Memories of Childhood

Write Club Prompt #94

My childhood memories are dominated by video games. I could go on and on about which ones bring me back to those days of sitting inches from a CRT television playing these games. The smell of the wooden draw that stored our collection of Nintendo cartridges is a particularly potent memory. It’s hard to right this because I keep daydreaming about the old games that I loved.

I’ll limit this to just one. The game I think best captured my childhood.

Link’s Awakening had the advantage of being on the Gameboy so I could play it whenever I wanted. No waiting for someone else to finish using the TV. The world was such a pleasure to explore. The mix of strange and quirky characters everywhere, new secrets to find, and power-ups all over. It had everything that appealed to ten year old me. I particularly remember the music. The windfishes theme and the way the song gained a part each time an instrument was found.

Now I’m wondering if this game influencedmy love of islands. The appeal of just going away to a small island and exploring is still with me. So is finding secrets. It’s a big reason I want to make my way to Block Island and search for an orb one of these days.