At first I thought OP meant the recessions, 9/11, the school shootings, unattainable financial markers, the pandemic etc. but then I saw the games and yep those too
The kid on the right… the wind never stood a chance
Oh gods! The TMNT NES game. Those poor kids. Forever scared by what they had to endure.
It’s the water level, right? Jesus Christ, they’re toast.
I never really understood all the rage over the water level. I could get through it when I was a kid and I didn’t even own the game, I would just play it at my friends house. Once you have the layout memorized it’s pretty easy to get through, maybe swapping turtles a couple times to spread out the damage.
I tried so hard to beat Zelda 2 when I was a kid, and could never make it through the final castle. You had to do such a slog gathering hearts and battling through swamps to even get there. I made it to the fight with your shadow exactly one time and got my ass handed to me. I love Zelda 2, but damn.
I didn’t even manage to win shadow link as an adult with save states. Finally gave up and resorted to the cheese tactic just so I could finally put this awesome game to rest after 25+ years.
For me, it was Shadow Link himself. Needed a friend for that fight.
Upvote purely for the outfit on the right.
Yeah, their parents really are gonna crush them with their generational trauma…
Fucking boomers.
That’s some Zelda, it can’t be that bad.
/looks closer
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man the feel of cartridges in sleeves just activates all the happy neurons in my brain.
I wish we could go back to those days.








