SPLAT!

When I was around 10 or so this game came out.  My cousins brought it over to a family get together, and we literally played all day long. You made bugs with bugamatic using play doh and the object of the game was to get from start to finish without getting squished by a giant hand.  You played with cards.  The cards had different colored backgrounds and whoever was on that color got SPLAT!!! It was so much fun.  Then that Christmas I got surprised with a my very own edition of the game.  

As you can tell, I was very excited to get it.  Maybe a little too excited.  But in its day it was very creative game, or maybe I was a little easily impressed.  The marketing for it was brilliant and impressive for its time.

Merry Christmas

I want to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas.  I was going to do a blog post of one of my favorite Christmas presents that I have ever received, but my computer once again is in the shop.  I'm very fortunate to be able to borrow my mom's laptop. 

Merry Christmas everybody!!!! I hope to be able to post again really soon.

Next blog entry:  SPLAT!

Super Mario Land 2

I recently purchased this game from the Nintendo e-store on my 3ds.  I never had this game as a child, but always wanted to play it.  I believe it cost me $3.99 for the game, not too shabby.

To me this game is long and difficult. The point of the game is to get 6 golden coins and beat the final boss, who is a really big and fat Wario.  If you lost the game you had to start all the way over.  Which sucks, but on the 3ds there is a feature that lets you save and you can start over from that point. 

This game is classic and very enjoyable to play.  I'm going to attach some screenshots of the game itself.  On the 3DS version you can play in black and white or the seaweed green version.

Sorry for the short, horrible entry.  I've been working 7 days a week and haven't had much spare time.  I'm sorry!

ETA:  I can't believe I forgot to mention this.  There is a new power up in this game. To me, it looks like a carrot and it makes you fly.  It gives you wings that come out of your hat.  Of course, the original power ups are still in this game. (the mushroom, fire flower, and star)  You also get to fight a slew of new villains and bosses.  Overall I would recommend  this game!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile.  I've been super busy at work and trying to figure out my new Nintendo 3ds, lol.

I hope everybody had a fun and joyous Thanksgiving.  My cousins came down and we spent the day chatting, playing with the wii, and eating!  What did you do?

I think my next entry will be about the gameboy again.

rain and earthquakes

We're having horrible weather here.  It's so boring!!!  It makes me think about a time my sister, our hamster, and I were home alone when the tornado sirens went off. 

So I was probably about 12 and my sister would've been 9.  We just watched on episode of "Roseanne" where they had a tornado go through and destroy their town.  My sis and I were downstairs doing out make believe talk show, when all of the sudden the a huge thunder/ wind storm started came to town.   Oh ,no!   Have no fear, we know what to do.

So we went upstairs grabbed the essentials, our hamster, helmets, safety pads, a jump rope, a baby gate, soda, and chips.  (our toy rooms were downstairs)  We got the hamster and put her cage under the coffee table.  We put on our helmets and pads and ventured into the play rooms.  Our mission was to try to find anything that we could use to barricade the stair way.  I'm thinking we used the baby gate, our barbie house, and some dining room table chairs.  We snacked and watched TV underneath the coffee table.

Then after maybe an hour or so our dad came home from work.  He was wondering what we were doing.  Apparently we were in the all clear and weren't in any danger.  He just laughed and walked off.  
My sister and I did a TON of crazy stuff that summer. 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

My sister LOVED the Ninja Turtles and I liked them okay enough.  Anyways,  this was another big part of my childhood.  I haven't watched the show in ages, so this might be a little rough, lol.

The story starts with four baby turtles being brought home in a fish bowl.  Then suddenly the boy trips and he drops the turtles.  They down into the sewer and land on some green, glowing snot looking stuff.  I'm guessing that there was a rat down there also, because Master Splinter was down in that same sewer too.  uhhh....... then they become the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Master Splinter being the genius that he is named his four "sons" after artist. (I'm taking this straight from the theme song)  Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines, Raphael is cool but cruel, Michelangelo is a party dude, and Master Splinter is a radical rat.

Now lets talk a little about the villains.  We have Shredder, he was the main villain.  He looked like a cross between the Tin Man and a cheese grater. He was EVIL!!! But luckily for the Turtles his plans never quite worked out as he would plan.  Then there is Krank.  He was a gigantic brain, who lived in a robotic human.  He was smart and usually the brain behind the operation, but at the same time he could be so stupid.  The two henchmen were BeeBop and Rocksteady they were just bumbling idiots, just think Bulk and Skull if you're a Power Ranger fan.

I really don't remember any episodes clearly.  My sister had a lot of TMNT stuff, even for her birthday one year she got a Donatello costume.  She let me be Master Splinter.

Oh yeah! We kicked some make believe ASS!!!

more photos from the lake

I just took these pictures a week or so ago.  Again, see how beautiful and fun it would've been to run around and play "hide and go seek" there.