Part 1
What are some of the greatest games you have ever played? I remember as a kid , i discovred my passion of gaming when i saw a minature box with a screen whose name i cant remember. It had a sinlge game of Helicopters and Tanks. It was a present form my dad and i remeber playing it for hours on end and exhausting hundred of batteries.
As i grew up gamming kept advancing pace by pace, and in an age of no internet in africa, i reminded my father to come with the latest gamming magazines wherever he visited the big city, Nairobi.
My first conslole which had a replacable catridge was known as Ending Man (What a title for a gaming cosole). Obviously it was a cheap Knock-off from China imitating giants of the time like the Snes (Super Nintendo Entertainment system) but it kept me entertaind for years nevertheless. My favoright game for the Em was first of all, the legendary Super Mario Bros.
followed by a fighting game of ninja turtles.
The Gameboy came but it was very expensive to aquire. No right thinking parent from an upcountry town (i came from a tourist town called nanyuki) would buy his child a "Toy" Whose price tag could feed a family or two for something like a year. That was the preserve of rich politician parents and prominent business men (and women if there were any). So, about the original Gameboy, i dont have any treasured memories of it.
Next was the real Snes, Sega genesis, Sega Sarturn before the Big Big landing Of the Almighty Playstation. I remember the first tiem i played it (at a neighbours house), i did not get sleep for almost 3 weeks. All i did after palying and going home late for mums butt thrashingwas to fantisize at this great piece of technology. The my neigbor had was Collin Mcrae rally, and at the time it was something out of this world...
Continues next week.
What are some of the greatest games you have ever played? I remember as a kid , i discovred my passion of gaming when i saw a minature box with a screen whose name i cant remember. It had a sinlge game of Helicopters and Tanks. It was a present form my dad and i remeber playing it for hours on end and exhausting hundred of batteries.
As i grew up gamming kept advancing pace by pace, and in an age of no internet in africa, i reminded my father to come with the latest gamming magazines wherever he visited the big city, Nairobi.
My first conslole which had a replacable catridge was known as Ending Man (What a title for a gaming cosole). Obviously it was a cheap Knock-off from China imitating giants of the time like the Snes (Super Nintendo Entertainment system) but it kept me entertaind for years nevertheless. My favoright game for the Em was first of all, the legendary Super Mario Bros.
followed by a fighting game of ninja turtles.
The Gameboy came but it was very expensive to aquire. No right thinking parent from an upcountry town (i came from a tourist town called nanyuki) would buy his child a "Toy" Whose price tag could feed a family or two for something like a year. That was the preserve of rich politician parents and prominent business men (and women if there were any). So, about the original Gameboy, i dont have any treasured memories of it.
Next was the real Snes, Sega genesis, Sega Sarturn before the Big Big landing Of the Almighty Playstation. I remember the first tiem i played it (at a neighbours house), i did not get sleep for almost 3 weeks. All i did after palying and going home late for mums butt thrashingwas to fantisize at this great piece of technology. The my neigbor had was Collin Mcrae rally, and at the time it was something out of this world...
Continues next week.
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