GAMES!

Games, believe it or not. I LOVE THEM!.. Yeah I know, what a shocker.. Iv been playing games since I was three.. Yeah, I had just learned to walk and there I was sitting on my ass and didn't use them at all. (even though I learned to walk at the age of one) Waste of legs If you ask me, but I do remember most of my childhood when it came go games..

Like the time when I was four or five and I was playing Contra or as it was called here “Probotector” and DAMN! That game was awesome. On Probotector.. you were two giant mechs which was just awesome, although I cant say that the original Contra was awesome too. I mean you were two Rambo characters with no tops all muscles and killing everything you saw, instead of destroying everything you saw. But I did prefer Probotector just because or the sheer nonsense of why they actually made everything to mechs (to violent). I dont know what it just wasnt called “Contra Mech Fighter Strike Force Alpha!” I mean that would be awesome.. but I guess it would be to hard to say that all the time and not at catchy as “PROBOTECTOR” (For some reason the name always reminds me of “ROBOCOP” Which was a good movie on the 80s it was about a man called Murphy and, yeah he came to “Detroit” and well his first assignment gets him killed because his partner was just an idiot. But it dosnt stop there.. NOOOOO they didnt just killed him with a bullet.. they rained down hell apon this guy.. Think about it. Five guys, standing watching you.. each and everyone with a Shotgun... oh yes.. its just that bad... But enough of Robocop, if you want to know more. Go and buy it or watch it on Netflix)

But when I played this game I played it mostly with my Grandmother, and I remember this old routine we had.

First. It had to be on a holiday (since I spent most of my time there when it was holiday)

Second. We always lined up two chairs and then a table in between. The table was of course for the coffee-maker and when it was all done, we sat down and started the killing-spree.. Even though my grandmother never had any extra life past stage five, she began with her usual Evil-scheme. Started to steal my extra life.. and she enjoyed it, fun thing is.. she always did it with a smile and this “Evil Laugh” She was a Mean (cant say green because that wouldnt make any sense what so ever) Killing Machine, and by that I mean, she was killing my extra lives.. like kids are running around complaining about how hard the floor is when they fall on it. Even though I did let her do it.. it was just the fact that she was enjoying it a bit to much.

I even remember something one year later I got a so called SNES (Also known as “The Super Nintendo” or Super Nintendo Entertainment System) Best console iv owned. Me and my mother actually played a game called “The Lost Vikings” and just as the title sais.. ITS BADASS!.. (its also one of the best Blizzard games but at that time they were called Silicon & Synapse .. and look at them now... what a shame) We actually rent the game from a Game Store (that was the time when it actually was possible to do such a thing here where I live) We played it over a week and we had a lot of fun with those Three Vikings.. (The game is about Three Vikings.. Eric the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout.. The game is actually quite simple.. the only hard thing about it was that you needed to use your brain.. and that... had its difficulties. But the Three Vikings are out hunting for food for their family for the day.. And when they get back to their wifes and children, they of course feasted and then fell asleep.. later the night a massive UFO (Also known as Unidentified Flying Object) But you cant really call this an UFO.. it was more of an IGSZ (Inter Galactic Space Zoo) and they abducted these three Vikings for their Zoo.. and the game is about you escaping the madness of TOMATOR! (the emperor that owns this “IGSZ”) and if you want to know more about the game, I suggest go and play it..)

Me and my mother had this interesting idea of writing down every stage password on a piece of paper and then place it in the cartage so people that had problems with certain stages could easily just move on

After a constant gaming on the Snes without stop to let it rest it actually began to smoke.. (not a cigar.. because that would be weird) And what do we do!? Well the only logical reason of course.. we shut it down and drive to my cousins place and say..

We need to borrow your SNES.. 
Why!? They asked..

Well.. Ours “kinda” broke..

What do you mean by “Broke”?...

Well it began to smoke and well.. didn't want to start..

Erm...

Oh thanks... See you later then.. So we took their snes and continued our epic adventure through “THE LOST VIKINGS MADNESS”.. After a long week when we were going to give it back since our rent time was out.. We took the cartage.. and what falls out!? A PIECE OF PAPER! And you can just guess what kind of text there was on it … “This is a secret message, and after you read this through, this message is going to explode”

No.. but seriously... It was THE STAGE PASSWORDS! Someone STOLE me and my mothers idea! Those Bastards!

A few years later I was playing Mario Kart 64! Oh yes.. The read shit where it was all about Die or get killed Trying! Or as my grandfather did.. Wash the Car of lose the race trying!.. We had a tons of fun and I knew he was bad and so did he. But we both enjoyed playing the game, and Grandfather sure did like his cars clean. He always went down the water to wash it... And dont get me started on grandmother, she was a Racer.. Crazy one at that.. She even tried to do tight curves by tilting the controller left or right... Of course that didnt help her at all, but it sure was fun to see her trying it over and over. Crazy old Woman..

I have a lot of good memories from games, most of them is related to family but still.. A good memory is till a good memory, and I wouldnt trade it for the world.. because if you have done what iv been through when it comes to growing up with games.. You sure would do the exact same.