Thread 12027639

This is me as a young lad receiving my Sega System for Christmas (note the distinct lack of light phaser.) From then on, I knew that consequences would never be the same. On that joyous occasion when I first witnessed the Sega System UEFI booting into its built-in scotformer Alex The Kid, I became a lifelong Sega fan… that is, until the Shiturn was released. I was immensely disillusioned and unimpressed with Sega’s rough transition to 3D, and so with a heavy heart, and after a mere 3 days of owning my Shiturn, I was forced to return it to the app-store rom whence it came and since they had very few Atari apps I had to substitute it with a PC DOS-ROM of the game Croc, which provided a far more satisfying experience with its varied assortment of soulfully kinographic 3D mayors. Then, years later, I decided to hop back on the Sega train when Bernie Stolar announced a revolutionary new 3D scotformer for the Dreamcast. At the time it was only known by its codename, “Project Floigan”… but little did we know that this unassuming title would not only end up selling a grand total of 6 million copies, but would also spell out the end of Nintendo as we know it… and the rest, as they say, is history.

>my Sega System
You mean your Master System.

But how's your dad doing? That's the real elephant in the room.

So auster was the anti-Saturn shitposter all along?

>>12027645
I think he's saying he's fine, you know, because he bought him a sega system.

you realise reverse image search exists right

>>12027639 (OP)
>This is me as a young

Lies

>>12027645
He passed away, he left me his favorite copy of My Hero.

>>12027639 (OP)
You can't just call it what's on the box anon. You have to call it what janitors decided 30 years later

>>12027926
you are very smart

toasting in epic bread

>>12027639 (OP)
please tag this as nsfw. this is a horrifying photo of a kid's childhood being ruined for not getting a nintendo

>>12028030
“Christmas, Christmas time is here, time for joy and time for cheer. We’ve been good, but, we can’t last, Hurry Christmas-hurry fast! Want a little shopping wisdom? Just buy me a Sega Master System! We can hardly stand the wait, please Christmas don’t be late!”

That’s right. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and for many of us in our younger years, it all came down to that one special moment. It’s Christmas morning. The one gift you’ve been hoping and praying for all year long is most likely tucked away under the tree. It’s that new Sega Master System that your parents couldn’t afford to buy you… but it’s Christmas! Surely the spirit of giving has invaded their hearts. You can’t sleep all night because the thought of blasting dragons in Space Harrier is just too thrilling! Your anxiousness borders on obsession, but you have faith that it’ll all soon become a reality.

The morning approaches. You’re so excited that you wake your parents up WAY earlier than they said you could, but they don’t mind… too much. After-all, it’s Christmas! Mom puts on some Christmas music while Dad fetches the Video 8 camcorder or Polaroid. You and your Sis sit patiently (or impatiently) underneath the tree, getting acquainted with your still unwrapped dreams. You’re ready to tear through paper faster than a blue hedgehog with a blast processor. “Can we open them now?” Wait! Grandpa still hasn’t finished putting in his false teeth! Slowly but surely, he sits down with a smile on his face, knowing all too well he’s holding up Christmas. A glance at Mom and Dad. A slight nod of the their heads as they smirk. IT’S TIME! You start tearing into that big box that has Sega Master System written all over… WHAT!?!?! “No no no, not yet! You have to open that one LAST!” Your beaming smile sullies into a frown, but in the back of your mind, you now KNOW that it must be true. It IS a Sega Master System.

>>12028030
The rest of Christmas morning pans out as expected. A new dollhouse for your sister. A pair of slippers for Grandpa. Even a tasty new bone for Max! But where’s your moment? Where’s that moment in the sun where you stand tall holding a brand new Sega Master System over your head? Where ARE you Christmas?! “OK, now you can open it...” is all you needed to hear. A thousand trees cry a thousand tears as you rip open the biggest package under the tinsel, and THERE IT IS… Fireball Island by Milton Bradley!?! This can’t possibly be happening! Your 8-bit dreams… dashed in an instant! “Don’t you like it sweety?” Well, of course you do. It’s even something that you asked for, but it’s not… THE ONE. “We couldn’t find you that Sega thing you wanted. All they had was something called Nintendo.” “Nintendo?! What about SEGA?!” you think to yourself. Suddenly this Christmas morning has turned into a Christmas mourning. “Wait a second honey, what’s that behind the tree?” It couldn’t be. “Looks like Santa left something for you that we missed.” OF COURSE! You can always count on the BIG GUY to Ho-Ho-Ho his way down the chimney with a Christmas miracle! You hold out your trembling hands with glee as you accept the Master System shaped package addressed “From Santa.” You don’t even care that it says its to you AND your sister, you know that it’s really for YOU! Together the two of you tear into the present, only you’re doing most of the work. Before the paper is even completely off, the white checkerboard box and Sega logo are smiling back at you. “SEGA MASTER SYSTEM!!!” Your cry of joy is so loud it wakes up Grandpa! He catches the happy moment in his eye, while Dad captures it all in an immortal picture, one you’ll always have to look back on.

>>12028041
get tech necked son

In all seriousness the kid is named Adam Campetti and he gave permission to some Master System fanpage to author a fictional story surrounding those pictures. Here's a quote from Adam on what actually happened:

>Like several kids of the time, I had an NES. I didn’t expect anything else since that’s mainly what my mom could afford back then. I knew about a few Sega games, but not the SMS. I knew about Sega from the arcades only. Space Harrier was my absolute favorite at the time. It was so different from any side scroller. It was nearly 3D, and you could float up at will from a run. I used to have dreams like that. That if I ran fast enough I could fly. For this reason, I absolutely loved this game. Later I heard that I could get this Space Harrier greatness with a SMS! I asked my mom for it, expecting that Christmas to be tight, but to my surprise she was able to get it through layaway. WOOT! Even better, Space Harrier came with my SMS, WOOT WOOT! I had other great gifts from friends and family, but that SMS took the cake. At the age of 12 or 13, I was staying up til 3 AM playing Altered Beast, Space Harrier, and Zillion several nights of the week. While all the other kids were talking about Mario Bros, I had these little golden secrets that were SMS games. Only I had Zillion, with its really cool cartoon cutaways. Only I had Space Harrier. That title sounds better than any other NES game could try to sound! Only I had Altered Beast, where you morphed into a friggen WEREWOLF AND FOUGHT THE UNDEAD! To this day I still have that same SMS, with the same laser gun, and the same games. Ahhh SEGA, a company that couldn’t be done away with and who’s still making great games.

also get mogged OP

>>12028064
Evildoer!
You MUST pledge allegiance to the SEGA System.

what is a scot farmer?