![]() ![]() Pokemon Red (and Blue) was an 8-bit game, but the imagination of a child, even a dull child like me, can do a lot with 8 bits. It formed the foundation of my lifelong, sometimes concerning passion for gaming. But the time I spent with Pokemon Red is crystal clear. My earlier memories of gaming are often opaque and hard to place. ![]() ![]() For my parents, it meant less time dealing with their menace children (which we absolutely were). It's for that reason, I think, that dad surprised my brother and me with an early Christmas present: a Gameboy Color with a copy of Pokemon Red, by far the most extravagant gift we'd ever gotten. It's an 18-hour journey from Sydney to Cape Town, a long flight made worse by the nonexistence of smartphones and the existence of two children, one of whom, me, was just 6 years old. My family and I were a day away from a trip to South Africa, where my parents were born. ![]()
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