Here's to a better (hopefully great 2021)! What video game Christmas presents do you remember getting? Let me know!

@mambabajamba5621

3 жыл бұрын

Christmas 2000, I got my N64 with TloZ OoT..... That changed my life.... ☝️🧐

@BryanX64

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@OldSchoolCurt

3 жыл бұрын

Wcw/nwo revenge 1998

@lennylehnertz

3 жыл бұрын

RBI Baseball, Double Dragon 2, and Excitebike.

@chriskapur4911

3 жыл бұрын

NES with Mario & Duck Hunt. It was my all time favorite gift besides a bike.

When I got an NES as a kid for Christmas, I told my little sister I knew Santa was real because "Mom would never buy it, even if it was on sale".

@jamesb.6177

3 жыл бұрын

I bet mom loved that 😂

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

That Spaceballs reference was gold

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXZk0Kuwmqmadag.html

@jamesb.6177

3 жыл бұрын

@@PatTheNESpunk yep! another classic! happy holidays Pat!

@vghchannel

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! First thing I looked for in the comments was to see if people knew the Spaceballs reference. Classic!

Fantastic cameo and line at the end! "Its the 3rd time this month!" I literally spat out my drink he said that. LoL

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXZk0Kuwmqmadag.html

@nathanielfincher4394

3 жыл бұрын

@@PatTheNESpunk Recycling material I see. Haha Was worth the reminder. I probably spat my water out 5 years ago when I first watched it as well. Thanks for all the concurrent content Pat. Appreciated your work for many years now.

PatTheNESPunk episodes is why I subbed to this channel in the first place. The CUPodcast has just been a bonus this whole time.

this is a nice surprise! Thought I was clicking on a podcast segment, always glad for a new punk vid

@rikustorm13

3 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@41moose

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

Dude, thanks for this upload. I won't go into details but, I didn't live my best life in my 20's, and I lost a lot of my childhood possessions. However I never lost my love of video games. In 2016 for my 40th birthday my sister gave me the best gift I've ever gotten. She got me some t-shirts and other things then tells me she has one more thing and gives me an NES. I'm stoked, I freak out and am so excited. I say "holy shit dude, a legit NES!". She says "no, this is YOUR NES." It was my childhood NES that I got for Christmas 1988. My mom who passed in 2014 had gotten it for me despite our family not having much money. I played the hell out of any game I could get my hands on. I LOVED that NES. She had saved it all these years because she knew how much it meant to me, and now it sits in my living room getting the attention it got 30+ years ago. I love your channel and this video meant a lot to me.

🤣the ending is great.

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXZk0Kuwmqmadag.html

@Christophersanchez1326

3 жыл бұрын

@@PatTheNESpunk now I have.😁

It amazes me how he remembers most of this stuff. I remember the consoles I received as Christmas gifts and a couple games, but no idea how many other things I received each year.

@jamaigar

3 жыл бұрын

He probably did some "research". Dig up some family photos, talk to ma and the rest of the family about it (he mentions uncles and cousins). Probably he had to also buy again or dig up from some old closet some of the toys and games, maybe he even had to restore the packaging, etc etc this video might have more work behind the scenes that it seems

P.O.W. for NES is a 'hidden gem' of a port.

@deezy81

3 жыл бұрын

Really should have been two players though

I remember buying the Link to the Past strategy guide with my own money before I even had an SNES. Thankfully my dad knew how to take a hint

I'm 40 and I got a nes in 1987 for christmas too... my dad took forever to connect it to our tv but man the feeling of playing super mario bros for the very first time.

I'll never forget the time my pops bought the NES.

You have a good memory. I can't remember what I got for every Christmas as a kid.

@deezy81

3 жыл бұрын

I know right? Sometimes I cannot even remember what I had for dinner last night.

It Is a very special feeling... Waking up the 25th and seeing gifts laying under the christmas tree. It's not only the material things you are receiving, but the anticipation and emotion you felt with each passing day of December. I was born in 82 and sure as hell miss those old childhood days. When you grow up, you get a job and start buying your own presents (and for your parents and younger relatives). All the emotion, joy and surprise of getting a special present for you is gone. Gifts turn from Videogames to underwear and pajamas (and other boring stuff). This Christmas I didn't even received a present for myself, but instead gave my parents and nephews the kind of presents I knew they would feel excited for (based on their hobbies, loved activities, etc). It feels great , giving something to your loved ones, but I remember the times when I was little... Like when my Dad gave me my NES console (Mario/Duckhunt edition), or when I received my SNES. I will always keep those memories printed on my heart, sure I'll always miss those good old happy days.

