So, so, so, so many:
-Not wanting to get far in the SMAS version of SMB2 because I was scared of Phanto
-My first playthrough of DKC, it took years to get from the beginning of the game to Snow Barrel Blast. Since getting the Wii VC, it took, I think, like a week or so to beat the main story of DKC2 my first playthrough.
-Renting video games and movies at this defunct video game rental store called Roadrunner video.
-Drawing fictional video game levels and roller coasters on my Magna Doodle, before I ever heard of ROM hacking and No Limits.
-Drawing stuff on my Magna Doodle all the time (a Magna Doodle is a drawing toy that uses an attached magnetic pen and a plastic screen. There is a similar toy called Doodle Pro).
-Actually being excited about going to the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park, before I'd been so many times and did almost everything there for the umpteenth time that it became a bore, with no more new rides.
-Playing Sokoban in the computer lab at school during free time in elementary school.
-When I got Pokemon Red version for my tenth birthday (how fitting). It was real engaging.
-As a kid I was scared to ride most amusement park rides, roller coasters, and anything that went upside down because I had (and still have) an actual phobia of vomiting (well, I'd call it a phobia). I think deep down inside, I actually did want to ride them. I just didn't want to risk the slightest chance that I might vomit. Turns out that before I can even remember, I took some kind of test that determined that I am a lot less susceptible to motion sickness than a lot of people.
-Watching animated Disney movies all the time, which is how some of them I can still feel like I can memorize dialog spoken in the exact way right before someone says something.
-Playing old DOS 2D platformers on Windows 95 (Jill of the Jungle and its sequels, and Commander Keen).
-Watching cartoons every Saturday morning, on either FOX kids or Kids WB, or both (still do, but not as much, and usually just to watch My Little Pony Friendship is Magic).
-Being subscribed to Highlights magazine.
-Watching early morning shows on weekdays (Mighty Max, Mummies Alive, The Wacky World of Tex Avery, Pocket Dragons, Beast Wars).
-Collecting Beast Wars transformers toys. I remember getting Clawjaw, the squid, Razorclaw, the crab, Inferno, the fire ant, Manterror, the preying mantis, Silverbolt, the eagle and wolf hybrid, and several others).
-The summer after I turned 8, we took a big vacation to Cleveland, Ohio. We hit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sea World, and Geauga Lake (RIP Geauga Lake). This was way before I became a ride warrior, so I didn't ride any of the roller coasters there (well, I've since ridden Firehawk at Kings Island, which was relocated from Geauga Lake, so does that count as having ridden a Geauga Lake coaster?)
-The first summer where I was officially a teenager, we took an excursion to Gatlinburg, Tenessee, and checked out Ripley's Aquarium and Ripley's Believe it or Not museum.
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