Games we played

We decided that its the greatest hoax of our times,my cousin and I. After invading numerous two-dimensional,chocolate-coloured castles...

We decided that its the greatest hoax of our times,my cousin and I. After invading numerous two-dimensional,chocolate-coloured castles,after toppling over an army of nefarious green turtles,after jumping down precariously sky-high mushrooms,we had only disappointment waiting for us. Sorry Mario,but the princess is another castle, said a banner. Thus,we concluded that there is actually no princess. And even if there was a princess,why would she be handed over to Mario at all,a short,mustached Italian man without any sort of royal connection?

Yet,the Nintendo-created world of the Super Mario Bros,fascinated us. We would visit it time and again,armed with a joystick in our hand. A boxy game console plugged into an equally boxy television set,was our window to Marioss world. This,of course,was the early 1990s. Before internet and playstation . Before other cool gaming devices whose names Im not cool enough to be familiar with. But thats when it all began,our fascination with video games.

Technically,it began a few years earlier,in 1985 to be precise when Nintendo Entertainment System introduced this game about a seemingly Italian Pizza delivery guys relentless search for a princess. Marios younger brother Luigi,was introduces as a second player in the games multiplayer mode,but we all knew that Luigi never stood a chance. More so,when Marios search itself was proving to be so distressingly futile.

For about 24 years,Super Mario Bros was the best-selling video game of all time,but in 2009 it was outsold by something called Wii Sports,which Im sure means a lot of things to kids today. But for many like me,who have had just a fleeting romance with video games in the 1990s,Mario and Luigi are the men.

Its not as if Super Mario Bros was the best video game ever created. Heck,all it offered in the name of thrill was the joy of kicking some headless turtles around. The world of gaming today has changed beyond recognition. It boasts of cutting-edge technology that makes the gaming experience much more real. But shall we ever get over Mario? Not likely. So what if we never get to see the princess?

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Games we played

We decided that its the greatest hoax of our times,my cousin and I. After invading numerous two-dimensional,chocolate-coloured castles...

We decided that its the greatest hoax of our times,my cousin and I. After invading numerous two-dimensional,chocolate-coloured castles...