In the summer of 1987, I was with my granny and grandpa at the Red ,White, and b…

Touching tale. Our grandparents mean so much to us.

In the summer of 1987, I was with my granny and grandpa at the Red ,White, and blue thrift store in Hialeah Florida . Red White and Blue was a place of vast treasures, everything from furniture to TVs, Atari games and plenty of toys were here. Grandpa even got sears pong there, and we would play together for many hours on his big wooden CRT TV. I recall how much I loved martial arts movies, and they would play a lot of the old films on channel 33, an entertainment station based out of Miami.

 

I had 30 dollars saved up that year and needed 20 dollars more to buy Kungfu which was on special at Lionel Play world for 49.99. Lionel Play world was a toy store similar to Toys R Us. They had a video game section where you would grab a ticket for the game you wanted and return it to the cashier, who would then take the game out from their storage room. If there was no ticket, then that means they were out of that specific game. Anyway grandma found 20 dollars on the floor at Red white and Blue thrift and gave it to me.

 

We then took a ride to Play world and bought the game. In the game, you play as Thomas, a badass Martial artist who goes out to rescue his GF Sylvia from Evil guy Mr. X! I recall how easily I beat this game back in the day, and now I can’t, which is a real bummer. I’ll have to practice and try again. My grandma passed away in 2009 , and I miss her so much .

The source is our dear retro gaming friends over at FB