Sometimes I'll think back to the past and wonder how that magic life used to have disappeared. You remember little things that seemed like huge accomplishments, and memories of events that changed your life forever. You look back with nostalgia and wish you could return to a simpler time. What do you remember about your childhood, or any nostalgic memory? I remember when I was watching YTV one afternoon, enjoying a cartoon in the basement. After the show ended, it announced a show coming on that I had never seen before. I was bored, so I decided to watch it. After the commercials ended, the show started. The Pokemon theme played. You all know what happened after.
All my nostalgia feeling is directed towards video games, whether it's playing at home or in my friend's awesome basements. I remember going over a friend's house and all we did for 2 days was play Donkey Kong for SNES and eat a giant bowl of bacon.
The Nostalgic memories I have are of the huge Pecan nut tree I used to have in my old house, it had this massive garden, (Massive to a six year old) And I always used to go for swims in a little sub of water we had with my sister, and then pick up the pecan nuts and eat them. occasionally My mom would gather up the nuts and we would make pecan pie. To this day, Pecan nuts are my favourite food.
There's a place called Blackpool in England I've been going to every year since I was born, even though it's lost some of it's quaint charm as things have started to modernise and get bigger, which still provides entertainment, it's the nostalgia which brings me back. I can't go more than a year without visiting. Other things probably include my old PS1/2, my Gamecube etc, I used to play Rayman, Spyro, Gex, Star Wars stuff etc throughout a majority of my childhood. Some PC games like The Sims and Command And Conquer kick up great memories of staying at home doing sod all in the summer one year except playing with Lego and kicking ass. Hell I'm even nostalgic for things that happened in 2012, my greatest memories were created last year, such as Merri's Madhouse, the first brony meet-up I attended, joining EP, and possibly even my trip to Disneyworld which I'm already starting to miss.
I get Nostalgia usually when I play games, too, thgat was pretty much my childhood... :S However, I still have a Sword, a Bouncy ball and some other lil' things that give me many fond memories of my childhood... :3
I miss bringing my Xbox over to my friend's house and staying up all night to play Halo and talk **** to one another over pizza and soda. Now most of my current friends would rather spend a night getting drunk and dancing.
I know that feel, bro. Anyway, Ocarina of Time was one of my favorite games, and still is. ...Even if I could never get past the water temple...
I remember once, my cousin Timothy and I borrowed our cousin Chris' Dreamcast to play Sonic Adventure. And you know the level where you're on a skiiboard? We were playing that, and we somehow managed to snap the analog stick off of the controller. We were terrified at the time at how mad Chris was going to be. But looking back... either we were just that hardcore at Sonic Adventure, or that terrible. More or less related: I also have very fond memories of the cartoon The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as Sonic X.
I just remembered this: [video=youtube;dg0-RBlMHoE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg0-RBlMHoE[/video] One of the first 10 pony videos I ever saw. At the time it reminded me of being a kid again and feeling all soft and whatnot. Now it reminds me of being a kid and when I first became a brony.
When I was little, I'd would look up into the sky and look at the stars a lot. Enjoying the night, even when my parents take us out on a road trip or driving to a place to eat, I stick my head out or stare upward at the Sky and Watch the Stars. Thinking, Dreaming, and Wishing for Life, Travel and Hoping to get out their one day. The N64 Era and Old Cartoons. Spring and Summer Bring all those Memories back the most.
I remember Christmas of 1991 when I was 3 and got the SNES and Super Mario Racing as a present. Seems to be the farthest back I can remember, a lot of ya members weren't even born yet.. I remember being real good in school and winning awards. I also remember in 2003, spending all day playing Super Mario RPG on an old SNES. Remember all the time I spent with my grandmother and when life was pleasant and happy. I remember a lot of the TV shows like Doug and Dexter's Laboratory, and all the 90s music (mostly pop, rap, RB, and some rock). There were some good memories. Had some good memories in 2009 when I went to my first to anime cons (first in Dallas, and the other in San Antonio). I remember really love playing games like the other Pokémon and how I loved my Game Boy and got excited every time I got AA batteries. Love playing GTA 3. And when I was really into animes on Toonami like Sailormoon, DragonballZ, & Yu Yu Hakasho.
Well there are so many things brining back nostalgic memories... I had a dog... we got that dog when i was just 2 years old. Well he lived until he was 15, so it felt like he was there all my life. I still have a streak of his hair and the collar he used to wear before he died. To me he was like my little brother and all my memories of my childhood somehow involve him too. So another thing is Dragonball. I think i was 6 years old and it was a weekend and i was in the room of my parents in their bed watching tv really bored. My sister came in and told me about a funny series that has a TV special today and is sent all day long. Well it was dragonball and after that i was hooked. I collected all the Manga ( i still have them and read them) and from there on i watched every episode everyday. Another thing for me also are video games. I think it was when i was 4 years old that we got a Sega Master system. It was great! I played with my sister everyday. Some years later we sold it and got a N64 with Zelda, Mario, Mario Party and all the good games you need. That was one of the happiest Days in my life ( yeah... that now sounds.. sad ) and i still have the N64 from that time in my room even though it does not work anymore. When i realized it doenst work anymore ( like 3 years ago) my sister got me a used one on the internet for christmas. =)
The funny thing about nostalgia is that, as much as we'd like to return to the good old days, the truth is that they weren't really that good to begin with. And, of course, if it really was that good (I still think fondly back on the lazy summer days I used to spend playing Kingdom of Loathing), it won't be as good if you try it again now. I really wonder why our brain likes playing tricks on us like that.
The Moomins 1979 I was six year way back then. [video=youtube;utXbpKrWRBs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utXbpKrWRBs[/video]
I get all nostalgic when I think about SSX 3 and NHL 2003. Those games were the best ever! I played them on my Gamecube for days! I also loved bayblades and Yu-Gi-Oh. We used to play with them at recess and it was so fun! OMG and going to the video store to rent Pokemon! Speaking of Pokemon, Pokemon 2000 was the best movie eva!
Hmm...I think most of my nostalgic memories are related to video games too, such as Crash Bandicoot 1-3, Spyro the Dragon, Red Alert 1, 2, and especially Yuri's Revenge, Warcraft 2, Serious Sam: The First and Second Encounters...and from TV stuff, The Powerpuff Girls, Tom & Jerry, and Dexter's Laboratory.
I get highly nostalgic with certain Final Fantasy games. Almost to the point where I can't bear it and have to shut the game off. Nostalgia is a powerful emotion...but to be honest, I try not to focus TOO much on nostalgic things. I hate that everyone condemns new concepts, whether its movies, game systems, etc. Instead we talk about how much "better" life was earlier on. In some ways I'm sure it was - but not in all ways. Think of it like this: The only reason the Pyramids in Egypt are as fascinating to us as they are, is based almost entirely on the time period in which they were built. However, nothing wrong with reliving childhood memories. In fact, I would worry about ones well being if they didn't...
