Old School Nintendo

We’ve been working over the past month on transforming our basement from the mess of boxes that it was from when we moved to a usable “family” room. The dropped ceiling is fixed, the walls have been painted, new carpet is going in… The crap that was junking the room has been thrown away, given away, or put away in storage. We temporarily moved the projector down there, we have our old couches out and we’ve actually been spending more time down there on the wii.

Last night after playing Pirates on the wii, Amy got in to playing some old school nintendo games. By old school, I mean 8bit. Super Mario Brothers, Bubble Bobble, Excite Bike. Games that we spent hours playing as kids, but now look horrible compared to the games with 64bit graphics available today. Its funny, but when I bought the wii from a friend, Amy questioned the need. Now, she’s planning on exercising with it (yes, we have the wii balance board), we can watch our photos on it (thanks to a micro sd card) and more. Plus the girls like playing games on it (G loves snow skiing, playing princesses and HappyFeat on it). I like the fact that I can race people around the world in MarioKart as though we were sitting right next to each other.

Anyways, back to the point, when we were little, the NES I bought used from a friend around the block was the highlight of our time. We’d come home and play Super Mario for hours. We’d make courses on ExciteBike or snicker along with the dog in DuckHunt when one of us missed the mark. We had fun. Its good to know that no matter how much things improve, somethings, like Super Mario Brothers, remain the same.

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