yellow laser? *feels lost*

anyway

NES, the memories just fill my mind at the mention of those words. When I was in reach of a NES I had the IQ of a four year old, I wasn't very smart but the NES was my introduction to gaming. I remember playing Mario for the first time, I loved it, dodging enemies jumping over pits, I thought it was better than TV, I was in control. I never got very far when I was young, I remember I would always gets stuck on the second level because I couldn't get past the platform where the little stages were continuosly going upwards or downwards, but sometimes I managed to get past them, I got past them and celebrated alot.

My favorite game, the game I enjoyed playing the most was the Ninja turtles, I loved every level of that game, it was probably my first side scrolling beat em up. I was young and being able to play as one of my favorite turtles and destroy the foot clan, that was one of the most entertaining things I ever did. The graphics were mind blowing to me at the time, I recognized things and I loved how the fate of the world was in my hands. I had alot of games that I loved, but I have no clue what they were called, when I was young I didn't care what it was called or what kind of rep it had, I played whatever I could and I loved pretty much all of it no matter how simple or easy it was.

Duck Hunt also brought back alot of memories, I had a gun in my hand and there were ducks flying places, fairly simple but there were other games that required the gun to play. There was one game where criminals and civilians would pop out from behind statues, I loved pointing the gun at the screen my trigger finger ready to snap at any second at the sight of an enemy. I also vaguely remember one game where the enemy would count to three and whoever got shot first would loose, much like in those western's, the NES was certainly a gadget that I adored.

My most favorite thing to do however was to watch my cousins play videogames, specifically Megaman. Watching a little blue man run around with a gun attached to his arm and watching him defeat bosses to take their powers, it was all so amazing. In the end the battle with Dr.Wily or whoever the heck it was (I was young, names didn't matter, it was all about fun) amazed me alot. My cousins were in their highschool years I beleive and they were much more advanced than me, watching something so amazing happen infront of my eyes just took my breath away. Sure there were movies that had much more impressive visuals, it's just that I wasn't in control of any of it. With games I used my own strategy, when I lost I understood why I lost in movies when the hero got hurt I always thought "I could have dodged that!" with the NES, it was all possible"

Now that I am older and have a much better appreciation for games, I look back and remember all the good times I had. I tried to plug in my NES and relive those memories but as soon as I tried to turn it on, a faint smoky smell came from the system, so now I am resorting to the Nintendo Revolution. There will never be a replacement for all the memories I had with my NES, but it wasn't just the NES, when I was young my mother would play with me, and usually in fighters, loose on purouse. The NES isn't just a gaming system anymore, but a link to memories.

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