Why We Love Crappy 8-Bit Games
Have you ever woken up and just felt like you wanted to stop being an adult? You know what I'm talking about. Those days where all the stresses of being a responsible human being just gets to a point where you want to jump in a DeLorean and return to a time where Friday nights meant sitting in front of your tube TV playing your favorite 8 or 16-bit console until the wee hours of the morning.
I miss that excitement from going to Blockbuster to rent a new game, and a lot of the times those games you rented, looking back now, were pretty horrible. Yet, at that moment in time, it was exciting, because it was your freedom, your break from life.
This past week has been one of those weeks where Pop and I (Mom...duh!) wished to return to a simpler time, so we thought, "How can we do that?"
I had been aching to play Smash TV, one of my favorite NES games (don't ask me why), and we realized it was on the Midway Arcade Origins compilation. Obviously, there are more games on this compilation, and after many hours of exploring, we have chosen a few favorites. Some of them are just hilarious to play, and interestingly enough, these games offered the most nostalgia because of those memories of renting a game and being sorely disappointed at how lame it was.
So check out our first video in the Midway Arcade Origins series, where we play Marble Madness and a little bit of another game (no spoilers). I promise you the cheesy music is worth the watch, plus I'm pretty sure I die of laughter at some point.
This past week we also played more Castlevania, BioShock, and The Evil Within so click on those links and catch up on some premium gaming.
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