@LuckyLuch1

3 жыл бұрын

You nailed it, I relate to this story a lot. What magical time

@drakec.4064

3 жыл бұрын

@@LuckyLuch1 beautiful times my friend

This video made me so happy. Thank you Pat. You seriously are a legend. Here’s to another hopefully better year bud!

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year!

I’ve been watching your videos since the Blackbox days and loved all of them but I gotta say, the relaxed story telling nature of this episode had me captivated. Thank you so much for sharing with everyone. See you next year!

The ending had me tearing up and then that Spaceballs ending....

Didn’t expect to cry this episode. RIP ho ho ho Santa hat😢

@callak_9974

3 жыл бұрын

Probably just needs a new battery.

Beautiful video Pat. I remember getting my NES action set for Christmas like it was a year ago❤

Thanks Pat for making this year better and easier to get through

This was an awesome, very uplifting vid pat. It's great to hear those stories of getting awesome presents. That bit with frank at the end priceless. Happy holidays and new year to you Pat. Bring on 2021! 👊

You can always count on Christmas to bring us that elusive NESpunk video. Last year for Christmas my wife Suprised me with the Ultimate Super Nintendo Guide book and a new copy of the Ultimate Nintendo guide book (I read my original copy so much it’s gotten a bit worn out), needless to say it was an awesome Christmas! Can’t wait for the next book, Love the episode. Thanks Pat for all that you do

So happy to get new Punk content. Thank you, Pat, and happy holidays!

Great video Pat! Nothing like reminiscing about the good old days! One of my favorite video game Christmas memories is getting the n64 with wcw/nwo revenge in 1998! Goodtimes and great memories!

I made the exact same mistake with Spiderman X-Men. And like you, I played that game far more than it deserved.

You’ve got some true stinkers in your stockings Pat. I feel sorry for your dad paying for these and for you missing out on the really good ones. In Europe we had a smaller but overall better library so me and my friends had mostly good games, we were quite lucky playing most of the classics all the time back then.

Somehow missed this video from two months ago, Pat! Good stuff. I also got the NES for Xmas of 1987 (Control Deck version too, with SMB). I also received Legend of Zelda, Legend of Kage, Kung-Fu, and Rush'n Attack. Strangely enough, my father also played Operation Wolf the whole time his kids were roaming around arcades in the mid-to-late 80s. :D

I loved this! Nice job pat. The end was the best frank!!

Pat this was awesome. Thank you for sharing

I enjoyed this just as much if not a little more than your other Christmas specials. Happy new year my dude.

Damn I don't even remember what I got for xmas last year

@Ace-xf2yd

3 жыл бұрын

Fish brain memory

Ha! My childhood NES and SNES are LONG gone, Pat! Cherish the fact that you still have those consoles. Anyways I always love your Pat the NES Punk series! I understand why you don't do episodes that much but I still love em when we do get them!

Thanks Pat for sharing, happy 2021 to you and you loved ones

Just had Summer 2020 in NE Montana to get my kids out of the city. Pat, it was epic. I brought my NES, and acquired a 2600 and set it up in the totally 80s basement of my In-Laws. There were bikes in the driveway, the ice cream man, popsicles, pick-up baseball games, and Super Mario Bros and Defender. Truly great.

I'm extremely jealous of your ability to remember all that. I consider myself lucky that I can remember 1 Xmas haul let alone multiple. Hell I can't even remember what I got last Xmas lol

Just spit out a punk episode every so often to keep us going man.

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

"Spit out"

It is definitely nice to look back fondly on Christmas present games. I'd be lying if I said I remembered them all like you seem to, but I definitely have fond memories of it. Pokemon Blue version, the PlayStation 1, even Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army on the PS2 were all games I got for Christmas and definitely still love and cherish to this day.

That ending!

This was perfect timing as a certain NES guide book just showed up on my porch 😁

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I got the zero gravity cliffhangers racetrack too Pat. It sucked so much that I've forgotten till now. Great vid my man.

