new shirt

I got a t-shirt at Target with this on it:



I also considered the one with a picture of the original Nintendo and the words "classically trained" (what with me being a classically-trained pianist), but I didn't feel like buying two, and Pac-Man trumps Nintendo. I played Mario 3 a lot, but I had quite a major Pac-Man phase (obsession?) prior to that.

Aww, what the heck. Here are some animated images that take me back:

Inky, ghost from Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and I think all the other incarnations as well.

Few people actually played Pac-Man Plus, but this is what the ghosts looked like when Pac ate an energizer pill. The old Chuck E. Cheese in North Olmsted had a Pac-Man Plus machine, you know, back when C.E.C. was cool and not all toddler-oriented (but that's fine; I have Dave & Buster's now -- the Chuck E. Cheese for adults!).

Raccoon Mario from Super Mario Bros. 3. The tail allowed him to fly if he ran fast enough.

Here's Sonic the Hedgehog out for a stroll. Since I had a Sega Genesis but not Super Nintendo, Sonic had my brand loyalty in junior high and high school.

This pointless post is brought to you by the letter P, and the number 5.