Tonight, I had a glorious reunion with Star Fox 64.
The graphics were worse than I remembered. The levels were shorter and easier than I remembered. And Falco was infinitely sassier than I remembered - I asked him to report and his response was, "Does my ship look okay to you?!" or something along those lines.
Well geez, Falco. Sorry that your ship got damaged during a voluntary mission to . . . destroy a random enemy base that really didn't seem to do much anywhere else in the universe. I guess we can't all have nice things!
But the lines were just as cheesy as I remembered, and it was a wonderful feeling, from Falco's annoyed, "I guess I should be thankful," to Peppy's eternal wisdom and uncanny ability to give the exact instructions I needed at the time. That's kind of creepy, Peppy.
Oh, and Slippy's habit of needing to be saved every two minutes. Slippy, you are a useless teammate.
I managed to beat the storyline in under a half-hour, and I died once because I had to go save Slippy's sorry hide. All in all, a successful venture.
It made me think of all the other things that are fond memories in my life! There are so many things I love just as much as Peppy's signature, "Do a barrel roll!"
(I barrel-rolled, Peppy. I barrel-rolled my heart out.)
You know what else I miss?
Zelda, Ocarina of Time. I think I'll play that again over the summer. Our silent protagonist, running about with a fairy, a jug of milk, and a sword and shield, traversing into mountains, lakes, forests, and creepy places with spider-people. What more could you want from a game?
"Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger. When I was a kid, I had a strange fondness for that song. I can't tell you where my liking for it originated. I can only tell you that when it came on, I would dance around the kitchen and sing what I thought were the lyrics and ask for it to be played again. To this day, I can't hear that song without smiling.
Mario Kart with my siblings. Friendly competitiveness, bright and colorful graphics, and stunts we could never pull off in an actual car. No more is needed.
Having a yard. Or our neighbor's yard. They had a tree that stuck out of their hill at something like a 45 degree angle. That was so fun to climb. We had a hill in our front yard and I just remember running around and imagining and setting up the sprinklers so we could jump through them. I miss that sometimes.
Land Before Time.
Those movies were the bomb.
Speaking of movies, a little while ago, I randomly remembered a movie I had seen as a kid. But I didn't remember most of it. All I remembered was a large door that held something like "darkness" behind it, and that they couldn't open it, but someone did.
I spent forever pondering this movie and could recall no other details. None at all. Finally, hopelessly, I asked my roommates if any of them had seen a movie with a door with darkness behind it. I didn't think anyone would have any clue what I was talking about at all.
My roommate Amy exclaimed, "Wait! Yes! Did it have a flying bed?!"
After much use of Google and straining our memories to the very core, we found a movie entitled, "Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland." We believe that this is the movie, but it's not on Netflix and we would have to buy it, and we can only play DVD's.
Soon, I will find out if this is the movie that I just barely remember.
Anyway. It has been a time for remembering, and I love looking back on old things I used to do. I hope everyone takes the time to do that sometimes. At the moment, I really wish I had Pokemon Snap. But for now, I guess I'll just go back to saving the universe, one strange planet at a time.
Until next time!
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