Right now I have just written down a series of codes that will enable me to get myself on track while playing The Legend of Zelda.

That's right. The Legend of Zelda.

I bought it off of eBay - and, along with it, Super Mario and Super Mario 2 - almost two weeks ago and last night, after a grueling day working in my office, I finally sat down to play it. I'd put off even putting the damn cartridge into the system because I knew this would happen: I would get obsessed. Again. I know I've discussed here before just how video game crazy I was growing up. I always had a system of some sort, mainly because JP has always been a Friend of Technology and video games always seemed to loop in with that. But when we got Zelda, after owning a Nintendo for a while, everything changed and the inner geek shone through.

I could not get enough of Zelda. I ate, slept, breathed and consumed everything Zelda. When it was time to defeat Gannon at Level 8, JP devised a way for me to RECORD MY GAMES ON THE VCR so that I could study my moves and figure out how to get to Gannon's lair. To this day, I have yet to meet anyone whose dad did that for them, and I will spend the rest of my life with irrefutable proof of my father's love and support for me and those things I am passionate about.

Seriously. It was his idea.

And now that I've been playing it again, after probably 15 years, I can see not much has changed, only now I have the internet and all of its secrets. Including how to get through Zelda, a feat I mastered TWICE without the help of any books at all. Not a one. Sure, friends and I exchanged tips and the like, but I never resorted to such laziness as I did now.

I feel bad, but I'm sure I'll get over that once I get past Level Two. I already stumbled upon Level Three so I'm on my way.

Posted by Erin at 05:57 PM | filed under: Random Stupidity

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