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"How my past became my future!"

Something strange has taken place to my gaming calendar this week. Nothing bad, just an enjoyable trip back to my gaming youth.

It all started last week. I was off school on my last few precious days of exam leave and was dying to cram in some well-deserved gaming time. I glanced up to look at my selection of games expecting my keen eye and quick-witted brain to select the game of its choice that I would gladly except to play with them. Although something was different on that dull, miserable Thursday morning. The eye and the brain did not run smoothly and I was sent into a spiral of confusion. The thing was none of these games at the present time did not appeal to myself, so as this has rarely happened to me in the past I was unsure of what to do next...

So for the first time on a day off I had my breakfast before I began my hours of endless gaming. Hoping that it would provide the power to get my brain moving again. So I sat down at my chair and stared, stared until I began to loose my vision. So in a fit of anxiousness and anger I sent my left arm flying across the room barely missing my printer and promoted it to the decider of game choosing. As it was inexperienced it brought me back my copy of ' Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'. So as I was in no fit state I placed it in and began to play... and after a good 5 minutes, the most stupid questions and Chris Tarrant's voice got to me and I sent my arm on another trip. This time he returned with 'Fifa 2001'. A favourite of mine, but once again it could only entertain me for a few minutes. By this time I was in a dilemma, I had planned a morning of perfect gaming but it was now turning sour and my mates were all sitting a History exam, so now I was alone and bored. The worst combination imaginable.

Well now it was time for some action. After a few hard slaps to the face and a good listen to Radiohead for inspiration, I went searching into the deepest depths of my past and what was to turn out my future.

So there I was climbing up a ladder all in the name for a good day of gaming. I turned on the torch and shone it around the ancient attic. It was the first time the endless boxes of memories had seen light for ages. I entered, not too sure why I was there and what I was even looking for or expecting. Then in the corner of my eye (which seemed to be working fine again). I noticed just behind the old childhood toys my new future of gaming...

It had been hidden for years in the darkest corner of my house, subjected to layers of dust and many an insect crawl over it. Now it was to be relised from its resting place. I snatched a piece of clothing from a box and wiped for what seemed forever the dust from the item and finally removed my ATARI from the box. It was free at last.

I rushed down the ladder as fast as I could, not cleaning up after myself only stopping to grab the disks of enjoyment. I rushed into my room and went about setting it up, surprising myself how much I remembered about it. It was set up, I could feel my lips licking, my eyes twitching and heart beating I was ready to take a trip back into a world I had left for what seemed so many years ago.

I flicked through the old shoebox, glancing at the titles of the games at the top of the disks. All my fondest memories flooding back to me. I reached the end and picked the first one up and gently but quickly placed it into my old gaming platform. 'Sensible Soccer', one of my favourite games of all time. As I selected a 'friendly' match and picked my team Aberdeen and some poor team from Albania I could feel my keen eyes slowly filling with tears. I can't tell you what the score was and quite frankly I don't really care at all, it was a great gaming experience for me. I moved onto the next game of 'Bubble Bubble' even though I could have played 'Sensible Soccer' all day. The games were the input, my gaming was the process and the output were some of the greatest memories.

It had gone passed lunch and was heading for dinner and I was still playing, losing the law of time. Did I care? Not at all. As I had finished a level of 'The Simpsons' I decided to call it a day on the gaming front, although I did not want to but my body was close to falling apart due to the amount of work it had gone through that day. As my head hit the pillow that night however, I was happy and pleased. I had enjoyed my day; I had re-visited my youth that sometimes I miss so much and at last played a selection of games that had the best game play to date.

There, what a nice story I hear you say. Well yes I suppose it is. Some of you may have done along the lines of what I have just told above, some of you may have not. If you have I am sure you have agreed and understood what I was talking about. Those who have not I strongly suggest you do.

This week I am still playing my Atari. Games like ‘Sensible Soccer’ was beating ‘Championship Manager and Fifa’ for what game I wanted to play. Whether it just be nostalgia or something else. I have not enjoyed gaming like I have this week in a long, long time.

Thank You for reading - Sheepy

Hehehehe, lol

After I wrote this I relised that I had left my attic(loft) very quickly and had not had a good look around.

I went up again to the annoyment of my family who had to help me get the ladder out as I had crammed it in. So I went back up and looked around and I went through all my old school work and toys etc, really hoping to find more gaming stuff. This time I was leaving when I spotted a stray disk for the Atari... it was Paperboy. The most horrendous idea for a game but what game play :-)

I'm still playing the Atari, and don't intend to stop for a while!

For a sad twist to the tale, I killed my Game Gear and Playstation last year.... IT WASN'T MY FAULT :D

If u got the money excitebike 64 can bring your 64 back to life!

I was rooting round my brothers room yesterday looking for the Blink 182 CD he'd borrowed when I came across his old Megadrive :-)))))) I slapped in Bomberman and just played and played and played for hours on end. Ahhhhhhhhh

Great Post Craig, by the way

:-D

I play on my Megadrive regulary. My N64 is pretty much dead now (With Banjo-Tooie finished, I have no more games to complete), and a DC still costs too much for my piggy bank to cope with.

Thus, I have my good old MD for company.

I often like to play on my old games and remember the memories! Nothing can beat the old days!

i still play on amiga regulary. I got loads of games for it but i only play on one. The loading times on these old machines is stupid and u want quality at the end of that long wait. The only game i wait for is sensible world of soccer. The game is pure genuis and i dont think any footy sim can match it to the same extent. In a sense it is so simple, just one button. tap it for a pass. Whack it for a shot.

I'm not quite sure what it is but this game is my pride and joy in the gaming world. You can play each and every league in the world. Even the flippin indian league! i didnt even know that they had one! i dunno how they crammed nearly every single team in the world on to one floppy disk.

*signs of boredom*

I do prefer going back and playing old games, but of course you do need to play games now at present to go and play them again in the past when its the future or else you couldn't play old games in the future because you ddin't play any in the past. So to sort this lay games in the future...

I think ;-)

POWER OF THE SHEEP or sleep is what I need to power me up!

>):(<

(the above is a double face)

That's moving and a nice post.