I love old school gaming!

I love my PS3.  I also love my Wii.  I’m a whiz at Guitar Hero and somewhat effective at Call of Duty.  But if I had to choose only one console to play for the rest of my life, I’d probably pick my SNES.

Lame, right?  But, hear me out.  I looove old school gaming.  Some of the first video games I played and fell in love with were A Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana and Final Fantasy IV.  I love the characters.  I love the 16-bit graphics.  And I love the difficulty.  Those games were hardcore.  I remember getting the crap kicked outta me a number of times by Lavos in Chrono Trigger and going back for more.  I remember playing Yoshi’s Cookie for 12 hours straight after my parents went to sleep.  I also remember crying at the end of Secret of Mana, because I couldn’t believe that, alas, the journey was over.

And, as much as I love gaming now, as much as I love shooting Nazi zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops and scaling mountain terrain in Uncharted 2, I’ve gotta admit that…it’s just not the same.  15 years ago, being able to flip a switch and enter an imaginary world was kinda a new thing for kids and gamers.

K, I’m gonna go play some SNES now.  Later.

Posted: October 24th, 2011 under Video Games.