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All I know is, I was glancing through a Game Informer shortly before my interview and I cannot wait til this Fall.

I love just about every Mario game except those old school educational ones, and even one or two of those wound up being fun.

I lived in Africa at the time sugar. Does anyone remember that really annoying 'Bomberman' game where you played this crazy blue alien guy who really sucked at bombing and was constantly trying to get to the right side of the screen for gods only knows what reasons.

I beat Blaster Master with no save states, but it really took a while. Talking like two or three days leaving the Nintendo on while I went and handled my biz.

Does anyone remember when they used to make those small books for kids, about 150 pages or so, based off popular old Nintendo games like Metal Gear and Super Mario Bros. 3? I was surprised to find those in my library in Africa (Dakar, Senegal), since gaming systems themselves were a little rare out there.

Noice, two threads that are pretty much the same thing. Nice work.

OMG I remember that! I remember memorizing the Battletoads maps for the fast missions jumping and dodging obstacles. That was way back in the early 90s though.

I am sad to admit that it took me a few tries before I realized Yoshi could be used to make it ridiculously easy. Trying to do it without killing green bro was frustrating. XD

Pretty sure we've ALL done that x_x

Agreed wholeheartedly!

Hell yeah I remember. I remember when Sonic and Mario really were console rivals neck and neck.

No. I left the Nintendo on. Since it was paused, I left the TV off. ..Why would I leave the TV on? That has nothing to do with my gaming progress. I can't think of a single time in my life a TV has actually failed on me.

...No offense, but that doesn't sound like the difference at all... Even with a job I seem to recall leaving the Nintendo on all day while I ran to school so I didn't lose my progress when I got back home and could get right back into it. You think I'd stop doing the equivalent just cause I have to go to work? And what does that have to do with the new generation of gamers/games?

I think some people just got the wrong idea growing up. We're a different generation you know? It seems like a 'lot' of stuff we grew up with that conditioned us/toughened us up, have all been watered down for the current generation for fear of actually challenging them or upsetting them. With issues like Columbine and people lobbying against time-consuming games or potentially dangerous activities that still offered a lot of growth and character, the industries seem to have tried to meet these half-way on nearly all fronts, from quality of reading to videogames and movies. Of course, I could just be biased, but I don't think it seems like kids get the same enriching 'childhood' we did.

...Sort of. There are a lot of new versions of old games out there that have gone to 3d or tried to hype up their graphics. The sacrifices made in the name of graphics or easy mode gaming have been increasingly dismaying. I think that's why I like my DS so much compared to my Wii. Wii is great, but DS offers games that at least have a 'trace' of old feel to them, and they let you play some gameboy games too. Not as good as the old Nintendo/Super Nintendo, but getting closer.

I lived in Africa. There was nothing else better to do than go out and play sports, and that got old after a while too.

Cakes are yum hb bgc!

I absolutely LOVE Toxic Seahorse's music XD