Gaming Memories - Part 1

Hey guys, time for another blog here.

So for this blog I'm going to be doing something I have been wanting to do for a while but have not got around to it. I'm going to do a gaming memories story from my childhood. This is the first in a series that I'm sure I will do more of in the future where I just tell you about a gaming related memory from the past. I hope you like them.

To start this off right I will tell you all my favorite gaming memory of all, why not right?

The year was 1987, or maybe 1988, I'm not really sure. I had my Nintendo Entertainment System for roughly 8 months at the time. My family and I went on a trip to Florida for I'd say 10-14 days. Now I was always on the lookout for video games back then, really I guess not much has changed. We went to some store maybe a Wall-Mart and I was looking for a game. My mom had said she would buy me a game so I started looking. So I'm just looking and look at all the awesome Nintendo games there and my mom comes up to me with this game in had and tells me "this looks cool". I take a look at the game, thinking yea mom wtf do you know about "cool" games? The box was all gold and there was a cutout on part of the box where you could see the actual game cartridge and that was gold as well. Was I impressed? Nope. I said this game looks stupid. I'm not sure why but despite my initial reaction I still bought The Legend of Zelda that day.

So with a few days left on the trip I opened the game to read the manual. It also came with a hit book, a very small one, that said don't open unless you really need to. I'm guessing they wanted you to figure stuff out on your own. I said F that and read everything the books had to offer. In no time I was psyched to get home and play my new game. It really made the trip seem to take forever.

The rest is history. I got home and played that beast for months strait and still go back to it to this day. What a great game and I will always be thankful to my mother for bringing it to my attention.


Kage