Well, since I'm participating in marathon blogging this year, I might as well explain Game Log a Day. Since my life is pretty generic, I'll only be talking about games. Today I start with the game that most influenced me and made me fall in love with video games to begin with.
Journey back with me to good old 1986. I was a wee kid back then. My aunt had gotten her kids a NES system for Christmas. That was my first experience with the father of modern games: Super Mario Bros. They had gotten the deluxe system with the SMB/ Duck Hunt/ World Class Track Meet game. Needless to say, I was hooked. But it was the original Mario game I fell in love with.
After begging my mom for one all year, she finally caved and got me one for Christmas the following year. I was able to play to my hearts content. There's just something really pleasurable about the game while playing it. I must have memorized the game back then, because I blew through the game last year on my 3DS.
The original SMB holds a special place for me. I don't think that any other game has been so influential in my life.
Double Dragon on NES is the first game I ever played and what made me want that system. I'm still playing it on occasion lol. SMB is truly a classic game though. I think my sister was the first to beat it.
I liked DD, too. Unfortunately, I was spoiled by the arcade version. heh
i was never into Mario until Mario 64 came out. I did play a lot of SMB2, but that was about it. When Mario 64 came out though it blew my mind. I've played them since though and love them, just skipped them when I was a kid.
SM64 was fantastic. Trust me, it will be in an upcoming blog!
We had SMB/Duck Hunt with light gun, but only ever played Track and Field at friends' houses. I agree with seanababy's description: 'tap tap tap tap tap tap dammit!"
Me too. Once, I got an extra gun and took out the cord. I pretended that I was Captain N. lol
Closest I've gotten to playing a Mario game is the Mario & Luigi games. I love those.
The first M&L game was great. It was a real treat to fight the Koopa Kids near the end. The others were just okay to me. I didn't like the babies in the sequel.
I started with Partners in Time then went back to Superstar Saga and then played Dream Team. Next up, Bowser's Inside Story. I really mix it up, don't I?