LJ Idol Season 9- Week 3: In Another Castle

Being a somewhat avid gamer that I am, I think it may surprise most people that I didn't even get into gaming "seriously" until I turned ten years old. I blame my parents for this. I've liked video games before my 10th birthday, and I would be thrilled when I'd get to visit my friend's house to play on her Sega Genesis, but my parents refused to buy me a console. They didn't understand video games at all. They apparently didn't exist in Russia, even when I told then that Tetris was designed by a Russian and they were able to identify the popular Tetris theme as the Russian folk song Korobeniki . Enjoy, I bet hardly any of you know this, that you had no idea the Tetris theme was originally about a traveling salesman. It's a very cute song. Anyway, this did not persuade them to get me a Nintendo Gameboy so they could "listen to the song". Yeah, I tried.

Finally, on my 10th birthday, my grandma gave me 100 dollars so I finally was able to get a Super Nintendo. I think it may have been over 100, but I guess my parents gave in to pay for the difference. My very first game was my beloved Donkey Kong Country, which came out at the time, and is still probably my favorite platform game. The second game I got was "Super Mario All Stars".
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