They had a game section.
SNES, N64, Playstation 1, Playstation 2, Xbox, Gameboy, Gameboy Advanced. And they had games. I wasn't sure what to do. Should I just explode? Or maybe I should wait awhile and then implode into a super-massive black hole and suck all the cool stuff into a little ball of awesome with me at the center.
And then, there it was, a NES. I bought it, plus Super Mario Bros.
Oh, I was so excited. I took it home, hooked it up to the TV, and turned it on. Natasha was excited too, because she used to play Super Mario when she was a kid, and it was the only video game she ever liked.
Flash, flash, flash. No go. Even when the cart was out. Reset, no go. Try another TV, no go. Fuck.
I took it back the next day. I was going to buy N64 at the same place but they had no memory sticks and I wanted to be sure I'd be able to get one without to much hassle. Then I remember, hey, there is a used games and CD show down the road I live on. Head down there, BAM - N64 for twenty-five dollars. I bought Starfox 64 with it and I have Mario 64 on the way.
The stuff store had Zelda: Ocarina of Time for 10 dollars, so I'm going to pick it up after work tomorrow. This should keep me held over until the next round of good 360 games come out, because as cool as The Darkness and Overlord look, they don't look 60$ cool. I learned my lesson after Star Trek: Legacy. Fun game, for 40 dollars. Not for 60.
