I was originally going to buy a Saturn and a copy of ClockWork Night and Daytona USA, but then my cousin borrowed his friends Playstation and I got to play it. The first game I played was Resident Evil and I can still remember my exact thoughts the first time I fired the Colt Python point blank into a Zombies face.... "DAMN, you\'d never see this on the Sega." Turns out I was wrong, but going from Ghouls & Ghosts and Zombies ate my Neighbors to a game like RE is quite a transition. I swear It was that moment that I knew who the winner of the 32bit console wars would be.
I ended up getting the Playstation, RE, and Destruction Derby 2 that year for christmas.