Game & Watch... & 51: My Childhood Memories

It was the 80s, and yours truly was in primary school. As we waited for the bell to go off, only one thing flooded my mind. How I was going to rescue three to four falling men out of the burning building into the ambulance... Yes! It was the dawn of Nintendo's gaming era, and with that, it launched the Game and Watch!

Life was much simpler then, no backlight or colour screen, just a blank screen with some printed background of a building, grass patches and an ambulance. LCD black 'ink' made up the shape of 2 firemen rescuing jumping men. I didn't have the good fortune of owning 1 of these luxury item, of course, but I had friends who did. And after school hours would see me engaged in this pre-PSP era of game console.

Firemen! & Rescue 51! They were my favourite on-screen characters... Every Wednesday evening at about 8pm, I would be wearing my No.51 Fireman's hat, waiting for my all-time favourite TV series, Rescue 51. Man, I would cheer every time these heroes saved somebody from a blazing building. My favourite vehicle was, needless to say, the Fire Engine! My ambition was to be a Fireman, rescuing people's pet dogs and cats and babies from the evil Mr Fire!

Life was much simpler then, so much simpler...