Blitzwing256
04-08-2007, 03:45 PM
everyone has traditions for easter, spending time with family..decorating eggs...shooting pastel coloured rabbits, but I have a unique tradition I do every year.
back in the mid 80s I was relatively poor (being a kid will do that to you) but I loved the nes, when a game caught my eye I would put it on layaway at the local hardware store (bennys) and roughly would get a game every month. early april I was planning on putting this new shiny game called "legend of zelda" on layaway so we went to the store and i looked in the case and there of course was that zelda game, but! next to it was a equally shiny silver boxed game called METROID it looked far more appealing espeicaly after reading the back of the box. So I put that on layaway. spring ahead about a week to easter morning, I was expecting the traditional candy + stuffed animal combination, and what did I get? yup METROID!
NOW back then it was a true rarity for my parents to up and buy me a new game (i tended to blow through them quickly) but metroid was mine! I spent the entire easter sunday playing it (and the next serveral days till I beat it)
so every year I just have to play through metroid on my original nes with my original cartridge (and I have to get the best ending too!)
so heres some pictures from my easter morning:
System all setup!, took me an hour to find all the wires+system
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid1.jpg
my original metroid/ had to use the genie to avoid the blinky screens of doom
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid2.jpg
took me about 28 minutes to beat ridley and kraid and get up to the queen
bitch herself.
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid3.jpg
time bomb set! get out fast!
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid4.jpg
success the universe is safe, till part 2!
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid5.jpg
SEXY BABE! (yes I can get the best ending on the first playthrough, go me!)
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid6.jpg
anyways thats my easter, does anyone else have any interesting easter related game stories?
back in the mid 80s I was relatively poor (being a kid will do that to you) but I loved the nes, when a game caught my eye I would put it on layaway at the local hardware store (bennys) and roughly would get a game every month. early april I was planning on putting this new shiny game called "legend of zelda" on layaway so we went to the store and i looked in the case and there of course was that zelda game, but! next to it was a equally shiny silver boxed game called METROID it looked far more appealing espeicaly after reading the back of the box. So I put that on layaway. spring ahead about a week to easter morning, I was expecting the traditional candy + stuffed animal combination, and what did I get? yup METROID!
NOW back then it was a true rarity for my parents to up and buy me a new game (i tended to blow through them quickly) but metroid was mine! I spent the entire easter sunday playing it (and the next serveral days till I beat it)
so every year I just have to play through metroid on my original nes with my original cartridge (and I have to get the best ending too!)
so heres some pictures from my easter morning:
System all setup!, took me an hour to find all the wires+system
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid1.jpg
my original metroid/ had to use the genie to avoid the blinky screens of doom
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid2.jpg
took me about 28 minutes to beat ridley and kraid and get up to the queen
bitch herself.
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid3.jpg
time bomb set! get out fast!
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid4.jpg
success the universe is safe, till part 2!
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid5.jpg
SEXY BABE! (yes I can get the best ending on the first playthrough, go me!)
http://www.green-ranger.com/myspace/easter/metroid6.jpg
anyways thats my easter, does anyone else have any interesting easter related game stories?