That 1987 Christmas was an amazing time for a lot of 80s kids 🙂

pat, thank you for all the things you've done over the years. this episode reminded me of my own childhood. i hope the next year finds you better than this one (i guess that's setting the bar low - 2020 can't go away soon enough)

We still have our Sega Master System II!! My oldest brother got it from a KB Toys. Today, I realized the Alex Kidd in Miracle World pack-in was the best version because even though they replaced the onigiris with hamburgers, the game made 1 the attack button and 2 the jump button to welcome players who are used to the NES controller norm. My brother also got Ghouls 'n' Ghosts for the Master System when he got the console, which I would later find out is the best version of the game because the health bar and armour upgrades made the game playable compared to the sado-masochistic difficulty the series is known for. I didn't learn until recently that port is our rarest game in our collection (especially since we still have it CIB), so it is a treasure to me. Good memories that flooded to me when you showed us your Master System II!!

Pat's Gone Crazy! Lol...Love it!

Thanks for this, Pat! Made my day. :)

One of your best videos. Can't believe you kept it all straight on what year you received what gifts! It's all a jumbled mess in my brain. Lol. Happy New Year!

Great video Pat! Good to see a nice flashback video.

thankx for the video pat! Gr8 job! been a fan since like 2010!

Thank you Pat .. for everything you do !

Man, I miss the days when these were a regular occurrence.

Happy Holidays Pat!!! 🎄🥳🙏🏼

Thanks Pat ! Keep up the videos. We appreciate them.

I'm glad Frank did the skit with you at the end. It was hilarious! Gotta love Spaceballs

Xwing was the best PC game I ever bought. Thanks for the memories.

Man, I really love pats’ tg-16 story. I knew 1 person at my school that had one and I was so envious. When I’d go over to his house I would beg him to play it but only rarely would he give in. Ah, memories😢

I also got Spy Hunter for Christmas. And I too had a bad Sear Cataglog experience ordering a Nintendo game. In my case, it was ordering Super Mario Bro 2. It took over a year to arrive. After a year of waiting, the local Toys R Us had it, so we picked it up and canceled the order at Sears. But for whatever reason, the order from Sears was not truly canceled and it eventually arrived sometime later. (And my parent's CC was charged.) We gave it to my cousin for his birthday instead of returning it.

Pretty tame compared to previous Christmas videos, but it was fun. Happy holidays, Pat.

Thank you sharing this part of your life with us Pat! Nostalgia is a powerful drug! Happy holidays!

Christmas of 1987 and getting an NES was amazing! One of my favorite Christmas gifts ever. I don't remember anymore due to getting older if I played Turbografx on Christmas 89 or 90 (Never owned one but an Uncle and one of my Cousins both got it on the same Christmas and I visited them both that day) but I have vivid memories of playing Bloody Wolf. I wanted a Turbografx so bad, but my parents didn't want to shell out the money for one (as I have younger siblings so they would have had to have bought to turbo tap and extra controllers and the whole 9 yards) so they ended up getting me a Sega Genesis which I still play to this day, so that worked out for me, but, yeah, I remember the Turbografx blowing my mind at the time.

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank You, and Happy New Year.

I never knew Frank was so violent , he turned into a character written by Martin Scorcesse. A Oldfella

Now we need a video about the games you got for your birthday, released on your birthday.

Great video pat. Reminds me of how temporary things can be. Happy holidays to all

I got the NES for Christmas in 1987 when I was 9 years old.I got the NES with Gyromite and R.O.B. and Pro Wrestling was the first game I played.It was a great Christmas that year.

You're right 2020 did suck. Pat got his Christmas special video out days after Christmas. Maybe in 2021 we can get it before hand. Love ya Pat :)

I rather enjoyed that look back into your younger days. Reminds me of my Christmas days past

Man I love spaceballs. Nice little skit there at the end very funny 👍🏻

The spaceballs doll playing was the best!

Pat, i am jealous of the 1988 chritsmas. Those two lego sets you pictured I wanted so bad.

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Wish I still had them!

Amazing! Thank you! I have been searching for the Thexder game for AGES but never knew its name, only its concept. I used to play it after Elementary school in the computer lab.

PAT I had the same super mario bed sheets that’s on the table displaying all the games. Loved those duvet covers 🛏

Love the Spaceballs bit at the end XD Keep up the great work Pat!

