The memories flooding back. My neighbor had a Genesis and I had an NES followed by an SNES. I remember:
-He tried to sabotage my copy of Super Mario Bros 3. I picked up the cartridge and saliva poured out of it. I chased him and tried to beat him up. Luckily, the game still worked after it dried out. I retaliated by scratching one of his games with a clothes hanger...but I knew nothing about what made games work so I did no damage.
-I would play SMB3 and Super Mario World running through levels as fast as I could saying "Bet you're not that fast, Sonic!"
-I drew gaming art of Mario in a go kart chasing Sonic with Mario saying "Blast Processing can't save you now!" Sent it to a gaming magazine but it never got chosen.
-The ultimate slap in the face was when me and my neighbor traded consoles for a weekend. I loved his games and I was having fun. Then, within hours, he showed up at the door with my SNES saying that it sucked and he wanted his Genesis back.
I think that's he was there first person I ever hated! But we still played together. I should find him on Facebook and tell him I still hate his ass! 😂
