Great video game memories

**Boomer** · 08-02-2006, 11:04 PM

For some reason today I was reminded of one time when I went to play Putt Putt Golf somewhere in town. I must have been 6 or 7. After playing the 18 holes, I begged my mother to play some video games. Surprisingly, my mother allowed me to look around the arcade and play something (my parents usually did their best to never let me play any non-educational video games). Of all the games I could have wanted to play, my interest peeked at Mortal Kombat, which had just hit the arcade scene.

Being like 6 or 7, I didn't understand how to play at all. As I quickly began losing, I started to look over at my mother to see how she was taking the game. She didn't look too happy. As I lost my second round of the fight, I was quite surprised to see the computer character do what I didn't want it to do in front of my mother.

A Pit Fatality in front of my mother. Lots of blood, you know the drill. As I think about it now, inside I was quite elated to see my mother's reaction. I knew it wasn't helping my cause in terms of asking my parents to play arcade or video games in the future, but the stunned look on my mother's face was pretty much hilarious and was completely worth it.

So yeah, I remember that day quite fondly. It was one of those moments where I knew I was going to love playing video games for the rest of my life.

Any similar experiences? I'm waiting to hear everyone talk about crying during FF7.

08-02-2006, 11:04 PM	#1
Boomer The Wretched Posts: 4,690	Great video game memories For some reason today I was reminded of one time when I went to play Putt Putt Golf somewhere in town. I must have been 6 or 7. After playing the 18 holes, I begged my mother to play some video games. Surprisingly, my mother allowed me to look around the arcade and play something (my parents usually did their best to never let me play any non-educational video games). Of all the games I could have wanted to play, my interest peeked at Mortal Kombat, which had just hit the arcade scene. Being like 6 or 7, I didn't understand how to play at all. As I quickly began losing, I started to look over at my mother to see how she was taking the game. She didn't look too happy. As I lost my second round of the fight, I was quite surprised to see the computer character do what I didn't want it to do in front of my mother. A Pit Fatality in front of my mother. Lots of blood, you know the drill. As I think about it now, inside I was quite elated to see my mother's reaction. I knew it wasn't helping my cause in terms of asking my parents to play arcade or video games in the future, but the stunned look on my mother's face was pretty much hilarious and was completely worth it. So yeah, I remember that day quite fondly. It was one of those moments where I knew I was going to love playing video games for the rest of my life. Any similar experiences? I'm waiting to hear everyone talk about crying during FF7.