My "eureka" gaming moment was still the first time I turned off my 2600, hopped on my bike and rode over to my buddy's house to play this new fangled machine called a "Nintendo".
We played Super Mario Brothers non stop for hours....only to find that the "princess was in another castle". On 10/27/07, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah! Old memories of games consoles and mis-spent youths are always the > best! > > I celebrated my 23rd birthday about 2 months ago and as a gift my Business > Partner bought me an absolutely mint condition 1989 Commodore Amiga 500 > with > a copy of Monkey Island and Cannon Fodder on floppy disk... I've spent the > weeks since full of nostalgia, it even brought back memories from my child > hood that I'd totally forgotten about. > > I've also since bought myself the 2Mb RAM upgrade, new 3.1 kick-start ROM > and currently bidding on a 40Mb HDD.... this is going to be one hell of a > games console! Wooo! :-D > > Awesome stuff! > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 October 2007 21:18 > To: CF-Community > Subject: 8 years ago... > > .....I used to work on second street in Cambridge and would walk through > the > Galleria to get there. I noticed a small sign one morning at KB Toys > "Pre-order PlayStation 2!". I signed up and put down my five dollar > deposit. > > Then I waited 10 months. > > 7 years ago, today, I walked into that KB Toys - I was one of only two > people to get a PS2 there that day. I took my valuable booty out of the > store, strapped it on to my bike and rode through the city enjoying the > hoots and hollers of passersby as they saw that technological marvel > riding > on my luggage rack. > > I picked up "Summoner" and "Tekken". My enjoyment was tempered only > because > it took me another three weeks before I could obtain a memory card for my > new system. > > Ah... good times. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245390 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
