A loose interpretation of the classics

Original post:  May 26, 2015

Over the weekend, we took a side trip to the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Since our boys are of a certain age, we decided to spend some time at the Funstop. This building houses the self-proclaimed "largest arcade in the world." Whether it is or is not, it is certainly an amazing place. The top level is filled with classic video games. It is, in fact, a living museum with actual working models of the very arcade games that I played when I was the age my boys are now.

There was a Pong game from 1972. Of course, we had to try it. It was actually much more difficult to play than you would think. Perhaps it is because the controls were really not well refined.

There was also an old football game where you could actually run real "plays". Given the state of computer programming at the time, the "players" were literally the letters "x" and "o"!

I can remember spending hours at a time in this electronic playground. It seems like we were always in search of that ephemeral high when you actually entered temporary immortality. Fortunately, I was able to show the boys that I still had a few skills left: