There’s this great video game store in Austin called Game Over, specializing in old school video games and consoles. A couple of summers ago, Andy bought us a cowboy game from there called Sunset Riders for my Super Nintendo. Kara and I spent an entire day one summer beating the game, and have started playing again in full force.

(From the arcade version)

I grew up playing video games with my brother and sister and the neighbors, taking turns watching each other play Mario or Duck Hunt or StarTropics or Zelda. The urge to start playing marathon games always comes in the summer, and only rarely do I play anything past the SNES. We have a Game Cube that encourages me to brave Smash Brothers Melee once in a while, but I’d rather just play Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine on it anyway.

Anyway, as the resident Garcia I prefer to play as Cormano, the Mexican guy with a hot pink sombrero and poncho to match.

Mmmm, beefsteak and milk!

I highly recommend the game for its sound effects, prancing/flamboyant horses, and sparkly purple ammo. NBA Jam has also been a favorite as of late (“Razzle dazzle!” says the announcer!), and Aladdin has been beaten twice in our apartment in the last few weeks.

I really love side-scrolling video games.