Memory-Hour

Memory hour will be a small segment about past videogames I miss and have good memories from playing. To kick things off, I'll begin with my fondest memory.

1992 was a big year, Bill Clinton was elected president by a landslide and Microsoft introduced 3.1 to the world, had we been following videogame timelines, this is also the year Carl "CJ" Johnson was fighting for territory in San Andreas and Neo City was invaded in Contra Force.

The 28th of October though, was the start of my new life. I had just turned four and after getting a few presents, my father came in with a huge package, almost as big as me. After a quick unwrapping, the words "SEGA MEGA DRIVE" (Named Genesis in the states), shone towards me and a blue hedgehog was giving me the peace-sign. Yes, it was my first console. I looked at it, saw that it was made for this strange phenomenon I'd heard of somewhere, a "Video-game". You could run around, jump, spin, all without leaving your couch. Excitement took over and I got really happy and then my mom asked "are you ready to go to day-care" and I answered "I don't wanna go to day-care, I wanna play games". I was born.

The only game that followed the Sega was Sonic the Hedgehog. The fastest hedgehog alive (which, when you think about it, is not a real big feat. They aren't that fast to begin with, are they? I've certainly never seen a hedgehog curling into a small ball and spinning around and co-oping with flying foxes with two tails) running around, smashing robots and thwarting the plans of the evil Dr. Robotnik (Or Eggman as he is originally named). Many an hour was spent on that game and on that Sega, it was my first console, and to this day, it still remains my favorite console. I'm sure my parents heavily regret buying me that console, the one that kicked it all off and turned me into the person I am today, but I would not have it any other way.

Cheers, Goten