Remember way back yonder, when video game consoles didn't cost $600? When the game controllers actually had to have cords that connected to the main system itself? When your game console couldn't connect to the Internet, letting you battle your friends and random people live? Yeah, me either.
But apparently, there was a time like this. The last time I went up to visit my brother at Iowa State, he pulled out this very archaic and ancient looking odd shaped black box with a couple of controllers. Of course, I asked him what on earth he was doing keeping junk around, and he told me this wasn't just any piece of junk, but in fact a game system called the Nintendo 64. As he went on to explain, this thing was all the rage amoung the gaming world in the mid 90's. He then pulled out what I learned to be a game. I asked him where the compact disk was, but he told me there wasn't any compact disks, that the rectangular cartridge was the game! Secretly, I wonder how on earth you would stick that would cartridge into the N64, but I kept quiet.
As we sat down to play a game, Super Smash Brothers, I was astounded by the simplicity of the graphics, and yet at the same time completely mesmorized by the complete coolness of this game. Now I know why my brother kept this around. Although I was restricted in movement due to the cord that connected the controller, it didn't take anything away from the experience.
But apparently, there was a time like this. The last time I went up to visit my brother at Iowa State, he pulled out this very archaic and ancient looking odd shaped black box with a couple of controllers. Of course, I asked him what on earth he was doing keeping junk around, and he told me this wasn't just any piece of junk, but in fact a game system called the Nintendo 64. As he went on to explain, this thing was all the rage amoung the gaming world in the mid 90's. He then pulled out what I learned to be a game. I asked him where the compact disk was, but he told me there wasn't any compact disks, that the rectangular cartridge was the game! Secretly, I wonder how on earth you would stick that would cartridge into the N64, but I kept quiet.
As we sat down to play a game, Super Smash Brothers, I was astounded by the simplicity of the graphics, and yet at the same time completely mesmorized by the complete coolness of this game. Now I know why my brother kept this around. Although I was restricted in movement due to the cord that connected the controller, it didn't take anything away from the experience.
Super Smash Brothers for N64 is quite possibly the greatest game ever made. There have a couple attempts by Nintendo to match it, such as the Super Smash Bros. game for the GameCube, and there are also a couple of versions for the Wii (which is probably the best thing to happen to Nintendo since N64). The Gamecube version isn't so good, but the Wii versions are quite fun, with the Wii's format, and all the favorite characters returning from the N64 version plus a couple new ones.
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