Top Five Video Games of All Time (Sports Related) Cont...

3. Double Dribble - which team did you always pick? - was it Boston, New York, Chicago or Los Angeles? I personally picked Boston most of the time because I wanted to be playing right along side Larry Bird himself (you see back in 1987, games were not advanced enough to have individualized players on the court - so I was able to decide who was Larry and who I was whenever I wanted - who said video games ruined the imagination?)...

...three different levels of game play vs. the computer, the slam dunk where it switched to another screen briefly with a black and white image of a player dunking the ball and the "hot spots" in various locations on both sides of the court were just a few highlights that made this game a legend...oh, and don't forget the halftime show with cheerleaders and mascots - very satisfying!

A personal note - this is where I learned that I enjoyed keeping track of stats - the game did not keep them for you, so I created my own team of players. I would pause the game every few seconds to write down things like points scored, FT attempts, steals - you name it. The key was declaring who was shooting the ball before the shot was taken - that was the only way to be fair of course...I eventually even had my own score-sheets made up before the game even began...at the end of each game I would go back and figure out each players FG%, assists per game, etc...GOOD TIMES!!!

Not enough time...

...there is just not enough time in a day to do all this stuff...don't worry, I am not giving up the blogging - just need to find some time to devote to this - I will post something before the weekend is out...(I will not pull a Derek here...)

Top Five Video Games (Non-Sport Related) of All Time Cont...

3. Duck Hunt - This is where I draw the line. Some may say duck hunting is actually a sport (those are the probably the same people who think Cheerleading is too), but this blogger has to disagree...the one thing that we will all agree upon though is that Duck Hunt for Nintendo was one of the coolest things ever invented...

...to actually be able to shoot at the screen (now that I think about it, could this be what has led us to so much more violence in the past 20 years? - might be on to something here)! Nothing could get by me with my trusty Nintendo Zapper Light Gun...Take your pick, ducks or clay pigeons (I personally preferred the live ducks)...didn't matter, you were somehow actually penetrating the TV screen and killing these electronic ducks (Don't forget I was only 9)! But how?

One thing you couldn't kill though was that nameless dog that laughed at you when you missed the ducks...Sometimes though if you had taken out the duck in the first shot or two and had a couple bullets left, you would fire them at the dog as he showed you your kill (admit it - you did too)...Now notice I said nameless dog - there was no true "in-game" name for him, but I had a few for him...use your imagination!


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Complete Support

This is an e-mail I received - thought I would share it with you guys/gals...

...I'm told that there is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy.25 in rural Iowa. For generations, kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times. A few months back, the rock received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. It's quite an impressive sight. I thought the flag was draped over the rock, but it's not. It's actually painted on the rock too. ...Side note from this blogger - Support the troops, the war and our leaders (I can't stand when I hear "love and support our troops but hate the war and bash our leaders" - that makes ZERO sense to me)!