Thursday, 28 April 2011

Spyro The Dragon

So, today I pulled out my old Playstation and plugged it into my old 9 year old TV set and turned it on. It worked! (surprisingly). I put Spyro the Dragon in and started playing.

Suddenly, all the sounds and the environment turned me into a little child. Playing through the game, there were parts which I didn't remember but the parts that I did, I felt like I was a child again.

I played it for an easy couple of hours until one memory of where I was in the game suddenly hit me. This was the last level. The part I was stuck on and couldn't get past as a child. I remember failing the same part of the game over and over.

As I was chasing Gnorc (last boss) through the map, I turned a corner and saw him standing on a platform by himself. I just couldn't do it. I couldn't finish the game which created my childhood.

I turned off and packed away the Playstation. Maybe one day I'll finish it, but not today. I just think it's better if I left it incomplete.
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16 comments:

  1. crispykazza28 April 2011 at 00:31

    I love that feeling :)

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  2. Josh28 April 2011 at 00:39

    My earliest memory of Spyro was my friends B-day party when i was a kid...

    His 40 year old wouldn't stop telling me about why PS was better than N64...

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  3. Memo28 April 2011 at 00:43

    I felt the same way playing Crash bandicoot.

    I wish I could play my playstation games again.
    When I was a lot younger, I remember taking the console to asia, plugging it in and when I pressed the power, it exploded and skidded across the floor.

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  4. Jesse Crows28 April 2011 at 00:43

    brings back memories haha

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  5. Anonymous28 April 2011 at 00:49

    Ah... Nostalgia.. Brings back good memories..

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  6. Aram28 April 2011 at 00:51

    wow i had forgotten all about spydo, was one of the first ved games i can remember myself playing, infact i kinda wanna play it right now haha

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  7. Gregory Miller28 April 2011 at 02:56

    Fine memories :)

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  8. Jay Reid28 April 2011 at 09:48

    Nostalgia just hit me like a freight train!

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  9. KatoFinance28 April 2011 at 09:58

    Instant classic...



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  10. D22 Zone28 April 2011 at 12:54

    Nice post! Keep up the good blogging!

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  11. Splendid TV29 April 2011 at 04:58

    Greatest game of all time. It played such a significant part of my childhood!

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  12. Hannah29 April 2011 at 17:24

    That's a great story! I was playing Commander Keen on my laptop the other day and nostalgia'd sooo hard.

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  13. FunkyDuckman2 May 2011 at 06:44

    Original Spyro is great. They've only gotten worse, and the new imagining is awful looking. too bad

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  14. sp3nny3 May 2011 at 08:29

    was a great game wehen i was a child

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  15. Dola3 May 2011 at 08:42

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  16. Dola16 May 2011 at 20:02

    spyro goes tooooorch!

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