Buzz
Sometimes pondering how time relentlessly passes for gamers, just look at these games to realize we once had a truly beautiful childhood.
1. When Internet was still a luxury
Sit down and close your eyes, reminiscing about those summer days over 25 years ago, a time when the Internet was still a vague concept for gamers of the 80s and 90s. But that didn't make those summers boring. Everything was still wonderful, truly exhilarating (not literally) for those players who have now reached middle age.
Short Rambo
Metal Slug, affectionately known by Vietnamese gamers as Short Rambo, was one of the beloved games of the 90s. Back then, before PlayStation game parlors became popular in Vietnam, Metal Slug was practically the 'hot trend' in arcade game centers.
Mom would give us 'a few hundred coins' to buy tokens to play Short Rambo, enough to make gamers of the 80s and 90s feel happy and joyful. The simple joy was just that, going with our best friend from next door to the Children's Palace (in Hanoi), each with a joystick, a few buttons, and suddenly becoming a world-saving 'Rambo'. The childhood of the 80s and 90s generation was just that simple.
Then when PlayStation 1 and 2 parlors became more popular, there was a time when Metal Slug became a national game. That explains why in the minds of the 80s and 90s generation, Short Rambo (Metal Slug) holds such special significance and importance. As adults now, we don't have much time to turn on the console every day to play games, but many still yearn to go back to childhood to control Marco, Tarma, Eri, and Fio with their friends to conquer one challenge after another.
Although there's not much time to play console games anymore, Metal Slug still accompanies gamers with the latest mobile version Metal Slug: Awakening - the newest mobile version of Short Rambo released by VNGGames. Now players can have Metal Slug in their hands anytime, anywhere with better graphics, more modern gameplay, but all the classic values of this legendary game are still perfectly preserved.
Contra and the iconic representatives of the 4-button era
It's really hard to list all the classic electronic games of the 80s and 90s, the days when there was no Internet. But it would be a mistake to overlook Contra and the old NES games. There were Battle City, Mario, Contra, 'Ninja Save Mom'... that painted a colorful picture of the childhood of gamers almost three decades ago.
The commonality between Metal Slug and NES games lies in the interaction among players, fostering bonds and sharing experiences. That's why when gamers reminisce about their childhood later in life, the image of 'someone' always appears alongside. It could be the neighbor friend from adolescence, or the best buddy from elementary school - people we may not have met for a long time, or they may have gone far away somewhere.
'To be continued'
