A Vintage Sample
Going through some old photos tonight, I came across one that I took of a sample of my game collection. This was from March of 2004 when I was being interviewed for the CBC Radio 1 show Main Street.
In shot we have a boxed Nintendo Power Glove, Super Nintendo Super Scope 6 and Sega Master System arcade stick. Consoles on display are a SNES, Sega Genesis Mark I, a purple Game Boy Advance, a silver Game Cube, an N64 and a NES.
The microwave box contained the rest of my game consoles. The box at left front was all games, controllers, power adapters and connection cables, all mostly in labelled zip-lock bags (because I'm like that). The box behind it is a few more controllers and mostly Atari and Colecovision gear.
My nephew recently had a go with the Power Glove and was rather disappointed that it didn't work like a Wiimote. Aren't we all?
I think at that time I had maybe 22-25 consoles. One of these days I'm going to break down and get a Sega Megadrive to have here. Click on the Games link at the top of the page for a current list o' my gaming bits.
My First Mario
I was playing Super Mario World tonight (on my PAL Super Nintendo) this evening and found myself recalling some of my first and fond Mario experiences
Super Mario Bros. | NES
I'm pretty sure my first exposure to SMB1 was at the local K-Mart, that was about a 10 minute walk from where I grew up. There was a game area near the front of the store where everything was kept in glass jewlery display cases. They had a small 13" TV hooked up to a NES running Super Mario Brothers. I'd always get to around stage 1-3 before my mom would come and find me to tell me we were leaving. My neck hurts just thinking about how high up the TV was.
Later when I had my own NES I recall running the audio through our home stereo, into which I had plugged in a microphone and I would record a running commentary of my Mario 1 adventures. Oh yes. I could also play through world 1-1 with the TV turned off and just the sound played through the stereo.
The first copy of the game I owned was bought at the flea market at the Charlottetown Mall. When I got my NES, it was a control deck along with a game my dad picked out for me. A little something called Tetris. The flea market copy I got was the cartridge that was just Mario Bros. I thought I was pretty cool as everyone else and their dogs had the Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge.
Mario 3, Stylus Style
Ou isn't this neat...
Here's a Kotaku article about it. I think I'd have a bit of a learning curve in unlearning how to play Mario 3, but still a rather nifty idea.
No, The Other X Button!
After owning an Xbox 360 for a few months, I still find myself often hitting the wrong button. When I have to press X, I press Y. Hit B really fast! D'oh, I just hit A. It didn't take a lot of effort to figure out why. The button layout for the 360 controller is nearly identical to that of a Super Nintendo controller. Nearly.
The button letters and even the colour scheme (for non-North American SNES contollers) are the same. However, the X Y, and A B buttons are swapped around. Thus giving me sometimes no end of grief when I acidently hit B thinking it's A on the 360 which usually cancels something rather than confirming it.
I do quite like the 360 controllers though, maybe because it is similar to my beloved SNES contollers? If only I could globally-perma-re-map the buttons.
The Coolest Nephew
I have the coolest nephew, it's official. Everyone who got a Wii Ware game present from their nephew on the other side of the Atlantic, raise your hands - *proudly holds hand aloft*. Cheers D!
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