Remember when THE shoe to have was a pair of Converse “Chuck Taylor” All-Stars?…they cost around $20 back in the 70’s….and having kids lined up at my house to play PONG!!
My Game Boy Color did not have MP3 storage and in-game playback-it was the cartridge chiptunes or nothing.
In Pokémon, there was no WiFi-we had to physically link our units together to battle and trade.
There was no Assassin or his Creed-Mario’s jumps were impressive enough.
There was not a World of Warcraft, Hyrule was our tromping grounds.
60 frames per second? 3.2 GHz processor? All we needed for speed was Sonic’s red sneakers and Blast Processing.
We had no shame in running across school in pleather sneakers that fastened with Velcro. Bonus points if they lit up when you stepped.
We had enough money to eat at Burger King three times a day to get the one toy that we didn’t have.
Even though they did not compare to the originals, we saw the Star Wars prequels multiple times thanks to generous relatives and tickets off of cereal boxes.
If I were to die tomorrow, I can say I’ve had a good life.
rayannina over 15 years ago
I tell my kids that when I was their age we had no Internet and only five TV channels … they were aghast!
c00k13m0n5t3r over 15 years ago
On Mondays we had no television AT ALL! what deprivations we had to suffer…
Hugh B. Hayve over 15 years ago
I used to love that tank game!
fabrulana over 15 years ago
Yeah I remember Tank Combat on the Atari. My kids are so ungrateful…
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
Barefoot, in deep snow, uphill both ways. Yeah, yeah, right.
cbh310 over 15 years ago
Remember when THE shoe to have was a pair of Converse “Chuck Taylor” All-Stars?…they cost around $20 back in the 70’s….and having kids lined up at my house to play PONG!!
Me_Again almost 14 years ago
-sigh- I don’t have any games that make “fart” noises.
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
My Game Boy Color did not have MP3 storage and in-game playback-it was the cartridge chiptunes or nothing.
In Pokémon, there was no WiFi-we had to physically link our units together to battle and trade.
There was no Assassin or his Creed-Mario’s jumps were impressive enough.
There was not a World of Warcraft, Hyrule was our tromping grounds.
60 frames per second? 3.2 GHz processor? All we needed for speed was Sonic’s red sneakers and Blast Processing.
We had no shame in running across school in pleather sneakers that fastened with Velcro. Bonus points if they lit up when you stepped.
We had enough money to eat at Burger King three times a day to get the one toy that we didn’t have.
Even though they did not compare to the originals, we saw the Star Wars prequels multiple times thanks to generous relatives and tickets off of cereal boxes.
If I were to die tomorrow, I can say I’ve had a good life.