@iank3924

3 жыл бұрын

i freaking lost it laughing! So good

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXZk0Kuwmqmadag.html

Batman on the NES was the highlight of my adolescence! Pat, I know you don’t make as much money on KZread as your podcast (which I LOVE!) but I think we’d all love to see just a couple more videos a year! Nothin but love! Thank you!

Frank didn't see anything but we sure did. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Pat!

Yes Pat we love videos like this more autobiographical and down to earth/personal. This was very funny and well done:)

Therapist: Pat's deep voice at 2:17 can't hurt you Pat's deep voice voice at 2:17 :

I had a similar experience to your Zelda 2. I wanted Castlevania 2 that year, which we thought came out November or December. But, my mom could not find it anywhere. So, I got an I O U for Castlevania 2 at Christmas. But, I got a ton of other great gifts that Christmas regardless, so I was not disappointed in the least!

Nice video and memories! But the best thing was the Star Wars action figure bit at the end!! 😂

great video pat I only remember getting one game on christmas and that was DKC3 but that was only because I would normally get games on my birthday since I was asked what I wanted but for christmas we got what we got and it never occurred to me as a kid to ask for games for christmas as well either way it was nice to relive good old memories despite the strife we have felt this year

The video game I remember getting for Christmas was WWF No Mercy for Nintendo 64. That night, I fell asleep playing it. When I woke up, I found out about the infamous memory-erasing glitch. It was a little while before I was able to swap it out for a cartridge with working memory.

Never will forget my Christmas gift of 1992 with the Super NES

Get it? “wraps up”. like a present...wrapping a present! Christmas video! 🤪

I'm surprised you can remember every year. Good trip down memory lane. I had the football and baseball Tiger games.

Good stuff Pat! Enjoyed it.

In 1985, I had a Starscream Transformer backordered from the Sears wishbook. I didn't get it until March or 86, and I forgot what I ordered! My fondest gaming memory was getting an Atari 2600 in 1981 and then PacMan in 1983. Yeah, it wasn't great, but I played PacMan on the 2600 for hours during Christmas break and enjoyed every minute of it!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Pats. Awesome video, made me nostalgic for the old games. My First console was SNES, with Zelda/Donkey Kong as games. Eventually i got Doom (i was 8, i love my mom for being very absent minded when it came to game ratings) , which funny enough was defective, game would only play for like 5-15mins than freeze. This was also all in Poland, first SNES i gotten fried within 1 hour of playing the console, due to power difference. second time around, my dad did some engineer magic, and built a custom power cord with power converter, that worked with SNES, funny enough, due to PAL TVs being different, i played all SNES games in black and white. =) As well certain games i had to beat with American to polish Dictionary, me and my dad would spent hours translating stuff in the game. Was very mind blown when i came to USA, and experienced the games in color, of course i brought my SNES with me and my games. (which was only like 5-7). I guess there is certain things i never forget nostalgic with original video games i ever owned, they forever have special place in my heart. especially Zelda link to the past/Donkey Kong 1-3, Aladdin (SNES version is better than any Aladdin game ever created in my opinion), Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighters 2 Turbo, and my favorite RPG of all time, Mario RPG.

Awesome nod to Spaceballs Mr Contry!

Happy holidays Pat, see you next year

Amazing! Thank you Pat for another awesome Christmas special. Loved the end, haha! 😂

Thank you Pat, hope you had a good Christmas and I wish you a better New year! My last Christmas gift by Santa Claus was the Nintendo 64! And it was the perfect gift of any Christmas.

Spending my summers at Seaside Heights, I wonder if Pat and I ever shot the geek together or played arcade games together at Lucky Leos without realizing it.

That`s cool, we also got Spy Hunter and Ikari Warriors with our NES as kids. Played a ton of those!

Great space balls reference

@PatTheNESpunk

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXZk0Kuwmqmadag.html

@JordanVickers21

3 жыл бұрын

No Sir, I haven't seen you play with your dolls again.

Happy holidays, Pat

Even if you don't upload very often, I still really liked this video and I'm glad you're always consistent with the quality and the comedy of your videos, unlike youtubers that upload weekly, have sponsorships and make uninteresting videos just over 10 minutes.

That was a really cool vid ! Thanks pat.

Love your Christmas specials Pat! Keep the hair long! You look awesome!

You have one hell of a good memory

Merry Xmas pat!