Hey fellow tempers, my name is Xavier i'm a frenchie and 32 yo, +1 in a few months. I'm the youngest of a family of 4, 1 bro and 2 sisters. My dad passed from cancer several years ago and i live with my mom and bro. One of my sis, the younger of the two, have a daugther, my niece which is already 12 yo. I try to contribute raising up well, since i hate the way she is growing as a rotten spoiled lil princess.
I live in the north-eastern France, in a small town with nothing nearby but some forests and fields.. The main attraction is the Germany frontier really close by and Metz city about a hour away by drive.
My first gaming memories are from Game & Watch sets, i had one game with Mario vs Donkey Kong jumping barrels to save the girl and another with Mario & Luigi using some insecticide sprays on flies and ants and spiders getting down plants?
First console i had was the NES, mainly for MEGAMAN 2 which i tried on a free testing set in a supermarket and was mind blown, it was the stage of the waterfall, Bubble man.. Spectacular!!
Had a megadrive, gameboy, gamegear, snes, psone, dreamcast, ps2, ds, dsi xl, psp, wii. Bro has the ps3.
I'm not proud to state i was an early pirate back in the snes days, using the "super wild card" set to put games on floppies. Then burning cd's on the psone then dvd's for the pstwo with their soldered chip.. Then the flashcard for dsphat pirating some gba games (supercard SD) and nds games (got a dsonei and dstwo cards too for my now dsi xl), and my last pirating was by getting tons of wii isos for the usbloader..
By late 2011 i decided to give up on the bad act as i had the infamous piracy syndrome, collecting and not playing anything.. I try now to redeem myself and got rid of ALL that i gathered over the years, be it snes floppies or ps1/2 cd and dvd, burned movies etc.. Buying all of my games now and i only save a legal backup copy of those i legaly own. The only pirated content left to be found at my place are on my hard drive real few movies and series (desperate housewives, dexter). Because i'm not rich enough for those still, i am sorry.. Though i do not collect i delete after viewing, the least i can do for now.
Computer wise, my bro had an Amstrad CPC 6128 back in the early 90's, and i got Pc's since early 2000 but my first "real gaming rig" came just a few months ago, it's still a budget one but enough to run decently all the current technology. I have a terrific backlog to catch up to, as my signature goes. But im slowly getting there.
My favorite game might well be Final Fantasy IV, the snes version i played back in the 90's brought a tear to my eye and this is rare with videogames. So many memorable and likable cast for characters and story..
Favorite genre of games i'm more an action aventure and rpg person. Favorite music are grunge and pop/rock all the way and can't say i like hip hop very much. Especially french rap.. Favorite litterature and movies i like horror and fantastic, gross comedies and sometimes romantic stuff. Manga, anime, dramas.. I left the train but i'm open to enjoy more korean dramas someday i find them very sweet and cute!! Best i recall watching were, densha otoko and full house..
What brought me here, obviously infos about flashcards and rom translations for NDS hacking.
Why i stick around, i've grown to like the community all in all and the forum layout is far too familiar by now to just kick it from my bookmark.
How do i identify myself, mainly by my birthname "xavier" or "xav" for short, as my parent's son, as a brother and a friend..
That's all folks, i'll edit this if anything else.