So i might as well get to it eh? (Nintendo: part 1, the France days)

Well, as in the battle of any format such as VHS vs Beta, Sega vs Super Nintendo, Blu Ray vs HD DVD etc... content is king. So like the early days of those battles, imma jumpstart the blog with heaps of content. Now the beginning is a very good place to start and its only fitting that I commence with Super Mario Brothers since came out this day 25 years ago. Before there was Mario, i did not know video games (well i was only 6 months old anyways). Before our family got a Nintendo I suppose we had some computer games (the topic of another post) but we didn't have Atari. So the real genesis of games came when my family lived in the south of France. I really don't know how or why, but my theory is that Grandma Betty sent it on my folks request (and $). As i was a wee young lad, i don't remember the occasion, but soon enough, it became a part of me. Its a well known fact among my family that I called it Onintendo since i wanted it "On". We didn't have too many games for a while, but the ones we had ended up being some of the great classics. We had the triple game with the aforementioned Super Mario Bros. , Duck Hunt, and Track & Field. We also had Excitebike, Tetris, Jaws, and Castlevania 2:Simon's quest. Many a hours were spent with these games, even my sister and my dad got into Tetris. But my main game buddy was my brother Matt. In fact, he still is since we are going to beat Reach tomorrow :D Though not classic by others, "Jaws" was one that we always played. In fact, in one of Matt's famous tall tales, he told me that Jaws 2 was coming out and that it would have Hammerhead sharks! He would always have some kind what is now referred to as "Fan Fiction" about our games. This of course I took as reality.

Anyways, i don't remember much of France...mainly just moods, atmospheres and smells. But alas, those games have been with me ever since then. I just packed up all of them and they will be displayed prominently in my new apartment in Palo Alto. Almost all of them are operational unlike some other systems. And oh yes, they will be played on my 50 inch with 7.1 surround.

So thats my first real post. I hope its over the top enough for ya.