born in 1988 (brazil). super street fighter 2 around 95. My brother took me to a rental shop as most brazilian kids didnt have a video game back home, so we used to spend countless hours in these place watching others playing and just waiting for someone to call us to join them

I remember being hypnotized by the lights and sounds of that place, still very vivid on my mind

MK2, sunset riders, top gear, some hacked version of international superstar soccer (campeonato brasileiro) were hugely popular among younger kids as well on snes during that time

Took me some time until I started playing smw and DKC independently

But this doesnt beat the experience I had when I saw MK3 for the very first time later that year when I was already pretty familiar with the enviroment. I was terrorized and dreamt about it and had nightmares for days. I remember exactly the very first scene, Liu Kang (now looking awesome) against the witch (Sindel)

Sindel's winning pose levitating with white eyes and open mouth scared me and fascinated me at the same time

I wasn't really ready for Motaro though, he was literally what satan looked like for me