Something changed
I’ve been gaming from a very early age, receiving a ZX Spectrum 48K to share with my siblings aged four, then moving on to an Atari ST. It was several years later, though, visiting my auntie and uncle who had just purchased a new videogame console, that I truly discovered the love of gaming that continues to this day. ‘What’s this?’ I thought. ‘Can’t be as good as a computer.’ Connect to the TV, slot in a cartridge, turn on the power, and bam: instant gaming.
It was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and I was about to discover the magic and magnificence of Nintendo. Super Mario World, Super Tennis, Super Mario Kart, F-Zero. Instant playability,creativity and ingenuity. Then,slightly later, Yoshi’s Island and Donkey Kong Country. All before eventually deciding to try an RPG, which was something new to me. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I was about to discover the greatest videogame franchise of all time, The Legend Of Zelda.
