Totally Redux, Chapter 2
I still couldn’t believe this was happening. It was my room, but it wasn’t. It was my father and my uncle, only younger. I had seen a few pictures of them looking like this and a goofy You Tube video of them jumping in a little blue pool. However, this was just too weird. I also did not enjoy being holed up in a closet. Finally, the 1980’s version of my father and uncle left the room. I noticed that the window was unlocked. So… I quickly climbed out the window.
I walked to the front of the house through the driveway and looked around. I kept worrying, “what if I bumped into someone that knows me?” It then occurred to me that I wasn’t born until the 1990’s. I started to walk through the neighborhood. Many of the stores looked newer. Gina’s Supermarket never looked better or cleaner. Cedar Lanes looked run down though. I suppose that makes sense as the bowling alley was fixed about 10 years ago in my timeline. I entered the bowling alley and rushed to see the arcade games. They all cost 25 cents and included games like Ms. Pacman, Frogger, Pole Position, and Space Invaders. As expected, the graphics looked cheesy and the games look archaic and not very challenging. It’s funny, when you think about it. My dad always talked about how great these games were and how it was a big part of his childhood. In any case, my curiosity got the best of me and I played Ms. Pacman. I plopped the quarter in the machine and started playing.
Several hours passed, I still had 2 lives left, and had scored 555,200 points. I continued to play and soon surpassed 600,000 points. Suddenly, the game started shaking and all the lights went out. Needless to say, this disoriented me. However, I noticed a small gleaming light around the corner. The lights consisted of white circular lights and pink rectangles. A closer look revealed that the lights were arranged in a maze like form. In fact, it looked like a life size Ms. Pacman board. Pinky, Inky, and Clyde were roaming around the board, but no Ms. PacMan. I ran as quickly as I could and exited the game board only to land in a game in which I had to dodge cars while crossing the street. Shortly afterwards, I was on a pyramid like cube jumping from box to box and then dodged barrels thrown by an ape.
Earlier today, I thought I was stuck in the 1980s. Now, I seem to be trapped in a variety of old school arcade games. Could this day get any stranger?
