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Ah. It seems my SR Subscription comes to an end on the same day the DS is officially launched in the UK. Of course, I already have my DS, but it got me thinking about how I first joined SR...
It was at the end of the 80's, clothes were becoming bareable, games were moving in the right direction and the exciting 90's were beckoning. Nintendo then went and released a phenomenon into the world. The Gameboy was born and I wanted one. After scouring the pages of many a computer magazine (C&VG probably came out on top here) I found an interesting page with some good looking deals. The page belonged to Special Reserve and the phone beckoned.
It was a hot summer’s day at my dad's workshop when I finally picked up the phone and dialled the number. I'd already wrestled his credit card away and was ready to order the amazing brick-like wonder toy. A few minutes later, my job was done and I sat back waiting for my portable friend to arrive.
Well, fast forward 2 weeks (post wasn't so fast in those days!) and the doorbell signalled the arrival of a package (and me jumping out of bed and legging it for the door). Yes, the Gameboy was here, along with an increasingly addictive game by the name of Tetris and a handy red carrying 'Sac Pac' pouch. As the yellow glow lit up my face, my journey in to portable gaming began.
So here we are again and I know realise I got just as excited waiting for my DS to arrive as I did with the Gameboy all those years ago. And just to finish things off, the DS now sits in that same red pouch which SR sent me to house my Gameboy all those years ago.
It was at the end of the 80's, clothes were becoming bareable, games were moving in the right direction and the exciting 90's were beckoning. Nintendo then went and released a phenomenon into the world. The Gameboy was born and I wanted one. After scouring the pages of many a computer magazine (C&VG probably came out on top here) I found an interesting page with some good looking deals. The page belonged to Special Reserve and the phone beckoned.
It was a hot summer’s day at my dad's workshop when I finally picked up the phone and dialled the number. I'd already wrestled his credit card away and was ready to order the amazing brick-like wonder toy. A few minutes later, my job was done and I sat back waiting for my portable friend to arrive.
Well, fast forward 2 weeks (post wasn't so fast in those days!) and the doorbell signalled the arrival of a package (and me jumping out of bed and legging it for the door). Yes, the Gameboy was here, along with an increasingly addictive game by the name of Tetris and a handy red carrying 'Sac Pac' pouch. As the yellow glow lit up my face, my journey in to portable gaming began.
So here we are again and I know realise I got just as excited waiting for my DS to arrive as I did with the Gameboy all those years ago. And just to finish things off, the DS now sits in that same red pouch which SR sent me to house my Gameboy all those years ago.
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The chicken game from Rage Wars was genius.
I've been a member nearly 8 years now I think... I think.... I'm so sad :(
It'd need a lot of polish and extra features to hold up nowadays, methinks.
I joined because I didn't know Amazon existed.
Oops.
Oops.
Yeah i think i joined for rage wars aswell, good game, would be great with online capabilties nowadays
I joined because N64 games in the shops were so bloody expensive.
I didn't realise SR were that old, I joined about 5 years ago because I wanted Turok: Rage Wars as a free gift. I joined for that reason alone.
Ah. It seems my SR Subscription comes to an end on the same day the DS is officially launched in the UK. Of course, I already have my DS, but it got me thinking about how I first joined SR...
It was at the end of the 80's, clothes were becoming bareable, games were moving in the right direction and the exciting 90's were beckoning. Nintendo then went and released a phenomenon into the world. The Gameboy was born and I wanted one. After scouring the pages of many a computer magazine (C&VG probably came out on top here) I found an interesting page with some good looking deals. The page belonged to Special Reserve and the phone beckoned.
It was a hot summer’s day at my dad's workshop when I finally picked up the phone and dialled the number. I'd already wrestled his credit card away and was ready to order the amazing brick-like wonder toy. A few minutes later, my job was done and I sat back waiting for my portable friend to arrive.
Well, fast forward 2 weeks (post wasn't so fast in those days!) and the doorbell signalled the arrival of a package (and me jumping out of bed and legging it for the door). Yes, the Gameboy was here, along with an increasingly addictive game by the name of Tetris and a handy red carrying 'Sac Pac' pouch. As the yellow glow lit up my face, my journey in to portable gaming began.
So here we are again and I know realise I got just as excited waiting for my DS to arrive as I did with the Gameboy all those years ago. And just to finish things off, the DS now sits in that same red pouch which SR sent me to house my Gameboy all those years ago.
It was at the end of the 80's, clothes were becoming bareable, games were moving in the right direction and the exciting 90's were beckoning. Nintendo then went and released a phenomenon into the world. The Gameboy was born and I wanted one. After scouring the pages of many a computer magazine (C&VG probably came out on top here) I found an interesting page with some good looking deals. The page belonged to Special Reserve and the phone beckoned.
It was a hot summer’s day at my dad's workshop when I finally picked up the phone and dialled the number. I'd already wrestled his credit card away and was ready to order the amazing brick-like wonder toy. A few minutes later, my job was done and I sat back waiting for my portable friend to arrive.
Well, fast forward 2 weeks (post wasn't so fast in those days!) and the doorbell signalled the arrival of a package (and me jumping out of bed and legging it for the door). Yes, the Gameboy was here, along with an increasingly addictive game by the name of Tetris and a handy red carrying 'Sac Pac' pouch. As the yellow glow lit up my face, my journey in to portable gaming began.
So here we are again and I know realise I got just as excited waiting for my DS to arrive as I did with the Gameboy all those years ago. And just to finish things off, the DS now sits in that same red pouch which SR sent me to house my Gameboy all those years ago.
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