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Reminiscing about TV, Nintendo 64 and pleasant surprises.
#72 ยท ยท readFor as long as I can remember, the TV had been sitting in the living room. Since this were the 90ies, it was a square-shaped tube television. As a young child, I was allowed to watch two cartoon shows on week days. Usually it was one episode of Darkwing Duck followed by either the Adventures of the Gummi Bears, TaleSpin or Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. I know, pure 90ies bliss.
Dynamics in the living room changed when one day, out of the blue, dad took my brother and me to Toys "R" Us. In the store, he placed us in front of the brand new Nintendo 64 and announced, "we take one, won't we?", as if it were absolutely obvious. This was so typical for my dad. We couldnโt believe our luck.
Dad didn't know that this meant that we would constantly roam around the living room, eager to play video games. My parents regularly reminded us that our eyes turned square from all the gaming.
When dad decided to buy a new TV for the living room, the old one would be moved to our room. He told us that we weren't allowed to play on the new TV, because the video game graphics would be "burned into the screen". Of course, we believed him. But today, my brother speculates that dad just wanted us out of the living room, so that he could have it to himself, turn on the record player and listen to his music undisturbed.