Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 21:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
To: brownde@cs.unc.edu
Subject: "Nintendo Queen's Story"

Here's a story I'd like to share with you:

My parents said they liked to play classic video games.  My dad owned a Pong
game and my mom said she played Donkey Kong when she had me, in 1984.  My mom
has quit playing now and my dad doesn't play a lot, but I'm a lover of video
games.
I remember as a little kid seeing commercials for the NES.  I didn't know
much about games then.  Then I went to cousin's house in 1988, on his
birthday.  His brand-new NES was hooked up to the TV in his parent's room,
and he was playing Super Mario Brothers.  I looked at the screen and saw a
character with red overalls and a mustache.  I knew nothing of this Mario
guy, but that was going to change.When I was six, a lot of my friends had
their own Nintendos.  I started to like the NES, and thought SMB3 was
wonderful when my friend showed it to me.
When I was seven or eight, I got the system for Christmas.  I went
hysterical!  I loved it!  Mario was played every day here, and I soon
collected Nintendo games.
When I was ten I got the Super NES, and got Donkey Kong Country.  It was an
absoloutly brilliant, beautiful, outstanding game.  The NES was sent to a
thrift store, but I won't forget it.
A few months later, Blockbuster Video had a DKC contest.  I was the only girl
in it.  While I didn't win, people behind me couldn't believe a female gamer
was this good.  That's how I'm the Nintendo Queen.
Time passed and I got DKC2.  I thought Dixie Kong was the best.  And when I
got Yoshi's Island for my birthday, I soon made it my favorite SNES game.
For X-mas of '96, I got the Nintendo 64.  I loved it, but I still remember
all the classics that made me what I am today.
 The End
-Sarah Blankenship
 GBlankcs@aol.com

This is dedicated to all the female video game players and designers.  And if
the boy who played "Bust-a-Move" with me is reading this, you ought to
practice a bit more!