Fridays Are For One Question
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As of Joshua’s 6th birthday, we have officially added a Wii to our household. It’s pretty cool, but I admit that it’s a little over my head. Lots of buttons on that thing. And a joy stick. And something called a “nun-chuck” I think. It makes me long for the, um, simplicity of a Nintendo.
That inspired today’s question. So think back to the Nintendo, the arcade, or whatever else you can knock the cobwebs off of:
“What was your favorite video game as a kid?”
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August 6th, 2010 at 7:08 am
Mario Kart for N64
August 6th, 2010 at 7:20 am
For our Commodore64 keyboard/disk drive and black & white television (the “screen”): Family Fued.
Original Nintendo at my cousins’ house: Kirby – he was a pink bubble, the levels were easy, and there were mid-levels with fun matching games! All I ever wanted.
There was also a Barbie game (I had it for the original GameBoy, which I used with my sweet LightBoy) where each level was her at a different store in the mall (except for two levels where she was a mermaid?)…you had to help her put together her outfit for her big date with Ken. I’m proud to say I actually won that one a few times…
August 6th, 2010 at 7:32 am
Tecmo Bowl for nintendo. I was never a Giants fan, but Lawrence Taylor was unstoppable.
August 6th, 2010 at 8:02 am
Metroid. Hands down.
August 6th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Pole Position (Atari)
August 6th, 2010 at 9:38 am
My favorite was Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega Genesis. I also liked Super Mario 3 for Nintendo, but only if you had the Game Genie and could get the cheat codes. And I’m sure this is wrong, but I loved playing Mortal Combat on Sega with the blood code. Up, down, up, down, left right, A, C, A, C, A, B, B. : ) If that’s really it…then I will be shocked.
August 6th, 2010 at 9:42 am
The blood code! I love it.
August 6th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Mike Tyson’s Punchout. And, along with Katie, I still remember the code to get to Tyson – 007 373 5963. What’s wonderful about the Wii is you can buy some of these old games, including Punchout (and the code still works).
August 6th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Dr. Mario. One of my roommates had an original Nintendo in college, and there was a lot of Dr. Mario played during finals time. (Also available for the Wii)
August 6th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Mario 1. I could rescue that princess with my eyes shut. But all they’ll do is send me on another mission to rescue her again!
August 6th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Yes, that Princess Toadstool is notoriously careless in the area of being kidnapped.
August 6th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
River Raid (Atari 64)
August 7th, 2010 at 9:38 am
The original Mario Bros. on the simple Nintendo. When I was pregnant with Ryan, I had to spend 17 days in the hospital. I was so bored being on bed rest for 23 hours a day. I asked the hospital for a Nintendo, and they brought a PlayStation up from the children’s ward. I couldn’t figure the thing out. So I begged and pleaded with my brother to find our Nintendo from when we were kids. It took him a couple of days, but he found it, and I happily spent the rest of my days in the hospital playing Mario Bros. The nurses would walk in to check my IV or make sure I was ok and look at me kind of funny because I was a pregnant adult, playing a child’s video game.
August 8th, 2010 at 12:11 am
As a kid?
Probably one of the Zelda games. In college it was X-Wing flight simulator (my roomies and I took out an Imperial Star Destroyer with an A-Wing. It took hours and we took turns). Post college it was MechWarrior 2. Now…I really like Halo2.