if 8-bit were an STD, i’d have chla-mario

title runner-up: “my nintendo gave me goomba-rrhea”

i have officially caught the retro fever.

maybe it’s the lack of stellar titles out right now (currently waiting for quake wars beta 2) or the fact that i’ve kinda plateaued with guitar hero. whatever it is, i am totally addicted to the old school again. i picked up nestopia, zsnes, and gens along with a “few” roms to play. it’s amazing how much an 8-bit theme song can stick with you. i was geeking out, big time.

yesterday’s playlist includes:

• excitebike (NES)
• california games (NES)
• chrono trigger (SNES)
• sonic spinball (Genesis)
• phantasy star 4 (Genesis)

soon a nice playstation-to-USB converter from ebay will be making its way to my door and i’ll be playing in style. playing with a keyboard just doesn’t cut it for me. you’re supposed to play with your thumbs! now i just have to think of a more permanent way to play all this on my tv instead of my computer and i’ll be set. it’s a shame my xbox bit the dust on pecan tree, since i know you can use it to do a similar setup.

this has even spilled over into the physical realm. i’m seriously thinking about doing some apartment decorating with pixelblocks and taking one of these big, empty walls and turning it into space invaders. terri isn’t too keen on the latter, but she’ll come around. :]

so what is everybody’s retro “must play” games? i’m looking for suggestions for tonite. :]