I asked why?  They did give me an honest answer, though.  If the store wanted to continue to rent out Nintendo games the store had to remove any games that were not licensed by Nintendo.  It was Nintendo's "rule".  That was the answer they gave me.  I asked if it could be purchased to which they answered with a solid no that it had to be sent back to Nintendo to be destroyed.  Such a sad fate for a great game.  That also went for Super Sprint and other Tengen Games that were actually good games.  I'm surprised to learn decades later that some Tengen games survived.  It's why I'm hellbent on finding any Tengen games for the NES I can.  I would still like to know how after the lawsuits Tengen did manage to get a few of their games as official releases.

OK.  First attempt.  Only made it to level 5.  15,583.  I was paying more attention to things installing on my laptop again after giving it a SSD upgrade.  Played on real hardware of course.

The Tengen one should have been the original release.  I thought it was way better than what Nintendo did.  However, any console that got Tetris was a miracle considering the licensing issues during the time.  It's a wonder that anything got this game at all.

PIZZA PARTY!!  Space Invaders are hungry!  No wonder they keep trying to land.  They want pizza!

I think it's on XBLA, too.  I think?  
Yep.  On 360 for $2.49.  I might try to get it.  Just feels odd playing a Sega game on a non-Sega system.

The Tengen one should have been the original release.  I thought it was way better than what Nintendo did.  However, any console that got Tetris was a miracle considering the licensing issues during the time.  It's a wonder that anything got this game at all.

OK.  First attempt.  Only made it to level 5.  15,583.  I was paying more attention to things installing on my laptop again after giving it a SSD upgrade.  Played on real hardware of course.

This one I have.  Count me in!

The Tengen one should have been the original release.  I thought it was way better than what Nintendo did.  However, any console that got Tetris was a miracle considering the licensing issues during the time.  It's a wonder that anything got this game at all.

OK.  First attempt.  Only made it to level 5.  15,583.  I was paying more attention to things installing on my laptop again after giving it a SSD upgrade.  Played on real hardware of course.

I think it's on XBLA, too.  I think?  
Yep.  On 360 for $2.49.  I might try to get it.  Just feels odd playing a Sega game on a non-Sega system.

Man...I don't have this one either.  I have Sonic 2 but not this one.   

PIZZA PARTY!!  Space Invaders are hungry!  No wonder they keep trying to land.  They want pizza!

I think it's on XBLA, too.  I think?  
Yep.  On 360 for $2.49.  I might try to get it.  Just feels odd playing a Sega game on a non-Sega system.

This one I have.  Count me in!

Man...I don't have this one either.  I have Sonic 2 but not this one.   

This one I have.  Count me in!

I'm on the hunt for BioShock 2 now LOL.

i can now chalk another game on my Beat list.  Now I have to grab BioShock 2.  This...game...was...AWESOME!

Well...surprise surprise.  Wait...SPOILER ALERT!  If others reading this have not played the game before, and want to discover the game on their own, I would advise skipping this section.  
OK.  I've worked my way from Welcome To Rapture all the way through to Proving Grounds.  I have to say the story took an unexpected twist.  I managed to save all the Little Sisters (earning an achievement!) and I'm now a Big Daddy roaming around.  This game just went from twisted and weird to really awesome!  
OK. Enough talk.  I'm going back to the game now.  

i can now chalk another game on my Beat list.  Now I have to grab BioShock 2.  This...game...was...AWESOME!

Well...surprise surprise.  Wait...SPOILER ALERT!  If others reading this have not played the game before, and want to discover the game on their own, I would advise skipping this section.  
OK.  I've worked my way from Welcome To Rapture all the way through to Proving Grounds.  I have to say the story took an unexpected twist.  I managed to save all the Little Sisters (earning an achievement!) and I'm now a Big Daddy roaming around.  This game just went from twisted and weird to really awesome!  
OK. Enough talk.  I'm going back to the game now.  

OK...coolest thing just happened.  I seen a Big Daddy knocking on those holes those Little Sisters craw in when you rescue them.  So...I nailed one with a level 2 hypnotize.  The thing is following me around now protecting me.  Way cool!!  How long does it last?  Kinda creepy moving around with an earthquake behind you, though.

