Nintendo

For about a year and a half … somewhere between the Atari 2600 and Super Nintendo, between grade school and high school … there was Intellivision.

My mom bought Jenny (my little sister) and I an Atari 2600 the second Christmas they were available. We lived in Holly Hill, FL - the closest thing to a suburb of Daytona Beach that existed then. At the time we thought of the gift as a tremendous extravagance, the most incredible present ever. I remember staying up to play Asteroids until 3 am the first night we had it. I got a blister on my thumb and rolled the score over to all 0s. Jenny sat there watching me the whole time. I don’t think we were able to afford River Raid until after Easter the next year. When we got that one, my mom and Jenny and I would sit and play for hours after school. Jenny and I would trade playing my mom while the other did homework. So much fun …

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Jason, link-finder lackey, sends me The Worst Nintendo Game Endings Ever.