12-10-2024, 01:10 AM
I had to have been about 10 or 11 when I was dragged to one my mom's friends house. Bored out of my mind, their kid who had to be a teenager asked if I wanted to see something cool. So picture the typical living room with the orange shag rug (or was it green), the giant console TV that couldn't have weighed less than 500lbs, the multi-colored striped wallpaper and of course filled with cigarette smoke. He comes back with this giant thing with a keyboard and plugs it into the TV. Hooks up a joystick, lifts open the cartridge hatch (I thought that was the coolest thing ever) and pops in Star Raiders and starts playing. My mind was blown away. That was one of the most definitive times in my life that shaped the path I would take...