Favorite Video Game Smell?

[hardcoretyphoon hardcoretyphoon]

Weird question I know. (Didnt even bother to search if this thread already exists :P).
Does anyone here have a favorite gaming smell? We can debate over best graphics and best OSTs all day, but what about gaming from the olfactory angle?

Me personally, when I got my Dreamcast it had a very particular plasticy but also perfumey smell. I wish it still smelled like that and any time i catch a whiff of something similar it always catches me off guard. Its probably my favorite smell next to fried rice and isopropyl alcohol.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

The smell of video game manuals

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

The smell of getting a game from Wal-Mart

 

[Lod 10]

The smell of small frozen pizza, a soda, and a relaxing game—I'm a YouTuber—after a long day of video production.

 

[bjork]

The Gran Turismo 2 scratch and sniff disc

 

[hardcoretyphoon hardcoretyphoon]

The Gran Turismo 2 scratch and sniff disc

Smells like gasoline and shit right? Sounds nice.

 

[Heidegger22]

The smell of video game manuals

One of the many reasons I soured on modern games was how scanty they got with the manuals. Typically one little advertisement card for DLC or something, gone were the ten page manuals, the maps and registration cards.
And yes, the smell was glorious.

 

[bjork]

Smells like gasoline and shit right? Sounds nice.

Never smelled it myself, I think it was a PAL-only thing? But I like that it exists.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Smells like gasoline and shit right? Sounds nice.

Gasoline and tires actually

 

[ZeroEagle]

Every time I got a new sealed PS2 game I would crack it open and take a good whiff...then promptly read the entire manual...and probably smell that too. Nothing hits quite the same as that anymore.
I do still have a sealed copy of Mad Maestro...but that is going to stay sealed as the seal itself is special.

 

[χKai]

Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges had a scent like no other.

 

[bjork]

I suggest to everyone who likes these chemical smells, track down a pack of 1991 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards. You'll probably be in heaven, they had a smell that could probably get you a little high, even.

 

[Badseed Badseed]

The smell of video game manuals

The great color game manual days are LONG gone

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My favorite video game smell was: Gasoline, smoke and the burning plastic as
I incinerated my 7TH red ring of death X360.

 

[CheesyExplosive]

the smell of fresh metal and heat.

 

[JellyjamLu]

Someone mentioned it already but definitely removing the cellophane wrapper, cracking that box open and getting a good whiff of the inside, mostly the manual. so nice though.

 

[Mr. SyS]

Something green and leafy.