So I grew up with NES and SNES in the house, but really didn't play much at all of the two games shown here until way later via online streaming emulation on a website called nintendo8.com. 

People adore Super Mario Bros. 3, and given how huge that map must have been at the time, I can see why. I mostly remember it from that Wizard movie from the 90s where we got the phrase "it's so bad" uttered when the main character puts on a Power Glove for the first time. 

But while Super Mario Bros. 3 is beloved and people often refer to it as the best Mario game, I am much, much more familiar with Super Mario World. I think I got to the desert levels whenever I played SMB3 via emulation. I really liked it, but it's hard to be wowed decades after the fact, so I'll never experience it the way others did. 

I do remember annoying my parents with a Mario Raccoon/Tanooki spring toy though (I'm assuming it was a hand-me-down from my older brother). I can't find a picture of the toy I had from a quick Google search, but this should give you an idea:

This, but Mario was leaner, had a tanooki suit, and was jumping ... so pretty much not this at all aside from the base and spring

Believe it or not, I played WAY more Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt than anything else growing up, but that was released before my birth year, so it doesn't get included in this BaD. 

As for Mega Man 3, I recently bought the two Mega Man Collections on PS4 along with What Remains of Edith Finch in a sale. And, um ... well, the only ones I really played through emulation were 1 and 2, with 3 being the one where I could beat Snake Man's stage but nothing else. It does have what I consider the best title theme in the series, and I think Capcom agrees, since that theme plays in the Collection menu. 

For now, all I can really tell you is that I was able to get through Mega Man  and espeically Mega Man 2  pretty easily using a,z, and arrow keys on a keyboard, but I seem to suuuuuuuuuck at Mega Man with a PS4  controller. I forgot how awkward and supertight some of the jumps are and there are some enemies that are pissing me off pretty badly. Maybe I should try 3 next and see if ends up being easier on a PS4 while the other 2 are easier on PC? 

Anyway, this is my favorite part of  Mega Man 3:

The game I actually did play a ton of growing up? Solar Striker  for the Game Boy. I always loved the space shooter aesthetic on the cover and was always attracted to pick-up-and-play games, so this game was my go-to when waiting for things. There's not much to say about it as it's a shmup and I probably never got far, since battery life on Game Boy wasn't amazing, the screen wasn't always the easiest thing to see depending on the lighting in the room, and I tended to shut it off whenever my parents got mad at me for not paying attention to ... whatever thing I was waiting for at the time. But of the three games released in my birth year I can remember playing, this was my favorite. 

Hearing the music again definitely brings back memories. 

I'm not saying it rocked my world or anything, but I am saying I got bored in a lot of waiting rooms and broke it out fairly often. Again, I think this was a hand-me-down, though I can't remember for certain if my brother and I didn't have our own individual Game Boys. Hmmm ...

Whelp, that's all from my zero year. More later.