Suave Peanut's Scrapbook returns this week after taking last Wednesday off for spring break. This week I will do something a little different and pick hardware as the topic.


THE NINTENDO 64 CONTROLLER

I remember the first time I saw it.

I believe it was the Sears at Deptford Mall. Sears isn't typically known for their gaming sales, and they weren't in 1996 either, but there was a Nintendo 64 demo kiosk set up. It was running Super Mario 64....

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Wecome to volume 3 of my Scrapbook! This week I will be sharing memories of Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

I remember quite clearly, as a matter of fact, being in Toys R Us, seeing banners hanging from the ceiling announcing the arrival of "HEDGEHOG DAY -- FEB. 2, 1994"

I believe it was the Christmas prior, 1993, when I asked for (and received) a Sega Genesis for Christmas. I would regularly go over to the neighbors' houses and play the other kids' Segas, each time...

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What is the deal with having friends lists on our profile? I don't get it, and I haven't really paid attention to it since the first of October, but I think I'll start adding my "friends" (Xbox Live, Steam, &c.) and making use of it. If you get a notification and want to add me... hell, I'll let anyone in. I've also noticed that the Colony's six-month anniversary is fast approaching!

Also considering which game to pick for my third Scrapbook, which I have decided to...

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For my second Scrapbook, I have chosen Super Mario World. Now, community, I again invite you to share your memories! And, in case you missed it, here is last week's entry: Mega Man.


It was Christmas Day, 1992, when I first received my Super Nintendo. It came with a game that would become (and still remains) one of my all-time favorites: Super Mario World.

Now, of course, I had played Mario before. I had played them all on the NES: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario...

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Here's the first of a new column I am considering. Here's how it works: I pick a game and share a story relating to it, a fond memory perhaps, and then I invite readers to share their own memories of the game. You could call it a scrapbook or a time capsule, a journal or whatever.

The first game I have chosen is MEGA MAN 2. Now, community, I invite you to share your memories of the first time you played a MEGA MAN game and what, if any, impact it had on you as a gamer.
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