Games
So, I’m dedicating this to Elwin Tran and am posting it up because of him, because he suggested I write about something happy.
As a child, I always loved playing games. Thinking back now, I can’t even remember what was the first video game that I ever played. Some of my earliest memories of video games were from school. I used to trade my gameboy color game cartridges to friends at school, because my parents wouldn’t buy me video games. (I had horrible grades as a kid, so I would never deserve any new games) Anyway, I can’t remember what I traded but I do remember getting Megaman Xtreme and some Tarzan game in return. They were great! Also, as a child, I was the worst gamer ever. I never understood why I sucked at games so much, but I loved games anyway. Megaman was a gaming icon taht lived through my childhood and well into my teen years. I remember once, when I was in Canada, I link-cabled my gameboy advance with my elder cousin’s so that we could battle each other. It was so fun even though every time we battled, I could never beat him. Now, this game, a gameboy advance system game, was, I believe, the first ever gameboy advance game that my parents ever bought me. I think I even chose it myself. But when I first go the game, I was extremely annoyed by it, because I couldn’t understand how to play the game. I think, within the first week, I went over to my eldest guy cousin’s home, next-door, and asked him to play the game for me. After watching him play the game, I sort of felt that the game was probably enjoyable, because he continued to play the game for an hour or two. Also, because the game seemed enjoyable, I tried playing the game again. This Megaman game, though, was really frustrating, so I ended up taking much longer than a year to beat it. Anyways, I’m digressing and I’ll continue to do so. One summer, I believe, during summer school, I left my clear colored gameboy advance being a school pillar and, after minutes of searching, I never saw it again. It was very sad.
After the gameboy advance, the gameboy sp was released. It was the most amazing thing ever, because this portable system had a back light. My parents never bought me this game console, but being the passionate gamer that I was, I went and grabbed my forbidden Snoopy bank and took money out to buy the system at San Gabriel Supermarket. (By this time, my grades had improved, but I was still, in my mother’s eyes, a naughty kid at school. And I sort of was) After my sneaking around every time my parents went to the superstore to buy groceries, I had accumulated many games. I bought, with my Snoopy money, 3 Fire Emblems, Megaman and Bass, Metroid, and many other games that I cannot remember. (I bought multiple Fire Emblems so that my friends could play with me) Never before had I ever felt this much freedom in obtaining games. It was some pretty damn shady business, though, because I wasn’t trusted with money and I was sort of small. (sort of) Every time my mother asked me where I got the system, I’d tell her that I borrowed it from a friend. It was actually true, though, at first. But when I returned my friend’s system, I sort of made it into a lie. I finally confessed, though, and I really can’t remember why. But I do remember that one time, when my father offered to buy me a game, I felt sort of bad. I accepted his offer anyway, though, and bought the new Fire Emblem game.
After the gameboy sp, my parents did buy me a new system. They got me the new ds and I did love it, once, till I grew a little older and bought a ds lite from my friend. after this, I bought on more system on my own, the psp; however, by this time, I was more in control of my own money and it wasn’t as sneaky a business. Also, after a while, I learned how to hack my own game systems and downloaded games online. As a result, I never needed to buy games again. But then this didn’t stop me from buying games, either. I just really loved having them be mine.
So, after all I’ve written, I remember the first games that I ever received. One birthday—and now that I think about it, it’s probably my most favorite birthday ever—my aunt bought me a green gameboy color with a Powerpuff Girl game. My uncle bought me a Nintendo 64 and the Mickey Speedway USA game. It’s probably my favorite birthday for three reasons. 1, my uncle and aunt cared enough to think about what I wanted; 2, because my whole family surrounded me as I opened these gifts; 3, because I probably had the biggest grin in my life as I finished ripping the wrapping paper apart.
