The year is 1980 something and you are sitting on the shag carpet of your family room floor playing your favorite video game on the family owned video game console. Maybe it is an Atari 2600 or a Nintendo Entertainment System or even a Sega Master System. Either way, it is connected to a behemoth of a piece of furniture that doubles as a TV. Maybe you are with a sibling or even a friend from the neighborhood. The fact remains that everyone is glued to that television and are having the time of your life.
Maybe you have a different experience. After checking the couch cushions for loose change, you and your buddy bike to the local arcade and place a quarter on the cabinet of your choice to mark your place in line. The memory may be different but the nostalgia is the same.
I have created Level Up Retro to discuss some of these old video games and video game consoles. I will also write about my personal memories and my sharing the retro experience with my children.
So, let us now take a trip down memory laneā¦
Featured image: My son and I at The Galloping Ghost in Brookfield, Illinois.