My first gaming experience was in late 80s when my aunt would take me to a Nida resort town during summers. Some colleague of her would bring a computer with him. So we would visit him from time to time and he allowed me to play some games. I don’t remember what kind of computer that was. It had a color display, but that’s all I remember. There was one game that I particularly liked and played a lot, it was something like Gauntlet, but I still have to discover what that was.
The first console I had played with was some Atari 2600 clone, very likely it was called Rambo. I had it only for a very short time (probably an evening), since it was not mine and it was going to be replaced due to some issue (probably with the second controller or something). I remember playing Frogger on it.
Then instead of replacing with another Atari 2600, my cousins got something much better an UFO A-5000 console. Along with ZHILITON it was most popular famiclones in early 90s. I would say UFO is one of the very few original designs that just looks cool. There was a lot of summer evenings spent watching my cousins play on this.
The story how I got my console was somewhat interesting. Apparently my dad got paid with some counterfeit money (it was wild early 90s in Lithuania). And my parents decided to spend it at shops that did not check the money. And since they knew that I want a video game console very much, we went to a local store and bought one. My hometown was pretty small (around 3000 people) and nevertheless we still had shops where we could by consoles in the early 90s. I don’t remember which exact model I had, but it was some variation of Terminator 2 console. Something like this one:
The TV I was playing on was a vacuum tube CRT called Tauras (manufactured in Lithuania). It was color TV, but since it was SECAM and I did not had PAL decoder installed, I played games in grayscale. I believe the following TV is exactly like the one I had.
So I went through all of the NES / Famicom library and made a list of all games I played as a kid. At least what I remember. The list is not complete and will be updated.
1942
3-D WorldRunner
The Addams Family
Adventure Island
Adventure Island II
Adventure Island III
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
Adventures of Lolo
Alien 3
Antarctic Adventure
Arkanoid
Astyanax
Back to the Future Part II & III
Bad Dudes
Balloon Fight
Batman
Battle City
Battletoads
Best of the Best: Championship Karate
Blaster Master
Bomber King
Bomberman
Bomberman II
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Bubble Bobble
Bucky O’Hare
Burai Fighter
Captain America and The Avengers
Castle of Dragon
Castlevania
Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Choujikuu Yousai Macross
Circus Charlie
City Connection
Cliffhanger
Code Name: Viper
Conan: The Mysteries of Time
Contra
Contra Force
Darkwing Duck
Dig Dug II
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong 3
Donkey Kong Jr.
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones
Double Dribble
Downtown Nekketsu
Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki da yo Zen’in Shūgō!
Dr. Mario
Duck Hunt
DuckTales
DuckTales 2
Felix the Cat
Fist of the North Star
The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
Flying Hero
Friday the 13th
Front Line
Galaga
Galaxian
Gary Kitchen’s Battle Tank
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II
Ghosts ‘n Goblins
Golf
The Goonies
Gradius
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Guardian Legend
Gun-Nac
Gun.Smoke
Gyruss
Hogan’s Alley
Ice Climber
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1991)
Jackal
The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!
The Jungle Book
Jurassic Park
Karateka
Kung-Fu
Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League
The Legend of Kage
Life Force
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Lode Runner
Lunar Pool
M.U.S.C.L.E.: Tag Team Match
Mappy
Mario Bros.
Mega Man
Mickey Mousecapade
Mighty Final Fight
Mitsume ga Tooru
Monster in My Pocket
NARC
Nekketsu Street Basket: Ganbare Dunk Heroes
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Ninja Jajamaru-kun
Ninja-kun: Majou no Bouken
Nintendo World Cup
Nuts & Milk
Operation Wolf
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
Pac-Man
Pooyan
Popeye
Power Blade 2
Prince of Persia
Rambo
River City Ransom
Road Fighter
RoboCop
RoboCop 2
RoboCop 3
Rush’n Attack
Rygar
Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu
Silk Worm
Silver Surfer
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll
Spy vs. Spy
Super Arabian
Super C
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Robin Hood
TaleSpin
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Tetris
Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland
Tom & Jerry
Top Gun
Toxic Crusaders
TwinBee
Urban Champion
Vice: Project Doom
Wacky Races
Wild Gunman
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Yo! Noid
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
Zippy Race