I really wanted a modded Xbox 360 when I was younger because I thought being able to play ‘backed up’ games and having a custom dashboard was really neat.

I ended up buying one last year to fulfill that childhood wish.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    48·
    7 months ago

    When I was like 19 or something, I went into a restaurant, got seated, asked to see a dessert menu. I ordered dessert. Then I asked for an appetizer menu. And I ordered an appetizer. Then I paid, and left.

    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world
      3·
      7 months ago

      I bought a new '99 Civic Si but when I saw the S2000 I wished I had waited. I loved my Si - it was blue and I named him Moonshadow – but that S2000 is sweet. Will never forget driving from Vegas to SoCal and being passed by a guy driving an S2000. Or did I pass him? It was so long ago. One of us yelled “nice car!” and the other said “you too!”

      • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        It has <40k miles on it. It’s not in pristine condition, but it has been garaged for basically the entire time I’ve had it.

  • Wodge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    7 months ago

    When I was a kid, I was really into driving games, started off with Mario Kart and Stunt Race FX on the SNES, later moved onto F1 World Grand Prix on the N64, for which I had one of these bad boys.

    You put your legs either side of the wheel to hold it in place. It wasn’t very good at all if I’m being honest. Even at the time, 9 year old me thought it wasn’t great.

    So during covid, I saw that V3 pictured above being sold on facebook marketplace for 20chf (swissbux), and thought I could do better. Started off with a Logitech G29 and ended up with this:

    Yes, cable management is not great, but I’m in a relatively small apartment, so gotta wedge it in a corner, but it’s my corner, the Corner of Speed

    • klisurovi4@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      I also loved racing games as a kid and my first purchase after I moved out was a g29 lmao.

      I’d love to have a simrig and could probably afford one nowadays, but space is really big issue when living in an apartment. I don’t really have a free corner to put it in like you.

  • wordman@lemmy.ml
    131·
    7 months ago

    I sold a bunch of 70’s and 80’s tabletop roleplaying stuff when I went to college. A few years ago, I reacquired many of those titles at collector’s prices. Not my most brilliant financial move.

  • Kevin Herrera@beehaw.orgEnglish
    10·
    7 months ago

    A really nice electric guitar, amp, and pedal. Money was tight as a kid for a lot of reasons, my dad did the best he could. However, this meant playing with some equipment that didn’t sound quite right.

    Now I have what I always wanted, but have trouble finding the time and energy to play.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Now I have what I always wanted, but have trouble finding the time and energy to play.

      I feel like that’s the story for a lot of people here. I definitely feel that way with video games on occasion.

  • pixelscript@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    7 months ago

    I don’t think there are any desires I carried over from childhood that I finally fulfilled later. Most things I wanted in the past I simply stopped wanting as I changed with age.

    I have, however, on numerous occasions in my adult life, looked at something that probably would’ve made my kid self go into orbit with excitement and thought, “Man, if only I could get an adult to buy me this…” only to blink a couple times, see the lightbulb turn on, and go, “HEY, WAIT A MINUTE…!”

  • Wojwo@lemmy.ml
    91·
    7 months ago

    Does a hot wife that pole dances count? But yeah, I built an arcade machine and have a problem with building emulator consoles

  • notthebees@reddthat.com
    8·
    7 months ago

    A Nintendo 3DS because I didn’t have a console (like ever) and it was cheaper than a switch.

    I’ve only had time to play it a handful of times

  • MethodicalSpark@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 months ago

    I always loved construction equipment as a kid. I had a full set of die-cast Cat construction machines and would play with them in a sandbox my dad built.

    Three months ago I bought a Kubota U27-4 mini-excavator. Needless to say, my inner 8 year old is thrilled.