First Games and Game Experiences

At about 8:00pm this evening, I realized something. I write these blogs for no one other than you guys, and that's the way I like it. So, if you guys got something you want me to write about, I think I'll write about it. So, this one's for Rory.

Well, my first gaming system was of coarse no other than the Nintendo Entertainment System (As shown above). I believe it was given to me by my older cousin Chris for Christmas one year, but I could be mistaken. I was really young after-all. Like 3 or 4. At the time I had three games: Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventures of Link and Excitebike. God, I loved those games. I could have played them for hours, and you know what else? Back then, I don't remember there being such thing as a "Good" or "Bad" game. I remember, I didn't care what the game was like! It was a game goddamn it! and that was all that mattered. I could get tons of hours out of any game, and that was fine with me.

Back then, I used to play games mainly with old best friend Shawn Gauvin. Unfortunately the two of us don't talk anymore, but that's because he was like 4 years older than me and graduated and moved on. Now at days, I tend to play games with Joshua Alexander, Corey Arsenault, Jordan Gains, Ryan Gains, my childhood friend Jeremy Landry and my girlfriend Stephanie. A lot's changed since then, but at least the games of today still continue to impress me.


Some of my best memories growing up was waiting for Friday to roll around so that maybe, just maybe, my dad would let me rent a game from BlockbusterTM. I remember renting Mystical Ninja like 35 times. Man, I loved that game. Nothing ever beats the feeling of looking back on those days and remembering all the good rented memories... Ahh, Final Fantasy X, Sonic Adventure, Zelda: Majora's Mask. All the good stuff. I loved it. Matter of fact I loved it so much, I think that as a way of saving some money, I might start doing that again. Instead of buying games, I might start renting again. I think that would be awesome.

Another thing that just always gives me an awesome feeling is the day you bring home a new console y'know. The three I remember most were the Gamecube, The Playstation 3 and the Nintendo 64. I can still remember bringing those home and setting them up, but maybe I'll save that for a christmas stories blog or something.


Either way, growing up I believe I spent the most of my time in my early years with the NES. Playing Excitebike, Mario and Zelda, but later in the future around the N64 era, I swear I must have put at least 200+ hours in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. I loved those games so much, so very VERY VERY much, that I wouldn't trade my memories with them for anything.

So there you have it. My first games and some personal experiences. Leave your comments below and have a great night.

- Locke Downe