Disturbed (Mark Dillon)

In my life

The first time I played metroid was on my own NES in my basement. I rented it from a local video store called “Dreamworld”. I stayed inside a lot that day because it was a very hot summer and I quickly became entranced in the game. It seemed so vast, there were places I could get trapped, upgrades to my player that were permanate and an eerie feeling that conveyed the idea of entirely different world.

The enemies and music were exciting but I was young and because of the difficulty I gave up without really beating the game. It wasn’t until I went camping 10 years or so later and played it on my laptop (I know but it was raining ok!). The first time I heard kraid’s theme I knew it was my favourite song from the game. As soon as I got home I learned to play it on piano (not an easy task at the time) by ear from the NSF. I had to slow it down quite a bit to get all the notes but it was well worth it!