Video Game Nostalgia

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I think I'm a relatively successful aspie: I've managed to get a college degree, maintain a good physique, keep a good job, have friends, and have had some good relationships with the opposite sex. This is significant to this discussion because I still, after all these years and experiences, cherish my memories of being often lost in the world of video games in my grade school to high school years.

The imagery and music of Monster Party on the NES still brings me back to a place where I was a hero in the world of the dead, free and oblivious to the pain at school and at home. Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 was my opium in junior high school, where sexuality became an even more formidable monster than before. My sweetest times hiking in the beautiful mountains, or training hard to meet some goal, still often remind me of how I felt when absorbed in Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy 6, and Chrono Trigger on the SNES when in high school. I fear this sounds pathetic to many people, but it is the truth and I think there's lots of people whose experience is similar. Otherwise, why are video games so popular?

I want to know how anyone here thinks how video games have helped them in life. Those from my day were like antidepressants that actually worked: I enjoyed them, but wasn't consumed by them.

I lack the nostalgia that you have, but I do agree that video games did help keep me sane during my younger years. They provided a completely imaginary place to withdraw to when I was being bullied at school.

I am 40 and I used to love Space Invaders and Pac Man when I was about 10 LOL. I have even enjoyed playing them lately, they bring back lots of fine memories. More recently I have played Riven on the PC (about 10 years ago). That was a game with some beautiful scenery.

My escape hatch from reality, a real lifesaver since my childhood experiences weren't that nice.

I played Fallout 1 and 2 alot, loved to get away from it all most of the time.

They helped me cope and gave me something to look forward too when i was in school, to be honest i think it was the only thing i enjoyed doing and made me happy in my high school years.

I loved the battle scenes in this thing.

I miss DOS. Does that count? I have a DOS emulator for my computer so I can play the really, really old games that won't run on Windows.

I think what's cool with books (and video games) is that it' a lot easier to tell what the character is feeling and thinking, because it's often spelled out. For me, it helped me understand what people are thinking in real life.

I feel nostalgic over the Donkey Kong Country games. I remember in junior high, whenever I felt stressed out, I would think of the song that played during the Bramble levels in DKC 2 (Stickerbrush Symphony) and start to feel a little better.

Your post reminds me of this thing we used to carry around and fight over on every trip we had:



Good times.

Not really a video game but I miss Mindmaze on encarta i'd sit for hours playing that and didn't even care when I got a question wrong which is refreshing change for me, probably explains why my head is full of the most irrelevant information I have never used.

Some of my cherished memories are of playing computer games!

I learned everything I know about history from Civillisation 2.

I learned everything I know about housebreaking from Thief: The Dark Project

I found video games too hard and frustrating. My inner world as a child was televison and cartoon based. Lion King in particualr was my main fantasy life. Whenever I watch comercials from the 90's and cartoonsand TV shows that were popular with other kids at the time, I have flashbacks of the extreme bullying and rejection by peers. I wouldn't go back to the 90's for nothing.

As a kid I couldn't concentrate enough to be good at video games but I still feel nostalgic about Sonic 2. I even got it on my phone.

Recently while I was staying with my sister and being aware of all my flaws I still managed to kick some serious a** at Harry Potter LEGO.

And like PunkyKat I was all about the Lion King and other cartoons. I had the videogame too but never beat the last level.