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I have to clarify “non Sonic” because I know the thread would otherwise be flooded with them. We have dedicated Sonic threads, and I’d like to keep that over there. This is for everything else. It’s all fair game.
For me, it was actually an arcade game. It was this exact Super Monkey Ball machine.
I remember being very bad at it, but it was one of the only games at Chuck E. Cheese that I played for its gameplay and not for the tickets. The big track ball was this giant ball filled with glitter, and the levels emphasized matching speed with handling like the best Monkey Ball levels. The bananas on the side were made of foam, and I remember them being kind of scuffed up after a while because of all the little kids running around.
Good memories with this machine. Years later I recognized Monkey Ball after I got into Sonic and was amazed that the same company that made my hyperfixation at the time was also the same company behind that monkey game I’d played when I was very little.
And overtime I just played more and more and more of their games, falling in love with new ones, and I’m still on that journey to this day.
For me, it was actually an arcade game. It was this exact Super Monkey Ball machine.
I remember being very bad at it, but it was one of the only games at Chuck E. Cheese that I played for its gameplay and not for the tickets. The big track ball was this giant ball filled with glitter, and the levels emphasized matching speed with handling like the best Monkey Ball levels. The bananas on the side were made of foam, and I remember them being kind of scuffed up after a while because of all the little kids running around.
Good memories with this machine. Years later I recognized Monkey Ball after I got into Sonic and was amazed that the same company that made my hyperfixation at the time was also the same company behind that monkey game I’d played when I was very little.
And overtime I just played more and more and more of their games, falling in love with new ones, and I’m still on that journey to this day.