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not illegal games
May. 7th, 2004 10:23 amAfter Wednesday afternoon I suddenly had nothing to do. Finals and papers all taken care of. I sat around in a daze for a while, unsure of what to do with myself, having felt busy and stressed for long enough that I didn't remember how to feel other things anymore. And I had three days more to spend here, since my parents can't pick me up until Saturday.
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karaksindru mentioned the Nintendo emulator he thought I had, but even though I didn't, I thought it was a great idea. And I knew where to get one. I asked setharoo if he'd show me where I could get one--he's the one who introduced me to the joys of Nintendo games on computers in the first place, back in the day--but he did me one better, showing up at my apartment with a CD he'd labelled "not illegal games." He explained that this was the way to go, since I could get an emulator online but the games have gotten hard to find since NOA cracked down on that sort of thing. Acronyms are always trying to take away the good stuff.
All I really wanted was to play Tetris, anyway. I realize that you can play Tetris on every imaginable electronic gizmo these days, but it's not the same. Tetris is the one video game I've ever loved, and there's just something cool about returning it to its original form, without the cheats of, say,evil_grapefruit's PS2 version and with the color schemes and the music I remember from my sweet and foolish youth.
Though I have tried playing Super Mario Bros., too. That is about as complex as I can get these days, I think. This is not merely due to my innate lack of ability at video games, but also due to the fact that I'm additionally hampered by having use a keyboard instead of the controller I'm used to. (So maybe there's justice for NOA anyway.) This is a slight annoyance with Tetris, but makes Mario almost impossible for me at this juncture. So when I run into the little mushroom guys and fall off cliffs and in general make mistakes I didn't even when I was six, it's the interface I'm cursing. Mostly.
karaksindru mentioned the Nintendo emulator he thought I had, but even though I didn't, I thought it was a great idea. And I knew where to get one. I asked setharoo if he'd show me where I could get one--he's the one who introduced me to the joys of Nintendo games on computers in the first place, back in the day--but he did me one better, showing up at my apartment with a CD he'd labelled "not illegal games." He explained that this was the way to go, since I could get an emulator online but the games have gotten hard to find since NOA cracked down on that sort of thing. Acronyms are always trying to take away the good stuff. All I really wanted was to play Tetris, anyway. I realize that you can play Tetris on every imaginable electronic gizmo these days, but it's not the same. Tetris is the one video game I've ever loved, and there's just something cool about returning it to its original form, without the cheats of, say,
evil_grapefruit's PS2 version and with the color schemes and the music I remember from my sweet and foolish youth.Though I have tried playing Super Mario Bros., too. That is about as complex as I can get these days, I think. This is not merely due to my innate lack of ability at video games, but also due to the fact that I'm additionally hampered by having use a keyboard instead of the controller I'm used to. (So maybe there's justice for NOA anyway.) This is a slight annoyance with Tetris, but makes Mario almost impossible for me at this juncture. So when I run into the little mushroom guys and fall off cliffs and in general make mistakes I didn't even when I was six, it's the interface I'm cursing. Mostly.