liquidsnakehpks: atari 2600 , you could even smell the wood on it when you played it for long :D
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And moving the switches like if you were controlling a space ship console ;P , though the joysticks wouldn´t live long, I had like a cache of repositions :P. A friend of mine once in a move was left with the joystick´s stick in one hand and the base in the other, she was so worried she ran away to her house, thought my parents would get angry with her, but the joystick was already on its retirement : )
Edit: And since everyone voting on NES and SNES versions, I like the american versions the better, but I may be biased since those are the ones I got and still keep.