I found a pretty sweet deal down at the local CD Tradepost; ten Mega Man games in one for the Nintendo GameCube. (That’s right, Joe. I’m finally showing the GameCube some love.) I’ve been waxing nostalgic for the NES games from my childhood ever since I started watching the Angry Video Game Nerd’s game reviews. So, I hooked up the GameCube and took a stroll down memory lane.
As it turns out, memory lane is a long and jagged road, frought with annoying obstacles and pain-in-the-ass robots. I figured that it would be a breeze after a decade or so. I mean, I’ve had a lot of gaming experience since then. That doesn’t seem to matter much, though. Each stage seems to have some sort of insurmountable obstacle, and the checkpoints are few and far in between.
I don’t think I ever called Mega Man a “fucking shit-bag” before today. He was pretty shocked to hear such foul language coming out of my mouth. Regardless, I will beat those games. It’s just going to take some time.