2006/11/06 10:47
Our Princess Is In Another Castle
Last night I beat The Legend of Zelda for the first time.
All those years ago when we had a Nintendo, I actually didn't get to play very much. My brother and I shared the controller, and you know how it is trying to play video games with someone so very much better than you -- he takes Mario all the way to World 8-1 before biting it on a cheap shot from a Hammer Brother, whereas I make it almost to the end of 1-1 before Luigi falls down that hole between the stairs.
He didn't like it, either, that his video game skill was leaps and bounds above mine, because it meant we weren't playing together. And so the games he picked out for us were of the pathetically easy sort so I could keep up; board games and racers and the like. For quite some time, my favorite game was Anticipation, because without cliffs, enemies, holes in the floor or any reason to use the D-pad, I could actually win.
But that meant I missed out on a lot of the classics, the icons of gaming. I consider myself a classic gamer -- I still have an original Sega Genesis -- but without playing these games I feel like a poseur. But we sold the NES years ago in upgrading to a Nintendo 64, and sadly, now they're hard to come by. Unless you use the mystical world of the Internet. No, I'm not downloading ROMs! That would be wrong! And if I were, I would certainly delete them when I was done playing! Stay in school, kids! (This message brought to you by the RIAA, the FBI, and the Federation To Keep Mo Out Of Prison.)
Yes, I used a walkthrough to beat Zelda. No, I'm not ashamed of that. Not really, it wasn't as hard I thought it would be. Maybe, I plan to take on the second quest. Damn right, this construction has become difficult to maintain.
But there are still so many games I need to play through, and Zelda seems easy by comparison. I can get Mario to World 3-3 now, but those holes just suck him down, I swear!
All those years ago when we had a Nintendo, I actually didn't get to play very much. My brother and I shared the controller, and you know how it is trying to play video games with someone so very much better than you -- he takes Mario all the way to World 8-1 before biting it on a cheap shot from a Hammer Brother, whereas I make it almost to the end of 1-1 before Luigi falls down that hole between the stairs.
He didn't like it, either, that his video game skill was leaps and bounds above mine, because it meant we weren't playing together. And so the games he picked out for us were of the pathetically easy sort so I could keep up; board games and racers and the like. For quite some time, my favorite game was Anticipation, because without cliffs, enemies, holes in the floor or any reason to use the D-pad, I could actually win.
But that meant I missed out on a lot of the classics, the icons of gaming. I consider myself a classic gamer -- I still have an original Sega Genesis -- but without playing these games I feel like a poseur. But we sold the NES years ago in upgrading to a Nintendo 64, and sadly, now they're hard to come by. Unless you use the mystical world of the Internet. No, I'm not downloading ROMs! That would be wrong! And if I were, I would certainly delete them when I was done playing! Stay in school, kids! (This message brought to you by the RIAA, the FBI, and the Federation To Keep Mo Out Of Prison.)
Yes, I used a walkthrough to beat Zelda. No, I'm not ashamed of that. Not really, it wasn't as hard I thought it would be. Maybe, I plan to take on the second quest. Damn right, this construction has become difficult to maintain.
But there are still so many games I need to play through, and Zelda seems easy by comparison. I can get Mario to World 3-3 now, but those holes just suck him down, I swear!
Oh man! I played Zelda back when it was on the Nintendo!
Yesterday I saw just a bunch of Nintendo games in one of those plug and play hand controllers. Sad, really, that 1 zillion of the games I used to play back in the day can now be jammed into a chip the size of my pinky nail.
Yesterday I saw just a bunch of Nintendo games in one of those plug and play hand controllers. Sad, really, that 1 zillion of the games I used to play back in the day can now be jammed into a chip the size of my pinky nail.
I still have my Nintendo, but I never plug it in ... a friend bought me the GBA version of Zelda for my birthday one year, but I still have not beaten it. I did get further this time around then I did on Nintendo, though.
With all the games I've ever played, I've never finished a single Zelda game.
I have always enjoyed playing video games with you, even if you would fall down holes. Even if I seemed annoyed. Call it bonding if you will. Whatever it is, it's always been a lot of fun.
But the Hammer Bros. were in 8-3.
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I have always enjoyed playing video games with you, even if you would fall down holes. Even if I seemed annoyed. Call it bonding if you will. Whatever it is, it's always been a lot of fun.
But the Hammer Bros. were in 8-3.
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