OK...holy crap this game just got an increase in difficulty.  I'm in the Fort Frolic area, trying to kill these three whoever to put their picture on some sculpture.  I find my first Big Daddy with a Little Sister...except these are not the usual run-of-the-mill Big Daddies...these are called Elite Bouncers and are more quicker and more fierce than before.  The first one knocked me around for a while until I figured out ways to avoid most of their attacks.  I saved all three Little Sisters before I found all three of the guys I'm suppose to kill.  Each one just appeared right after I would kill one.  I'm use to hunting them down.  So far I've not missed one yet.
I tried playing FPS games on my 386 with just a keyboard...no mouse...with Wolfenstein 3D and just could not do it at all.  The whole WASD thing is just not programmed into my left hand.  When I got a mouse I tried that and could not get the coordination right at all.  I tried using the arrow keys and that helped but, let's face it, back then those keyboards were not designed for playing games for hours on end.  I destroyed my first keyboard playing Wolfenstein 3D from too much button mashing.  There had to be a better way. 
So when I was in the market for a Sound Blaster sound card I found a package deal.  It came with a Gravis GamePad and a copy of a game of which I forget what it was now.  Once I got that gamepad...that was it...I refused to play games any other way.  Although not too long ago I tried to play Medal of Honor on one of my gaming laptops using a keyboard and touchpad and it wasn't too bad but my hands started to get sore spots from the palms rubbing on the palm rest portion of the computer.  I ended up finding a way to connect an original XBOX controller I wasn't using to that laptop through USB.  I was using that until my gaming laptop's power supply died.
I guess it just boils down to what comes natural to individual players.  For me the game console controllers are more natural to me.  I wouldn't be caught without one.  I also don't get as much fatigue or pain using those.  And as for Halo you ought to see the enhancements they did for the 360 Anniversary release.  That game looks awesome!  But, then again, I like Halo but not a huge fan of it.
  Heretic?  Oh man...that's old school!  That's back when ID/3D Realms was releasing all sorts of FPS games.  Rise of the Triad, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior...man those were good times.  But all those titles coming out is what burned me out on those kinds of games.  I have to admit that Shadow Warrior (the original one) and Wolfenstein 3D were my favorites.  I never did find Spear of Destiny (sequel to Wolfenstein 3D) anywhere but had a shareware demo of it.  Fun times!  Because of FPS games I can't play modern racing/driving games if the car is in front of me.  I have to have the camera set either inside the car or just above the hood...or no car at all works best for me.

Well, I took a break for dinner (which was difficult) but I have to say I can see why this game is a favorite among gamers...it even made Metal Jesus' top 10 list of favorite 360 games.  I'm enjoying the story, enemies are not so bad at the moment, puzzles not too difficult to figure out.  But, again, it doesn't reward the player very well or if you pick the wrong thing when you get the chance to upgrade/purchase something you're pretty much screwed.  And more Rosies are roaming around more often now.  Those orbs you can throw to make those things turn to your side are a joke.  I have thrown countless orbs at them and they have not worked...yet.  
As far as current progress...I just collected distilled water and other items to make some sort of chemical to spray on some trees.  I'm now on my way forward...hopefully.  I still have one more child to save in Arcadia which I'm now hunting down.  My favorite gun was the shotgun because I was finding ammo for it constantly.  Now I'm about out and have not found any in this area without buying them...and money I ran out of buying pistol ammo for a back-up.  I'm still enjoying the game but, dang, I thought Ark on XBOX One was unforgiving (which it is...you can get killed without warning and while in your home base by a roaming dinosaur) but this one doesn't give enough ammo for some of the basic weapons.  I did pick up some kind of a flame thrower and equipped a wasp EVE.
Even with all of the issues I'm having with ammo I'm still enjoying the game and I have to admit that it is starting to become a favorite on the 360...but Borderlands still takes the top.  And I played FPS games on a PC back in the 386 days but not without my Gravis Gamepad.  I simply couldn't do it with a keyboard.  That drove me nuts.  I'll stick with a game controller.  I can at least map buttons sometimes to my liking.  And since I have the game muted I'm not hearing the vending machines in this game.  I keep it muted because of wife's TV so she can hear her programs.  I do have subtitles turned on, though, so I can at least read the story.