One is Bubble Bobble. You are a dragon or something, and you have to go through levels killing enemies by encasing them in a bubble and running into them. The levels get faster, have harder bad guys, and give you less time to complete them.
The other is the original Nintendo Baseball (with came out 27 years ago, amazingly). This is the most primitive of sports home video games, and yet I find it so addictive. I play against the computer, and while I beat it more often than not, I don't feel that I've mastered it to the level I did when I was first playing it.
I've been wondering what it is specifically that is making me so hooked on these two games as opposed to all the other games I have, both old and new.
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When you said that Nintendo baseball came out 27 years ago, at first I thought you were exaggerating and even hoh yessed you in my head but, doing the math, that sounds right.
What's funny is I remember getting that game when I first got Nintendo for Christmas 1986 and I remember being in my basement with my cousins admiring how amazing the graphics were. Specifically, that when the batter swung you could kind of see their foot pivot.
I don't know exactly what it is about Bubble Bobble, but I have distinct memories of playing that game with my brothers for hours on end. I would hate to think how much time I would waste if I had that to play right now instead of having to read Kant.
I think nostalgia is a big part of it.
BTW, play the original Legend of Zelda. I remember thinking it was a soaring epic of a game that took ages to complete. I played it a few years ago, and it only took like two hours.
Also funny: I remembered where most of the levels were, and how to beat the bosses!
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