| | When I'm bored, I like to look at the "Shared" section of my iTunes and listen to songs that I wouldn't be able to otherwise. This one guy on my floor who rarely ever leaves the comfort of his World of Warcraft level 70 has a HUGE collection of video game and anime tracks. I feel like a little kid every time I click on his playlist and only do so when my roommates aren't looking. On one such occasion, I scrolled down to find the Video Game Pianist's rendition of the Sonic 2 themes. The Emerald Hill Zone, Chemical Plant Zone...
Robotnik's theme.
We'd force our cousins to bring along their Sega every time they came to visit our little apartment and they'd oblige, dragging it along in a beat-up red duffel bag. The second-player's controller's wire had long since lost its protective covering where it meets the handle--that's how we knew which one was which. It would take us hardly any time to decide what game to play since Sonic II was the one that worked best, i.e. took the least amount of spittle to get it to work. Mudar would pull the game out of my hand when it wouldn't start and show me what to do.
"You're doing it wrong! See, like this." Apparently, it's too hard for a 6-year-old to blow clear air into the bottom of the cartridge without an extra little something. He'd smash it in the system with both hands for added oomph. With a flick of the switch and a blue flash on the T.V. screen, the tell-tale music would start playing and we'd take turns every stage or until someone died. For hours. We'd only pause when our parents would call us to eat and even then we'd throw some food on our plates, spill a bit of orange soda into our cups and carry them back to the game to save for when it wasn't our turn.
Zuhar and I were Tails and we'd compete as to who could play him the best. Shereen called Knuckles and no one would complain because everyone knew how much he sucked. (But, during every Robotnik cut-scene, Sami would make sure to remind Shereen of her resemblance to the egg-shaped villain: "Look, Shereen! It's you! Don't kill me!")
I want to play again.
I want to play again. |
| | Posted 6/2/2007 6:09 PM - 433 Views - 4 eProps - 5 comments
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