TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS: YEAR NINE

1981
Suddenly everything changed. I realize I was out of my mind with excitement, but that smug look on my face is begging for a slapping. I remember thinking that the cartridges where way smaller than I expected (I called them "tapes" for the longest time). I remember my parents playing two-man Space Invaders almost as much as I did during those first weeks. I remember wishing we had a second television.