Lame Games

Though I enjoyed Atari & Nintendo video games at friends' house (and as I got older, the way super-cool Sega Genesis with a JURASSIC PARK game) I was not allowed to have a game console at home because my mom said it would mess up our television set. 

That was a theory I was NOT willing to test.

But when my mother began dating my step-dad, he let me play a game on his PC called Kid Pix.  And for me, that was cool.

When we moved to Texas and my stepbrother would come visit, we got a new game that kept me entertained from 5^th grade to, like, 7^th grade.  A game called Troggle Trouble Math.

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Troggle Trouble Math

….And for me, this was awesome.

We then got a Nintendo 64, where we got to play games that were a little more up to date…starting with Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time.  I stuck to it, but I was overwhelmed by the 3-dimensional world my little dude was supposed to find his way though, and I would literally get LOST in the game.  I stuck to Zelda because this was more my taste, with the forests and fairies and things floating around, but I spent two years on the second level inside of some giant tree before I finally made my way on to a farm, where I spent most of my time just milking cows and catching ghosts.  I consulted my male classmates who were avid gamers for some advice, and I was promptly laughed at.

When I turned 15, I’m pleased to report, I beat my first video game: Spyro the Dragon for the first Playstation console. 

So there.