another accidental trip i made, look you see, down the streets of the sentimental hygiene of nostalgia. well, one has a hard (but not impossible) time reminiscing of the future.
there was i (i was), wandering around for verk purposes when something rather shiny caught my eye. which is not a difficult thing to achieve, no. but in this instance, a bit different from usual, as i observed something that i had every confidence was a fond, familiar memory, momentarily forgotten due to life and all that sort of thing.
yes, of course i was able to take a picture of it; i made the time. and here you go, indeed in the greater good and glory of Commodre 64 mode.
so stunning is the quality of that picture, and the title of the post, that i need not tell you that this is the Firefox F7 "home video game" off of a company, or outfit, or firm, called Grandstand.
my initial reaction was that inner leap of joy one does, for i was certain, steadfast and true, that this was the one what i had many a year ago, somewhere around 40 such years. not so, it seems. a bit of internet research says this device, or game, only came out in 1983. i was certainly given whatever one i had as a gift prior to that, for it was in Australia with me, before such a year.
perhaps it is all one of them 'Mandela effect' things, as it is (i believe) called. whilst i certainly had an electronic game machine, evidence says not this one. but then, when i have a gander at video of it on the web and that, it does seem rather familiar. my suspicion is that there is no one i could ask to confirm which one i had. it was a smart one, anyhow.
well, anyway, if i somehow remember which game i had, exactly, i might do a follow up. even better, i suppose, if i see it and go oh yes, that one.
also. no, from what i can see, or recall, this game has nothing to do with the Clint Eastwood film Firefox, the novel on which that was based or the briefly popular web browser thing.
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