Bowie1979

Bowie1979

Get me to the church on time

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Re: Talking Point: How Do You Play NES Games These Days?

Bowie1979

I never had a NES growing up - my path went Atari 2600 > Commodore 64 > Atari ST > SNES. I remember first playing Super Mario Bros. at a friend’s house and I knew then this was something very special compared to the games I had played and owned so far. I’m still exploring and playing NES games today through Nintendo Classics. At age 46 I managed to complete SMB: The Lost Levels again (for the first time since 1993), and played and completed the first Castlevania and Metroid games (without rewinds or reverting back to save states)

Re: Feature: The Long & Rainbow Road To 'Mario Kart World', From SNES To Switch 2

Bowie1979

As an older gamer, my first was Super Mario Kart. It's hard for those who didn't grow up with the game to understand just how great this first instalment was. I revisited it on the Switch a couple of years back and managed to resurrect my old skills and get gold in all 150cc races. It remains the Mario Kart game that most rewards player skill, rather than the massive luck factor of blue shells and the like.