Gaming Memories is probably going to be all over the place in size and scope. Its going to be a series where I just chose a game and talk about a memory associated with it. Sometimes it'll be "the cover was so bad, I never rented it" and sometimes it might be a huge story.
Top Gun
I'm not sure if I'm one of the last generation to remember that younger kids got black and white televisions before they could have a color TV or not. My cousin was one such person that had a tiny black and white TV aside in their living room so that he could play without taking up the main television. He had several Nintendo games that I had played in other homes, but the one game he had that no one else did for a while was Top Gun. Now, if you go back today and play Top Gun you're going to be treated to a neon colored user interface, with greens and oranges showing up everywhere. The explosions are going to be red and yellow, the ocean is going to be a bright blue. The game is actually pretty high contrast in design. I did not get to see any of that for many years.
They say that dreaming in black and white is a phenomena associated with people that grew up with black and white television, and that while it was thought of as common place a couple of decades ago, no one generally dreams in black and white today. You get a lot of references to dreaming in black and white in old 80's sitcoms, which makes sense as in their childhoods they all had black and white. Well, when I dream of playing Top Gun, I dream about it in black and white. The rest of the world is colorful, yes, but it is always the black and white version of Top Gun I played as a kid that pops up in my dreams.
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